History of Hendricks County, Indiana, her people, industries and institutions . t a man of modest and unassuming demeanor, a finetype of the reliable, self-made American, a friend to the poor, charitable tothe faults of his neighbors and ready to unite with them in every good workand active in the support of laudable purposes. He was a man who in everyrespect merited the high esteem in which he was universally held, for he wasa man of public spirit, intellectual attainment and exemplary character. William Cosner was born in Wayne county, Indiana, August 25, 1835,and died in Clay township, Hend
History of Hendricks County, Indiana, her people, industries and institutions . t a man of modest and unassuming demeanor, a finetype of the reliable, self-made American, a friend to the poor, charitable tothe faults of his neighbors and ready to unite with them in every good workand active in the support of laudable purposes. He was a man who in everyrespect merited the high esteem in which he was universally held, for he wasa man of public spirit, intellectual attainment and exemplary character. William Cosner was born in Wayne county, Indiana, August 25, 1835,and died in Clay township, Hendricks county, Indiana, April 3, 1912. Hisparents were Anthony and Catherine (Phillips) Cosner, both of whom wereborn and reared in North Carolina. After their marriage they moved fromthat state to Indiana, settling in Wayne county, where they lived for fiveyears, at the expiration of which time they moved to Hendricks county andlocated near Amo. Anthony Cosner here entered government land andstarted to carve out his fortune from the virgin wilderness. He built a log >o CO. HENDRICKS COUNTY, INDIANA. 433 cabin, cleared the land and started to make a comfortable living for his largefamily. To Anthony and Catherine Cosner were born nine children: John,who married Eliza \\hicker and, after her death, Louise Roily; Mahlan mar-mied first, Catherine Boswell, second, Susan Weavel, and after her death,Elizabeth Bloom; Samuel, who married Nancy Walls; Lucinda, who becamethe wife of Moses Stanley, and after his death married Austin Williams;Sarah married William Page and, after his death, William Wilhite; Annand Elizabeth died in infancy. The paternal grandparents of William Cos-ner reared a family of seven children, Anthony, father of the subject of thissketch, Mary, Hannah, Lovey Peggy, Elizabeth, William and Sarah. An-thony Cosner died in 1889, while his wife died in 1873. William Cosner received his education, which was very limited indeed,in the schools of his home township. While
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