Eloise (Keene) Cochran (1871 - 1940)

Born 1871 in New York, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Nelson Guy Cochran — married 17 Jan 1894 in Livingston Manor, Sullivan County, New York, USA

Died 7 Jun 1940 at about age 69 in Orthmann Sanitarium, Kingston, Ulster Co., New York, USA

Biography

Eloise Keene was born in 1871 at New York, USA. She appeared on the census of 21 June 1880 in the household of her parents, Gilbert Keene and Emma Louise (Rose) Keene, at Rockland, Sullivan County, New York.^[1]

She married Nelson Guy Cochran,^[2] son of Archibald and Alice J. (Huntington) Cochran, on 17 Jan. 1894 at Livingston Manor, Sullivan County, New York.^[3]

She witnessed the marriage of Gladys Decker and her brother, Fayette M. Keene, on 4 Jan. 1915 at Ulster County, New York.^[4] She and Nelson appeared on the census of 10 Jan. 1920 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York.^[5] She lived in 1922 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York.^[2] She and Nelson appeared on the census of 2 April 1930 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York.^[6]

Eloise died on 7 June 1940 at Orthmann Sanitarium, Kingston, Ulster County, New York and was buried at Wiltwyck Cemetery, Kingston, Ulster County, New York.^[7] Her memorial has a photo of her gravestone shared with Nelson.^[8]

Eloise and Nelson had one son, James born 17 March 1901, he died in infancy.^[3]

Obituary

8 June 1940

Kingston, Ulster County, New York, USA.

The Kingston Daily Freeman

Eloise Keene Cochran of 72 Pine street died last evening at 11:15 o'clock at the Orthmann Sanitarium in this city, after a long illness. She was a member of the Clinton Avenue M.E. Church of this city. Surviving is her husband N. Guy Cochran, station agent at the New York Ontario & Western railroad in Kingston; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Steenrod of Livingston Manor, Mrs. Alberta Millspaugh of Howe Covern and one brother Emory Keene of Livingston Manor, also one niece and two nephews. Body may be viewed at any time at the W. N. Conner Funeral Home, 296 Fair street where funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m., standard time and 3 o'clock daylight saving time. Relatives and friends invited. Burial in Wiltwyck Cemetery.^[7]

Census

21 June 1880

Rockland, Sullivan Co., New York.

• Kuhn, Gilbert age 39 b. NY Farmer.
• Emma wife age 36 b. NY.
• Emery son age 13 b. NY.
• Erminine dau age 11 b. NY.
• Alberta dau age 10 b. NY.
• Eloise dau age 8 b. NY.
• Keene,(indexed Kuhn) Fayett son age 1 b. NY.^[1]

10 Jan. 1920

Kingston, Ulster County, New York, USA.

• Nelson G Cochrane 47.
• Eloise Cochrane 48.
• Emma L Edwards 75 mo-in-law.^[5]

2 April 1930

Kingston, Ulster County, New York.

• Nelson G Cochran 57.
• Eloise Cochran 58.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Year: 1880; Census Place: Rockland, Sullivan, New York; Roll: 936; Family History Film: 1254936; Page: 302A; Enumeration District: 109. 1880 US Census. Gilbert Keene.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Fayette M. Keene Dies at Binghamton, Republican Watchman, Montilello, NY, Jan. 1923, p. unk. Copy in Fayette M. Keene images.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Levi & Robert M. Darbee, Record of the Family of Levi Kimball and Some of His Descendants (Brooklyn: Brooklyn Eagle Press, 1913) p. 94. Available at Openlibrary.org.
4. ↑ "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980," index, FamilySearch NY Marriages: accessed 11 Aug 2014), Fayette M. Keene and Gladys Decker, 04 Jan 1915; citing reference 873; FHL microfilm 842643.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Year: 1920; Census Place: Kingston, Ulster, New York; Roll: T625_1271; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 172; Image: 509. 1920 US Census. Nelson G Cochrane.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Year: 1930; Census Place: Kingston, Ulster, New York; Roll: 1655; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0028; Image: 466.0; FHL microfilm: 2341389. 1930 US Census. Nelson G Cochran.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Eloise Keene Cochran, The Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, NY, 8 June 1940, page: unk.
8. ↑ Eloise Keene Cochran memorial at Find A Grave.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Phil Smith for creating WikiTree profile Keene-619.