Her death certificate records Mary L. Cogswell, age 38, born in 1880, died 6 Sep 1918 in Farmers precinct, Rowan Ky, married, father Fielden Alfrey, mother’s maiden name Carline McKinzie, both born in Ky, cause of death “I did not see her they did not have a physician from what I can hear it was pulmonary tuberculosis and malarial” (signed by L. F. Robbins Health Officer), informant Joseph Cogswell, Cogswell, Ky, burial in Alfrey Graveyard.

Rowan Co., Ky marriage register A., p. 101, records the marriage on 14 May 1896 of Joseph P. Cogswell and Mary E. Alfrey.