Father: Thomas Cozzens b: Abt 1775 in County Wexford, Ireland
Mother: Unknown (Unknown) b: From 1775 to 1800
Marriage 1 Margaret Moakley b: Abt 1833 in County Wexford, Ireland
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According to his Plain Dealer obituary, Patrick Cozzens arrived in the Cleveland area in 1852, settling in Newburgh. According to his great, great grandson, Fr. Don Cozzens, a Cleveland diocesan priest and a writer, Patrick Cozzens was born in Wexford in Ireland; the family has a copy of a letter he wrote to the Mayor of Wexford from Newburgh, sending a $5 contribution to help erect a memorial in the Wexford Town Square to those who died there in the uprising of 1798. Though Patrick Cozzens worked as a laborer and coal heaver during his early years in Cleveland, at the time of his death in 1902, he was a director of the South Cleveland Banking Company. His Plain Dealer obituary calls him “a very prominent South End business man and an active worker in Holy Name parish.” He married the former Margaret Moakley, and their son Thomas A. Cozzens ran a grocery store in Newburgh. Patrick Cozzens is buried in St. John Cemetery.(47306329)
Mother: Unknown (Unknown) b: From 1775 to 1800
Marriage 1 Margaret Moakley b: Abt 1833 in County Wexford, Ireland
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According to his Plain Dealer obituary, Patrick Cozzens arrived in the Cleveland area in 1852, settling in Newburgh. According to his great, great grandson, Fr. Don Cozzens, a Cleveland diocesan priest and a writer, Patrick Cozzens was born in Wexford in Ireland; the family has a copy of a letter he wrote to the Mayor of Wexford from Newburgh, sending a $5 contribution to help erect a memorial in the Wexford Town Square to those who died there in the uprising of 1798. Though Patrick Cozzens worked as a laborer and coal heaver during his early years in Cleveland, at the time of his death in 1902, he was a director of the South Cleveland Banking Company. His Plain Dealer obituary calls him “a very prominent South End business man and an active worker in Holy Name parish.” He married the former Margaret Moakley, and their son Thomas A. Cozzens ran a grocery store in Newburgh. Patrick Cozzens is buried in St. John Cemetery.(47306329)
Father: Thomas Cozzens b: Abt 1775 in County Wexford, Ireland
Mother: Unknown (Unknown) b: From 1775 to 1800
Marriage 1 Margaret Moakley b: Abt 1833 in County Wexford, Ireland
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According to his Plain Dealer obituary, Patrick Cozzens arrived in the Cleveland area in 1852, settling in Newburgh. According to his great, great grandson, Fr. Don Cozzens, a Cleveland diocesan priest and a writer, Patrick Cozzens was born in Wexford in Ireland; the family has a copy of a letter he wrote to the Mayor of Wexford from Newburgh, sending a $5 contribution to help erect a memorial in the Wexford Town Square to those who died there in the uprising of 1798. Though Patrick Cozzens worked as a laborer and coal heaver during his early years in Cleveland, at the time of his death in 1902, he was a director of the South Cleveland Banking Company. His Plain Dealer obituary calls him “a very prominent South End business man and an active worker in Holy Name parish.” He married the former Margaret Moakley, and their son Thomas A. Cozzens ran a grocery store in Newburgh. Patrick Cozzens is buried in St. John Cemetery.(47306329)
Mother: Unknown (Unknown) b: From 1775 to 1800
Marriage 1 Margaret Moakley b: Abt 1833 in County Wexford, Ireland
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According to his Plain Dealer obituary, Patrick Cozzens arrived in the Cleveland area in 1852, settling in Newburgh. According to his great, great grandson, Fr. Don Cozzens, a Cleveland diocesan priest and a writer, Patrick Cozzens was born in Wexford in Ireland; the family has a copy of a letter he wrote to the Mayor of Wexford from Newburgh, sending a $5 contribution to help erect a memorial in the Wexford Town Square to those who died there in the uprising of 1798. Though Patrick Cozzens worked as a laborer and coal heaver during his early years in Cleveland, at the time of his death in 1902, he was a director of the South Cleveland Banking Company. His Plain Dealer obituary calls him “a very prominent South End business man and an active worker in Holy Name parish.” He married the former Margaret Moakley, and their son Thomas A. Cozzens ran a grocery store in Newburgh. Patrick Cozzens is buried in St. John Cemetery.(47306329)
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