GEORGE \V. COGGSHALL, farmer; P. 0. Kilbourne; was born in Washington Co., Ohio, Sept. 14, 1830; the son of Job Coggshall, who was born in Marietta, Ohio; his mother was a Weatherby and a native of Pennsylvania. John left the State when he attained the age of manhood and came to this county and began work by the month; he worked two years and then began for himself; he was in business for a time at Bath; kept a livery stable for a time, and March 2, 1864, married Frances Edwards; they have two children—James L., born Oct. 22, 1865, and Myrtia, born April 10, 18ti8. Soon after his marriage, he bought land and located in the suburbs of Kilbourne, and has a snug farm gotten by his own labor and by patient industry.



Maintained by Mason County Coordinator Donna Mayer