Taylor County, TX - Obituaries - Mr. Coggin **************************************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm **************************************************************************** The Abilene Reporter News Friday, March 3, 1899 The only case of small pox in Abilene was that of Mr. Coggin, who died Sunday morning, and was buried in a few hours. Mr. Coggin contracted smallpox in a wagon yard at Cleburne, where he slept in the room with a man who was taken to the pest house the morning Mr. Coggins left there.