Mary Jane PATTILLO

Mary Jane Pattillo was born on 10 June 1827 in Georgia. She moved with her family to Tallapoosa County by 1847. It was then on 18 November 1847 that she married James E. Cosby in Tallapoosa County. James E. Cosby was born in 1811 in Georgia. They had eight children to my knowledge. James E. Cosby died on 09 July 1876 and Mary Jane died on 28 January 1892. They are buried in the Red Ridge Cemetery in Tallapoosa County.

Children:

• William Dawson COSBY, born 1848, married N. Antoinette Simmons
• John P. COSBY, born 1850
• Elnora Antornette COSBY, born 1852, married William Calvin Lowe
• Thomas Dickerson COSBY, born December 1854, married Lou T. Duffey
• John Garland COSBY, born about 1855, married (2)Mary J. _____
• Wingfield Terrell COSBY, born 1857, married Druscilla Davis
• Mary Ocella COSBY, born May 1859, married William C. Harper; William born December 1854
  1900 census states mother of 4, 4 still living
  • James H. HARPER, born August 1882
  • Willie M. HARPER, born March 1889
  • John P. HARPER, born June 1893
  • Early O. HARPER, born March 1896
  • Kate MANN, (adopted), born June 1894, married
• James Overton COSBY, born 1861, died 15 Jul 1864, buried Red Ridge Cemetery
• George David COSBY, born 21 Mar 1863, married Mary Alice Temples