 1801 - 1871 (70 years)
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| Name |
Fortunatus Cosby |
| Title |
Jr. |
| Birth |
2 May 1801 |
Louisville, Jefferson County, KY  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
14 Jun 1871 [1] |
| Person ID |
I21706 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
Fortunatus Cosby, b. 25 Dec 1766, Georgia d. 19 Oct 1847, Harrods Creek near Louisville, KY (Age 80 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Mary Anne Fontaine, b. 14 Oct 1778, Louisa County, VA d. 1779/1872, Virginia, USA (Age 93 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
1786/1817 |
Louisa County, VA [1] |
| Family ID |
F916 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Ellen Blake d. 1848 |
| Marriage |
1826 |
| Children |
| | 1. Robert Todd Cosby, b. 1827, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY d. 4 Jul 1853 (Age 26 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Ellen Blake Cosby, b. 1 Jan 1828, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY d. 11 Jan 1901 (Age 73 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Mary Fontaine Cosby, b. 7 Mar 1833, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY d. 27 Sep 1881, Nantucket, MA (Age 48 years) [natural] |
| | 4. George Cosby [natural] |
| | 5. Frank C. Cosby [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F8248 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- FORTUNATUS COSBY, JR., was a native of Kentucky, born near Louisville, May 2, 1802, and died in that city June 16, 1871, aged 69. His father, after whom he was named, was a prominent lawyer, member of the Ky. legislature, and circuit judge; died in 1846, aged 81. The son was a student at Transylvania University; but graduated at Yale College; studied law, but did not follow it steadily; was a clerk in the U. S. treasury department at Washington city, and for several years U. S. consul at Geneva, Switzerland. Between 1840 and 1850, Mr. Cosby was a frequent contributor of charming poems and prose to several Louisville newspapers.
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| Sources |
- [S482] Broderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 12, Ed. 1, (Name: Release date: July 28, 1997;), Tree #2974.
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