Dr. Henry Daniel Cogswell (March 3, 1820 - July 8 1900) was a dentist and a crusader in the temperance movement. He and his wife Caroline also founded Cogswell College in Sunnyvale, California. Another campus in Everett, Washington was later dedicated in his honor. Born in Tolland, Connecticut, Cogswell's family were descendants of Alfred the Great and Charlemagne. As a youth, he worked in the New England cotton mills and studied by night. Wikipedia
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Cogswell Family Association A non-profit corporation, organized in Mass., in 1989, dedicated to preserving the history of the Cogswell family. www.cogswell.org/
These drinking fountains were elaborate structures built of granite that Cogswell designed himself. www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/Controversies/1124913901.html
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Henry D. Cogswell was an eccentric dentist from San Francisco who made a fortune from real estate and mining stocks. He wanted to be remembered forever. He also believed Americans were drinking too much alcohol. So, he paid for the building of a number www.rockvillect.com/Cogswell/fountain.htm
