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Below is a family biography included in History of Warren County, Iowa published by Union Historical Company in 1879. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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COCHRAN, J. M., carpenter and builder, P. O. Lacona; he lives in Lacona; he was born September 6, 1827, in Highland county, Ohio; parents moved to Benton county, Indiana, in 1845; came to Iowa and settled in this township in 1855; he enlisted August 7, 1861, in Co. G, Tenth Iowa Infantry, as a private; he was promoted to Sergeant Major, September 8, 1861, and to Second Lieutenant Co. G, July 14, 1862, to First Lieutenant, February 9, 1863, and to Captain, November 8, 1864, and to Major, August 7, 1865, and was honorably discharged September 5, 1865; he was in the battles of Champion’s Hill, Vicksburg, Corinth, Mission Ridge, Iuka, and all the others in which the Tenth Iowa participated; he was married September 12, 1848, to Mary, daughter of Charles Johnson, of Benton county, Ohio; they have had eight children: Elizabeth E., Martha, Sarah J., Nancy E., Lealine L., Wm. J., Mary, John F.; Martha and John F. are dead.
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