Aaron N. Webster Cosner
15 Mar 1851 - 27 Apr 1916
diedTempe, Arizona, USA
bornHarpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA
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BiographyArrived in Arizona c1879. Building contractor, carpenter.
In 1877, he went to New Mexico, where he worked on the construction of the great Raton
Tunnel. In 1879, he moved to Arizona, where his sister, Elizabeth Cosner Cummings, had previously located, near Tempe. He was known as "Uncle Buck." In 1889, he lost three children, all to diphtheria.
Served eleven years on the Tempe Grammar School Board of Trustees, and was chairman in 1909.
Member of Woodmen of the World.
Lived at 114 W. 7th Street, c1909-1916, '21
OSB 46, OSB 54, OSB 58
BIO-Cosner
BIO-Cummings
BIO-Gregg
Old Settlers Collection, THM
Maricopa County Great Register, 1882
Federal census (Tempe), 1900, 1910
Tempe CD, 1905-1916, '21
Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe
Tempe High School website, 1997
(http://www.tuhsd.k12.az.us/Tempe_HS/index.html)
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