Cochran, John Robert, 1842-1923.

Dates:
Birth 1842
Death 1923

Biographical notes:

Farmer, merchant, and state legislator from Anderson County, S.C.; served as a private in Company B, 4th South Carolina Infantry during the Civil War; wounded during the first battle at Manassas, 21 July 1861; served as auditor of Anderson County, S.C., during Reconstruction: Nov. 1868-Oct. 1869; served as Lieut. Colonel on the staff of Gov. Franklin I. Moses, 1872-1874; member of the S.C. House of Representatives from Anderson County, 1872-1874; member of the S.C. Senate from Anderson County, 1874-1878. Chairman of the Joint Investigating Committee on Public Fraud, 1877-1878; son of James Patterson Cochran (1819-1854) and Louisa Elizabeth Day (1822-1910); husband of Grace Greenwood Arnold (1843-1931).

From the description of John Robert Cochran papers, 187u-196u. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 166147633

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Subjects:

  • Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861
  • Legislators
  • Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
  • Soldiers
  • Veterans

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • South Carolina--Anderson County (as recorded)
  • South Carolina (as recorded)
  • Anderson County (S.C.) (as recorded)