Caleb
Calvin3 Cochran (Samuel
W.2, Thomas
B.1) was born
Henry County Indiana, Dec. 16,
1856. Caleb
died Sept 6, 1918, St.
Joseph, MO., at 61 years of age. His
body was interred
Guilliams Cemetery, Sept
1918, Craig, MO. (abt 2 mile East & 2-3
N of Craig)
He
married Elizabeth Jane Nutter,
Barada, NE., Jan 1, 1884.
Elizabeth
was born Elwood, KS.,
Nov. 20, 1864. Elizabeth
was the daughter of William Webb Nutter
and Arematha
Mavety.
Elizabeth
died May 31, 1948 Falls
City, NE., at 83 years of age. Her
body was interred June,
1948 Rulo, NE., Rulo Cemetery.
A very
religious person, any one staying at her house overnight, had to say their
prayers. She was still working on
her farm after she was in her seventies. Loved
to fish. Merril says: Grandma Cochran lived in Missouri across the river from Rulo,
NE., near Fortescue MO., and
every time the river raised, she had water in her house about knee deep.
(Editor's Note: I can remember going to her
house, with my parents, with a team of horses and a wagon and moving her out of
her house as the river was coming up over the road. -
DelC)
She
loved to fish and I stayed there a couple of weeks and rowed the boat for her,
aunt Mary's oldest daughter Laura, was there and grandma had us out at 10:00 at
night catching locust (grasshoppers) for catfish bait.
Elizabeth
"Jane" had very interesting ancestors, with her father's relatives being here since 1660, and her
Mothers family since early 1700's. Their story is in the reports of the
Nutter's and Mavity's. Caleb and Elizabeth established their home in Elwood Kansas in 1884 and
lived there for one year, where their
first child, Jesse Lee was born. Caleb worked
on the Missouri River. In 1885 they Moved to Richardson County, NE., where he bought
10 acres of land east of Barada, NE., where the rest of their children were
born. The youngest son who, was born at Elwood Kansas and died at 9 days
of age. He was born Aug. 19 and died 10 days later Aug. 29,
of blood poison.
In
1904 they sold the farm and Moved back to Elwood KS,
where he again found employment on the river. In about 1907, they bought a 40 acre fruit farm in Holt
County, MO, near
Craig. Caleb was a stone mason and
built Most of the sidewalks in Craig, MO. He
also built bridges in Holt County. He
was never satisfied to stay in one place very long, Moving to western NE, back to
Missouri , and back to NE. (Told
by Nellie Vogele to Ray Crowe)