James Otis Cochran was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Mount Tirzah Township, Person County, North Carolina, about 1767; attended the public schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits near Helena, North Carolina; member of the State house of commons 1802–1806; served in the State senate in 1807; elected as a Republican to the Eleventh and Twelfth Congresses; died in Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina, April 7, 1813; interment in the burial ground at Leas Chapel, five miles west of Roxboro, North Carolina
Background
Cochran, James was born in 1767 in Person County, North Carolina, circa.
Career
He is the grandfather of James Cochran Dobbin. Cochran parents, Charles and Isabelle (Whitelaw) Cochran, were natives of Perth, Scotland.
Achievements
Membership
Member North Carolina House Member North Carolina Senate, 1807. Member United States House