Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Coss, John Edward 1866 - 
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JOHN EDWARD COSS

JOHN EDWARD Coss was born in Lucas County, Iowa, in 1866. He came to Barton
County with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Coss. He is one of four children,
born to this pioneer family, the others being Molly, Clarke B. and Blanche J.
Miss Molly married D. E. Freyburger, a well known resident of this county who
died in November, 1901. She is now Mrs. Walter Speck of Chicago; Clarke B. is
president of the Heizer State Bank and one of the prominent business men of the
county; Blanche J is now Mrs. F. A. Garrett and they reside on the family
homestead in Clarence township it being the northeast quarter of section 12. The
estate also owns another half section in this township. John was married to Miss
Clara Bell in this county in 1899 and they are the parents of two children;
Lester, aged 9 and Ruth, aged 7 years. John Edward Coss is one of the best known
business men in that part of Barton County he having been engaged in the
mercantile business in Heizer at different times during the past thirteen years.
He bought his present business last July and he and his partner, J. E. Turner,
now have one of the best stocks of general merchandise to be found in any small
town in this part of the state. The Coss family came to Barton County in June,
'74, and the elder Coss who died April 28, 1911, had a great deal to do with the
early history of the county and was one of its best known citizens. He with the
ether pioneers began the work that the present generation is continuing and his
name will always be remembered by the old timers and read with reverence by
younger people in years to come. They will read of him with other men to whom
Barton County owes its high standing among the best counties of the state of
Kansas and among the leading agricultural sections of the world.


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