The Plevna Place

In the early 1990's Velma Dora Cochren Priest Terry described her home as a child in Plevna, Reno, Kansas ca 1920.  Her parents were George Daniel Cochren and Annie B. Brown Cochren.  Her siblings were Elva  Ethel Cochren Merry and George Valjean Cochren.  It was white with green trim on the windows and door.  There were roses in the yard and around the front door.  Just beyond the back yard the railroad tracks ran past.  In the yard was the grave of one of the children who died at birth or was stillborn.  It was small but "tidy": a small parlor, two bedrooms, and a kitchen/eating area. Laundry was done outside - winter and summer. An outhouse was at the back of the yard. A small back porch also had a trellis with some type of green vine.  A curtain separated the living space from the bedroom and the children would entertain their mother with plays and musicals. The sketch was created based on memories shared of this residence by Marilyn A. Hudson.

ANNIE B BROWN WITH BURGESS F. BROWN

Annie is shown here with her father, Burgess Franklin Brown. He was a crusty old man, so family lore tells us, who used a cane to walk and loved to snack on saltine crackers and hot tea. This was taken in Reno Co., Kansas.

One story tells how the children and cousins were all visiting - may even this event - and they were running through the house like urchins. He warned them to stop their noise and when they did not listen and were roaring through the house again, he put out his cane, tripping them, and sent them tumbling. Then, apparently, they listened and set about conducting themselves more sedately around him.

Melvin Marion Priest ( -1950)

Son of Charles Priest and Senie Boyd; he married Velma D. Cochren in Rice Co., Ks on Oct. 18, 1930. They had eloped and were married by the Probate Judge in Lyons, Ks. He flew in later years and died in a crash in the summer of 1950. He is buried in Pawhuska, OK.

Mortimore-Fenton Family

Eliza Jane Mortimore and her husband John Henry Fenton.


John Henry FENTON was born on 24 Nov 1836 in IL. He died on 14 Feb 1908 in Sylvia, Reno Co. KS. It is family record that John's middle name was Henry. So far I have uncovered no documentation for this, reports Dennis Terry. Parents: John FENTON and Lucinda KIRKPATRICK.

He was married to Eliza Jane MORTIMORE on 6 Dec 1857 in Wapello Co., IA. Children were: Ruhamah Isadora FENTON, Richard Watson FENTON, Wesley John FENTON, William McKendrick FENTON, Elsie Luella FENTON , Elmer Elton FENTON, Plemworth Mortimore FENTON, Francis Leroy FENTON, Fred Ernest FENTON, L. Burton FENTON.

Thomas Plemworth MORTIMORE, father of Eliza Jane MORTIMORE, was born on 2 Oct 1803 in Guilford Co. NC. (49) He died on 6 Jan 1870 in Miami Co. KS. (50) Parents: David MORTIMORE and HANNAH. He was married to Patsey DESHIL on 5 Nov 1826 in Fayette Co., OH. Children were: William MORTIMORE , Elizabeth MORTIMORE, David MORTIMORE, Eliza Jane MORTIMORE, Mary MORTIMORE, Patsey MORTIMORE.

MAT age 4

Cochrens, Browns, Buggln Children

Brown SIsters and children (Cochren & Buggln)

Wedding Photo 1912 Brown-Cochren

Annie B. Brown, George Daniel Cochren, Wichita, Ks. 1912. They resided in Reno Co., Kansas.

Brown Family, Reno CO., Ks.

Burgess Franklin Brown (center), Ruhama Fenton Brown (left) and Annie B. Brown Cochren (far right).