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Personal data John Houston George Cossey (PVT) 

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Household of John Houston George Cossey (PVT)

He is married to Luvicy "Vicie" Austin.

They got married in the year 1870 at Hardin Co., Tennesee, United States, he was 29 years old.Source 6


Child(ren):

  1. Mary Alice Cossey  1871-1892 
  2. George Wesley Cossey  1873-1956 


Notes about John Houston George Cossey (PVT)

John H. Cossey served as a private in Company F, 10th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry of the Union Tennessee Volunteers. The 10th Regiment was organized at Nashville, Tenn., May to August, 1862. They were attached to Post and District of Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863; 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to September, 1863; Defenses of Nashville & Northwestern Railroad to January, 1864; 1st Brigade, Defenses of Nashville, Tenn., January, 1864; 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 12th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to April, 1864; 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to April, 1865; and 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, to June, 1865. Private Cossey served as post and garrison duty at Nashville, Tenn., till September, 1863. He was ordered to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24, 1863. He returned to guard duty on Nashville & Northwestern Railroad, and garrison and guard duty at Nashville, Tenn., till April, 1865. Toward the end of the war private Cossey was ordered to Greenville April 24, 1865, and duty in District of East Tennessee till June. He mustered out June 23, 1865.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Houston George Cossey

John Houston George Cossey
1840-1912

1870

Luvicy "Vicie" Austin
1848-1926

Mary Alice Cossey
1871-1892
George Wesley Cossey
1873-1956

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Sources

  1. Blandford/Branes-Austin Family Tree, Barrier/Austin Family Tree / Ancestry.ca
  2. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, National Archives and Records Administration / Ancestry.com
  3. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865, National Park Service / Ancestry.com
  4. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  6. Blandford/Branes-Austin Family Tree, Barrier/Austin Family Tree. (Owner: 1_Idaustin) / Ancestry.ca

Historical events

Birthday January 11, 1840

  • The temperature on January 11, 1840 was about -10 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder windstil. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1840: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 6 » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
    • February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
    • February 11 » Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
    • May 7 » The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
    • June 20 » Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
    • October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.

Day of death September 2, 1912

  • The temperature on September 2, 1912 was between 7.7 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 14.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
    • June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
    • July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
    • September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
    • October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
    • November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.


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