| |  COWEN:
See also
Ray
Louis Forshee —
Frank
J. Forshee —
Laureston
O. Telfer |
| |
Cowen, A. W. —
Alternate delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from
Illinois, 1896.
Burial
location unknown.
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| |
Cowen, Arnold Wilson (b.
1905) —
also known as Wilson Cowen —
of Texas.
Born near Clifton, Bosque
County, Tex., December
20, 1905.
Lawyer;
county judge in Texas, 1935-38; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1964-.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2004.
|
| |
Cowen, Benjamin Rush
(1831-1908) —
also known as Benjamin R. Cowen —
of Bellaire, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Moorefield, Harrison
County, Ohio, August
15, 1831.
Republican. Secretary of
state of Ohio, 1862; member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1866-; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1868
(Convention
Secretary).
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
19, 1908 (age 76 years, 157
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Bellaire, Ohio.
|
| |
Cowen, Benjamin Sprague
(1793-1860) —
also known as Benjamin S. Cowen —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington
County, N.Y., September
27, 1793.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate to
Whig National Convention from Ohio, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1841-43; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1845-46; common pleas court judge in
Ohio, 1847.
Died in St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio, September
27, 1860 (age 67 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowen, C. E. —
of Kansas.
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1960, 1962.
Still living as of 1962.
|
| |
Cowen, Daniel D. T. —
of Belmont
County, Ohio.
Delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Belmont County, 1873.
Burial
location unknown.
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| |
Cowen, David C. (born
c.1901) —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Oregon, about 1901.
Democrat. Dentist;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1935-41; member of Washington
state senate 7th District, 1943-47.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowen, Joe —
of Dimmitt, Castro
County, Tex.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1956.
Still living as of 1956.
|
| |
Cowen, Joe T. S. —
of Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Socialist Labor candidate for Ohio state
house of representatives from Cuyahoga County, 1897.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowen, John King
(1844-1904) —
also known as John K. Cowen —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio; Baltimore,
Md.
Born near Millersburg, Holmes
County, Ohio, October
28, 1844.
Son of Washington Cowen.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
counsel, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
1872-76; general counsel, 1876-96; president, 1896-1901; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1895-97.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 26,
1904 (age 59 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Ohio.
|
| |
Cowen, Myron Melvin
(1898-1965) —
also known as Myron M. Cowen —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Logan, Harrison
County, Iowa, January
25, 1898.
Son of Aaron Harry Cowen and Dora T. (Biala) Cowen.
Lawyer;
U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1948-49; Philippines, 1949-51; Belgium, 1952-53.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., November
1, 1965 (age 67 years, 280
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
|
| |
Cowen, Robert H. —
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1961-69.
Still living as of 1969.
|
| |
Cowen, Stephen S. —
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1986.
Still living as of 1986.
|
| |
Cowen, Sue —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
|
| |
Cowen, William B. —
Republican. Member, National
Labor Relations Board, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
|
| | Cowen,
Wilson See Arnold Wilson
Cowen |
| |
Cowgill, Calvin
(1819-1903) —
of Indiana.
Born in Martinsville, Clinton
County, Ohio, January
7, 1819.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1851-52, 1865; served in the
Union Army during the Civil War; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1879-81.
Died in Wabash
County, Ind., February
10, 1903 (age 84 years, 34
days).
Interment at Falls
Cemetery, Wabash, Ind.
|
| |
Cowgill, Cary E.
(1843-1914) —
of Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind.
Born in Winchester, Randolph
County, Ind., August 5,
1843.
Son of Calvin Cowgill.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Indiana
state house of representatives, 1873; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., May 4,
1914 (age 70 years, 272
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowgill, Ira V. —
of Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Chair of
Hampshire County Democratic Party, 1917; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 15th District, 1926.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowgill, James
(1848-1922) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Indiana, April 2,
1848.
Son of William Cowgill.
Democrat. Missouri
state treasurer, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1916;
mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1918-22; died in office 1922.
Died suddenly, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in his office at
City
Hall, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., January
20, 1922 (age 73 years, 293
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
| |  |
Relatives:
Married to Ella Myers. |
|
| |
Cowgill, John A. —
of Warren Township (now Warren), Macomb
County, Mich.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for supervisor
of Warren Township, Michigan, 1933.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowgill, Joseph W. (b.
