Hugh Mercer Cosnahan

Hugh Mercer Cosnahan

• Father: Joseph Bartholomew Cosnahan b. circa 1820, d. 1862
• Mother: Louisa Mercer Waller b. 7 February 1826, d. 30 October 1856

• Hugh Mercer Cosnahan was born in April 1854 in Willliamsburg, Virginia.
• Joseph Bartholomew Cosnahan and Ellen J. (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Other members of the household included Hugh Mercer Cosnahan, Roberta Ould Cosnahan, Robert W. Cosnahan, Mary Mercer Cosnahan, Corbin Waller Cosnahan and Louisa Cosnahan.
• Robert Page Waller and Julia Weeden Mercer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Williamsburg, Virginia, and also a housekeeper, age 74.. Other members of the household included Hugh Mercer Cosnahan, Roberta Ould Cosnahan.
• He was attending college, according to the 1870 census.
• He married Amanda Muckelroy on 21 April 1887 in Kaufman County, Texas.
• Hugh Mercer Cosnahan and Amanda Muckelroy appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas, at Park Place. Other members of the household included Mary Alexander Cosnahan and Louise R. Cosnahan.
• He was a lawyer, according to the 1900 census.
• The following appeared on 2 October 1903 in The Dallas Morning News: During the heavy rainstorm Tuesday night the residence of County Judge H. M. Cosnahan at Kaufman was struck by lightning and considerable damaged. Judge Cosnahan was in one room of the house at the time and had a narrow escape from the bolt. The other members of his family were absent at the time, which probably saved them from death.
• Hugh Mercer Cosnahan became a widower at the between 1900 and 1910 death of his wife Amanda Muckelroy.
• Hugh Mercer Cosnahan appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas, at Mulberry Street. Other members of the household included Louise R. Cosnahan, Mary Alexander Cosnahan, William Alexander Hindman and Jennie Louise Hindman.
• He was a lawyer, according to the 1910 census.
• Hugh Mercer Cosnahan appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas, lodging in the household of civil engineer John W. Norwood.
• He was a lawyer, according to the 1920 census.

• Last Edited: 3 Oct 2008