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.
MUSSELMAN, Birch
1813 - 1887 (73 years) Has no ancestors but 9 descendants in this family tree.
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Name MUSSELMAN, Birch [1, 2] Birth 21 Oct 1813 Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA 
[2] Gender Male FindaGrave Memorial ID 77367040 Death 17 Feb 1887 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [2] Age 73 years Burial Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [3] Address:
Cave Hill Cemetery
701 Baxter Ave.
Louisville, Kentucky
USA
502-451-5630
https://www.cavehillcemetery.com/- Plot: Section F, Lots 236-237, Grave 13. Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #77367040.
Person ID I258 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 13 Aug 2025
Family 1 —?— d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Y [2] Family ID F294 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Dec 2010
Family 2 COCHRAN, Sarah Virginia, b. 22 Jan 1822, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA d. 5 Dec 1894, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA (Age 72 years) Marriage 28 Dec 1853 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [1, 2, 4] - Married by the Rev. James Crack. [1]
Age at Marriage He : 40 years and 2 months - She : 31 years and 11 months. Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death Children 1. MUSSELMAN Mr., b. Between 1854 and 1857 bur. 3 Jan 1857, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA (Age ~ 3 years)> 2. MUSSELMAN, David Birch, b. 10 Dec 1857, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA d. 3 Feb 1909, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA (Age 51 years)+ 3. MUSSELMAN, William Cochran, b. 10 Dec 1857, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA d. 25 Sep 1932, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (Age 74 years)+ 4. MUSSELMAN, Patrick Henry, b. 14 Jan 1860, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA d. 30 Jun 1935, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA (Age 75 years)Family ID F105 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Dec 2020
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Event Map 
Birth - 21 Oct 1813 - Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA 
Marriage - 28 Dec 1853 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Death - 17 Feb 1887 - 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), 8 Dec 2010, Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, tenth page. Hand written.
"Married on the morning of the 28th of December 1853 by the Reverend Wm. James Crack Mr. Birch Musselman to wife Sarah Virginia Cochran. Youngest daughter of Wm. & Mildred Cochran all of the City of Louisville."
The cochran(e) Family Bible
Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, tenth page. - [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, Pg. 111.
- [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 4 Mar 2013, accessed 4 Mar 2013<, Memorial #77367040, Birch Musselman.
- [S1273] Marriage Records - KY - 1783-1965 (Ancestry), ((https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61372/ : 2016)), 21 Dec 2020, accessed 21 December 2020), Birch Musselman & Sarah Virginia Cochran, 28 December 1853; Jefferson County, KY, 1853-1854.
Marriage Lic - Birch Musselman & Sarah Virginia Cochran
- [S103] Bible - Cochran(e) & Associated Families, (London, England: Thomas Baskett, 1759), 8 Dec 2010, Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, tenth page. Hand written.