Cochran, Joseph Gallup

Cochran, Joseph Gallup a Presbvterian minister, was born at Springville, N.Y., February 5, 1817. He graduated from Amherst College in 1842, and from Union Theological Seminary in 1847; was ordained June 10 of the same year, and commissioned by the Presbyterian Board as a missionary to Seir, Persia, where for eight years he labored earnestly. In 1865 he returned to the United States, and, in 1867 again sought, with renewed zeal, his foreign field ee, here, after four years more of faithful service, he died at Ooroomiiah, Persia, November 2, 1871. See The Presbyterian, February 17, 1872. (W.P.S.)