Third of nine children born to Benjamin and Mary Ann (Ellett) Coghill, the second born after they moved to Illinois. When he was born, the county was named Warren County; however, Warren county was split, and the Coghill land was then in the newly-formed Henderson county. Date of birth calculated from record showing that he was 8 Yr, 11 Mo. old when he died. Enumerated as the one male less than 5 years old in the 1840 census (Warren County, Ward 4).
Third of nine children born to Benjamin and Mary Ann (Ellett) Coghill, the second born after they moved to Illinois. When he was born, the county was named Warren County; however, Warren county was split, and the Coghill land was then in the newly-formed Henderson county. Date of birth calculated from record showing that he was 8 Yr, 11 Mo. old when he died. Enumerated as the one male less than 5 years old in the 1840 census (Warren County, Ward 4).
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WILLIAM H./Son of/B.C. & M.A. COGHILL/Died/June 18, 1848/Aged/8 yrs. 11 Ms.
(From "The Family of Coghill Continued" by Dr. William Hawes Coghill, page 164)
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