COCHRAN, ROBERT E. (1810-1836). Robert E. Cochran, Alamo defender, was born in New Jersey 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.qv Cochran took part in the siege of Bexarqv and later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Capt. William R. Carey'sqv artillery company. He died in the battle of the Alamoqv on March 6, 1836. Cochran County is named in his honor.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Daughters of the American Revolution, The Alamo Heroes and Their Revolutionary Ancestors (San Antonio, 1976). Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Muster Rolls of the Texas Revolution (Austin, 1986). Bill Groneman, Alamo Defenders (Austin: Eakin, 1990).
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