Cogdal, Elijah (Cogdale)

Born: 1815 Kentucky

Flourished: 1836 Sangamon County, Illinois

Alternate name: Cogdale

Cogdal lived in Sangamon County by 1836, and in 1838, he married Lucinda Loyd. They settled in Menard County, where he was a stone mason and a farmer. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, Cogdal enlisted in Company E of the 14th Illinois Infantry.

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Sangamon County, 14 September 1838, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Sixth Census of the United States (1840), Menard County, IL, 303; Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Menard County, IL, 23.