Husband James Cosgrove 1 2
Born: Abt 1817 - Ireland
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Died: Feb 1892 - ? Lawrence Co, PA 3
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Father: William Cosgrove ( - ) 1 2
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Wife Elizabeth McKinley 1
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Died: Jun 1893 3
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Father: James McKinley ( - ) 1
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1 F Margaret Cosgrove 1
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2 M William Cosgrove 1 2 4
Born: 4 Jun 1845 - County Armagh, Ireland 1 2
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Spouse: Anna Eliza Rhodes ( -1882) 3 4 5
Marr: 1880 5
Spouse: Nancy Y. Boyce ( -1900) 3 5
Marr: Aug 1889 5
3 M James Cosgrove 1
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4 F Mary Cosgrove 1 7
AKA: Cary Cosgrove 6
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Spouse: Dr. William D. McCune (1847/1848- ) 1 6 8
5 F Elizabeth J. Cosgrove 1
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6 M Samuel P. Cosgrove 1
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7 F Maria Cosgrove 1
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Spouse: Albert Scott ( - ) 1
8 M David S. Cosgrove 1
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9 F Martha Ann "Mattie" Cosgrove 1
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Spouse: Robert Dawson ( - ) 1
General Notes: Husband - James Cosgrove
He farmed in Ireland until he came to America in 1851. In the spring of that year, he took passage in a sailing vessel out of Belfast, and came very near not living to tell the dreadful experience that befell him and his family, for they were shipwrecked, and none of their goods saved, and their only possession on landing in the new country was the money in the belt that Mr. Cosgrove wore strapped around his waist. After their arrival in New York City, they moved to Little Falls, New York, where they lived but a short time. Friends had preceded him several years before to Washington County, [Pennsylvania?] and they provided him a house, where he lived a year and a half while he was looking about for a suitable property in which to invest his money. He soon selected two hundred acres of land on high ground a few miles from New Galilee in Big Beaver township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. By the following fall he had made ready a house, and taken possession of it with his family.
He was born in Ireland, grew to manhood on his father's farm and married the daughter of a neighbor. They had four children when, in 1851, they started for America. Their vessel was wrecked on the shores of Long Island and they reached Little Falls, New Jersey, entirely destitute, all their possessions having been swept away by the waves. In a short time they made their way to Washington County, Pennsylvania, and in 1853 they came to Lawrence County. After renting farms in Big Beaver Township, he finally purchased 190 acres of land, which later was divided among his children. He lived to the age of seventy-five years.