Person Sheet


Name John Francis COSS4
Birth Date 16 Jan 18774
Birth Place Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL
Death Date 28 Feb 19764 Age: 99
Death Place Marion County, Kansas
Burial Date abt 3 Mar 19764
Burial Place Peabody Cemetery, Marion Co., KS
Father Albert COSS (1845-1923)
Mother Rebecca Elizabeth GAY (1851-1941)
Misc. Notes
Residences:
17 Jan 1877: on a farm in Pike Co., IL
1901: on a farm in Jewel Co., KS
1907: on a farm in Barber Co., KS
1920: Barber Co., Valley Twp., KS
1926: on a farm in marion Co., KS4


John Francis Coss and Cordia Mae (Athens) Coss were married November
20, 1901 in Mankato, Kansas.
They moved to Isabel, Kansas in 1907 to the farm they purchased 1 1/2
mile southwest of town and is presently owned by their daughter Margaret
Coss Jewell (Mrs. Willard S.) of Peabody, Kansas.
The Coss family was very active in the Methodist Church. In 1926 the
family moved to Peabody, Kansas where they lived until their deaths. Mrs.
John Coss passed away in 1948 and John Coss in 1976.
Their daughter Margaret Faye Coss Jewell was born at Isabel in 1910.
She attended school in Isbel until moving to Peabody and was graduated from
Peabody High School in 1927. She attended Wichita University and Emporia
State, taught school for 5 years until her marriage to Willard S. Jewell.
She has always been active in music activities and has been church
organist at Peabody United Methodist Church since 1943. She still is
interested in the farm which was operated for many years by Franklin House
and now Rodger House.

Source: Isabel, Kansas - The First 100 Years, 1887 - 1987, pg. 65

Submitted by: Margaret Jewell
Spouses
1 Cordia May ATHENS56
Death Date 1948
Marriage Date 20 Nov 190156
Marriage Place Mankato, Jewel Co., Kansas
Last Modified 10 Jun 2001 Created 21 Jun 2001 by Reunion for Macintosh

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