Families of Jennie Scott Hawkins

JENNIE SCOTT HAWKINS, daughter of MARY ELIZABETH WELCH and OLNEY HAWKINS, was born in August, 1852 in Michigan, and died May 21, 1921 in Hotel Montague, Brooklyn, Kings, New York.^{93, 1911} She is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York.²⁴⁸

She married (1) DR. EDWARD THOMAS DOBBS on January 10, 1883 in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa.^{961, 1939} He was born June 27, 1853 in Troy, New York,⁹⁶¹ and died December 24, 1906 in Kings County, New York.⁹³

She married (2) DR. HENRY LORD COCHRAN in 1910 in New Jersey.⁷⁷⁴¹ He was born July 7, 1855 in New York,⁴⁴⁹⁴ and died December 28, 1936 in Manhattan County, New York.⁹³ He is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York.²⁴⁸

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  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Jennie S. Hawkins)

Children of JENNIE SCOTT HAWKINS and DR. EDWARD THOMAS DOBBS:

1. JAMES WELSH DOBBS, b. about September, 1883;⁹⁶¹ bur. Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York.²⁴⁸

Personal Information

• Edward Thomas Dobbs and Jennie Scott Hawkins were members of the Christ Episcopal Church, New York, New York, New York. ⁹⁶¹

Education

Work History

Clubs and Associations

Marriage Announcements and News

Waterloo Courier, January 17, 1883¹⁹³⁹

On Wednesday evening, Miss Jennie S. Hawkins and Dr. E. T. Dobbs, the latter of Brooklyn, New York, were married at the residence of W. R. Graham.

Newspaper Articles

Semi-Weekly Cedar Falls Gazette, January 16, 1903¹⁸⁶⁶

Mrs. LeClair Martin entertained at dinner Wednesday complimentary to her aunt, Mrs. Jennie H. Dobbs, of Brookyn, N. Y.

—Mrs. Dobbs leaves tomorrow for a week in Des Moines with her sister, Mrs. W. R. Graham. She has been visiting her neice Mrs. LeClaire Martin for the past ten days.

Waterloo Reporter, October 25, 1913¹⁴⁷¹

Mrs. W. R. Graham, 1806 Arlington avenue, Des Moines, for many years a resident of Cedar Falls, is entertaining her sister, Mrs. H. L. Cochran and her niece, Mrs. Louis Rosse, of Brooklyn, N. Y., for a month's visit.

Obituaries

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 26, 1906¹⁹¹²

DOBBS—Suddenly, on December 24, 1906, of pneumonia, EDWARD T. DOBBS, D.D.S., at his residence, 161 Remsen st. Brooklyn.

Funeral private. Interment at convenience of family.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 26, 1906¹⁹¹³

Edward Thomas Dobbs.

Edward Thomas Dobbs, an early member and for years the treasurer of the Thirteen Club, of this city, died at his home, 161 Remsen street, Christmas eve, of pneumonia, after ten days of illness. Dr. Dobbs was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dobbs, of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., and was born 54 years ago, in Neosha, Minn. After graduating as a dentist, he practiced in Manhattan for a few years, and moved to Brooklyn twenty-five years ago. For eighteen years he had lived on State street, near Clinton. Latterly he had retired from the practice of dentistry, and devoted himself to literature. He had a library of 6,000 volumes and was a student of philosophical subjects. He was a member of the Thirteen Club, the Dickens Fellowship, the Pleaides and the Sunrise clubs, and of the Royal Arcanum. His widow is Jane Hawkins, daughter of Judge Hawkins of the Supreme Court of Michigan, and niece of former United States Senator Thomas W. Palmer. The funeral services will be held at his late home this afternoon at 2 o'clock, and the boty will be cremated at Fresh Pond, according to the request of the deceased.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 21, 1921¹⁹¹¹

COCHRAN—On May 21, 1921, at Hotel Montague, Brooklyn, N. Y., JENNIE H., wife of Dr. Henry L. Cochran. Funeral private. Kindly omit flowers.

New York Times, December 29, 1936⁹⁵⁸

DR. HENRY LORD COCHRAN

Retired Brooklyn Surgeon Dies After Long Illness at 81.

Dr. Henry Lord Cochran, who retired in 1926 after many years of surgical practice in Brooklyn, died yesterday in his residence, 1326 Madison Avenue, after more than a year's illness, at the age of 81. A son, Harry S. Cochran of the same address, survives.

Dr. Cochran, a son of the late David Cochran, former president of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, received his professional education at the Long Island College Hospital. For forty-five years he was an examining surgeon for the Commercial Travelers Insurance Company of Utica, for twenty-five years he was an officer of the Medical Corps of the State militia, attached to the Twenty-third Regiment of Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 29, 1936¹⁹¹⁰

Dr. H. L. Cochran Succumbs at 81 To Year's Illness

Retired Surgeon Had Offices on Clinton Street-Lived Here Most of Life

Dr. Henry Lord Cochran, 81, retired Brooklyn surgeon and oldest alumnus of Long Island College Hospital, died yesterday in his home, 1326 Madison Ave., Manhattan, after an illness of more than a year.

Dr. Cochran retired in 1926. He was born in Albany and received his medical education at Long Island College Hospital. His father, the late David Cochran, was at one time president of Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Cochran lived in Brooklyn from boyhood until his retirement.

For many years he had offices at 141 Clinton St. He was a member of the medical staffs of the Long Island College and Cumberland Hospitals. For 45 years he was an examiner for the Commercial Travelers Insurance Company of Utica and for 25 years he was an officer in the Medical Corps of the State Militia, attached to the 23rd Regiment of Brooklyn. He was a retired colonel of the National Guard and a Master Mason.

Dr. Cochran was the husband of the late Jennie Strule Cochran, who died 25 years ago. He leaves a son, Harry S. Cochran, of Manhattan, and a sister and brother, Rose and Thomas Cochran, of Flemington, N. J.

Funeral services will be held at 8:30 tonight in the Plaza Chapel, 40 W. 58th St., Manhattan. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery tomorrow.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 28, 1860802	Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan	Olney Hawkins Mary Elizabeth Welch Jennie Scott Hawkins Frances Latimer Hawkins Martha Smith Hawkins
June 28, 1870801	Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan	Olney Hawkins Mary Elizabeth Welch Jennie Scott Hawkins
June 6, 1900960	Brooklyn, Kings, New York	Jennie Scott Hawkins Edward Thomas Dobbs
April 16, 1910954	Brooklyn, Kings, New York	Jennie Scott Hawkins Henry Lord Cochran
January 7, 1920956	Brooklyn, Kings, New York	Jennie Scott Hawkins Henry Lord Cochran