Dr. Benjamin J. Cogdill^[1]

1881 - 1918  (36 years)

• Name	Benjamin J. Cogdill
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	28 Jan 1881	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	1918
  Buried	Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Person ID	I1890	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	31 May 2010

  
  

  Father	Jonathan A. Cogdill,   b. 28 Jul 1842, Madison County, North Carolina ,   d. 10 Jan 1920  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Francis "Fanny" Langston,   b. 18 Jan 1840, Tennessee ,   d. 25 May 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 69 years)
  Married	Abt 1878
  Family ID	F32305	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Margaret Rebecca Ogle,   b. Apr 1881, Tennessee
  Married	21 Mar 1899	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	1. Pink H. Cogdill,   b. Jan 1900, Tennessee   2. Myrtle Cogdill
  Family ID	F698	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 28 Jan 1881 - Tennessee Married - 21 Mar 1899 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Lieut. 3rd Trng. Btn. 155 Depot Brigade Med. Res. Corps USA. ---------- Reference "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 42. Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 114.

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] History of early Sevier County Doctors , Beulah Linn, (www.sevierlibrary.org/genealogy/doc/doc.htm). Dr. Benjamin Cogdill, son of Jonathan and Nancy Ogle Cogdill, was born Jan. 28, 1881 in the Richardson Cove area. The place and extent of his education is not known. Dr. Cogdill owned property on the east side of the Pigeon River adjacent to the present Country Club. His medical practice was in the Pigeon Forge vicinity. During World War I he was in the 3rd Training Battalion 1 55 Depot Brigade, Medical Reserve Corp, USA. He died during the war in 1918. Dr. Cogdill married Becky Ogle, daughterof Eli and Sarah McMahan Ogle. They had two., children, Pink and Myrtle Cogdill. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 324.