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From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" <>
Subject: Bio: John Cochenour, 1812, Ross Co.
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 12:49:14 -0000


From page 8 of the "Pioneer Record and Reminiscences of the Early
Settlers and Settlement of Ross County, Ohio" by Isaac J. Findley and Rufus
Putnam. Robert Clarke & Co. Cincinnati. 1871. Hard copy on file at the
Ohio University Library in Athens, Ohio. :

"HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP. John Cochenour, stone mason, was in the war of 1812,
now dead. Mr. Cochenour was of great service to the new settlers in
building chimneys for their cabins, etc. One evening, while coming home
from his work, he was belated and it grew dark; when within a mile from
home, five large wolves attacked him, and he having left his gun at home was
forced to take shelter in a large dogwood tree that stood near his path, and
there remain until the morning light drove his adversaries away."
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