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for many years. He gave the land on which the academy was erected. Dr.
Cogswell was appointed, Oct. 5, 1794 Justice of the Peace by Gov. Gilman of
New Hampshire. Sept 27, 1810, together with his wife and three oldest chil
dren, he made a public profession of religion and united with the church. His
other si.x children, one an infant, were baptized the same day. Dr. Cogswell,
some twenty years later, died at the age of seventy j-ears. On the funeral
occasion Rev. John Kelley, of Hampstead, N. H., preached a sermon, which
was published, the text being. '"Wise men die" Ps. xlix. 10. It has been
said of Dr Cogswell, " He advanced the doctrine of God his Saviour by his
life and conversation. In his religious faith he was decidedly evangelical. His
last days were happy in the enjoyment of his Redeemer, and at his departure
he seemed sweetly to sleep in Jesus."
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Ih-. William C,\^r..yl!, in hi? early career, w.is approved. Jul\ 19, [781, .Sui^eoiiV Man
the Military Hosiiital, with Oov. Eustis, at We>l Point. J.,hn fochran, DirectorCicne
certifies "that he distharged his duties with great faithfulness, intelligence, and unconin
assiduity, by which me.ans he has improved much in medical skill and has given universal :
isf.action to those gentlemen ol the department with whom he has been associated." Jan
I7,S4, he was pr. ' 'led to the chief charge of the hosjutal.
Mks. Jtrirni ;I(ai>i.er) Coc;swf.ll, wife of Dr. William Cogswell, survived to the tiim
fourth year of her .age. The united ages of Mrs. Cogswell and her mother, Mrs. Hani
Badger, would amount to one hundred and eighty-eight years, or one tenth of the wli
Christian era. It was said of Mrs. Cogswell, " Her life was one of singular equanimity e
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devotion to a single object, the doing her duty in the sphere in which Cod |)laced her ;
well she fultilled her mission." The sermon preached at her funeral, (let. 3, 1S59, by
Rev. Je^se I'.age, was )iiiblished.
JOHN COGSWELL.
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