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HON. WILLIAM H. COCHRANE
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee appointed to prepare suitable resolutions commemorating the life and service of the Honorable William H. Cochrane, late of Adams county, Iowa, beg leave to submit the following memorial:
William H. Cochrane was born in Clayton, Illinois, December 14, 1856. He came to Iowa in 1877 and settled on a farm in Taylor county. He was married to Catherine Souttes, April 5, 1879. To this union five children were born. Besides his wife he is survived by four children, namely: Mrs. Mabel Mahr, Mrs. Emily Smith, Walter Cochrane, all of Corning, and William Cochrane of Watertown, South Dakota. His son Thomas preceded him in death, April 17, 1917. In February, 1903, he moved to his home in South Corning, where he lived until he moved into Corning.
He was a faithful member of the Methodist church most of his life and served as a member of the building committee of the Corning Methodist Episcopal church. He believed in every person assuming his full share of the responsibilities in carrying on the work of the community and state. He served as a member of the Thirty-sixth General Assembly and always approached a task with sincerity of purpose. Only a short time before his death he assumed office as mayor of his home city.
He died April 30, 1928, of pneumonia, at his home, after a short illness of only a few days. His age was seventy-one years, one month and sixteen days.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Forty-third General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the foregoing memorial be adopted as its appreciation of the life and character and public service of the Honorable William H. Cochrane.
Be It Further Resolved, That these resolutions be spread on the records of this House, and an enrolled copy thereof be sent to the family of the deceased.
JOHN M. BIXLER,
R. W. COX,
S. FLEMING,
Committee.
Unanimously adopted April 8, 1929.