George Germain Cossett

George Germain Cossett (Cossitt) (1799-1864) was born 14 Feb. 1799 in Granby, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He was the son of Asa Cossett and Mary Cole and a distant relative of Azuba Hart, Wilford Woodruff’s step-mother. He married Lucy Frances Mann on 12 May 1835. He died 14 Oct. 1864 in La Grange, Fayette Co., Tennessee. His proxy temple ordinance work was initiated by Wilford Woodruff on 1 Jun. 1870.

Major George Germain Cossett (L7FM-585), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 3 May 2022). George Germain Cossett, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/george-germain-cossett, accessed 3 May 2022). Pearl Steele Cossitt, The Cossitt Family: A Genealogical History of Rene Cossitt (Pasadena, California: 1925), p. 21, 182; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org, accessed 3 May 2022). 1850 U.S. Census, Fayette Co., Tennessee, p. 701, George G. Cossett; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, 3 May 2022). "Union Congregational Church (Claremont, New Hampshire) Card File Index, 1739-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 11 Mar. 2022); Asa Cossit and Mary Cole, marriage, 30 Nov. 1777, Claremont, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire; citing Claremont, New Hampshire, Union Congressional Church, image 588/3792; DGS 8263536.
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