Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, Maysville, KY. and J. A.
& U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. Volume 1. Reprinted 1968. Jefferson
County. The Poets and Poetry of Kentucky, page 559.

FORTUNATUS COSBY, JR., was a native of Kentucky, born near Louisville, May
2, 1802, and died in that city June 16, 1871, aged 69.  His father, after
whom he was named, was a prominent lawyer, member of the Ky. legislature,
and circuit judge; died in 1846, aged 81.  The son was a student at
Transylvania University; but graduated at Yale College; studied law, but
did not follow it steadily; was a clerk in the U. S. treasury department
at Washington city, and for several years U. S. consul at Geneva,
Switzerland.  Betwen 1840 and 1850, Mr. Cosby was a frequent contributor
of charming poems and prose to several Louisville newspapers. [Note: Poem
shown was: "Fireside Fancies".]

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Lexington-Fayette-KY Switzerland

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