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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]
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Dr. |
Birth |
31 Mar 1842 |
Groveland, Oakland County, Michigan [1, 2, 3] |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1850 |
Living with parents in Groveland, Oakland Co., Michigan [2] |
Census |
1860 |
Living with his father in Groveland Oakland Co., Michigan [4] |
Census |
1870 |
Living in Genesee, Genesee Co., Michigan [5] |
Census |
1880 |
Living in Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan [6] |
Occupation |
1880 |
Physician and Surgeon [6] |
Death |
1914 |
Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan [7] |
Burial |
Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan [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 d. 21 Oct 1881, Holly, Oakland Co., Michigan (Age 65 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Susan Jane HUNT, b. 3 Sep 1815, New York d. 1 Oct 1859, Groveland, Oakland Co., Michigan (Age 44 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
18 Aug 1836 |
Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York [1, 3] |
Family ID |
F30233 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Martha Elizabeth PEPPER, b. 14 Apr 1845, Springfield, Michigan d. 14 Oct 1901, Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan (Age 56 years) |
Marriage |
17 Oct 1866 |
Davisburg, Michigan [1] |
Children |
| 1. Robert Bela COGSHALL, b. 17 Feb 1869, Gaines, Michigan d. 9 Oct 1869, Gaines, Michigan (Age 0 years) [Birth] |
| 2. Erwin Laverne COGSHALL, b. 7 Nov 1870, Gaines, Michigan d. 5 Nov 1876, Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan (Age 5 years) [Birth] |
| 3. Son COGSHALL, b. 2 Feb 1874, Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan d. 12 Feb 1874, Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan (Age 0 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F30238 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
18 Sep 2020 |
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Headstones |
| 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.
Created by: Lois Revenaugh
Photo Added by: Lois Revenaugh |
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Sources |
- [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.
- [S6105] 1850 Census Groveland, Oakland County, Michigan.
- [S6157] Ancestry.com: Family Tree - Hunt-Tolan-Beaman-Laswell-Browning-Harris-Knowles-Falls by Lisa Tolan.
- [S6107] 1860 Census Groveland, Oakland County, Michigan.
- [S6162] 1870 Census Genesee, Genesee County, Michigan.
- [S6163] 1880 Census Flint, Genesee County, Michigan .
- [S02329] Find A Grave Website.
- [S6160] Ancestry.com: Michigan, U.S., Marriages, 1822-1995.
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