William Forrest Cogswell^[1]

1815 - 1869  (53 years)

• Name	William Forrest Cogswell
  Birth	11 Dec 1815	Canterbury, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [5]
  Occupation	Farm owner near Bensenville, Illinois  [1, 4, 5]
  Burial	Jun 1869	Rest Haven Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [2, 4]
  	Lot 31
  Death	23 Jun 1869	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I1045	Mohr-Whalen
  Last Modified	29 Feb 2016

  
  

  Family	Anna Adelheid Frantzen           b. 30 Aug 1826, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 12 Dec 1911, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1843	Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [3, 4]
  Children	1. William Forrest Cogswell, Jr.           b. 1844, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 1864 (Age 20 years)   2. Charles G. Cogswell           b. 1846, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 1848, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 2 years) + 3. George J. Cogswell           b. 15 Dec 1847, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 2 Jul 1913, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 65 years) + 4. Caroline C. Cogswell           b. 1849, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 1876, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 27 years) + 5. Henry Aaron Cogswell           b. 21 Mar 1852, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   6. Lewis R. Cogswell           b. 1854, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 14 Mar 1878, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 24 years)   7. Emeline Cogswell           b. 1856, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 1857, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 1 year)   8. Samuel Cogswell           b. 1859, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 1859, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 0 years)   9. Ellen Cogswell           b. 1860, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 1868, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 8 years)   10. Clara E. Cogswell           b. 1863, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. Norwood Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
  Family ID	F742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 11 Dec 1815 - Canterbury, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA Marriage - 26 Aug 1843 - Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Census - 1850 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Burial - Jun 1869 - Rest Haven Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Death - 23 Jun 1869 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Native of Canterbury, New Hampshire or Concord, New Hampshire. Came to Addison Township, Illinois in 1842 and purchased a claim on Section 13. [1, 3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Michael Martens Kirchhoff, The Franzen Family from Schale, Co Tecklenburg, Westphalia: a family tree of descendants of Johan Frantzen. [S548] Necrology Records of Selected Townships in DuPage County, (DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society). [S549] Rufus Blanchard, History of Du Page County, Illinois, (O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1882), Part II, page 229. [S421] Gloria Landwer Scott, Families from Schale, Westfalen & Sonneborn, Lippe (plus in-laws & sundry kin). [S1737] 1850 US Census - Household of William F. Cogswell. [S3774] 1880 US Census - Household of Henry A. Cogswell.