Jessamine County KyArchives Biographies.....Cogar, Thomas T. 1796 - 1882
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Author: Bennett H. Young

Capt. Thomas T. Cogar.

   Nature was generous to Capt. Thos. T. Cogar, and gave him as his portion in
life, fourscore-and-six years.

   His father, Michael Cogar, settled in Jessamine in 1790 at the head of
Jessamine creek, and there his son Thomas was born in 1796.

   Captain Cogar was a man of strong mind and the kindest impulses. His devotion
to friends knew no limitations. He married Miss Ruth Ewing in 1822, and in 1847
removed to the Kentucky river, at Cogar's Landing, sometimes called Brooklyn.
Here he carried on a large trade and managed the shipping business on the
Kentucky river, from that point.

   He became a distinguished Mason, and commanded, for many years, one of the
crack military companies of the county. He managed to secure a large
pork-packing establishment at his landing and by his energy and popularity built
up a remunerative trade for such a locality.

   He represented Jessamine county for two terms, in the legislature of 1867-71,
and died in Nicholasville in 1882. He was an honorable man, a patriotic citizen,
a loyal friend, and an intelligent and faithful legislator.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY,
FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, 1890; AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF
BLUE LICKS, ETC, ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be
measured in money, and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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