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Sarah Ann
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Jean / John
deKemp / Campe / Camp *

(son of ?
and ?)
Album

ACTIVE

Children of Jean / John deKemp / Campe / Camp
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of Jean / John   deKemp / Campe / Camp *
(b. 1801  France d. 1854
Milroy, PA**)
and Sarah Rosanna Girard
(b. 1802
France d. Aft 1880 Milroy, PA**)
married 1825 in France
[Both are buried in the Milroy, Mifflin Co, PA Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
**]

John



M 15 Nov 1826 France
28 Oct 1903

buried in
Woodlawn Cem, in Milroy, PA **
Martha
b. 17 Jul 1827 PA
d. 19 Oct 1912***

buried in
Woodhaven Cem, in Milroy, PA


?
William R
b. Jun 1849 PA
d. Aft 1930
m. Alice ?
   b Jun 1855
   d Aft 1930

children

- Harry L
   b Oct 1872
   d. Aft 1920
  widowed in 1910
   m Della
      b May 1873
  - dau Helen L
    b May 1898  PA

  m2 by 1920
   Laura
    b 1882 MN
    -  June
       b 1923 VA

- Mary Loretta Lon
   b Mar 1875
   d At 1930

- William K
  b May 1881
  d Aft 1910
  widowed in 1910

- Wallce E
  b Jul 1883
  d Aft 1910

  widowed in 1910
  m2 by 1920
   Bernadine
    b 1882



Mary M.
b. 1851 PA
d.


John
   Andrew
b. Mar 1853 PA
d. 1926
***

  m. Mary M ?
   b. Aug 1862 PA
   d.  Aft 1930

  children
   - Mary Brown
     b. Jul 1882
     d. Aft 1930

    m1 ? Albright
     Proctor J Albright
     1907-1914  ***
     m2 Morris Spear

     Gertrude
Spear
     Jack C Spear

   - Gertrude Gertie
     b. Jul 1886
     d. ?

   - John Andrew Jr
     b. 28 Feb 1900
     d. Sep 1966
     m. Esther Walker
        b 1907
         d ?
     - Sandra
     - John A III
       b 1938
       d 1989 ***


Lauretta J
b. 1854 PA
d.

Frances

F 1828
PA 1880
Milroy, Mifflin, PA John Riden
b 1824
d. ?

? Anna M
b.1850 PA
d.

Alvaretta
b.1852 PA
d.

Margaret J Maggie
b.1856 PA
d.
m. ? Longwell

Robert
b.1860 PA
d.
m. Ellie ?
    b.  1861 PA
    d.
       Joseph b 1892

       Francis b 1897
       Edna M b 1905

George B McClelland
b.1864 PA
d.
m. Minnie ?
    b.  1868 PA
    d.
       dau: Margaret E b 1898

Harry E
b.1866 PA
d.
m. Ida B Ramer
    b.  1885 PA
    d.
       John b 1893
       Robert b 1897
       George b 1897
       Catherine b 1900

Fanny
b.1872 PA
d.
Rosannah "Rosa"
F 1832 MD
1880 PA James I.  Cottle
b. 1829
d. 1878 PA
Bef 1850
John W
b.1850 PA
d.

Jesse A
b.1853 PA
d.

Ira Thompson
b. 7 Mar 1854 PA
d. 27 Oct 1902
m. Anna Alxander

Ellen W
b.1856 PA
d.

Samuel S
b.1857 PA
d.

Robert A
b.1858 PA
d.

Bruce B
b.1860 PA
d.

Wilbur Willie L
b.1864 PA
d.

Levi M
b.1868 PA
d.

Joseph H
b.1870 PA
d.

Mary E
b.1873
d.

Mable
b.1876
d.

Sarah Ann



Living
at age 16 with parents in Armagh Twnshp, Mifflin Co, PA on 23 Jul 1850,  Also lived near the Ephraim Swonger family which included here future husband Jefferson Swanger.

