Tricky Trivia
Grands & Greats
Laclede County
Family Talents
Cossey Couples
100
Maiden name of Sarah Ellen Cossey
What is Sarah Ellen Latimer?
100
Helen Cossey Askew's six first cousins on her father's side
Who is Neil Burd, Sylvester Burd, Bud Cossey, Betty Ford Giordano, Bill Ford, Jr., and Hershey Ford?
100
Cemetery where many Cosseys are buried
What is New Hope Cemetery or Twilight Cemetery?
100
Founded a nonprofit organization that provides financial assistance to women struggling with cancer or other serious health problems.
Who is Margaret Burd?
100
Got married for the first time at age 38
Who is George Robert Cossey?
200
Mid-Atlantic state where William Cossey was born around 1798
What is Maryland?
200
Had (at least) 18 siblings and half-siblings
Who is Thomas Cossey?
200
Original Cossey family business (Not farming)
What is running a stagecoach station and inn?
200
Competed in national and international choir competitions for more than 40 years.
Who is Betty "Kitty" (Ford) Giordano?
200
Couple who adopted Betty "Kitty" Ford
Who is Jean (Ford) Craig & Charles Craig?
300
Place where Hurshal and Elda Cossey moved when their daughter, Helen, was a baby
What is California?
300
Three first cousins, all born in 1952
Who is Margaret Ann Burd, Bobby Cossey and Peter Ford?
300
Immigrant family who originally owned the Sylvester and Juanita Burd farm
Who are the Kumbiers?
300
Built a television from scratch.
Who is Hershey Ford?
300
Married longer than 60 years
Who is Sylvester & Juanita Burd or Robert & Julia Cossey?
400
Has read Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain more than 90 times
Who is Martha Burd Brooks?
400
Was a patient at State Hospital #3 in Nevada, Missouri for nearly 40 years
Who is Robert Augustus Cossey?
400
Length of roundtrip journey from Lebanon, Missouri to St. Louis in 1844: 10 Days, 15 Days, or 25 Days
What is 25 Days?
400
Played the French harp
Who is Hurshal Cossey?
400
Three couples who married in 1946
Who are Sylvester & Juanita Burd, Jimmy & Kitty Giordano, and Helen & Norman Askew?
500
Brother of Sarah Ellen (Latimer) Cossey who helped birth all five Cossey kids: Pearl, James, George, Dorothy, and Hurshal.
Who is Samuel Madison Latimer?
500
Split from her husband's Presbyterian family in 1908 to help found a Campbellite church in Phillipsburg
Who is Julia (Edmisten) Cossey?
500
Creek where William Cossey built his first home in 1844?
What is Jones Creek?
500
Accomplished long-distance and marathon runner
Who is Rachel O'Connell?
500
Couple who lived with Julia (Edmisten) Cossey for most of their married life
Who are Hurshal & Elda Cossey?
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