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FRANCIS COGSWELL
FRANCIS COGSWELL,
Vice-President of the Bank of Lodi, is a native of Lawrence, Massachusetts,
born March 25, 1861. His early education was received at Lawrence. When he was
sixteen he entered the Pacific National Bank of Lawrence as book-keeper, and in
1888 left there as teller of the bank, having had ten years of experience in
banking. He then came to California and located at Lodi, incorporating the Bank
of Lodi. The father of the subject of this sketch, John F. Cogswell, is a
native of Gilmanton, New Hampshire. In early life he moved to Andover,
Massachusetts, where he remained some five or six years and then went to
Lawrence, Massachusetts, and engaged in the railroad business, the Boston &
Maine Railroad, the father of John F., and grandfather of our subject, being
president of the road. Mr. Cogswell has made his home in Andover ever since. He
is now vice president of the Florida Midland Railroad, which takes up about
half of his time: the remainder is spent in California. Francis Cogswell,
together with a brother, has a ranch of 160 acres in Orange County, Florida,
upon which is a fine orange grove of forty years.
The bank is in a prosperous condition. It
is one of the principal features of Lodi and is very convenient for her
business men and the farming community in the vicinity. See page 191.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 508. Lewis Pub. Co.
Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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