F 30 Apr 1833
Milroy, Mifflin, PA 23 Sep 1903
Milan, Sullivan Co, MO Jefferson Swanger

b. 30 May 1830
d. 30 Jun 1916

from Jefferson Swanger's OBIT.
24 Dec 1857
Armaugh, 
Mifflin Co., PA

living in PA in 1916
according to
Jefferson's
 OBIT
Isabelle
b.1857 PA
d.1891 MO
m. Robert Cochran

Francis "Frank"
b.1859 PA
d.1939 UT
m. Ada Smith

Mary Priscilla
b.1860 MO
d.1908 CO
m. RobertCochran

Bertha Agnes

 b.1862 MO
d.1935 MO
m. Mark DeWitt

Allie "Alice"
b.1863 O
d.1955 MO
m. William Cochran

John Ephriam
b.1864 MO
d.1936 MN
m. Norma Eubanks

Usula Jane
b.1867 MO
d.1958 MO
m. Marion Stone

Carrie Salena
 b.1874 MO
d.1874 MO
m. Ada Smith

Rebecca

Living at age 14 with parents in Armaugh Twnshp, Mifflin Co, PA on 23 Jul 1850.

F 1836 PA Aft 1850  ?

? ?
Isabella

Living at age 12 with parents in Armaugh Twnshp, Mifflin Co, PA on 23 Jul 1850.

F 1838 PA Aft 1850
**
Buried in the Milroy, PA Presbyterian Church Cemetery with parents. -

-
Martha J.

Living at age 10 with parents in Armaugh Twnshp, Mifflin Co, PA on 23 Jul 1850.

Living with mother in 1860 in Milroy, PA

Living with daughter Carrie in 1900 as a widow in Abilene KS



F 5 Dec 1840 Milroy, Mifflin, PA 28 Sep 1922  ? Samuel K
  Working
b. 1836
Centre Hall, Centre, PA

d. 13 Aug 1894

21 Mar
1866 in Reedsville, Mifflin, PA
Franklin
b.1868 PA
d.

William

b.1870 PA
d.

Carrie M.

b.Feb 1876
d.


Details

Living in Armagh Township in Mifflin Co, PA on 1 June 1840 with 1  son, 6 daughters plus wife. (ref)

* Note: Campe family history from Kathy Weir: (Mlwc104 @ aol.com)
My gg-grandmother was Frances Camp of Milroy, Pa. She was born in 1828. I don't know her place of birth. Her parents were called "Camp," but their real name was "deKemp"  Sara Rosanna and husband Jean deKemp were born in France. (Once here, he used the name, "John Camp.") He was born in 1801; she in 1802.  They married in France in 1825.  My ggg-gm, Frances, died in Milroy in 1880.  Many of John and Rosanna's descendants still live there.

Sarah Camp's siblings: Rebecca, Isabella, and Martha J.


** 8/2008 New Info:
I visited Milroy, Mifflin County, PA in August 2008 and found that John and Rosanna's tombstone can be found in the third row from the west side of the cemetery at the United Presbyterian Church in Milroy, Mifflin Co, PA.  Isabelle is buried in the same location as well. (See photos.)

***  Buried in Woodlawn Cem, in Milroy, PA. The family plot can be found at the first intersection upon 
         entering the cemetery. The following people are buried in the plot.
(See photos.)
John Camp [Jr](1826-1903) 
     -- son of John Camp Sr (1801-1854?)
Martha M. Camp (1827-1912)
     -- wife of John Camp Jr--maiden name unknown

John A[ndrew] Camp (1853-1926)
     -- son of John Camp Jr.

Adaleen Camp (~1889-1896)

     -- parents unknown

John A[ndrew] Camp [Jr] (1900-1963)

     -- son of John Andrew & Mary M. Camp (1862-Aft 1930)
Portor (Porter) J. Albright (1907-1914)
     -- grandson of John Andrew Camp  [son of daughter Mary Brown]
John Andrew Camp [III] (1938-1989)
     -- son of John Andrew Camp, Jr and Esther Walker (1907-?)

sarah
                             
Sarah Ann
Camp
(daughter of John Camp
and Sarah Rosanna Girard)
Album

ACTIVE
Parents
 
Children of Sarah Ann Camp
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of Sara Ann Camp (Campe) (ref) (b. 30 Apr 1833   d. 22 Sep 1903)
and Jefferson Swanger (b. 30 May 1830  in Union Co, PA  d. 30 Jun 1916)
married 22 Jan 1857 in Armaugh, Mifflin Co., PA
Isabelle
(a.k.a
Isabella or Bell)
F  24 Oct 1857
(ref)
Murray, Mifflin Co, PA 26 Jun 1891

Wintersville, MO

Obit
Isabelle Swanger Cochran, born in Muray, Miffin Co., Pa., Oct. 24, 1857 and died at her home near Wintersville June 26, 1891. She was the wife of R.H. Cochran.
(ref)
Robert Hyndman *
Cochran

b.
l852
d. l939


son of Robert Cochrane
b. 1805
d. 1888
and
Elizabeth Hyndman
b. 1830 in County Derry, Ireland

Robert immigrated to Nova Scotia, CAN, in 1835 and then moved into NY and then Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA

m. 1851 in Mauch Chunk, PA

other children of Robert and Elizabeth were:

Jane
  b. 1856
  d. ????
Mary Ann
  b. 1859
  d. ????
Ella Elizabeth
  b. 1861
  d. ????

