Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-05-04
CENTRp!lIA PACE.
OBITUARY..

COCT dRAN-MrS. DeDOldn /.
Cochrs IN relict of the late Rev.
los. G. Cochran died at Oroomiah,
Persia March 9th, 1898.
Some Of our readers will remem-
Der DIR. J. P. Cochran their son
who was her visiting his cousins,
w. II. and ]. w. Cochran, Of Cen
traliaL few years ago and many
acquh inted with their daughter,
Mrs} VIM. Crawford of Sparta:
Mrs. Cochran was born at Ere
doRia, n Y, October 18TH, 1920,
her father, Joseph Plumb, being a
wiell-known and honored citizen in
western New York. In June I847
ST he was married to Rev. Joseph G.
Cochran, Of Springville, N. Y. and
as missionaries Of the American
Board they left their native land to
labor among the HISTORIANS in and
about Oroomiah, Persia. Mr..
Cochran became the principal of
"a boys school and theological
seminary at Mt. SER, succeeding
the brilliant and devoted David
\ Tappan Stoddard in that office,
and died there after twenty-four
years of service. Mrs. Cochran
remained in the mission, having
her home there for over forty-four
years, although during that period
she made several visits to the
United States. No other Ameri-
can lady has been permitted to
live there SO long, and that fact,
together with her devotion to them,
endeared her to the people to a re-
markable degree.
In January last she suffered a
stroke of paralysis which affected
her speech and right side, and
from it she never recovered.
March 9th, 1893, at the home Of
her only son, DR.. J. P. Cochran,
she quietly entered into rest.
Letters announcing her death
reached America recently from
these letters we quote a few ex-
tracts:
Life will be another thing with
out her in Oroomiah. Her pleas
ant home, with its latch-string out
for all, will be greatly missed not
only by the missionaries, but by
all the people. She accomplished
really very much, and did an i'm
portant service especially in over
seeing the work of the hospital and
the needs of the individual patients.
A number Of Mr.. Cochran's
first class of students asked the
privilege of bearing the casket to
the chapel, saying, "She was the
mother of all the nation, but we
are her oldest sons" The chapel
was full and o1erAoWing. From
all directions people had come to
do honor to he memory and to eX-
press their SORROW. DR.. Shedd con-
Quoted the funeral services, and
touching remarks were made and
prayers were offered by several
HISTORIAN preachers.
Although the day was stormy,
many came down from the noun
tains with bare feet wading through
the mud. One Of the natives re-
marked, Mrs. Cochran never
made us feel that we were inferior"
Another; The first Deborah was
a mother in Israel; this Deborah
was a mother to the Syrians."
Her generosity, her hospitality,
her courtesy, seemed to reach the
ideal.
Her oldest friend in Persia
writes: 1T seems to me to-day
that the lessons of her life are
truth, faithfulness and love. x :
We shall never see her like again.
* * do not believe there was
another person in Persia SO uni
versally beloved"
She was buried in the mission
cemetery on Mt. SER, six miles
from Oroomiah, by the side of her
husband, son, two daughters,
granddaughter, and other mem
bers of the missionary circle.