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Robert E. Cochran
Birth: 1810 Pembroke Merrimack County New Hampshire, USA Death: Mar. 6, 1836 San Antonio Bexar County Texas, USA [Edit Dates]

COCHRAN, ROBERT E. (1810–1836). Robert E. Cochran, Alamo defender, was born in New Hampshire in 1810. He probably lived in Boston and then in New Orleans before immigrating to Texas in 1835. For a time he conducted business with Ammon Underwood. Cochran took part in the siege of Bexar and later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Capt. William R. Carey's artillery company. He died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836. Cochran County is named in his honor.

Robert E. Cochran was a true hero of The Republic Of Texas. His act of bravery and heroism will be remembered forever, as his legacy, a "Defender Of The Alamo" in March 1836.

Robert was born in 1810 in Pembroke, NH. His father was Samuel Martin Cochran and his mother was Sally "Folsom" Cochran. As per the 1810 census, which shows Samuel and Robert in the township of Enfied, Grafton County, NH.

Robert E. Cochran's birth location from the Daughters Of The Republic Of Texas Library at the Alamo, shown as New Hampshire.

We all pay tribute to his sacrifice and to all the other hero's of the Alamo.

As a Cochran family genealogist, I've traced our family lineage connection to the year 1580 to two Cochran brothers, James and John. I'm a member of The Son's Of The Republic of Texas and my qualifying ancestor's Col Samuel S. Lewis,Joseph Sidney Cochran and Martin Baty Cochran.

Robert E. Cochran shares many of our Cochran ancestor's back to Waldenus De Cochrane in 1240 Scotland.

by Terry Lee Cochran

{Biography by: Terry Lee Cochran} [Edit Bio] Family links: [Edit] Parents: Samuel Martin Cochran (1775 - 1860) Sally Folsom Cochran (1784 - 1867) [Add Marker Transcription] Note: REMEMBER THE ALAMO! [Edit] Burial: [Edit] The Alamo San Antonio Bexar County Texas, USA [Add Plot]

Corporal Martin Baty Cochran, Sr.
Martin Baty Cochran, Sr.

September 4, 1831 – March 9, 1907

Martin Baty Cochran was born September 4, 1831, in the Mexican Province of Texas that later became Newton County. The Cochran family was there when the Mexican Province of Texas became the Republic of Texas in 1836. Martin was named after Martin Baty Lewis, his uncle, who was the son of Colonel Samuel S. Lewis. Since Martin was the second son of Joseph and Elizabeth Cochran, he was named according to an old English naming plan.

Newton County was originally part of the Spanish “Atascosito District,” and under Mexican rule it became “Liberty District.” In 1835 the present county was part of what was known as the “Municipality of Bevil” or Bevil’s District. After Texas’s independence, the district was divided into Liberty, Jefferson, and Jasper Counties. At that time Jasper County included the land between the Neches and the Sabine Rivers; but in 1846 Jasper County was cut in half, and Newton County was created from the eastern half.

Martin Baty Cochran’s parents—Joseph Sidney Cochran and Elizabeth Lewis Cochran:

Glimpses of Newton County states that Joseph Sidney Cochran’s family was early Newton County settlers and that Joseph was one of the first county commissioners. The commissioners were the general governing body of the county. The books further states, “In the year 1832 three Cochran brothers, together with Colonel Lewis’s family, came down the Ohio River from Evansville, Indiana, where the Cochran family had settled after migrating from Massachusetts. They entered the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois, and thence on to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and then Alexandria, Louisiana. Then, they went overland to Salem, Texas, already an important settlement on the Sabine River. They lived in the Bevil District which was a loosely defined community of pre-Republic of Texas settlers. Henry Cochran was single; but his two brothers, Nathaniel and Joseph, were accompanied by their families. Joseph Sidney Cochran was married to Elizabeth Lewis, one of Colonel Samuel S. Lewis’s daughters. Colonel Lewis settled in Zavalla, Texas, but the three Cochran’s each preempted a league of land (4,428 acres) in what was then a part of the Mexican Province of Texas and later became Newton County.” On the 1850 census, Joseph’s occupation was listed as “farmer” with property worth $2,000.

Joseph’s wife Elizabeth Lewis Cochran was the daughter of Colonel Samuel S. Lewis. She was the great-great-granddaughter of General Andrew Lewis of the American Revolutionary War.

Martin Baty Cochran’s wife—Isabella Elizabethson West Cochran:

Martin married Isabella Elizabethson West, daughter of Levi Oliver West, Sr., in Newton County, Texas, on October 10, 1850. After her father died on April 23, 1852, his land was divided among his heirs. Isabella and Martin received part of her father’s land grant of 177 acres in Caldwell County, Texas. They moved, along with others from Isabella’s family, to the Luling area of Caldwell County, Texas, to farm the inherited land. Martin and Isabella’s brothers served in the Civil War from Caldwell County.

Isabella was a country doctor who traveled throughout the remote areas of Texas by horse and buggy, delivering babies and attending to the medical needs of the settlers. Isabella was energetic and continued with her medical practice until just before she died. Her family has been traced back to two colonial Virginia Governor’s. Lord Thomas West, provincial governor of Virginia (1556 – 1602), who saved the Jamestown colony, and his son John West, Royal Governor of Virginia.

Source: From Rattlesnakes to Road Agents, Rough Times on the Frio, written by Frances Bramlette Cochran Farris. Frances lived in Frio County while she was married to William “Doc” Cochran, one of Isabella and Martin’s sons.

