Dr. Henry D. La. Cossitt and Lydia Crandall

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Husband Dr. Henry D. La. Cossitt ^{1 2}

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           Born: 3 May 1803 - Granby, Hartford Co, CT 1 2
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         Father: Capt. Silas Cossitt (1756-1819) 1 2
         Mother: Sarah Shepard (1764-1832) 1 2

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       Marriage: 9 Jun 1825 - Winfield, Herkimer Co, NY 1 3

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth McClimans (1831-      ) 3 4 - 22 Jul 1858 3 4

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Wife Lydia Crandall ^{1 3}

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           Born: 23 Sep 1803 - Plainfield, Otsego Co, NY 1 3
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Children

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1 F Harriett J. Cossitt ^{1 3}

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2 M Isaac Cossitt ^{1 3}

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3 F Lydia A. Cossitt ^{1 3}

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4 F Sarah E. Cossitt ^{1 3}

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5 M Henry D. La. Cossitt ^{1 3}

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6 F Julia E. Cossitt ^{1 3}

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7 U [Infant] Cossitt ^{1 3}

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Henry D. La. Cossitt

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He grew up in Trumbull County, Ohio, and received his education at the Mercer Academy. He began reading medicine with his brothers, Epaphroditus and James S. Cossitt, then practicing physicians of Mercer, Pennsylvania. After the former went west he continued under his brother, James, who finally removed to New Castle, Pennsylvania. Dr. Cossitt attended his first course of lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York, in the class of 1824-25. He afterward attended lectures at Geneva, New York. He was married in June, 1825, and in August succeeding his marriage he opened an office in Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, where he practiced his profession for more than half a century.
In August, 1826, Dr. Cossitt was commissioned by Governor Shulze, captain of the Greenville Infantry; was commissioned major of the regiment by Governor Wolf, in March, 1830, and in August, 1835, lieutenant-colonel. In July, 1833, Dr. Cossitt was appointed justice of the peace, by Governor Wolf, for Salem and West Salem Townships, including Greenville, but he never exercised the duties of the office except at weddings, and usually returned the fee to the bride.

He became a member of the Rush Medical Society of the Willoughby University, of Lake Erie, Ohio, later Starling Medical College of Columbus, Ohio, February 17, 1845, and on the 25th of the same month that institution conferred upon him the degree of M. D. He became a member of the State Medical Society in 1871, and in 1872 was elected its vice president. He joined the American Medical Association in 1872, and was also a member of the Mercer County Medical Society. Dr. Cossitt was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church from boyhood, and one of the early supporters of the Greenville congregation. He was a life-long Democrat, and in 1862 was the choice of his party for the Legislature, and, though defeated in a strong Republican county, he polled a very large vote. From the time of locating in Greenville up to within a few days of his death he continued his professional duties with unabating vigor, except a few years while engaged in mercantile and coal business. His name was familiar to the people of every part of Mercer County, and he was recognized as one of the most successful medical practitioners of that section of the state. After practicing alone for about ten years he formed a partnership with Dr. R. E. Breiner, which continued until August, 1842, when he entered into a partnership with Dr. D. B. Packard. This existed until the autumn of 1857, when he took in Dr. Fielding Donaldson, later a practicing physician of Greenville. This business relation was severed after about two years, and Dr. Cossitt continued alone until 1874, when he formed a partnership with Dr. B. E. Mossman, which existed up to his death. He died at his home southwest of Greenville, where he had been residing for about twenty years. Dr. Cossitt was a man of deep convictions and strong individuality, but always courteous and generous toward his fellow men. He possessed wonderful energy and enterprise, was generous and charitable to the needy, and stood high, both as a citizen and a physician. Ever kind and affectionate in his home relations, his death was an irreparable loss to his family, to whom he left a handsome estate, the legitimate savings from more than half a century of professional toil.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1173.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 699.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 700.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1174.