Courier-Journal
Jan. 22, 1873
Page 1
Death of Judge Cochran
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Hon. Thomas B. Cochran, Judge of the Louisville Chancery Court, died at his residence in this city about eight o’clock on yesterday morning. Although he had been in bad health for several years, his death was unexpected, and was a severe shock to his brethren of the bar and to the community. The fatal disease was erysipelas, with which he was attacked one week ago, and which, finding his system greatly debilitated by his long-continued ill health, made rapid inroads, affecting his brain and resulting in speedy death.
Judge Cochran was born in Spencer County, on the second day of October, 1827, and his father, John Cochran, who is still living at an advanced age, is one of the most influential and respected citizens of that County. After graduating, in 1847, in Transylvania University, when under the presidency of the celebrated educator, Bishop Bascom, he began the practice of law in Shelbyville in 1849. His success in his profession was complete from the first, and a few years put him at the head of the bar always among the best in the State.
At the beginning of the late ware he was a prompt volunteer, and in 1862 assisted in organizing the Second regiment of Kentucky cavalry, U. S. A., and was appointed Lieutenant Colonel thereof. He was tendered promotion and declined it, and would certainly have attained high rank had not failing health compelled his resignation.
After a trip to Europe, to re-establish if possible his health, Colonel Cochran resumed the practice of law at Shelbyville, with his former success, and in 1865 was elected to the state Senate from the district composed of the counties of Shelby, Henry and Oldham,. In 1866, however, re resigned the place of Senator and came to this city, as offering a more conspicuous and extended field of professional labor, and, so rapidly, as a man and a lawyer, did he grow in the esteem of the bar and the community, that, after a residence of two years, he was in 1868 elected Judge of the Louisville Chancery Court, which office he held at the time of his death.
As a judge he was both learned and upright. It has frequently been remarked with pride by the bar of the Chancery Court that, with Judge Cochran on the bench and in health, they had the best court in the Commonwealth. Perhaps the most striking feature of his character as a judge was his wonderful quickness of comprehension. He seized the subject in all its bearings at a mere glance, and wielded it in the most vigorous style.
Almost before the case was stated he had taken in its scope and its details, and it was no unusual thing for him to display, on the first presentation of a question, a more just and accurate appreciation of its weight and tendency than lawyers who had pondered it for hours. He was able in all branches of the law. He discriminated nicely, was logical, and held to a line of thought closely and tenaciously. He was also positive and forcible in rendering his opinions when he had reached a conclusion, and a case decided by him was decided in all its parts.
The lawyer thereafter had no difficulty in determining whether he was in court or out of it. Largely owing to this trait, no man ever filled the office of Judge of the Chancery Court more acceptable to the bar than Judge Cochran. He had astonishing persistence of purpose, and was undaunted by any odds that could be arrayed against him. As a lawyer he was not only indefatigable but he delighted in the learning and refinements of the law, and pursued and mastered it as a science. His capacity was equal to almost any office or station, and had not his health failed him at the very dawn of his maturity he would have attained an eminence second to no lawyer of the Kentucky bar.
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Jan. 22, 1873
Page 1
Death of Judge Cochran
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Hon. Thomas B. Cochran, Judge of the Louisville Chancery Court, died at his residence in this city about eight o’clock on yesterday morning. Although he had been in bad health for several years, his death was unexpected, and was a severe shock to his brethren of the bar and to the community. The fatal disease was erysipelas, with which he was attacked one week ago, and which, finding his system greatly debilitated by his long-continued ill health, made rapid inroads, affecting his brain and resulting in speedy death.
Judge Cochran was born in Spencer County, on the second day of October, 1827, and his father, John Cochran, who is still living at an advanced age, is one of the most influential and respected citizens of that County. After graduating, in 1847, in Transylvania University, when under the presidency of the celebrated educator, Bishop Bascom, he began the practice of law in Shelbyville in 1849. His success in his profession was complete from the first, and a few years put him at the head of the bar always among the best in the State.
