Seymour Coleman COGSHALL

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• 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

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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]

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

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• Census: 1850, Living in Lapeer, Lapeer Co., Michigan
• Census: 1860, Living in Groveland, Oakland Co., Michigan
• Census: 1870, Living in Bowne, Kent Co., Michigan
• Census: 1880, Living in Sparta, Kent Co., Michigan
• Census: 1894, Living in Tyrone,Kent Co., Michigan

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History of Kent County, Michigan:

Henry Cogshall was born Dc. 19, 1811, in Fairfield Co., Conn.; is son of Archibald and Abigail Cogshall. He came to this State in 1839. He was converted to Christianity early in life and was made a licensed preacher in the M.E. Church; was afterward ordained Deacon and subsequently an Elder; has been in the ministry 40 years; has been located as follows: four years in Oakland county, five years in Lapeer county, returned to Oakland county and remained until 1866, one year in Barry county, two years in Sparta, one year at Baron, two in Midland county, two years at Cannonsburg, one year at Sand Lake, and settled in Sparta where he has since resided. He owns 40 acres of choice land on sec. 14. He was married Jan. 10, 1833, to Minerva Haight, born March 2, 1817 in Ontario Co., NY. They have five children living--Margaret, Abigail, Seymour C., William H. and David B. Mr. Cogshall has been a member of the Masonic order for 30 years. His parents removed to Charlton, Saratoga Co., NY, when he was but a year old, where he grew to manhood. His father's farm lay on the line between Saratoga and Schenectady counties. Postoffice, Sparta Center.

Henry married Minerva HAIGHT on 10 Jan 1833 in Charlton, New York. Minerva was born on 2 Mar 1817 in Ontario County, New York; died on 7 Jan 1885 in Sparta, Kent Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Gould and Phebe Haight
• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Lapeer, Lapeer Co., Michigan
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Groveland, Oakland Co., Michigan
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Bowne, Kent Co., Michigan
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Sparta, Kent Co., Michigan

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• Census: 1850, Living in Groveland, Oakland Co., Michigan

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The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record:

Archibald was a Methodist Episcopal preacher and worked as a cooper. He moved from Connecticut in 1811 to a farm in the Town of Glenville, Schenectady County, New York. Archibald was listed on the 1820 census of that town with four males under age 10. He moved, with his wife, two daughters, and one son, to Groveland Township, Oakland Co., Michigan, in 1840, where he joined sons Bela and Henry, who had moved there in 1836 and 1839, respectively. Archibald and Abigail were listed on the 1850 census of Groveland Township with two apparent daughters, Betsy, age 23, and Abigal, age 13, both born in New York. Abigail was listed in the 1860 census in the household of Betsey Bird, age 33, in Groveland Township, and in 1870 she was in the household of Bela Cogshall, a 54 year old lawyer, in Holly Township, Oakland County, Michigan. That Esther Cornell was a daughter of this couple is proved by Esther's death record, which lists her parents as Archibald Cogshall and Abigal Slosson.

Archibald married Abigail SLAWSON on 10 Jan 1810 in New Canaan, Connecticut. Abigail (daughter of Israel SLAUSON and Mary DUFREES) was born on 03 May 1791 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 31 Jan 1876 in Kent City, Kent County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Groveland, Oakland Co., Michigan
• Census: 1860, Living with daughter Betsey Bird, in Groveland, Oakland Co., Michigan
• Census: 1870, Living with son, Bela, in Holly, Oakland Co., Michigan

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• Death: 28 Dec 1808, New Canaan, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

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The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record:

Hannah's father, David Hait of Stamford, sold a one-quarter interest in sixty-seven acres to Dunlapp Cogshall of Stamford 21 Mar 1785....

Dunlap Coggshall was enumerated in the 1800 census of Stamford with one male under age 10, one male 10-16, two males 16-26, one male over 45, one female under 10, and one female over 45. He was listed in the 1810 census of New Canaan with one male age 10-16, one male over 45, and one female over 45.

Hannah received "the upper new grown Buckwheat lot and white wood meadow" from her father's estate. On 23 march 1811 Dunlap and Hannah Coggshall of New Canaan quitclaimed to Frederick Hait their rights to sixteen acres, "the upper new ground & Buckwheat Lot...specified & given to us by Hannah Coggshall of New Canaan quitclaimed one and one-half acres to her nephew Henry Hait, bounded by lands of Scudder Warring, Frederick Hait, and other lands of Henry.

Mr. Coggeshall was a hotel keeper at Stamford, Conn. His name on the records is Dulap; as he was known as William Dunlap Coggeshall in later life, he must have adopted the name William. All the dates and names are from Dunlap Coggeshall's Bible. In the Stamford, Conn. records, on page 17, it states that Dunlap Cogshall married Abigail Hart, of Bedford and Stamford, December, 1769. This branch of the family later on changed the spelling of their name from Coggeshall to Cogshall.

Dunlap married Hannah HAIT on 07 Dec 1769 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Hannah (daughter of Capt David HAIT and Hannah CRISSEY) was born on 24 Jun 1752 in Stamford, Fairfield Co.,Connecticut; died after 26 May 1814 in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Israel Slason
• Birth: Abt 1758, New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Israel married Mary DUFREES on 09 Sep 1783 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Mary (daughter of John DEFRIZE and Mary ?) was born on 17 Nov 1764 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 02 May 1843 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Titicus Cemetery, Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 11 Jun 1758, New Canaan, Conn.