Re: COGDILL Reunion - Stanberry, MO June 14, 2003
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Re: COGDILL Reunion - Stanberry, MO June 14, 2003
Joseph Childress 8/28/03
Here is the mostly circumstantial evidence linking William and Frederick.I have posted it before, but here it is again in case anyone missed it.I am gathering bits and pieces along the way but have not yet been able to fill in the blanks.
There is some evidence that Frederick Cogdill and William Cogdill were related. It is mostly circumstantial so far, but it is very interesting:
1. William Cogdill was a witness on Thomas Harrington's will.
2. In Thomas Harrington's will Frederick Cogdill is specifically mentioned.
3. Frederick Cogdill was a bondsman for Eligah Cogdill's marriage to Mary Proctor.
4. In 1870 Thomas Harrington made the statement in a newspaper article that he had moved from NC to KY in 1795, then to TN in 1810, back to KY in 1815, and on to MO in 1820. This is the same movement that was made by Frederick Cogdill to move the Cogdill line to MO.
5. William appears to have been older than Frederick.
So, it makes sense that Harrington would have asked the older man (William) to be a witness on his will. However, Harrington then makes the journey that ends up in MO with the younger man (Frederick.) That also makes sense. Possibly Frederick and Harrington were in the same line of business....different than William's.
Another set of facts:
6. William had a son named William II. William II named his first son Frederick. Maybe after a favorite relative?
7. William also had a daughter Ann. Frederick (in MO) named his first daughter (child #7) Ann. Again, maybe after a favorite relative?
So, was this just a coincidence? Family names were passed along due to favorite relatives, not coincidence.
There is also some info that indicated that Frederick and Eligah were possibly brothers. But, Eligah stayed in NC.
I have paraphrased some of the details from the book "A History of Cook-Cogdill-Taylor and Allied Families" by my mother Erma V. Carmichael. There is more, but you would have to read the whole book to cover it.