Another child of Robert with first wife Jane ?? (b. 1904) was:

William 
  b. 1826 in
  County Derry,
  Ireland
  d. 1897
  buried.in
  Sullivan Co.
  MO,
  (Shatto Cem.)
  Note: He
  married Alice
  Swanger (see
  below)

* middle name and Cochrane family information
from Annabelle
Shonig, dau. of son Ralph

by personal communication
6/11/2004



24 Oct 1877 Francis* Bruce
 
(see photo below)

William
* Ralph
    b. 27 Nov 1882
    d. 22 Apr 1963
  (see photo below)
  m. 1) Mabel Leona Terry,
            15 Aug 1907
      b. 8 Aug 1884
      d. 28 Apr 1918
  children:
    Randall Terry (twin)
      b. 9 May 1908
      d. 31 May 1957
    Isabelle Swanger (twin)
      b. 9 May 1908
      d. abt 31 May 1908
    Carroll Clark
      b. 1 Oct 1909
      d. 1 Mar 2001
    Annabelle (Shonig)
      b. l0 Jan l9l3
          in Vici, Ok.
      d. --
    Ralph (a.k.a "junior")
      b. ?
      d. ?

  m. 2) Bertha Caldwell
           Hopewell,

             28 Sep 1928
      b. ?
      d. Abt 1969

Walter* Raymond
 
(see photo below)
    b. 6 Aug 1885
        in Harris,
        Sullivan Co, MO
    d. 19 Oct 1966
        Valparaiso, IN
        Graceland Cem.
  m. Etta Lavena Johnson
    b. 23 Sept 1888
        in Princeton,
        Mercer Co, MO
    d. 15 Jun1965
        Valparaiso, IN
        Graceland Cem.
  children:
    Martha Isabelle
        b. 3 May l908
        m. Samuel R. Mitchell
    Marian Eulalia
        b. 17 Jan l911
        d. 1 Sep 1982
    Walter Raymond, Jr.
        b. 12 Apr 1912 
        d. 23 Apr 1945 (WWII)
    Thomas Welch
        b. 27 Mar 1914 
        d. ? Dec 2003
        m. Rosemary Bradney
    Mary Elizabeth
        b. 23 Jan 1916
        d. 3 Jun 1997
        m. Mark Forrest Rowland
    Robert Hyndman
        b. 21 Jul 1918 
        d. 18 Nov 1990
        m. Marjorie Martin
    Mila Jeanne
        b. 14 Dec 1921 
        d. no date
        m. Donald Bradney
    Shirley Frances
        b. 2 Apr 1927 
        d. --
        m. Joseph L.Wiencken
    LeRoy Johnson**
        b. 22 Sep 1928 
        d. no date
        m. Ellen Lois Wilcox
    Geraldine Joan
        b. 10 Aug 1930
        d. no date
        m. John Barrington

   Walter's family moved to
   Valparaso, IN in the 1930s
   per Jim Cochran.

Johnnie
  (died young*)
 
(see photo below)
 
(ref 2)

* first names and info
from Annabelle Shonig,
dau. of son William Ralph
by personal communication
6/1/2004 and 6/23/2004

** Jim Cochran is
a descendant


Francis Asbury "Frank"

living with parents in 1880
in Sullivan Co, MO

M May 1859
(ref)
Milroy, PA 9 Feb 1939 Salt Lake City, UT

A Francis Asbury Swanger
(age 79) died in Salt Lake City, U
on 9 Feb 1939 from UT Death Index

Ada Jean Smith
(Birth Record of daughter Eva provides maiden name)
b. Sep 1868 in IA
d. Aft 1900
Bef 1910
or divorced

She probably died in California because they were living there in 1900



25 Aug 1887 in
Lancaster,
Schuyler Co, MO
Eva Harrison
b. 27 Nov 1888
(Birth Record)
in Kirksville, Adair Co, MO

d. Aft 1910
(Francis was mentioned in Jefferson's 1916
obit as Francis A. of Salt Lake City, UT)

On 8 Jun 1900, Frank A. Swanger (b. May 1859 in PA) was living in
Woodland, Yolo Co., CA with wife Ada (b. Sep 1868 in IA)
with daughter Eva H (b. Oct 1888 in MO with mother born in IA)

On 18 Apr 1910, Francis A and Mary Swanger, with child Eva were living in
Springfield City, Greene Co, MO

In 1920, Francis A and Mary Swanger, with children John and Mary were living in
Downey Twnshp, Bannock Co, ID.

