GEORGE W. COGGSHALL Page 803 GEORGE W. COGGSHALL, farmer; P. O. Kilbourne; was born in Washington Co., Ohio, Sept. 14, 1830; the son of Job Coggshall, who was born in Marietta, Ohio; his mother was a Weatherby and a native of Pennsylvania. John left the State when he attained the age of manhood and came to this county and began work by the month; he worked two years and then began for himself; he was in business for a time at Bath; kept a livery stable for a time, and March 2, 1864, married Frances Edwards; they have two children-James L., born Oct. 22, 1865, and Myrtia, born April 10, 1868. Soon after his marriage, he bought land and located in the suburbs of Kilbourne, and has a snug farm gotten by his own labor and by patient industry.

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