The Cochrane & Allied Families
Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.

WINSTON, Mary Ann Cochran
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Name WINSTON, Mary Ann Cochran [1, 2, 3] Birth 14 Jun 1814 Louisa County, Virginia, USA
[2, 3, 4] Gender Female FindaGrave Memorial ID 77350837 Individual Event Jul 1860 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
[5] As a widow, she owned 21 slaves - These included 2 adult males (ages 50 and 40), 3 adult females (ages 40, 35 and 26), 8 male children (ages 15 to 1) and 8 female children (ages 15 to 2).
Death 22 Jan 1874 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
[2, 3, 6, 7] Will Probated 30 Mar 1874 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
[8] in the Jefferson County Court Age 59 years Burial Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
[7, 9] Address:
Cave Hill Cemetery
701 Baxter Ave.
Louisville, Kentucky
USA
502-451-5630
https://www.cavehillcemetery.com/- Plot: Section F, Lots 236-237, Grave 4. Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #77350837.
Person ID I239 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 13 Aug 2025
Father WINSTON, Gen. Horatio Gates, b. 1785, Virginia, USA
d. 24 Oct 1836, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
(Age 51 years) Mother MORRIS, Clarisa, b. 8 Jul 1780, Virginia, USA
d. 11 Jul 1862, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
(Age 82 years) Family ID F130 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family COCHRAN, John Overton, b. 18 Dec 1807, Warminster, Amherst, Virginia, USA
d. 8 Sep 1854, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
(Age 46 years) Marriage 7 Oct 1835 Louisa County, Virginia, USA
[1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13] - Married by the Rev. James Wherry. [1]
Age at Marriage She : 21 years and 4 months - He : 27 years and 10 months. Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death Residence 15 Jul 1837 Kentucky, USA
[12] Residence 1850 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
[4] - In addition to 5 of their children, their household included John's father, Dr. William COCHRAN, John's brother, Dr. Patrick H. COCHRAN, with his wife and daughter, John's sisters, Mildred and Sarah, and Mary Ann's mother, Clara WINSTON, and Mary Ann's brother, Horatio WINSTON. There were 15 people in all. John's real estate was valued at $90,000, and his occupation was listed as Brick Maker in the 1850 Census.
Children + 1.
COCHRANE, Clara Virginia, b. 14 Jul 1836, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
d. 8 Feb 1923, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA
(Age 86 years)+ 2.
COCHRANE, Mary Ella Winston, b. 11 Sep 1837, Greenbrier County, Virginia, USA
d. 2 Jun 1921, Temple Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
(Age 83 years)+ 3.
COCHRANE, Eliza Mildred, b. 14 Dec 1839, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
d. 13 Feb 1899, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
(Age 59 years)4.
COCHRAN, John Gates, b. Aug 1841, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
d. 16 Mar 1842, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
(Age 0 years)+ 5.
COCHRANE, John William, b. 1845, Kentucky, USA
d. 13 Jan 1886, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
(Age 41 years)+ 6.
COCHRANE, Martha R., b. 1849, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
d. 14 Jan 1894 (Age 45 years)Family ID F98 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Jul 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 14 Jun 1814 - Louisa County, Virginia, USA 

Marriage - 7 Oct 1835 - Louisa County, Virginia, USA 

Residence - 15 Jul 1837 - Kentucky, USA 

Residence - 1850 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA 

Individual Event - As a widow, she owned 21 slaves - Jul 1860 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA 

Death - 22 Jan 1874 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA 

Will Probated - in the Jefferson County Court - 30 Mar 1874 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA 

Burial - Address:
Cave Hill Cemetery
701 Baxter Ave.
Louisville, Kentucky
USA
502-451-5630
https://www.cavehillcemetery.com/ - - Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
= Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S103] Bible - Cochran(e) & Associated Families, (London, England: Thomas Baskett, 1759), 6 Dec 2010, Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, third page. Hand written.
"John Overton Cochran & Mary A. C. Winston were married by the Rev. James Wherry in Louisa County Virginia on Wednesday the 7th day of Oct. 1835."
The Cochran(e) Family Bible
Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, third page. - [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, Pg. 17.
- [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, Pg. 120.
- [S445] Kentucky, Jefferson County, Census - US - 1850 - KY - Jefferson County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=8054&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 9 Jun 2020, M432, roll 207, Louisville, District 3, p. 304A, dwelling 341, family 341, John O. Cochran, accessed 9 June 2020.

Census - 1850 - Louisville, KY - John O. Cochran - [S1281] Census - US - 1860 - Slave Schedule (FamilySearch), (FamilySearch. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903 : 2019.), 1 Jul 2020, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903 : accessed 1 July 2020); Mrs. John Cochrane; 8th Ward Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, p 6, sec. 1, line 18-38.

Census - 1860 Slave Schedule - Louisville KY - Mrs. John Cochrane - [S103] Bible - Cochran(e) & Associated Families, (London, England: Thomas Baskett, 1759), 6 Dec 2010, Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, fifth page. Hand written.
"Mary A. Cochrane, wife of John O. Cochrane, departed this life Jan. 22nd 1874 in Louisville KY."
The Cochran(e) Family Bible
Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, fifth page. - [S875] Death Records - KY - Death Registers - 1852-1965 (Ancestry), ((http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1222 : 2007)), 10 Jun 2020, accessed 10 June 2020), M. A. C. Cochrane, 22 January 1874; Mortuary Record, p 19, line 120.

Death Record - Mary Ann C. Cochrane - [S1274] Kentucky. Jefferson County., Wills - KY - Jefferson County - Probate Records - 1774-1989 (Ancestry), (Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989. http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9066 : 2015.), 15 Jun 2020, Mary A. C. Cochrane, 30 March 1874; (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9066 : accessed 15 June 2020).
Jefferson County (KY) Wills, Vol. 8-9, p 308-311.
Will - Mary A. C. Cochrane - [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 4 Mar 2013, accessed 4 Mar 2013<, Memorial #77350837, Mary Ann Cochran Winston Cochrane.
- [S567] G. Glenn Clift, Book - Kentucky Marriages, 1797-1865 (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishimg Co., Inc., 1966.), 25 Jul 2014, 84.
Announcement: Lexington Observer/Recorder, Lexington, KY, 21 Oct 1835. - [S709] Clayton Torrence, editor, Book - Valentine, Edward P. - Papers - Vol. I-IV (Ancestry), (The Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA, 1927; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979.), 25 Sep 2013, Vol. III: p 1716.
1835, Mary A. Winston; Louisa County Marriage Bonds.
EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1716 - Mary A. Winston - [S709] Clayton Torrence, editor, Book - Valentine, Edward P. - Papers - Vol. I-IV (Ancestry), (The Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA, 1927; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979.), 25 Sep 2013, Vol. III: p 1704-05.
1837, Clarisa M. Winston; Louisa County Records, Deed Book W, p 522, 525.
EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1704 - Clarisa M. Winston 
EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1705 - Clarisa M. Winston - [S844] Marriage Records - VA - 1740-1850 (Ancestry), ((http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3723 : 1999)), 24 Nov 2020, accessed 24 November 2020), John O. Cochrane and Mary A. Winston, October 1835.

Marriage Record - John O. Cochrane & Mary Ann C. Winston
- [S103] Bible - Cochran(e) & Associated Families, (London, England: Thomas Baskett, 1759), 6 Dec 2010, Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, third page. Hand written.

