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| Birth: | 21 Nov 1855 in Sandstone, Jackson, MI 1 |
| Death: | 29 May 1938 in Rosser, Kaufman, TX 2 |
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John and his brother Edmund came to Texas about 1878. He was for several years the postmaster at Rosser, TX. He was a very intelligent man, well thought of in the community.
From "Kaufman County History" by the Historical Society in writings about the town of Rosser, TX: it was in 1886 that Capt Rosser applied for a post-office, recommended John Cochran as the postmaster, and suggested the name Burton for the post office and town. The office was granted, John Cochran was appointed, but the town and post office name assigned was Rosser. There was already a Burton, TX. Mr. Cochran served a postmaster for two years and Capt. Rosser succeeded him. The post office was discontinued in 1889, but reopened in early 1892.
This history book continues: The chimney in the Cochran two story home was made of some bricks from the Montgomery Brick Plant located on the Montgomery farm outside of Trinidad (later named Rosser, TX). The main store building was located on what is now Cochran property. When the building was razed and the chimney dismantled a human skull was found lodged in the chimney - one of the mysteries of pioneer life in a river town.
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- 1910 Rosser, Kaufman Co., TX census.
- Mt. Olive Cemetery, Scurry, Kaufman Co., TX.
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