Seymour Coleman COGSHALL

Male 1841 - 1907  (66 years)


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  • Name Seymour Coleman COGSHALL  [1, 2, 3
    • 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. [1]
    Nickname Lyman 
    Birth 13 May 1841  Oakland County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Living with parents in Lapeer, Lapeer Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1894  Living in Algoma, Kent Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1900  Living in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Death 4 Jun 1907  Grand Rapids, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I74569  Main Tree
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2020 

    Father Rev. Henry COGSHALL,   b. 19 Dec 1811, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1896, Kent City, Kent County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Minerva HAIGHT,   b. 2 Mar 1817, Ontario County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1885, Sparta, Kent Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 10 Jan 1833  Charlton, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6
    Family ID F30211  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Jane TOMLINSON,   b. 27 Jul 1840, Rock Castle, Wilson Co., Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1905 (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 16 May 1865  Sandoval, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Children 
    +1. Charles Henry COGSHALL,   b. 2 Feb 1866, Centralia, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1937, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Cora Belle COGSHALL,   b. 24 Jul 1877  [Birth]
     3. Frank E. COGSHALL,   b. Oct 1884, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [Adopted]
    Family ID F30256  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Jun 1907 - Grand Rapids, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S12059] Charles Pierce Coggeshall and Thellwell Russell Coggeshall, The Coggeshalls in American Genealogy of the Descendants of John Coggeshall of Newport with a Brief Notice of their English Antecedents.

    2. [S6109] 1850 Census Lapeer, Lapeer County, Michigan.

    3. [S6183] Ancestry.com: Family Trees - Busby-Knapp Family Tree by Kathy McGee.

    4. [S6199] 1894 Census Algoma, Kent County, Michigan.

    5. [S5206] 1900 Census Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.

    6. [S6108] Ancestry.com: History of Kent County, Michigan.

    7. [S6184] Ancestry.com: Family Trees - Cornell Family Tree by cjneault1.