The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-06-14
OBITUARY.

Died, at his residence, in the southern part
of this county, about o'clock in the morning
of the Sth day of June, A. D. 1877, Benjamin
Cochran, Esq.
Mr. Cochran was born on the 18th Of Sep
tember, 1920, on the farm where he died, and
where he lived all Of his life, about one mile
and a half west of New Market lie was the
son Of Jacob and Mary Cochran. His father,
Mr.. Jacob Cochran, was born in what was then
called New Nirginia-nOw West NrgiRla-
and remained there until he married and had a
family Of two or three children, when he moved
from there to Kentucky. After staying there
a year or more, he emigrated from Kentucky
to Ohio in the spring Of 1915, and settled on
the farm, then woods, where his son Benjamin
died, and where he continued to live until his
death at the advanced age Of eighty-three
years. Mr.. Jacob Cochran was man Of
strongly marked character. He was a hard
working, industrious and thrifty man; man
of limited education, but Of a strong mind and
determined will. He was a kind, good neigh
Dor, and took a deep interest in everything cal
culated to develop the interests Of the country
and the improvement and progress Of his neigh
bOrhOOd. He was man Of high honor, perfect
honesty and strict integrity, both truthful and
candid in all his intercourse with his fellow
men despising all shams, triokery and false
uOOd VI GhblN hlllu his hplu NS9 a. 5'''NA as
his bond In short, he was one Of those hon
est, sturdy, honorable, faithful, Persevering,
common sense, true men who cleared out the
woods, made the farms and laid the founda-
tiuns of our now rich, prosperous and noble old
county. lie raised his family to believe II
his own principles and practices, and in a
marked degree impressed upon them his own
characteristics.
BENJAMIN Cochran had strongly developed II
in him his fathers characters. His education
was much better than his fathers, but his was
only such as the schools in his fathers neigh
burhood afforded in his school days. He how
ever got enough to make himself a good sur
vevor and frst-rate man of business. HC
could write almost any legal instrument, such
as deeds, wills, mortgages and bonds was q
/ Notary Public for long time. In his part Of
the county he was certainly the most usefu
man, in many respects, that it had, and he viii
| be more missed than any one that L know Of ol
| can think of in that part Of the county.
Mr. Cochran served one term as County
| Commissioner Of this county, and during his
term the business Of the Commissioners wa!
large. much of it complicated and difficult. L
was when the county was building her numer
GUS turnpike roads, in 1868 and 1863. Mr.
! Cochran took hold Of the business with energy
and soon understood it; and all who know
! anything at that part OF our county DusiHes
know that we never had more honest, faithful
and capable Commissioner in the county. Mr.
Cochran acted as executor and administrator o
many estates, and never knew more ready
accurate and reliable one.
The writer of this notice of his death ha
known Mr. Cochran since his birth, intlmatel.
ever since his early manhood, and would sa
that the Rev Mr.. Grand -Girard in his funera
sermon over his lifeless corpse gave in fey
words the true character Of the man. BenJa
min Cochran was n true man, one Of Nature
noblemeu, such as are not very frequently me
with, and one that it seems hard to lose. II
was a genial man, 4 kind. benefccnt tender
hearted man, a man Of noble impulses, Of gen
erous feeling and liberal views, ardent in hi
friendships and attachments but above all
was a man of the highest honor, the strictes
integrity and honesty, and truthful in a
things. lie is gone; but he has left nobl
example, and I trust an impressive one, benin
him that will not be soon forgotten. May b
rest in peace. n. BARhEhE'
June IA, 1877.