hmtl5 Minerva Jane Cosat b. 23 Jun 1839 Mercer County, Kentucky d. 6 Jul 1904 Vermilion County, Illinois: Gritton Genealogy
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Minerva Jane Cosat

Female 1839 - 1904  (65 years)

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  • Name Minerva Jane Cosat 
    Birth 23 Jun 1839  Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 6 Jul 1904  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Burial Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I921  Gritton
    Last Modified 19 Feb 2024 

    Father Henry Cosat,   b. 7 Feb 1810   d. 26 Feb 1841 (Age 31 years) 
    Mother Susan Elizabeth Gritton,   b. 1 Dec 1810, Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Aug 1878, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 25 Feb 1828  Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6] 
    Family ID F217  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Otho Allison,   b. 19 Dec 1830, Nicholas County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1911, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 6 Jan 1853  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6, 7] 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Emma Allison,   b. 19 Oct 1858, Pilot Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1931, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     2. Alfred Henry Allison,   b. 9 Jul 1860, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1937, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     3. Charles Frederick Allison,   b. 19 Jul 1862, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1942, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     4. Mary Allison,   b. 18 Feb 1864, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1924, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     5. James Rollo Allison,   b. 25 Apr 1868, Pilot Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1929, Hoopeston, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     6. Thomas Allison,   b. 18 Feb 1872, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1959, Rossville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     7. Ella May Allison,   b. Jul 1874, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1950, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     8. Edward Lloyd Allison,   b. 30 Jan 1876, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1926, Ross Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     9. Alice Allison,   b. 25 Jun 1878, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1915, Hoopeston, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
    Family ID F393  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Jun 1839 - Mercer County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 Jan 1853 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Jul 1904 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Obituary. Minerva J. Allison, daughter of Henry and Susan Cossairt, was born June 23, 1839, and was joined in holy matrimony to Otho Allison, January 6, 1853, and to this union was born thirteen children, nine boys and four girls, which remain at this time wit the exception of two boys, and they departed this life in their infancy - leaving a husband and eleven children to mourn the loss of a loving wife and kind mother. She joined the christian church in 1854, and lived a consistent christian till her death on July 6, 1904, aged 65 years and 13 days.
      [4]
    • Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 3. David Cosat, guardian, signed permission for Minerva Jane Cosat.

      LKH note: In the 1850 US census in Vermilion County, David Coaat, born about 1830 in England, in is the household of John Saunders, Susan (Gritton) (Cosat) Saunders and the three Cosat chilldren: Minerva, age 11, james age 10, and Sarah M., age 3. It is possible that David Cosat was a brother to Henry and stood in as guardian of the children after Henry's death in 1841.
      [8]

  • Sources 
    1. [S38] Wayne Gritton.

    2. [S6] 1900 US census.

    3. [S17] Obituary.

    4. [S2] Find a Grave.

    5. [S75] Don Claypool, The Family of Gritton, (Don Claypool, 1997), Library of Linda Hedges.

    6. [S104] marriage record.

    7. [S48] Marriage Abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1853-1874, (Illiana Genealogical and Historical Society).

    8. [S87] Linda Kay Hedges, LKH note.


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