Re: Theresa Gatewood m John Jackson Cozad
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Re: Theresa Gatewood m John Jackson Cozad
Marjorie Wood 10/30/00
Hi!I'm trying to locate information on a Sam Cozad DOB @1860, and his wife Ella May Marsh DOB @1865.They had a son Samuel Harrison Cozad DOB 6-25-1895.I do know why you show that John went by the name of Lee.I found this at the history of Cozad Nebraska, it goes as follows...
Renbert Henri, (pronounced HEN-rie) one of America's greatest artists, had a Nebraska connection which remained unknown until the 1950's.Born Robert Henry Cozad in Cinciannati, Ohio in 1865, he came to Dawson Count, Nebraska at the age of eight.His father, John J. Cozad counded the town of Cozad in 1873.The outcome of a legal dispute with neighbors caused the elder Cozad to leave Nebraksa in 1882, and his family soon followed.The family settled in Atlantic City, New Jersey.The father changed his name to Richard Henry Lee, and Robert and his brother posed as foster sons, takingf the names Robert Henry and Frank Sothern.In 1886 Robert Henri enrolled in an art school in Philadelphia and then studied three years in Paris.After teaching in Philadelphia at the Woman's School of Design, Henri returned to Paris and lived there several years.Henri taught at various academies and founded the Henri School.He was the leader of the "Ash Can" group who pioneered realistic paintings and who believed that artists should have freedom of expression in art.A book about Henri, "The Art Spirit" by Marge Ryerson, is well-known to art students and to art lovers.Henri's paingings hand in the principal art galleries of the world.Mari Sandoz wrote a novel, Son of a Gambling Man, which is based on Robert Henri's Nebraska childhood.Henri died in New York City on July 12, 1929.
Hope this helps.
Darlene