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Seymour Coleman COGSHALL

Male 1841 - 1907  (66 years)


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  1. 1.  Seymour Coleman COGSHALL was born on 13 May 1841 in Oakland County, Michigan; died on 4 Jun 1907 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1850, Living with parents in Lapeer, Lapeer Co., Michigan
    • Census: 1894, Living in Algoma, Kent Co., Michigan
    • Census: 1900, Living in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan

    Notes:

    Name:
    Mr. Cogshall in early life worked on a farm, and was educated in a country school. He entered the army in the fall of '62, enlisted in the 127th Illinois, Co. B., Volunteer Infantry, and later in the M.M.B.Co.E., Volunteer Cavalry. he served three years faithfully as a Union soldier, and was honorably discharged January 19, 1865. He held many prominent positions of trust, and for twenty years he railroaded in the South and West. He returned to Michigan and resumed farming until his health failed him in 1892.

    Seymour married Martha Jane TOMLINSON on 16 May 1865 in Sandoval, Illinois. Martha was born on 27 Jul 1840 in Rock Castle, Wilson Co., Tennessee; died on 30 Aug 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Charles Henry COGSHALL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Feb 1866 in Centralia, Illinois; died on 8 Dec 1937 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan.
    2. 3. Cora Belle COGSHALL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Jul 1877.
    3. 4. Frank E. COGSHALL  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Oct 1884 in Michigan.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles Henry COGSHALL Descendancy chart to this point (1.Seymour1) was born on 2 Feb 1866 in Centralia, Illinois; died on 8 Dec 1937 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1894, Living with parents in Algoma, Kent Co., Michigan

    Notes:

    Name:
    Mr. Cogshall spent his early life upon a farm and attended the village school at Mount Vernon, Ill. He afterwards went to school at Sparta, Michigan, and was graduated from the Sparta high School with honors in 1887. He taught in several district schools with success. In 1892 he entered the Michigan State Normal College from which he was graduated in 1895 with the full four-year life certificate course. He was superintendent of the Zeeland Schools for three years. He went to Grand Rapids in 1898, where he became principal of the Turner Street Public School. He was a member of the A.F. & A.M., and also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

    Charles married Lucy Sarah STOW on 30 Jun 1898 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. Lucy was born on 25 Nov 1864 in Cascade, Michigan; died on 10 Mar 1952 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Annetta Stow COGSHALL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jul 1900 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan.

  2. 3.  Cora Belle COGSHALL Descendancy chart to this point (1.Seymour1) was born on 24 Jul 1877.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1894, Living with parents in Algoma, Kent Co., Michigan
    • Census: 1900, Living with parents in Grand Rapids, Kent Co. Michigan
    • Census: 1910, Living with husband in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan

    Cora married Stephen E. JACOBSON on 20 Sep 1900 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. Stephen was born about 1883 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Eva G. JACOBSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1901 in Michigan.
    2. 7. Charles Laverne JACOBSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jun 1901 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan.
    3. 8. Seymour JACOBSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1903 in Michigan.
    4. 9. Martha B. JACOBSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Mar 1908 in Michigan; died on 10 Nov 1943 in Hillsdale, Hillsdale Co., ichigan.

    Cora married Edward CONLINEN on 18 Apr 1921 in Rockford, Kent Co., Michigan. Edward was born in 1864 in Washtenaw, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Cora married George W. CRAIG on 15 Nov 1922 in Hillsdale, Hillsdale Co., Michigan. George was born in 1863 in Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Frank E. COGSHALL Descendancy chart to this point (1.Seymour1) was born in Oct 1884 in Michigan.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1894, Living with parents in Algoma, Kent Co., Michigan
    • Census: 1900, Living with parents in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan
  

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