Benjamin Cozad and his son Sylvester, of Hancock county, Illinois, arrived in La Cygne Friday of last week on a visit to D. W. Cozad, cousin of Benjamin Cozad. The latter is 60 years of age. He settled on a farm some thirty or thirty-five years ago in Hancock county, and has staid upon the same place ever since, but has recently sold it and is now looking up a location in Kansas. He has been twice married, having six children by his first wife and nineteen by his second and present wife, or twenty-five children altogether, among them fifteen boys. He now has nineteen children living at home. He has supported his large family on the old Hancock county farm and is now worth $20, 000. Himself and boys are all Democrats. The father believes in education and say "only eight" of his children are now attending school, but more of them must attend when he reaches home. The school house where his children receive their education is one and one-half miles from the farm house, too far for the pupils to walk, so the father built a barn near the school house, gave them a trusty team and a wagon, and they ride to school, put their horses in the barn, and hitch them up to ride home, the Cozad farm turning out a wagon load of scholars at a time. The Journal would suggest to the senior Mr. Cozad that he will find no better Kansas county than Linn in which to locate. His family would be a strong reinforcement to the Democratic party, but the Republicans have so large a majority that they would be able to "hold the fort," against at least one family of sixteen Democratic votes.
-----La Cygne Journal, Saturday, 29 Nov 1884, page 3
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Benjamin Cozad and his daughter, Miss Lettie Cozad, of Buffalo, Dallas county, Missouri, arrived in the city the first of the week on a visit to their cousins, D. W. Cozad and family, of the La Cygne Nursery.
-----La Cygne Journal, Saturday, November 13, 1886, page 3