William Turner Coggeshall

|birth_place=Lewistown, Pennsylvania |death_date= |death_place=Quito, Ecuador |restingplace=Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio |alma_mater= |spouse=Mary Maria Carpenter |children= daughter Jesse (c.1851-10 January 1868) }} William Turner Coggeshall (1824–1867) was an American publisher and librarian based in Ohio. Coggeshall also served as a self-appointed bodyguard for President Abraham Lincoln, but was out of town the evening the leader was assassinated.

He gained appointment in 1866 as the US Ambassador to Ecuador, but died there of tuberculosis less than a year later. His daughter died there soon after of yellow fever. Congress appropriated funds to have both their bodies returned to Ohio for burial. Provided by Wikipedia