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Cochran Chapel Cemetery

Dallas, Dallas County

Marker Text

This cemetery began in 1853 with the burials of Sarah Jane and William M. Cochran, the infant daughter and husband of Nancy Jane Hughes Cochran. Among the many Dallas County pioneers buried here are four of Nancy Jane's sisters and their husbands who came from Tennessee in the 1840s and 1850s: Thomas C. and Sarah Williams, Obadiah and Serena Knight, George and Amanda Record, and John B. and Margaret Bachman.

Marker Details

Address 9027 Midway Rd
Location Description
Marker # 6651
Dedicated 1994
Size, Type 24" x 18"
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 32.862133, -96.836851

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