Biographical Sketch of Lewis T. Cosby, Jefferson County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Lewis T. Cosby, a contract and builder of De Soto, was born in Bucking-
ham County, Va., October 14, 1825 and is a son of Rev. Vincent and 
Sarah (King) Cosby.  The former, now deceased, was a Methodist minister
and brick mason.  Lewis T. Cosby followed the pursuit of farming, to
which he was reared, for several years, obtaining his education in the
subscription schools of his native county.  He removed to Jefferson 
County, Mo., in 1842, and first settled near Victoria, where he engaged
in farming until 1853.  In 1862 he learned the trade of a bridge car-
penter, at which he worked several years, and during the late war he
assisted in looking after the railroad bridges for the United States
Government.  He is also a contractor and house carpenter.  His marriage
to Mary H. Bage, daughter of William Bage (deceased), occurred December
24, 1846.  Mr. and Mrs. Cosby have been blessed with four children, as
follows: William, who married Sarah Dobbins, is a resident of St. Louis
and has four children: William, Estella, Raymond and Mary; Robert marr-
ied Lydia Hunt, and resides near Victoria, the parents of two children:
Ella and Emma; Emma, married Albert Tyler, who died leaving one child,
Bertie, and she afterward became the wife of Ahira J. Beardslee, of
Marquand, Mo.; Vincent married Lillie Barker, and lives in Memphis,
Tenn.  Mr. Cosby owns 120 acres of land in Central Township, Jefferson
County, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity, holding membership
in Joachim Lodge, No. 164, of Hillsboro.

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