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George Prentice Cosby (Henderson County and Webster County, Kentucky, physician)

b. 1840-01-08 d. 1912-04-17

Henderson County and Webster County, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Son of Garland Cosby and Eulily Cordilium Cosby. Student in Henderson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Physician in Webster County in 1860. Household owned two enslaved persons in Webster County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 295B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 509.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 625.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 486B.

Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Indiana State Board of Health, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, File #307.

Citation

Cosby, George Prentice. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208254 (November 12, 2026).

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