Brief Life History of John Alvin
When John Alvin Coggeshall was born on 6 February 1887, in Randolph, Fremont, Iowa, United States, his father, Horace Greeley Coggeshall, was 25 and his mother, Julianna Walker, was 25. He married Myrtle Cary Hall on 27 November 1907, in Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Fremont, Iowa, United States in 1905 and Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States in 1910. He died on 12 November 1918, in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Randolph Cemetery, Randolph, Fremont, Iowa, United States.
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- John A Cogshall, "Iowa State Census, 1905"
- John Alvin Cogeshall, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Jack A. Cogeshall, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1892 · The Chicago Canal
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English (Middlesex): habitational name from Coggeshall in Essex, named from an Old English personal name Cogg + halh ‘nook’.
History: This name was taken to America in 1632 by John Coggeshall, who became first governor of RI, and in 1635 by John Cogswell. In 1887 a descendant, Daniel Cogswell, founded Cogswell College, San Francisco.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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