Cochran was a professor who bought the school at 90 N. Main built by N.W.Clark.
1860 Village of Clarkston census records listed Cochran as a 37 year old principal of an academy, who was born in Vermont.
Wife, Julia A., listed as age 30 in 1860 records, was born in Canada.
Son, Carlos B., age 7, was born in Michigan according to 1860 records.
Also listed in the household in 1860 were Phebe Stark, an 18 year old born in Michigan and Elisha Newman, an 18 year old student who was born in Michigan.
