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JOHN BEAR DOANE COGSWELL.
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CSfttraloflical.
John Bear Doane" Cogswell, (.Yciikaiiii/'\ Wi/iiaur', A^nt/miiic/^,
JoJiii\ William^, jFohn^), son of Rev. Nathaniel'^ f 415 j and Susan
(Doane) Cogswell, was born June 6, 1829, in Yarmouth, Mass. He
married, Aug. 19, 1858, Mary Abbot Trumbull, daughter of George
Abbot and Mary (Clapp) Trumbull. She was born Feb. 2, 1837, in
Worcester, Mass., where they resided, but soon removed to Milwaukee,
Wis. Mrs. Cogswell died May 24, 1864.
THKIR ONLY CHILI) WAS:
M.\K\ LoriSA TRiMi'.rLL, [1423] b. Jan. 3, iSM.
iStograptjital.
John Bear Doane Cohswell prepared for collet;e at Pliillips .Academy,
.\n(lover, Mass. He graduated in 1850 from Dartmoutli College, X, H.. and
read law witii ilon. Emory Washburn in the office of Washburn & Hoar, of
Worcester. Mass. Mr. Cogswell received the degree of LL. B. from Harvard
Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1853, in the Superior Court in
Worcester, Mass., where he opened a law office. In 1S57 he represented the
city of Worcester in the State Legislature, and in November of that year
removed to Milwaukee, Wis., and became law partner of his brother-indaw,
S. N. Small, Esq., the firm being Small &: Cogswell. Mr. Cogswell was
appointed by President Lincoln in 1861, and reappointed in 1865, United
States District Attorney for Wisconsin. In 1870, Mr. Cogswell returned to
Massachusetts, and resided in Yarmouth, his native town, which he represented
in the State Legislature in 1871, 1872, and 1873. He was a member of the
Judiciary Committee in 187 1, and Chairman of that committee in 1872 and
1873. Mr. Cogswell, in 1872, was chosen a Delegate from Massachusetts to
the National Republican Convention, held in Philadelphia, Pa., whicli nomi-
nated Gen. U. S Grant for the Presidency. He was elected State Senator for
the Cape District, in 1877. '878, and 1879.
Hon. J. B. D. Cogswell having served three years as President of the
Massachusetts Senate, with marked ability and popularity, retired from public
life, resided in the city of Haverhill, Mass., and devoted himself to literary
pursuits. He furnished a Biographical Sketch of Hun. Rufus Cho.ate, which
was published in the Third Memorial Volume of Deceased Members of the
New T-'ngland Historic, Genealogical Socictv.