Cochran - Martha Frances - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Martha Frances Cochran was born August 13, 1862, and died May 1, 1899, aged 35 years, nine months and eighteen days. She was the youngest daughter of Samuel M. and Miriam H. Hutton. At an early age she became a member of the Christian Church, and throughout her entire life followed closely in the footsteps of her Savior. On Sept. 7, 1884, she was united in marriage to Lew W. Cochran. To this union were born two children, Morris Earle and Horace Merle, now aged ten and six years respectively. "Frankie" was of a genial and loving disposition and always had a kind word and a smile for everyone. She was dearly loved by all who knew her and by her early death the community lost a most excellent member. She bore her long sickness with courage and Christian fortitude and death found her ready. She leaves a husband, three brothers and two sisters, besides innumerable friends to mourn her loss. Mrs. Cochran’s death removes from a sphere of great usefulness one of the brightest Christian characters in Montgomery County. Her life was an inspiration and nowhere was it more beautiful than in her last long illness. In her health she was full of good works and in her infirmity and death she inspired by her example. It was her fondest hope and most cherished desire that those she knew and loved so well here in this life might be with her in the joys of the after world, and surely if her example in godliness and grave prevail, they will be with her in the great reunion that knows no disunion. -s