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John G. Coster

Gentleman

Centurion, 1852–1850s

Full Name John Gerard Coster

Born 12 May 1832 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 22 November 1910 in White Plains, New York

Buried Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York

Proposed by George William Curtis

Elected 4 December 1852 at age twenty

Archivist’s Note: He likely resigned or was dropped from the rolls between 1857 and 1860.