On 3 Apr 1930, Frank A (age 69) and Mary (age 59) Swanger, with children John and Mary were living in Nezperce Village, Lewis Co, ID  Frank was County Superintendent of Schools.

Several refs list his middle name as Asbusy, but his Death Cert lists it as Asbury.

The following biographical information regarding Francis Asbury Swanger appeared in Herringshaw, Thomas William: "Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century", Chicago, IL: American Publishers' Association, 1902.  (ref)

BIOGRAPHY: SWANGER, FRANCIS ASBURY, educator, college president, was born May 3, 1859, in Milroy, Pa. He attended the State Normal school of Kirksville, Mo., and the State university of Columbia, and has had the degrees of M.S.D. and A.M. conferred upon him. For many years he taught in the district schools of Sullivan county, Mo., and has been principal of schools in Greencastle, Lancaster and Kirksville. He taught physics and language in the State Normal school of Kirksville, Mo, during 1889-91; then taught mathematics until 1894; since which time he has been president of that institution of learning.

Mary Pelagie Clay
b. 22 Sep 1872
    in Sedalia, 
    Doublas Co.,
    CO
d. 1943
12 Nov 1909

(Mary was 39)  -- from 1930 census
John E.
b. 7 Nov 1910 in MO
(mother born in CO)

d. 10 Aug 1989
Salt Lake City, UT
(from Soc Sec Death Index)
 

John enlisted in Salt Lake City, UT, into the army during WWII on 5 Nov 1943.
He was single, with dependents.  He was born in 1910.

Another John E. Swanger was born in 1864 and is the brother of this John's father Francis (see below.)

Mary Belle (or Marybelle)

b. Abt 1914 in UT
(mother born in CO)

d. Aft 1930

Mary Priscilla **

listed as Mary P and age 9 in 1870 census
F 12 Sep 1860 Milan, Sullivan Co, MO
6 May 1908 Cheyenne Wells, CO Walter Malcolm
Clark
b. 28 Sep 1851 in Paris,Edgar,IL

d. 9 Jan 1912

Cheyenne Wells, CO.
28 Oct 1881 in Sullivan Co,MO

or

28 Sep1881
in Paris IL

Coonie Pearl 
 
(see photo below)
  b: 1883 in
    Milan, Sullivan Co, MO
 d. 3 Jun 1960 in Denver, CO
     (ref)

Lulu Mertle
 (Hedland)
**
  b. Jan 4, 1885 
    in Milan MO 
  d. 1972
    in Montrose CO
  m. ? Hedland

  (see photo below)

Charles Walter 
  b. ?
  d. 1901
    in Kit Carson, CO
    of Typhoid Fever

Cecil
  b. ?
 d. ?
 m. Helen ?

Annabel (Perkins)
  b. ?
 d. Abt 1970 (ref)

Mabel Leland
  b. ?
 d. ?

Mary Marjorie (Jacobsen) (ref)
  b. Abt 1908
 d. ?

(ref 2)

** Karen Scott and Frances Mitterer are descendants.
Bertha Agnes
F 27 Feb
1862
Milan, Sullivan Co, MO 16 Sep 1935 buried Oakwood 
Cemetery, Milan, MO
Mark Pinkney DeWitt 27 Dec 1883 Eula Blanche
  (see photo below)

Joel Swanger
Allie
May
(aka Alice)
(ref)
F 1 May 1863 Milan, Sullivan Co, MO 29 Aug 1955 Columbia, MO

buried, Oakwood Cem. Milan, MO
William
Cochrane, Jr.
  b.  20 Oct 1854
      in Mauch
      Chunk,
      Carbon Co,
      PA
 d. 23 May 1926
     in Milan,
     Sullivan Co,
     MO
7 Jun 1885
in Sullivan Co. MO
Beulah Grace  
  (Baldridge)
R(see photo below)

Edith Marian
Marion? is 3rd child?
(ref 2)

Several Cochrane
families are listed
in Polk Township,
Sullivan Co, MO
in the 1900 census.
I do not know who
they are.

