The Cogswells in America - citizen hylbom blog

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i.S3''^: ni. Dec. 25, 1S58, Sarah S. S/iuiiiway. James, b. May 24, 1R44; d. Oct.
12, 1.S50 .S.^MUEL, b. Dec. 4, 1S46; m. Feb. 22, 186S. Emily I'otlcr. Ellen
LnrisE. b Feb. 24, 1.S49; d. Nov. 11. 1850. Willia.m James, b. May 22, 1853 =
d. July II. 1S69. Marv Eliza, b. May 31, 1856; m. May 24, 1880, /o//« H.
Pkkf'ord.
WiLLLAM CiiGSWELL. He was a son of James Cogswell, and baptized April 3,
1774, in the Old .South Church, Andover, Mass. He was probably the same who from
Sept. 5, 17S2. to Oct., 17S4, was a member of Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.
William Cog.swell. He was a son of Samuel Cogswell, of Mount Washing-
ton, Mass. He resided in New Lebanon, N. Y.
William Cogswell. His wife was Mary Ann. They resided in Hancock,
Mass. Their daughter, Marv Ann, was born Nov. 25, 181 7.
William F. Cogswell. He was a private in Company E, Eleventh Regiment
Connecticut Infantry, and killed in the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862.
WiLLi.AM F. Cof,.swELL. He was a son of Elihu and Margaret Cogswell, of
New Brunswick. He married, .May 26, 1881, Mary E. Oner., in Lynn, Mass.
William H. Ccigswell. His wife was Elizabeth. They resided in Chicago,
111. Mrs. Cogswell died Nov. 28, 1S81.
William H. Cogswell. He resided in Philadelphia, Pa.
Wilson Cogswell. He married, Feb. 11, 1841, Abbic Kenyan. She was a
daughter of James Kenyon, of Charlestown, Mass.
NoTK. — Doubtless the name Coggeshall is more or less confounded with Cogswell in
the foregoing Cogswells of Unknown Linea(;e.
The name of Cogswell has been assumed by various Negroes and Indians. There is
one remarkable instance of this in the case of an Indian, Jeremiah Cotsure. ]'id. IIoi'SATONic
Indians, p. 106. He had two sons, Nathan and Jabez, who were known as Nathan and Jabez
Cogswell.
Lieut. Wilham H. Cogswell, who distinguished himself in the War of the Union, and wa^
killed in battle, was the eldest son of Nathan Cogswell, of Cornwall, Conn., and grandson of
the Indian, Jeremiah Cotsure, alias Cogswell. He enlisted in the Fifth Connecticut Volun-
teers, June 22, 1861. He was promoted to a Lieutenant in the Sec. Conn. Artillery, for gallant
service, Sept. 11, 1862. He died Sept. 22, 1864, aged twenty-five years. He was in the important
battles of Peaked Mountain, Winchester, Cedar Mountain, Cold Harbor, and Opequan.
In the last he was fatally wounded. His colonel remarked, " lie was as a soldier one of ten
thousand; as a valiant and faithful soldier he had no superiors." He was remarkable as an
athlete, and noted for fleetness in running and for physical endurance. His townsmen of Cdrn-
wall, Conn., erected a monument to his honor and memory. For a portrait of Lieut. Cogswell,
Vi^l. IIisroKV or Cornwall, Conn.