At the beginning of the late ware he was a prompt volunteer, and in 1862 assisted in organizing the Second regiment of Kentucky cavalry, U. S. A., and was appointed Lieutenant Colonel thereof. He was tendered promotion and declined it, and would certainly have attained high rank had not failing health compelled his resignation.
After a trip to Europe, to re-establish if possible his health, Colonel Cochran resumed the practice of law at Shelbyville, with his former success, and in 1865 was elected to the state Senate from the district composed of the counties of Shelby, Henry and Oldham,. In 1866, however, re resigned the place of Senator and came to this city, as offering a more conspicuous and extended field of professional labor, and, so rapidly, as a man and a lawyer, did he grow in the esteem of the bar and the community, that, after a residence of two years, he was in 1868 elected Judge of the Louisville Chancery Court, which office he held at the time of his death.
As a judge he was both learned and upright. It has frequently been remarked with pride by the bar of the Chancery Court that, with Judge Cochran on the bench and in health, they had the best court in the Commonwealth. Perhaps the most striking feature of his character as a judge was his wonderful quickness of comprehension. He seized the subject in all its bearings at a mere glance, and wielded it in the most vigorous style.
Almost before the case was stated he had taken in its scope and its details, and it was no unusual thing for him to display, on the first presentation of a question, a more just and accurate appreciation of its weight and tendency than lawyers who had pondered it for hours. He was able in all branches of the law. He discriminated nicely, was logical, and held to a line of thought closely and tenaciously. He was also positive and forcible in rendering his opinions when he had reached a conclusion, and a case decided by him was decided in all its parts.
The lawyer thereafter had no difficulty in determining whether he was in court or out of it. Largely owing to this trait, no man ever filled the office of Judge of the Chancery Court more acceptable to the bar than Judge Cochran. He had astonishing persistence of purpose, and was undaunted by any odds that could be arrayed against him. As a lawyer he was not only indefatigable but he delighted in the learning and refinements of the law, and pursued and mastered it as a science. His capacity was equal to almost any office or station, and had not his health failed him at the very dawn of his maturity he would have attained an eminence second to no lawyer of the Kentucky bar.
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Courier-Journal
Jan. 22, 1873
Page 1
Death of Judge Cochran
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Hon. Thomas B. Cochran, Judge of the Louisville Chancery Court, died at his residence in this city about eight o’clock on yesterday morning. Although he had been in bad health for several years, his death was unexpected, and was a severe shock to his brethren of the bar and to the community. The fatal disease was erysipelas, with which he was attacked one week ago, and which, finding his system greatly debilitated by his long-continued ill health, made rapid inroads, affecting his brain and resulting in speedy death.
Judge Cochran was born in Spencer County, on the second day of October, 1827, and his father, John Cochran, who is still living at an advanced age, is one of the most influential and respected citizens of that County. After graduating, in 1847, in Transylvania University, when under the presidency of the celebrated educator, Bishop Bascom, he began the practice of law in Shelbyville in 1849. His success in his profession was complete from the first, and a few years put him at the head of the bar always among the best in the State.
At the beginning of the late ware he was a prompt volunteer, and in 1862 assisted in organizing the Second regiment of Kentucky cavalry, U. S. A., and was appointed Lieutenant Colonel thereof. He was tendered promotion and declined it, and would certainly have attained high rank had not failing health compelled his resignation.
After a trip to Europe, to re-establish if possible his health, Colonel Cochran resumed the practice of law at Shelbyville, with his former success, and in 1865 was elected to the state Senate from the district composed of the counties of Shelby, Henry and Oldham,. In 1866, however, re resigned the place of Senator and came to this city, as offering a more conspicuous and extended field of professional labor, and, so rapidly, as a man and a lawyer, did he grow in the esteem of the bar and the community, that, after a residence of two years, he was in 1868 elected Judge of the Louisville Chancery Court, which office he held at the time of his death.
As a judge he was both learned and upright. It has frequently been remarked with pride by the bar of the Chancery Court that, with Judge Cochran on the bench and in health, they had the best court in the Commonwealth. Perhaps the most striking feature of his character as a judge was his wonderful quickness of comprehension. He seized the subject in all its bearings at a mere glance, and wielded it in the most vigorous style.
