Dr. Bela COGSHALL

Dr. Bela COGSHALL

Male 1842 - 1914  (71 years)

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  • Name Bela COGSHALL  [1, 2
    • Mr. Cogshall was educated in Charleston Academy and the Flint high schools. In 1864-5 he took a course of medical lectures in the University of Michigan, and in 1866 received the degree of M.D. from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, one of the best medical schools in America. he practiced his profession for eight years in Gaines Village, coming to Flint in 1874, where he gained such a wide reputation that he was called in consultation as far as Washington, D.C.

      He was for many years editor of medical and sanitary departments in some of the Flint papers, and became eminent in sanitary matters. In 1881 he prepared and read a paper on "Consumption, Is It Contagious?" before the State Public Health Association. He contended that it was, and this was a year before the germs were discovered. This paper attracted great attention and was published in the leading journals of this country and France. The Michigan State Board of Health published it in their proceedings, and have adopted his ideas, as have many other states.

      In 1882 he prepared another paper on the same subject, which he read before the National Public Health Association at Indianapolis. These papers gave the doctor a national reputation. He was a member of the leading medical and public health associations of the country, and was president of the Academy of Medicine and also health officer of the City of Flint, county physician, and United States pension examiner surgeon for eight years.

      The doctor was also a mason of high degree, and a member of the Odd Fellows and Maccabees. He as active in church work and to his indefatigable labors the Garland Street Methodist Church is indebted for its proud position as one of the leading churches of the city. For many years he was editor of the "Methodist", one of the best religious monthlies of the state. The doctor was an extensive traveller and wrote numerous accounts of his travels for the public press. [1]
    Prefix Dr. 
    Birth 31 Mar 1842  Groveland, Oakland County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Living with parents in Groveland, Oakland Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1860  Living with his father in Groveland Oakland Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1870  Living in Genesee, Genesee Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 1880  Living in Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Occupation 1880  Physician and Surgeon Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Death 1914  Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Burial Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I74656  Main Tree
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2020 

    Father Hon. Bela COGSHALL, Sr.,   b. 16 Feb 1816, Glenville, Schenectady Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1881, Holly, Oakland Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Susan Jane HUNT,   b. 3 Sep 1815, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1859, Groveland, Oakland Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 18 Aug 1836  Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Family ID F30233  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Martha Elizabeth PEPPER,   b. 14 Apr 1845, Springfield, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1901, Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 17 Oct 1866  Davisburg, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Robert Bela COGSHALL,   b. 17 Feb 1869, Gaines, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1869, Gaines, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Birth]
     2. Erwin Laverne COGSHALL,   b. 7 Nov 1870, Gaines, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1876, Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 5 years)  [Birth]
     3. Son COGSHALL,   b. 2 Feb 1874, Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1874, Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F30238  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2020 

    Family 2 Eva K. KINNIE,   b. 18 Mar 1858, Lapeer County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 3 Jul 1902  Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8
    Family ID F30235  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Living in Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Dr Bela Cogshall Headstone
    Dr Bela Cogshall Headstone
    Dr. Bela Cogshall is the son of Bela Cogshall and Sarah Jane Hunt. He is the husband to (1) Martha E. Pepper and (2) Eva K. (Kinni) Anderson. He is buried in the Glenwood Cemetery in Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan.

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    Photo Added by: Lois Revenaugh

  • 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. [S6105] 1850 Census Groveland, Oakland County, Michigan.

    3. [S6157] Ancestry.com: Family Tree - Hunt-Tolan-Beaman-Laswell-Browning-Harris-Knowles-Falls by Lisa Tolan.

    4. [S6107] 1860 Census Groveland, Oakland County, Michigan.

    5. [S6162] 1870 Census Genesee, Genesee County, Michigan.

    6. [S6163] 1880 Census Flint, Genesee County, Michigan .

    7. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    8. [S6160] Ancestry.com: Michigan, U.S., Marriages, 1822-1995.