Wake County NcArchives Obituaries.....Cosby , Dabney July 1862
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The Standard of July 16, 1862
The Standard of Raleigh: July 9, 1862
   THE DEATH OF DABNEY COSBY, ESQ., -- One of our oldest and most respected 
citizens, DABNEY COSBY ESQ., expired at his residence in this City, on Tuesday 
last aged 84 years, His funeral sermon was preached by the REV. J. M. 
ATKINSON, of the Presbyterian Church. MR. COSBY was a native of Virginia,and 
an architect and Master Builder. Many edifices, monuments of his skill and 
industry may be seen in Virginia and in this State.
   More that 60 years ago, MR. COSBY, when a young man, worked on the 
University of Va., under the direction and superindendance of MR. JEFFERSON. 
We have often heard him speak of his conversations with that illustrious man, 
and of the information he received from him in architecture and the art of 
making brick.
   MR. COSBY leaves numerous descendants in Virginia and this State. A few 
months since he had ten grandsons in the Confederate service in Virginia

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