Scope and Content

This collection documents members of the Cochran and Love families of Atlanta and Cobb County, Georgia. Portraits by three Atlanta photographers, William E. Lenney; Moses M. and William H. Gardner; and Edwards & Son (Jay D. Edwards and William M. Edwards) are included. Of particular interest is a carte-de-visite of United States Senator Alexander Stephens Clay (1853-1910). Clay was a tutor for the Love children and lived with the family for a year in Austell, Georgia.

Scope and Contents of the Records The collection is an assortment of documents pertaining to the Goza and Cochran families and a family bible from the Cochran family presumably from Cobb County, Georgia. The bible contains the birth, marriage, and death information for the Cochran family for the period 1830-1971. Other materials found in the collection include a few pieces of correspondence and an account book from an unidentified business. The records in the account book appear to be from a blacksmith or hardware company...