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SOURCE-BOOK: Data Source: History of Whiteside County, Illinois : fromits first settlement to the present time, with numerous biographicaland family sk; Friday, August 29, 2008 6:42:31 PM
cossman Chapter IX. History of Fulton Township...
"Mr. P.H. Cossman carries on an extensive machine and blacksmithingestablishment. He makes and repairs all kinds of machinery, exceptingengines and some of the larger kinds of work. He has severalinventions of his own which he uses to decided advantage in hisbusiness." Page 170, Para. 3. Ancestry.com. History of WhitesideCounty, Illinois : from its first settlement to the present time, withnumerous biographical and family sk [database on-line]. Provo, UT: TheGenerations Network, Inc., 2005. Description: Whiteside County (Ill.)-- History. Whiteside County (Ill.) -- Biography. Illinois --Whiteside County.

14 July 1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Peter Cossman
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831
Age in 1870: 39
Birthplace: Germany
Home in 1870: Fulton, Whiteside, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: faded/75
Post Office: Fulton
Household Members: Name Age
Peter Cossman 39 Germany
Mary Cossman 34 Germany, keeps house
Hobert Cossman 10 Iowa, at home
Mary Cossman 8 Iowa
Henry Cossman 6 Iowa
Mattie Cossman 3 Iowa
John Cossman 1 Iowa
Mary Cossman 12 Iowa, possible relative?
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Fulton, Whiteside,Illinois; Roll: M593_290; Page: 58; Image: 118; Page No. 2; Dwelling12/12; Lines 13-20. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.,2003.

08 June 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Peter H. Cossman
Home in 1880: Fulton, Whiteside, Illinois
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Prussia
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Anna
Father's birthplace: Prussia
Mother's birthplace: Prussia
Occupation: Blacksmith
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Peter H. Cossman 50 blacksmith, Prussia
Anna Cossman 45 wife, keeping house, Prussia
Hubbard Cossman 20 son, Blacksmith, Iowa
Henry Cossman 16 son, Blacksmith, Iowa
Anna Cossman 15 daughter, at home, Illinois
Theodore Cossman 4 , son, Illinois
Celia Cossman 1 daughter, Illinois
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Fulton, Whiteside,Illinois; Roll: T9_258; Family History Film: 1254258; Page: 34.4000;Enumeration District: 196; Image: 0502; Page 20; Super. 2; Enum. 196;Dwelling
218/228; Line 43-49 . Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [databaseon-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.

11 June 1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Peter Cossman
[Peter H Cossman]
Home in 1900: Fulton, Whiteside, Illinois
Age: 70
Birth Date: Feb 1830
Birthplace: Germany
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Immigration Year: 1855
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Spouse's Name: Anna M
Marriage Year: 1857
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 43
Residence : Fulton City, Whiteside, Illinois
Occupation: Blacksmith
Household Members: Name Age
Peter Cossman 70 Feb 1830, owns home free of mortgage,reads/writes/speaks english
Anna M Cossman 64 Oct 1835, wife, Ger, Ger, Ger, mar. 43 yrs, 12child/5 living, reads/writes/english
Theodore Cossman 24 May 1876, son, IL, single, driller at stovefactory
Celia Cossman 21 Sep 1878, dau., IL, single
Anna Eck* 14 granddaughter, Jul 1885, IL, Ger, IL, single
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Fulton, Whiteside,Illinois; Roll: T623 352; Page: 10A; Dwelling 192/194; Lines 35-39;Sheet 10A; Enum. 144; Super. 4. Ancestry.com. 1900 United StatesFederal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The GenerationsNetwork, Inc., 2004.
From: McGuire / Safford Date: 2/28/2009 1:41:53 PM To: 'gsjuhl'Subject: CossmSubject: Cossman vs Copman


Oh,and Sandy, there's another thing I wanted to menti
on. Remember wetalked about Cossman being recorded or transcribed as Copman in theCossman-Julich marriage record? I suspected it was due to the oldfashioned way a lower case s was written. Just last week, I stumbledon another possible explanation, which seems more likely than mine. Ifound a 2003 posting on the rootsweb message boards for the Gassensurname. The researcher tells about finding the name in America asGapen and Gapon. Then he tells about a often mistranscribed Germanletter, called an "ess-tset." He quotes from a book 'Discovering YourGermanic Ancestors', which says "The ess-tset is an unusual Germanletter. It is transcribed as ss and can appear in the middle or at theend of a word. It is not a capitol B and never appears at thebeginning of a word..." The researcher goes on to say that the typesetthat he'd found for the ess-tset looks very, very similar to a p (butthe back line extends above the top of the loop, and the loop extendsmore to the right....much more oval than round). Since no such letterexists in English, the German letter would have to be translated intoour ss (thus keeping the original pronunciation of the name). Now, Ihave my gg. grandparents original 1857 marriage certificate (the sameyear and county Peter H. Cossman & Anna Maria Julich married), so Iknow for a fact that the priest wrote in German. If the priest wroteCossman using the ess-tset, and the person at the records office didnot recognize it as a German letter (and translate it to ss) thenthey'd surely write it in the record book as Copman. Even if therecords person did recognize the letter, and wrote a perfect ess-tset(which they shouldn't have. Being an English record, they should havetranslated it into English), but even if they did, most anyone comingalong later transcribing Clinton records would have copied it asCopman. So there you have it. I think it's a really likelyexplanation. Wendy" [Transcribed 01 March 2009, SLJuhl RNBSC,Compiler; sljuhl1234@yahoo.com]

Peter married Anna Mary Maria Gulich Julich on 19 Jul 1857 in Clinton, Iowa, USA. Anna (daughter of Englebert Juelich Julich' and Anna Cathrine Simmons Simons) was born in Oct 1835 in Altenahr, Ahrweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; died on 3 Nov 1907 in Fulton Ward, Whiteside, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
The Clinton County, Iowa records show the surname as: Peter Copman.

1. Mary Cosman Cossman was born in 1858 in Lyons, Clinton County, Iowa; and died.
2. Herbert Hubbard Hobert Cossman was born in Feb 1860 in Lyons, Clinton County, Iowa; and died.
3. Mary Cosman Cossman was born in 1862 in Lyons, Clinton County, Iowa; and died.
4. Henry H. Cossman Cosman, Sr. was born in Apr 1864 in Lyons, Clinton, Iowa, USA; died on 25 Dec 1948 in Fulton, Whiteside, Illinois, USA.
5. Anna Cosman Cossman was born in 1865 in Lyons, Clinton County, Iowa; and died.
6. Mattie Cosman Cossman was born in 1867 in Lyons, Clinton County, Iowa; and died.
7. John Cosman Cossman was born in 1869 in Lyons, Clinton County, Iowa; and died.
8. Theodore H. Cossman was born in May 1876 in Whiteside County, Illinois; and died.
9. Celia Cosman Cossman was born in Sep 1878 in Whiteside County, Illinois; and died.