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Dr Greenbery Cousins

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Dr Greenbery Cousins

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
16 Aug 1870 (aged 43–44)
Porter Township, Cass County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Calvin Center, Cass County, Michigan, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.8599539, Longitude: -85.8885666
Memorial ID
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age 44y
Cause Of Death: Was Murdered
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Dr. Greenbery Cousins, a physician and surgeon, was born in 1826 in Indiana to David Cousins and Ary Bland. He married Malinda Chandler 2 Jan 1848 in Washington County,IN.

To Greenbery and Malinda were born 8 known children: Elizabeth, b. 1849 IN; Malinda, b. 1851 MI; Frances S., b. 1855 MI; Sidney Green, b. 1859 MI; Jerome Sylvester, b. 1856 MI; Estella, b. 1861 MI; Susan b. 1864 MI; Volney, b. 1866 MI.

Dr. Greenbery Cousins was murdered by Andrew Jackson Bunn on 16 Aug 1870 in Porter Township, Cass County. Bunn was reportedly a man of violent temper. He was tried twice and on both occasions the jury failed to agree upon a verdict. As a result he was acquitted and moved to Cadillac, MI, his only punishment being the year he spent in jail awaiting the two trials. (I have read that there is an account of the trial in "The National Democrat," Cassopolis, MI, Aug, 28, 1870).
age 44y
Cause Of Death: Was Murdered
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Dr. Greenbery Cousins, a physician and surgeon, was born in 1826 in Indiana to David Cousins and Ary Bland. He married Malinda Chandler 2 Jan 1848 in Washington County,IN.

To Greenbery and Malinda were born 8 known children: Elizabeth, b. 1849 IN; Malinda, b. 1851 MI; Frances S., b. 1855 MI; Sidney Green, b. 1859 MI; Jerome Sylvester, b. 1856 MI; Estella, b. 1861 MI; Susan b. 1864 MI; Volney, b. 1866 MI.

Dr. Greenbery Cousins was murdered by Andrew Jackson Bunn on 16 Aug 1870 in Porter Township, Cass County. Bunn was reportedly a man of violent temper. He was tried twice and on both occasions the jury failed to agree upon a verdict. As a result he was acquitted and moved to Cadillac, MI, his only punishment being the year he spent in jail awaiting the two trials. (I have read that there is an account of the trial in "The National Democrat," Cassopolis, MI, Aug, 28, 1870).


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