Almost before the case was stated he had taken in its scope and its details, and it was no unusual thing for him to display, on the first presentation of a question, a more just and accurate appreciation of its weight and tendency than lawyers who had pondered it for hours. He was able in all branches of the law. He discriminated nicely, was logical, and held to a line of thought closely and tenaciously. He was also positive and forcible in rendering his opinions when he had reached a conclusion, and a case decided by him was decided in all its parts.
The lawyer thereafter had no difficulty in determining whether he was in court or out of it. Largely owing to this trait, no man ever filled the office of Judge of the Chancery Court more acceptable to the bar than Judge Cochran. He had astonishing persistence of purpose, and was undaunted by any odds that could be arrayed against him. As a lawyer he was not only indefatigable but he delighted in the learning and refinements of the law, and pursued and mastered it as a science. His capacity was equal to almost any office or station, and had not his health failed him at the very dawn of his maturity he would have attained an eminence second to no lawyer of the Kentucky bar.
Contributor: 49568274
Jan. 22, 1873
Page 1
Death of Judge Cochran
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Hon. Thomas B. Cochran, Judge of the Louisville Chancery Court, died at his residence in this city about eight o’clock on yesterday morning. Although he had been in bad health for several years, his death was unexpected, and was a severe shock to his brethren of the bar and to the community. The fatal disease was erysipelas, with which he was attacked one week ago, and which, finding his system greatly debilitated by his long-continued ill health, made rapid inroads, affecting his brain and resulting in speedy death.
Judge Cochran was born in Spencer County, on the second day of October, 1827, and his father, John Cochran, who is still living at an advanced age, is one of the most influential and respected citizens of that County. After graduating, in 1847, in Transylvania University, when under the presidency of the celebrated educator, Bishop Bascom, he began the practice of law in Shelbyville in 1849. His success in his profession was complete from the first, and a few years put him at the head of the bar always among the best in the State.
At the beginning of the late ware he was a prompt volunteer, and in 1862 assisted in organizing the Second regiment of Kentucky cavalry, U. S. A., and was appointed Lieutenant Colonel thereof. He was tendered promotion and declined it, and would certainly have attained high rank had not failing health compelled his resignation.
After a trip to Europe, to re-establish if possible his health, Colonel Cochran resumed the practice of law at Shelbyville, with his former success, and in 1865 was elected to the state Senate from the district composed of the counties of Shelby, Henry and Oldham,. In 1866, however, re resigned the place of Senator and came to this city, as offering a more conspicuous and extended field of professional labor, and, so rapidly, as a man and a lawyer, did he grow in the esteem of the bar and the community, that, after a residence of two years, he was in 1868 elected Judge of the Louisville Chancery Court, which office he held at the time of his death.
As a judge he was both learned and upright. It has frequently been remarked with pride by the bar of the Chancery Court that, with Judge Cochran on the bench and in health, they had the best court in the Commonwealth. Perhaps the most striking feature of his character as a judge was his wonderful quickness of comprehension. He seized the subject in all its bearings at a mere glance, and wielded it in the most vigorous style.
Almost before the case was stated he had taken in its scope and its details, and it was no unusual thing for him to display, on the first presentation of a question, a more just and accurate appreciation of its weight and tendency than lawyers who had pondered it for hours. He was able in all branches of the law. He discriminated nicely, was logical, and held to a line of thought closely and tenaciously. He was also positive and forcible in rendering his opinions when he had reached a conclusion, and a case decided by him was decided in all its parts.
The lawyer thereafter had no difficulty in determining whether he was in court or out of it. Largely owing to this trait, no man ever filled the office of Judge of the Chancery Court more acceptable to the bar than Judge Cochran. He had astonishing persistence of purpose, and was undaunted by any odds that could be arrayed against him. As a lawyer he was not only indefatigable but he delighted in the learning and refinements of the law, and pursued and mastered it as a science. His capacity was equal to almost any office or station, and had not his health failed him at the very dawn of his maturity he would have attained an eminence second to no lawyer of the Kentucky bar.
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