The heads of the
households are:

James H.
Cochrane b 1859
wife: Ellen b 1860
plus children:
Alexander, Robert,
Bertha, Albert & John
Also a mother Catherine
b 1821 is there.

James B. Cochrane b 1835
wife: Lydia b 1843

Mary Cochrane b 1845
with children:
Alice M, Lydia B, Addice?, Charles E, Bertie, Chester A, Sarah M

Robert Cochrane b 1841
wife: Harriet b 1842
with children:
John E, Thomas B, Samuel and Frederick

James B Cochrane b 1866
wife: Alice L
with daughter Hester M and step son Lavarane?


John Duncan Carr (ref)
28 Aug
1907 in Pocatello,
Bannock Co, ID

?
John Ephriam
(became 
Sec. of State of Mo.) (see photo) and executor of Jefferson's will.
M 24 Jun 1864 Milan, Sullivan Co, MO

Missouri Secretary of State in 1904.
Served terms in Missouri House of Representatives in 1892 and1896.
Editor of the Milan Republican 1898-1904.

(Ref)
19 Oct 1936 Rochester,
Olmsted Co., MN


Norma Fay
Eubanks

b. 10 Feb 1870
d. 17 Dec 1943
(from her Obit)
? none
John E. Swanger was Secretary of the State of Missouri, elected in November, 1904. The following additional biographical information appeared in Herringshaw, Thomas William: "Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century", Chicago, IL: American Publishers' Association, 1902. (ref)

BIOGRAPHY: SWANGER, JOHN E, lawyer, educator, legislator, was born June 22, 1864, in Milan, Mo. For a number of years he taught school, was a superintendent of public schools for three years, and is now engaged in the practice of law at Milan Mo. In 1892 he was elected to the Missouri slate legislature and received re-election in 1894.


Ursula Jane F 26 Jul 1867 Milan, Sullivan Co, MO 21 Oct 1958 Trenton, MO
buried Oakwood
Cemetery, Milan, MO
Marion Columbus
Stone
b: 30 Dec 1864
d. 19 Nov 1957 in Excelsior Springs, MO
burial in Crown Hill Cemetery, Excelsior Springs, MO
22 Jun 1887
in Sullivan Co. MO
Erma Jean (ref)
  b: 3 May 1888
      in Milan,
      Sullivan Co, MO
  d. 4 Feb 1973
      in Milan,
      Sullivan Co, MO
   m. Charles D Milligan
 
(see photo below)
Geraldine
 
(Weigel)
Sadie (aka Sara)
 
(Moore)
(ref 2)
Carrie Salena F 21 Jan 1874 Milan, Sullivan Co, MO 12 Aug 1874 ? - - -

* Information about Isabelle's family from Annabelle Shonig,  dau. of son William Ralph by personal communication 6/1/2004
** Information about Priscilla's family provided by Karen Scott and Betty Clingman

                             
Bertha Agnes Swanger
(DeWitt)

(daughter of Sara Ann Camp
and Jefferson Swanger)
Album

ACTIVE
Parents
Children of Bertha Agnes Swanger
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of Bertha Agnes Swanger (b. 27 Feb 1862 d. 16 Sep 1935) 
and Mark Pinkney DeWitt (b. 18 Mar 1858 d. 27 Oct 1937)
married 27 Dec 1883
Eula Blanche F 8 Feb 1886  ? Sullivan Co., MO ? Jun 1986 buried Oakwood 
Cemetery, Milan, 
Sullivan Co., MO
James Alexander Shatto
b. 18 Feb 1887
d. 1 Oct 1964
buried Oakwood Cemetery, Milan, MO
9 Jun 1909 Marjorie (Jones)
John DeWitt
James Alexander, Jr.
Bertha Alice 
  (Loder)
Rachel Josephine
  (Booth/Cassity)
Joel Swanger
M 4 Apr 1893 Reger, Sullivan Co., MO 2 Apr 1987 Meadville Cemetery, Meadville, Linn Co., MO Mary Doris
Harvey
b. 19 Oct 1895
d.   5 Jan 1978

29 Aug 1913 PRIVATE
2 other ? ? ? Sullivan Co., MO ? headstone in Henry 
Cemetery, Reger, Sullivan Co., MO says: Infant children of MP and BA DeWitt
- - -

JSDeWitt Sr
                             
Joel Swanger
DeWitt, Sr.

