James Otis Cochran (ca. 1767 – April 7, 1813) was a Congressional Representative from

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; born near Mount Tirzah Township,

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, 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

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in 1807; elected as a

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to the Eleventh and Twelfth Congresses (March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813); died in Roxboro, Person County, N.C., April 7, 1813; interment in the burial ground at Leas Chapel, five miles west of Roxboro, N.C. He is the grandfather of James Cochran Dobbin. Cochran parents, Charles and Isabelle (Whitelaw) Cochran, were natives of

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Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives North Carolina state senators American people of Scottish descent 1813 deaths 1760s births Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina People from Person County, North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub