She worked for the US Foreign Service and the Central Intelligence Agency until her retirement in 1954.
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A woman of many talents and accomplishments living a life one usually reads about in fiction.
GRACE PHILLIPS COGSWELL (b. June 7, 1887, d. Dec. 21, 1971) was born Grace Woodman Phillips, the daughter of Lee Phillips and Clara Cushing. She married Lieutenant Henry Burnet Post (b. June 15, 1885, d. Feb 9, 1914, San Diego, CA) on 25 Jan 1907, at St Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, New York, NY. Henry Burnet Post was the son of Henry Albertson Van Zo Post (b. May 16, 1832, New York - d. January 1914) and Caroline Burnet McLean (b. July 14, 1843, Cincinnati, Ohio). In 1900, Henry A V Post was a Banker and they were living at 140 W 77th St, New York, NY. Henry Burnet Post was in the US Army Air Force, and died in an aircraft accident in 1914, aged 28, after establishing an American altitude record of 12,120 feet. Henry Post Army Airfield at Fort Sill, Oklahoma is named in his honour.
Grace Phillips married for the second time in New York, NY on November 25, 1916 to Francis Cogswell. She served in the U.S. Foreign Service and later in the Central Intelligence Agency (O.S.S./CIA) 1917 - 1926. From her 1919 US passport application, she was living in Brooklyn, NY, and Francis Cogswell was residing on board the USS Chandler.
Grace P Cogswell died Dec. 21 1971, and is buried at SECTION 6 SITE 8709 next to Francis Cogswell in Arlington National Cemetery.
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A woman of many talents and accomplishments living a life one usually reads about in fiction.
GRACE PHILLIPS COGSWELL (b. June 7, 1887, d. Dec. 21, 1971) was born Grace Woodman Phillips, the daughter of Lee Phillips and Clara Cushing. She married Lieutenant Henry Burnet Post (b. June 15, 1885, d. Feb 9, 1914, San Diego, CA) on 25 Jan 1907, at St Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, New York, NY. Henry Burnet Post was the son of Henry Albertson Van Zo Post (b. May 16, 1832, New York - d. January 1914) and Caroline Burnet McLean (b. July 14, 1843, Cincinnati, Ohio). In 1900, Henry A V Post was a Banker and they were living at 140 W 77th St, New York, NY. Henry Burnet Post was in the US Army Air Force, and died in an aircraft accident in 1914, aged 28, after establishing an American altitude record of 12,120 feet. Henry Post Army Airfield at Fort Sill, Oklahoma is named in his honour.
Grace Phillips married for the second time in New York, NY on November 25, 1916 to Francis Cogswell. She served in the U.S. Foreign Service and later in the Central Intelligence Agency (O.S.S./CIA) 1917 - 1926. From her 1919 US passport application, she was living in Brooklyn, NY, and Francis Cogswell was residing on board the USS Chandler.
Grace P Cogswell died Dec. 21 1971, and is buried at SECTION 6 SITE 8709 next to Francis Cogswell in Arlington National Cemetery.
She worked for the US Foreign Service and the Central Intelligence Agency until her retirement in 1954.
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A woman of many talents and accomplishments living a life one usually reads about in fiction.
GRACE PHILLIPS COGSWELL (b. June 7, 1887, d. Dec. 21, 1971) was born Grace Woodman Phillips, the daughter of Lee Phillips and Clara Cushing. She married Lieutenant Henry Burnet Post (b. June 15, 1885, d. Feb 9, 1914, San Diego, CA) on 25 Jan 1907, at St Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, New York, NY. Henry Burnet Post was the son of Henry Albertson Van Zo Post (b. May 16, 1832, New York - d. January 1914) and Caroline Burnet McLean (b. July 14, 1843, Cincinnati, Ohio). In 1900, Henry A V Post was a Banker and they were living at 140 W 77th St, New York, NY. Henry Burnet Post was in the US Army Air Force, and died in an aircraft accident in 1914, aged 28, after establishing an American altitude record of 12,120 feet. Henry Post Army Airfield at Fort Sill, Oklahoma is named in his honour.
Grace Phillips married for the second time in New York, NY on November 25, 1916 to Francis Cogswell. She served in the U.S. Foreign Service and later in the Central Intelligence Agency (O.S.S./CIA) 1917 - 1926. From her 1919 US passport application, she was living in Brooklyn, NY, and Francis Cogswell was residing on board the USS Chandler.
Grace P Cogswell died Dec. 21 1971, and is buried at SECTION 6 SITE 8709 next to Francis Cogswell in Arlington National Cemetery.
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A woman of many talents and accomplishments living a life one usually reads about in fiction.
GRACE PHILLIPS COGSWELL (b. June 7, 1887, d. Dec. 21, 1971) was born Grace Woodman Phillips, the daughter of Lee Phillips and Clara Cushing. She married Lieutenant Henry Burnet Post (b. June 15, 1885, d. Feb 9, 1914, San Diego, CA) on 25 Jan 1907, at St Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, New York, NY. Henry Burnet Post was the son of Henry Albertson Van Zo Post (b. May 16, 1832, New York - d. January 1914) and Caroline Burnet McLean (b. July 14, 1843, Cincinnati, Ohio). In 1900, Henry A V Post was a Banker and they were living at 140 W 77th St, New York, NY. Henry Burnet Post was in the US Army Air Force, and died in an aircraft accident in 1914, aged 28, after establishing an American altitude record of 12,120 feet. Henry Post Army Airfield at Fort Sill, Oklahoma is named in his honour.
Grace Phillips married for the second time in New York, NY on November 25, 1916 to Francis Cogswell. She served in the U.S. Foreign Service and later in the Central Intelligence Agency (O.S.S./CIA) 1917 - 1926. From her 1919 US passport application, she was living in Brooklyn, NY, and Francis Cogswell was residing on board the USS Chandler.
Grace P Cogswell died Dec. 21 1971, and is buried at SECTION 6 SITE 8709 next to Francis Cogswell in Arlington National Cemetery.
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