Martin Baty Cochran’s military service during the Civil War:

Before his enlistment into the regular Confederate Army, Martin enlisted early in the war in two Texas State Troup units. These were local home guard units, and many men enlisted first in these units before enlisting in the regular Confederate Army.

Name and Rank—M. B. Cochran, Private, Texas State Troop:

Commanding Officer: Captain Isham G. Jones

Organization: Gonzales Rifles, Gonzales County, 24th Brigade, Texas State Troops. Martin enlisted on May 25, 1861, at the Gonzales Headquarters in Gonzales, Texas. The company was commissioned on June 21, 1861.

Name and Rank—Martin B. Cochran, 3rd Corporal, Texas State Troop:

Commanding Officer: Captain Morris B. May

Organization: Iron Guards, Mounted Riflemen, Caldwell County, 25th Brigade, Texas State Troops. Martin enlisted on July 10, 1861, on the Sandy Fork of Peach Creek.

Family Members on the Civil War Muster Roll of Company A, Iron Guards, Mounted Riflemen of Caldwell County:

Morris B. May—Captain (non-family) James B. West—Sergeant James Berry West Wm. H. West—Sergeant William Henry West Levi O. West—Corporal Levi Oliver West, Jr. Martin B. Cochran—Corporal Martin Baty Cochran Richard West—Private M. F. West—Private Wm. J. West—Private

Name and Rank—Martin B. Cochran, Corporal, CSA

Commanding Officer: Colonel William P. Hardeman

Organization: 31st Texas Cavalry. This unit was also known as the Texas 1st Cavalry Regiment, Arizona Brigade. Martin enlisted in the unit in 1862. This unit fought in the Camden Expedition (March – May, 1864); at Poison Spring (April 18, 1864); Massard’s Prairie, near Fort Smith [detachment] (July 27, 1864), and at Cabin Creek (September 19, 1864).

Martin Baty Cochran’s family after the Civil War:

After the end of the Civil War, between 1865 and 1890, Martin and his family lived in Caldwell County, Texas. He also received a land grant in Bastrop County, Texas. Martin was a farmer and rancher. At some time after 1890, Martin moved his wife and family to the Wimberley area of Hays County, Texas. In 1899 he filed his Confederate Pension application papers in Wimberley, Hays County, Texas. His wife Isabella died there in October 1904 and was buried in the Wimberley Cemetery. After her death Martin moved to Runnels County, Texas, to live with his son Levi Newton Cochran, Sr., and his son’s family. Martin was pictured in a 1906 reunion of Confederate soldiers in Ballinger which is in Runnels County.

Martin died at the age of 75 on March 9, 1907, in Truitt, Runnels County, Texas. He was buried in the Truitt Cemetery near Winters, Texas, which is also in Runnels County.

At some time after 1910, Martin’s son Levi moved his extended family to Wimberley, Hays County, Texas, and abandoned his land in Runnels County.

Martin Baty Cochran and Isabella Elizabethson West Cochran’s children:

1.	 Horatio Cochran was born in 1851 in Bon Weir, Newton County, Texas. 2.	Levi Newton Cochran was born February 11, 1853, in Caldwell County, Texas, and died December 30, 1934, in Hays County, Texas. He was buried in Wimberley Cemetery, Wimberley, Hays County, Texas, in a grave recognized by his family, but presently unmarked. His grave is about eight feet from the grave of his mother Isabella. 3.	Sara A. Cochran was born in 1855 in Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas. 4.	Laura Agnes Cochran was born on July 15, 1857, in Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas. She married first a Mr. McWhirter and second William Henson. She died on December 22, 1935, in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas. She was buried in Wimberley Cemetery, near the grave of her mother Isabella, under a Henson headstone. 5.	Tabitha Cochran was born in 1858 in Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas. She married Edward M. Jenkins in 1879 in Caldwell County. 6.	James Samuel Cochran was born on March 4, 1861, in Harwood, Caldwell County, Texas. He married Francis Rhoda Kneiber in 1886. He died on January 4, 1942, in Devine, Medina County, Texas, and was buried in the Moore Memorial Cemetery in Frio County, Texas. 7.	William Harris West Cochran was born in August 1861 in Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas. He married Ida Frances Bramlette in 1886 in Texas. 8.	Mary F. Cochran was born in 1865 in Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas. 9.	Martin Baty Cochran, Jr., was born on April 1, 1866, in Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas. He married Martha Jane Henson. He died on April 29, 1932, in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and was buried in the Mission Burial Park in San Antonio. 10.	John West Cochran was born on January 14, 1872, in Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas. He married Virginia Edna Wier. He died July 14, 1929, in Edinburg, Bexar County, Texas. He was buried in the Mission Burial Park in San Antonio, Texas.

Summary:

Martin Baty Cochran and his wife Isabella Elizabethson West are a “First Texas Family” of the Republic of Texas as certified by the Texas State Genealogical Society on April 13, 2009. Martin and his father Joseph Sidney Cochran were each also certified as a “Citizen of the Republic of Texas” by the Sons of the Republic of Texas on August 10, 2010. Martin’s mother Elizabeth Lewis Cochran and his wife Isabella West Cochran were also each certified by the Sons of the Republic of Texas on November 23, 2010.

On October 11, 2010, the Veterans Administration approved the application for a gray granite headstone for Martin’s service in the army of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. The Sons of the Republic of Texas have recognized Martin’s service with a 2 ½ inch bronze grave medallion.

Martin Baty Cochran’s biography and certified Texas State Genealogical Society application will be kept at the University of Texas’s History Department for viewing by researchers of the founding families of Texas. Also, his biography and certified Sons of the Republic of Texas application will be kept by the Sons of the Republic of Texas for viewing by researchers of the founding families of Texas.

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