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William W. Cochran, planter, Snyder, Ark. It is doubtless owing entirely to the industrious and persevering manner with which Mr. Cochran has adhered to the pursuit of agriculture that he has risen to such a substantial position in farm affairs in this county. Born in Greene County, Miss., October 8, 1831, he is the son of Burrel and Courtney (Cowart) Cochran, the father a native of South Carolina, and the mother of North Carolina, both born in 1788. They were married in 1810, and twelve children were the fruits of this union: Louisa, Adaline (deceased), James J. (deceased), Margaret, Lafayette, Amazire, Francis, John J., B. V., Henry C. and Kialer. The father emigrated from South Carolina to Greene County, Miss., in 1811, and then went into the War of 1812 as a private. At its close he returned to Mississippi, and there remained until his death, which occurred in 1853. He followed farming all his life. The mother died in 1873. He was a member of the Baptist, and his wife a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. William W. Cochran was educated in Mississippi, at Salem High School, and after receiving his education he began clerking at Mobile, Ala., continuing at this from 1849 to 1859. He then emigrated to Arkansas, settled in Ashley County, and here he began clerking again, but only followed this one year, when he enlisted in the Confederate army under Col. V. H. Manning, Third Arkansas Regiment. His first hard battle was Antietam, and at Richmond, Va., he was wounded by a ball passing through his right shoulder in 1865. He was in the Richmond Hospital three weeks, after which he returned home, but was taken sick with a fever and remained there until the surrender. After recovering he began clerking at Hamburg, continued this one year, and then was elected tax assessor, which position he filled for two years. On October 2, 1868, he was married to Miss Lula F. Dean, a native of Alabama, who bore him nine children: Mary, Jesse, Martha, Anna, Lucy, Minnie, Tommie E., Lottie and William W. Mr. Cochran is the owner of a fine farm of 280 acres, and has ninety acres under cultivation. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Lodge No. 209, Bearhouse, Blue Lodge, and he is also a member of the I. O. O. F. He is an active member in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife was also a worthy member of the Missionary Baptist Church. She died November 25, 1888. The paternal grandfather was a native of Ireland.