Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

R. G. COSSAART, farmer; P. O. Crete; was born in New York, Sept. 29, 1824, and is the 
son of David and Ellenor (GRIGGS) COSSAART; father a native of New York; soldier; of the 
war of 1812; mother from New Jersey; in 1850, moved to Oneida Co., N. Y.; here he was 
engaged in the manufacture of scythes, pitchforks and farming implements; in 1854, he 
came West to Illinois, and was engaged in working in different parts of Will Co. at the 
carpenter and joiner trade; in 1864, he moved on the present homestead; here he has 
remained ever since, engaged in farming. Married twice; first wife, C. TALMAGE, of New 
Jersey; second wife, Sarah MCCLAIN; have two children. Mr. COSSAART owns a fine, improved 
farm of 228 acres.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.