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.

EBERHARDT, Benedict
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Name EBERHARDT, Benedict [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Birth 30 Sep 1833 Grafenried, Bern, Switzerland
[1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] Gender Male FindaGrave Memorial ID 46217429 Immigration 1845 Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA
from Switzerland with 7 of their childfren (John II, Jacob and his wife Elizabeth, Nicholas, Annie, Elizabeth, Benedict and Frederick) - Role: Participant
It is unknown if Jacob and Elizabeth's first child, Ann Mary, born in 1844 in Switzerland, died before or after they immigrated.
Tuscarawas County, located in northeast Ohio, already had many immigrants from Switzerland and Germany, with several churches and newspapers using the German language. On 24 July 1845, John I purchased a 50 acre farm (part of the SW quarter of the NW quarter of Sec 12, TS 7, RG 2) near the town of New Philadelphia in Warwick Township, that was worth $700 in 1850. On 6 December 1845, he sold 21 acres of this farm to two of his sons, John II and Nicholas, who then, 5 years later, sold it back to their father on 20 December 1850.
Military Service From 5 Aug 1861 to 1 Oct 1861 California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA
[10, 11] Civil War as a Private in the 1st Regimaent, US Reserve Corps, Missouri Home Guard, Company G, - His brothers Jacob and Fred, also served in the same unit at the same time.
Occupation Moniteau County, Missouri, USA
[4] Farmer Death 6 May 1893 Moniteau County, Missouri, USA
[7, 8, 9] Age 59 years Burial Rohrbach Cemetery, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA
[9] Address:
Rohrbach Cemetery
California, Missouri
USA- Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #46217429.
Person ID I3796 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 16 Aug 2025
Father EBERHARDT, John Sr., b. 1795, Switzerland
d. 26 Sep 1875, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA
(Age 80 years) Mother STOLL, Barbara Anna, b. 1794, Switzerland
d. 22 Jan 1870, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA
(Age 76 years) Family ID F1520 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family DAHL, Catherine, b. 23 Nov 1835, Germany
d. 30 Dec 1899, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA
(Age 64 years) Marriage 1 Feb 1863 Moniteau County, Missouri, USA
[5, 6, 12, 13] Age at Marriage He : 29 years and 5 months - She : 27 years and 3 months. Children > 1.
EBERHARDT, Sarah E., b. 1 Dec 1863, Missouri, USA
d. 12 Jun 1921 (Age 57 years)2.
EBERHARDT, Clarinda, b. 23 Oct 1866, Missouri, USA
d. 2 Dec 1881 (Age 15 years)3.
EBERHARDT, Daniel E. G., b. 13 May 1871, Missouri, USA
d. 9 Jun 1947, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA
(Age 76 years)> 4.
EBERHARDT, Victor William, b. 16 Jul 1876, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA
d. 4 Oct 1953, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA
(Age 77 years)Family ID F1525 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jul 2019
- Role: Participant
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Sources - [S1092] Birth Records - Switzerland - 1491-1940 (Family Search), ((https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1520585 : 2016)), 3 May 2018, accessed 3 May 2018), Benedict Eberhardt, 30 September 1833; citing Grafenried, Bern, Switzerland, reference; FHL microfilm 2,005,423.

Birth Record - Benedict Eberhardt - [S631] Ella E., Clara E. and Lawrence B. Hert, Research Report - Messerly, Eberhardt and Hert Families, 9 Jun 2015, p. Tree, p 8.
- [S1097] Ohio, Tuscarawas County, Census - US - 1850 - OH - Tuscarawas County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8054: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 17 May 2018, M432, roll 734, Warwick Township, p. 107A, dwelling 1457, family 1469, John Eonhard [Eberhardt], accessed 17 May 2018.

Census - 1850 - Tuscarawas Co., MO - John Eberhardt - [S1090] Missouri, Moniteau County, Census - US - 1860 - MO - Moniteau County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=7667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 16 Apr 2018, M653, roll 653, Township 45 Range 14, p. 831, dwelling 1581, Jno Eberhardt, accessed 16 April 2018.

Census - Moniteau County, MO - John Eberhardt & Jacob Eberhardt - [S1094] Missouri, Moniteau County, Census - US - 1870 - MO - Moniteau County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=7163&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 6 May 2018, M593, roll 793, Walker Township, p. 471A, dwelling 407, family 407, B [Benedict] Eberhardt, accessed 6 May 2018.

Census - Moniteau County, MO - Benedict Eberhardt - [S1086] Missouri, Moniteau County, Census - US - 1880 - MO - Moniteau County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=6742&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 1999), 24 Jul 2019, T9, roll 704, Walker Township, enumeration district (ED) 205, p. 15, family 136, Benedict Eberhardt, accessed 24 July 2019.

Census - MO - Moniteau County - Benedict Eberhardt - [S631] Ella E., Clara E. and Lawrence B. Hert, Research Report - Messerly, Eberhardt and Hert Families, 9 Jun 2015, p. Family, p 2.
- [S1088] Kenneth E. Weant, Death Records - MO - Moniteau County - Death Index - 1858-1931 (Ancestry), ((https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7564 : 2004)), 6 May 2018, accessed 6 May 2018), Benjamin Eberhardt; Citing a Moniteau County, MO newspaper issued 11 May 1893.

Death Record - Benjamin Eberhardt - [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 9 May 2018, accessed 9 May 2018<, Benedicht Eberhardt, Memorial #46217429.
- [S206] Military Records - US - Civil War - Union - Compiled Service Records (Fold3), (Fold3. http://www.fold3.com/ : Copyright 2011), 31 May 2018, Benedict Eberhardt (Private, US Reserve Corps, Missouri Home Guard, Regiment 1, Company G), 2 pages, "NARA Record Group No. 94, Publication No. M390, "Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky"," Fold3 (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 31 May 2018).

Civil War - Benedict Eberhardt - [S1203] J. E. Ford, Book - Moniteau County, MO History (Ancestry), (California, Missouri: Marvin H. Crawford, 1936.), 15 Jul 2019, p 41-42.
- [S685] Missouri., Marriage Records - MO - 1805-2002 (Ancestry), (Ancestry.com. https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 : 2007.), 23 Jul 2019, p 30, Eberhardt-Dahl, 1 February 1863, accessed 23 July 2019.

Marriage Record - Moniteau County, MO - Benedict Eberhardt & Catherine Dahl - [S631] Ella E., Clara E. and Lawrence B. Hert, Research Report - Messerly, Eberhardt and Hert Families, 9 Jun 2015, p. Tree, p 8, Family p 2.
- [S1092] Birth Records - Switzerland - 1491-1940 (Family Search), ((https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1520585 : 2016)), 3 May 2018, accessed 3 May 2018), Benedict Eberhardt, 30 September 1833; citing Grafenried, Bern, Switzerland, reference; FHL microfilm 2,005,423.

