Robert Evan Wheatley is very happy to be a husband, a father and a grandpa. His loving family includes his wife of 40 years, Rosie, three adult children, one grandson, two house cats and a Black Labrador retriever. Robert retired in 2009 from a successful career as an electrical design engineer for a major supplier of electronics to the auto industry. Retirement has allowed him to pursue full-time, his true passions - genealogy research and writing. This narrative of his mother’s illustrious paternal family, the Cossarts, is a product of that passion.