Cozad, John J.

COZAD

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Date: 7/5/2021 at 12:00:24

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.620

COZAD, JOHN J., farmer, Liberty Township, Sec. 8; P. O. Liberty Center; born July 23, 1812; is a native of Ohio; parents moved to Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1813; moved to Brook county, Virginia, in 1824, and to Harrison county, Ohio, in 1833; he was educated in the common schools; came to this county and settled in Linn township in 1851; settled on his present farm, where he has fifty acres of land, in 1876; he enlisted, Jan. 20, 1862, in Co. G, 15th Iowa Infantry, as a private, and served till the 22d of February, 1863, when he was. discharged for general disability; he has been elected justice of the peace for three terms, sheriff of the county for two terms, mayor of Indianola for two terms, and is now justice of the peace of this township; he has been a member of the M. E. Church since 1837; was licensed to preach in 1839, and local preacher since Sept. 1847; he was married Nov. 12, 1835, to Lucinda Kyle, of Morgan county, Ohio; they have had three children: Rebecca J., Civilla and John W.; Civilla died in 1851.