Jesse Cozine was born on 11. Dec. 1822 at Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana. He was the son of
John Cozine and
Abigail Bruce. Jesse Cozine married
Martha Clark, daughter of
Andrew Clark and
Nancy (Unknown), on 30. Jun. 1845.
Jesse Cozine and
Martha Clark appeared on the census of 2. Aug. 1850 at Centre Twp., Dearborn County, Indiana. Jesse Cozine removed to at Iowa a 2. Aug. 1850.
Jesse Cozine and
Martha Clark appeared on the census of 1856 at Newport, Johnson County, Iowa.
Jesse Cozine and
Martha Clark appeared on the census of 24. Jun. 1870 at Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa. Jesse Cozine removed to at Wymore, Gage County, Nebraska, in 1879.
Jesse Cozine appeared on the census of 10. Jun. 1880 at Paddock, Gage County, Nebraska. He died on 20. Jan. 1896 at Odell, Gage County, Nebraska, at age 73. Obituary
Unknown Newspaper
Probably Johnson County, Iowa
Jesse Cozine one of Gage County's pioneer farmers was suddenly called from his home on earth to his home beyond the river Monday evening January ?2. Mr. Cozine was one of the early settlers of Johnson County and lived here thirty-five years, when he went to Nebraska with his children, having buried his wife here. Three sons and two daughters were there to pay the last sad tribute to their beloved father. Robert was summoned from Kansas, John from Western Iowa, A. C. Parrot from Iowa City. Mr. Cozine had been in feeble health for some time. He had passed the three score and ten year limit. He has many friends and relatives here who will be pained to hear of his death.
Obituary
Unknown Newspaper
Jesse Cozine, one of the pioneer settlers on the old reservation died Monday at the home of his son, C. C. Cozine of Paddock township. Deceased was 73 years old and had resided with his son Chauncey C. Cozine for many years. Deceased was a member of the United Brethern church but owing to the fact that Rev. Caldwell is at Hastings, his funeral services will be held at the Evangelical Church tomorrow and Rev. John Richards of the Baptist Church at this place will conduct the funeral services. Uncle Jessie Cozine as he was familiarly known was highly esteemed for his many noble traits of character. The writer bows his head in sorrow with those who mourn his loss. Those friends of the family who wish to attend the funeral tomorrow can inquire of Drummitt and Jannsen as to the time of the funeral. JESSE COZINE. Among the honorable citizens of Paddock Township, Gage County, no one more worthily represents its farming interests than the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this sketch. He is a native of Indiana, born in Dearborn County, December 11, 1822. When he was but six years old he had the misfortune to lose his father, John Cozine, an honorable, intelligent and upright man. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Abigail Bruce, after the death of her first husband became the wife of Edmund Chisman. After his father's death our subject was reared in the home of his grandmother, Tabitha Bruce, with whom he lived until he grew to manhood. He was active, enterprising young man, and at an early age was enabled to establish a comfortable home of his own, and June 30, 1845, was married to Miss Martha Clarke. She was indeed a helpmate in the truest sense of the word, and to her cheerful assistance and kind counsel he was much indebted for his success in !
life.
Mrs. Cozine was a devoted and valued member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and her earnestness and sterling worth secured her many warm friends, and her death April 23, 1876, at the age of forty-seven years, was felt to be a personal loss by many besides the bereaved family. To her and her husband were born eleven children, five of whom survive, and the following is their record: Samuel. born June 13, 1846; Nancy Q., born May 21, 1848, died November 10, 1864; Abigail, born October 19, 1850; William R., born March 29, 1853, died November 17, 1879; John A., born July 27, 1856; Jacob C., born February 28, 1858, died March 11, 1861; Chancy C., born May 11, 1861; Robert D., May 10, 1863; Elizabeth R., born June 23, 1865, died October 4, 1879; Henry A. Newton, born March 7, 1867, died September 17, 1879; Mary M., born April 17, 1869. Samuel Cozine married Emma McVicker, and they live at Iowa Falls; John married Eliza Smith, and they live in Barber County, Kansas; Robert marr!
ied Elfa Bunnell, and they live in Washington County, Kansas; Abigail married Francis Parrott, and they live near Iowa City.
The paternal grandparents of our subject were Martin Cozine and Elizabeth Smith, of Indiana and Ohio respectively, the grandfather of Scotch ancestry and the grandmother of English. Mr. Cozine lost his life by the blowing up of a steamer on the Mississippi River between New Orleans and St. Louis. The grandmother died in Dearborn County, Indiana.
In 1850 our subject removed with his family to Iowa, and they stayed there until 1879, when they came to Nebraska. Mr. Cozine purchased 160 acres of unbroken prairie land on section 24, Paddock Township, from the Government, paying $3.50 an acre therefor. By persistent energy and well directed toil he has reclaimed this wild bit of prairie, and improved it into one of the finest farms in this vicinity, its present value being $25 and acre, and he has it all under good cultivation and well fenced. He has erected a substantial, commodious dwelling, stable, and other necessary farm buildings.
Mr. Cozine is a man whose integrity is above reproach; his neighbors find in him a true and obliging friend, and to his family, of whom he has reason to be proud, he is the kindest and most indulgent of fathers. In his political views our subject is a strong adherent of the Republican party, and he has reared his sons to be stalwart Republicans.
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Source Information:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Gage County, Nebraska. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1888.