Elizabeth (Say) Cochran (1845 - 1905)

Born 1845 in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Erastus Weaver — married 25 Jun 1879 in Colorado, United States

Wife of James W Cochran — married 21 Sep 1895 in Denver, Colorado, United States

Died 13 Mar 1905 at about age 60 in Denver, Colorado, United States

Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1845. She married Erastus Weaver in 1879 and together they established the Weaver House in Sedalia in the early 1880's. She married James Cochran in 1895. She did not have any children. She ran the Weaver House, a hotel, in Sedalia. I can find advertisements for this establishment in newspapers going back to 1887. There are a few mentions in the 1902 sale that she ran it for over 20 years. She passed away in 1905 of surgical complications related to her dropsy.

Sources

• "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQT-W9L : 8 December 2017), Erastus Weaver and Elizabeth Say, 25 Jun 1879, Colorado, United States; citing no. 65-401, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,147.
• "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQM-SRY : 10 December 2017), James W Cochran and Elizabeth Weaver, 21 Sep 1895, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing no. 18428, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,063.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFDF-CF2 : 29 July 2017), Erastus Weaver, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 38, sheet 355B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0090; FHL microfilm 1,254,090.
• "Colorado State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8WX-JRY : 1 April 2016), Elizabeth Weaver in entry for Erastus Weaver, 1885; citing NARA microfilm publication M158 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 498,505.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQM3-CPT : accessed 3 July 2019), Elizabeth Cochran in household of James Cochran, Precinct, 1, 4, 8-9 & 13, parts of 2-3, 6, 14 (east portion) Greenland town, Douglas, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 172, sheet 18A, family 373, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,120.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 October 2020), memorial page for Elizabeth Say Cochran (1845–1905), Find A Grave: Memorial #11440610, citing Bear Canon Cemetery, Sedalia, Douglas County, Colorado, USA ; Maintained by sandy heffernon (contributor 46779496) .
• Monumental inscription. United States. Bear Canon Cemetery, Sedalia, Colorado. 1905 (b. 1845) ELIZABETH COCHRAN GPS: n/a. Photo courtesy of Archives & Local History, Douglas County Libraries, Castle Rock, CO.
• Castle Rock Journal, 29 Jun 1887, Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, Colorado State Library, July 4th Ice Cream mentioning Mr Weaver
• Castle Rock Journal, 25 Sep 1895, Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, Colorado State Library, Weaver - Cochran Wedding Notation
• Castle Rock Journal, 9 May 1902, Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, Colorado State Library, Weaver House Sold
• Castle Rock Journal, 17 Mar 1905, Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, Colorado State Library, Elizabeth Cochran Obit