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Frances Cochran Smith
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Posted by: eking   (See more photos from eking)   2009/11/22 4:55
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Frances Cochran was born 15 July 1814 to John and Elizabeth James Cochran in Bath County, Virginia.  Frances married John Smith Jr. on 12 November 1835.  In 1843 the couple sold their 180 acres of land in Pocahontas County and started west with John's brother Andrew's family.  According to a family story handed down through the generations the group made it as far as Kanawha County when Frances became sick.  Andrew continued west and John and Frances stayed in Kanawha with their family.  Eventually they brought land near Newton at the head of Blown Timber.  A descendant of the couple still lives on the land.  John joined Capt. Spencer's Company B, 9th West Virginia and went off to the war.  He died 22 August 1862 from illness.  Frances stayed at the homestead watching her family grow.   She passed away 20 April 1895 and is buried in Newton.  

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