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THEIK CHILDKEN WEKK :
Cu.AULi.s Hai.l, [1433J b. March 23. tfiS'J-
KrniL I;aI)(,i;k. [1434] 1'. Nov. is, iS(,2: m. Se]it. 25. 1S.S3, C/uvLs IV. U\/,/i
George Badger Cogswell in fitting for e ulleye was under the instruction
nf lienjamin Greenleaf, LL. 1)., of Bradford. Mass., but completed liis prc]jnr-
atory course in Gilmanton .A.cadeniy, N. H., and entered Dartmouth Coileyje
in 1851. He did not complete the college course, but from 1S53 to 1855 fol-
lowed a sailor's life before the mast around the world. Upon his return iiome
he pursued the study of medicine, attending lectures at the Harvard Medical
School, and in 1857 he received the degree of M. D. from Dartmouth College.
N. H. Dr. Cogswell was Resident Physician in charge of the Medical
Department of the State Almshouse in Bridgewater, Mass., from June, 1S57,
to July, 1859. He removed to North Easton, Mass., in 1S60, where he had a
laige practice, and won eminence in his profession. Dr. Cogswell, in 1S61, was
appointed Postmaster, which office he still held in 1884. During the war of
the Union, Dr. Cogswell was the Surgeon of tiie Twenty-ninth INIassachusetts
Regiment. He was on the stafl' of General \\'iIcox, as Acting Medical
Inspector of the Ninth Army Corps. He was once taken prisoner, and for two
months confined in Libby Prison. In 1S74 and 1S75 Dr. Cogswell was the
Medical Director of the Massachusetts Department of the Grand Army of the
Republic. He was a member of the .Massachusetts Medical Society. Upon
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the graduation of his class, he recei\-eil the
decree of A. -M. from Dartnioulli Colle-e. N H.
WILLIAM COGSWELL.
CScnraloflfcal.
\\']LLi.\M' Cogswell. {Gcvri;\'\ \Villiai)i\ NatlianiclK yohii\ Wil-
liaiii"-, Joliii^), son of Dr. George*^ [ 418 1 and Abigail (Parker) Cogswell,
was born Aug. 23, 183S, in Bradford, Mass He married, June 20.
1865, ^Eminn Thoriuiikc Proctor, daughter of Thorndike and Kmnia
(Silsby) Proctor. She was born Jan. i.|, 1843, in Salem, Mass., where
they resided. Mrs. Cogswell died April 1,1877. Gen. Cogswell mar-
ried, Dec 12, 18S1, '-Eva M. Davis, daughter of Horatio G. and Lydi.i
\V. (Carter) Da\is. She was born ]-"eb. 14, 1S53, in Salem, Mass.
IHi; tHlLOKEN OF THE FIRST .M.ARRIAGE WERE;
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Kmma Sn.sl,^, [1436] b. .Sei.l. 14, iN'..>
Sarah 1'arkek, [1437] b. Oct. '>. I.S;^. she .bed \n chiUlhuod, Dec. d. kS;;