(son of Mark Pinkney DeWitt
and Bertha Agnes Swanger)
Album
picbook
ACTIVE
Parents
Children of Joel Swanger DeWitt
Issue: Sex Born Birthplace Died Deathplace Married Date Children
Children of Joel  (b. 8 Apr 1893  d. 2 Apr 1987) 
and Mary Doris Harvey (b. 19 Oct 1895  d. 8 Jan 1978)
married 29 Aug 1913
PRIVATE PRIVATE PRIVATE PRIVATE  -  - PRIVATE PRIVATE PRIVATE



References:
  1. Most information after Bertha Agnes Swanger has been gathered via family conversations.
  2. Additional Information about Bertha Agnes Swanger and Jefferson Swanger was provided by Karen Scott, granddaughter of Lulu Mertle Clark
  3. Information before Jefferson was found at www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com
  4. Information about the Cochrans was obtained from James M. Cochran at his website: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=:1026136&id=I48133761

Special Photos
The Swanger Cousins
(See below for 
identifications.)

These young people are some of the grandchildren of Jefferson and Sarah Swanger
 

Location: Milan, MO
Date: 1905

From the collection of Karen Scott
(jamscott at gjct.net)

grandchildren of
Jefferson and
Sarah Swanger


children of 
Jefferson and
Sarah Swanger

Back row:
Left to right:
Parents
Erma Stone Ursula Jane Swanger and Marion C. Stone's daughter 
William Ralph Cochran
(see commentary below)*
(Jim Cochran's grandfather)
(Annabelle Shonig's father)
Isabella Swanger and Robert Cochran's son
(see commentary below)*
Pearl Clark Mary Priscilla Swanger and Walter Clark's daughter
Walter Raymond Cochran
(see commentary below)*
Isabella Swanger and Robert Cochran's son
(see commentary below)*
Beulah Grace Cochrane
(see commentary below)*
(Karen Scott's grandmother)
Allie (Alice) Swanger and William Cochrane's daughter
(see commentary below)*


Front row:
Left to right:
Parents
Lulu Mertle Clark Mary Priscilla Swanger and Walter M. Clark's daughter 
Francis Bruce Cochran
(see commentary below)*
Isabella Swanger and Robert Cochran's son
(see commentary below)*
Eula DeWitt
(Don DeWitt's great aunt)
Bertha Swanger and Mark Pinkney DeWitt's daughter
(Don DeWitt's great  grand parents)

* Information about the Cochrans
from Jim Cochran (Neosho1962 at aol.com)
His website: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=:1026136&id=I48133761
written to Karen Scott (jamscott at gjct.net)
1/30/02

 
    I have seen this picture many times. One of my aunts has it in a photo album. I thought I made a copy of it, but I can't find it at this point.

The Cochran Boy on the back row is my grandfather -- Walter Raymond (Ray or Pappy to us). Ralph and Bruce were his brothers. They had another brother that died as an infant.

In answer to another email about Isabelle and Alice -- Yes. They married brothers. Isabelle married Robert H Cochran (My great grandparents) and Allie married William A Cochran, Jr. Allie and William had 2 children -- Marion that I believe died young and Beulah Grace.

Given that this appears to be the grandchildren of Jefferson and Sarah -- I would guess that the girl on the back next to my grandfather is Beulah Grace. She was 4 years younger than my grandfather -- it looks about right. That would make the most sense.

My aunts live in Indiana. I will try to confirm with them at some point.

I maybe skipped making a copy of the picture because the other names didn't mean anything to me at the time. Now I see how they all fit in.

Maybe some info on my family would be appropriate. My grandparents had 10 children. My father is the 9th -- so relatively young in the family. I am the youngest child of my family. At 39, I am the third youngest grandchild. Not so young anymore, but still missed out on really knowing my Cochran grandparents -- much less distant cousins.

After living in NW Missouri for most of their lives, my grandparents and most of their children moved to Valparaiso, IN in the 30's. My father was about 7 -- so that is where he grew up for the most part. My mother was from Nebraska. After living in both Indiana and Nebraska, they ended up living in SW Missouri -- where I was raised.

Visiting my father's family meant going to Indiana every other year or so. With 20+ cousins -- that seemed like a lot of people to me. We never visited anyone in NW Missouri. I had heard names and seen pictures, but for the most part it was all foreign to me until about a year ago when I started trying to compile this information. 




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