Rachel's M#1 was Hiram Ferguson
Rachels's M#2 was Abner Cogswell
"In the death of Mrs. Abner Cogswell, at Dixon last Friday, many of our older citizens will recall to mind her when for so many years she lived with her husband about five mile east of Rock Falls on the Dixon road, and the remembrance will be a pleasant one too. She was buried Sunday in the Nelson Cemetery where her husband lies."
Sterling w Gazette; Friday 18 Nov 1892;1;4
"There died last night about one o'clock Mrs. Rachael Cogswell, mother of our much respected citizen, Albert Ferguson, at the S.S. Hill place on Madison avenue. Miss Rachael Stedman was born near Owego, N.Y., in 1819. Upon reaching maturity she was married to Hiram Ferguson and to them were born four children, Albert of this city, Herbert T. of Orleans, Neb; Amzi of Elmwood, Neb., and Mrs. Anna Brown, of Freetown, New York. The last named has been at her mother's bedside for a number of weeks. After the death of Mr. Ferguson, the wife came to Dixon in the year 1855. Here she married Abner Cogswell who died and was buried at Nelson. Mrs. Cogswell joined the Baptist church when sixteen years of age and united with the church here in 1855. Funeral services will be held at the Hill residence Sunday morning and the remains will be taken to Nelson for burial."
Dixon Telegraph 11 Nov 1892;4;3
Rachels's M#2 was Abner Cogswell
"In the death of Mrs. Abner Cogswell, at Dixon last Friday, many of our older citizens will recall to mind her when for so many years she lived with her husband about five mile east of Rock Falls on the Dixon road, and the remembrance will be a pleasant one too. She was buried Sunday in the Nelson Cemetery where her husband lies."
Sterling w Gazette; Friday 18 Nov 1892;1;4
"There died last night about one o'clock Mrs. Rachael Cogswell, mother of our much respected citizen, Albert Ferguson, at the S.S. Hill place on Madison avenue. Miss Rachael Stedman was born near Owego, N.Y., in 1819. Upon reaching maturity she was married to Hiram Ferguson and to them were born four children, Albert of this city, Herbert T. of Orleans, Neb; Amzi of Elmwood, Neb., and Mrs. Anna Brown, of Freetown, New York. The last named has been at her mother's bedside for a number of weeks. After the death of Mr. Ferguson, the wife came to Dixon in the year 1855. Here she married Abner Cogswell who died and was buried at Nelson. Mrs. Cogswell joined the Baptist church when sixteen years of age and united with the church here in 1855. Funeral services will be held at the Hill residence Sunday morning and the remains will be taken to Nelson for burial."
Dixon Telegraph 11 Nov 1892;4;3
Rachel's M#1 was Hiram Ferguson
Rachels's M#2 was Abner Cogswell
"In the death of Mrs. Abner Cogswell, at Dixon last Friday, many of our older citizens will recall to mind her when for so many years she lived with her husband about five mile east of Rock Falls on the Dixon road, and the remembrance will be a pleasant one too. She was buried Sunday in the Nelson Cemetery where her husband lies."
Sterling w Gazette; Friday 18 Nov 1892;1;4
"There died last night about one o'clock Mrs. Rachael Cogswell, mother of our much respected citizen, Albert Ferguson, at the S.S. Hill place on Madison avenue. Miss Rachael Stedman was born near Owego, N.Y., in 1819. Upon reaching maturity she was married to Hiram Ferguson and to them were born four children, Albert of this city, Herbert T. of Orleans, Neb; Amzi of Elmwood, Neb., and Mrs. Anna Brown, of Freetown, New York. The last named has been at her mother's bedside for a number of weeks. After the death of Mr. Ferguson, the wife came to Dixon in the year 1855. Here she married Abner Cogswell who died and was buried at Nelson. Mrs. Cogswell joined the Baptist church when sixteen years of age and united with the church here in 1855. Funeral services will be held at the Hill residence Sunday morning and the remains will be taken to Nelson for burial."
Dixon Telegraph 11 Nov 1892;4;3
Rachels's M#2 was Abner Cogswell
"In the death of Mrs. Abner Cogswell, at Dixon last Friday, many of our older citizens will recall to mind her when for so many years she lived with her husband about five mile east of Rock Falls on the Dixon road, and the remembrance will be a pleasant one too. She was buried Sunday in the Nelson Cemetery where her husband lies."
Sterling w Gazette; Friday 18 Nov 1892;1;4
"There died last night about one o'clock Mrs. Rachael Cogswell, mother of our much respected citizen, Albert Ferguson, at the S.S. Hill place on Madison avenue. Miss Rachael Stedman was born near Owego, N.Y., in 1819. Upon reaching maturity she was married to Hiram Ferguson and to them were born four children, Albert of this city, Herbert T. of Orleans, Neb; Amzi of Elmwood, Neb., and Mrs. Anna Brown, of Freetown, New York. The last named has been at her mother's bedside for a number of weeks. After the death of Mr. Ferguson, the wife came to Dixon in the year 1855. Here she married Abner Cogswell who died and was buried at Nelson. Mrs. Cogswell joined the Baptist church when sixteen years of age and united with the church here in 1855. Funeral services will be held at the Hill residence Sunday morning and the remains will be taken to Nelson for burial."
Dixon Telegraph 11 Nov 1892;4;3
Inscription
RACHEL
WIFE OF
ABNER COGSWELL
DIED NOV. 11, 1892
AGED 73 YRS
Gravesite Details
aged 73y. wf. of Abner, on east side of Abner Cogswell family memorial
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