1908) —
of Pennsauken, Camden
County, N.J.; Merchantville, Camden
County, N.J.
Born April 24,
1908.
Son of William Cowgill and Harriet Cowgill.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Camden County, 1941; Camden
County Surrogate, 1941; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Camden County,
1947; member of New Jersey
state senate from Camden County, 1956-64; defeated, 1963;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1956
(alternate), 1964.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
| | |
Relatives:
Married 1940
to Margaret E. Bittner. |
|
| |
Cowgill, W. H. (d. 1910) —
of Nebraska.
Member of Nebraska
railway commission, 1909-10; died in office 1910.
Died October
16, 1910.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | COWLES:
See also
James
Cowles Hart Bonbright —
Jesse
William Curtis —
Earl
J. Davis —
Byron
H. Kilbourn —
Erastus
Cole Knight —
Cowles
Mead —
Joseph
Cowles Mehaffey —
Russell
Cowles Ostrander —
R.
Cowles Taylor |
| |
Cowles, A. C. —
of Watauga
County, N.C.
Member of North
Carolina state senate 44th District, 1865.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, A. D. —
Adjutant
General of North Carolina, 1897-98.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, Benjamin —
of Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Saratoga County, 1814-15.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, Benjamin J. —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1850.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Cowles, C.
J. See Calvin Josiah
Cowles |
| |
Cowles, C. M. —
of Virginia.
Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1928.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, Calvin Josiah
(1821-1907) —
also known as C. J. Cowles —
of Elkville, Wilkes
County, N.C.; Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Hamptonville, Yadkin
County, N.C., January
6, 1821.
Son of Josiah Cowles (1791-1873) and Deborah (Sanford) Cowles
(1795-1827).
Republican. Merchant;
delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868; delegate
to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1868;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1868.
Died in Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., April 1,
1907 (age 86 years, 85
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
|
| |
Cowles, Charles H.
(1818-1888) —
of Atchison
County, Mo.; Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.
Born in Genesee
County, N.Y., May 20,
1818.
Member
Nebraska territorial council, 1855; member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1860.
Died in Otoe
County, Neb., April 14,
1888 (age 69 years, 330
days).
Interment at Cowles
Cemetery, Nebraska City, Neb.
|
| |
Cowles, Charles Holden
(1875-1957) —
of Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 16,
1875.
Son of Calvin Josiah Cowles and Ida Augusta
(Holden) Cowles.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; private secretary to U.S. Rep. E.
Spencer Blackburn, 1901-03; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Carolina, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1905-08, 1921-30; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1909-11.
Died in Mocksville, Davie
County, N.C., October
2, 1957 (age 82 years, 78
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Church Cemetery, Wilkesboro, N.C.
|
| |
Cowles, Clarence A. —
of Southington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Southington, 1918.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, Clinton W. —
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1884.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, Daryl Edward —
also known as Daryl E. Cowles —
of Berkeley Springs, Morgan
County, W.Va.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 51st District; elected 2010.
Still living as of 2010.
|
| |
Cowles, E. B. —
Nebraska
public lands and buildings commissioner, 1909-13.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, Edgar W. —
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1906.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, Egbert —
of Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Farmington, 1832; member of
Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1848.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, Ephraim Henry
(1894-1951) —
also known as Ephraim H. Cowles —
of South Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
5, 1894.
Son of James Buchanan Cowles and Margaret E. (Slattery) Cowles
(1869-1923).
Democrat. Heating
contractor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from South Windsor, 1933-34;
defeated, 1934.
Died in Newington, Hartford
County, Conn., June 7,
1951 (age 56 years, 184
days).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, South Windsor, Conn.
|
| |
Cowles, Gardner (b. 1863) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa, February
28, 1863.
Son of William Fletcher Cowles (b.1819) and Elizabeth Maria (La
Monte) Cowles (died 1873).
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1899-1903; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1916.
Protestant.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, George —
of Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Farmington, 1822-25.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, George Washington
(1823-1901) —
of New York.
Born in Otisco, Onondaga
County, N.Y., December
6, 1823.
Republican. County judge in New York; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1869-71.
Died in Clyde, Wayne
County, N.Y., January
20, 1901 (age 77 years, 45
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Clyde, N.Y.
|
| |
Cowles, H. W. —
of Iowa.
Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, Henry Booth
(1798-1873) —
also known as Henry B. Cowles —
of Carmel, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., March 18,
1798.
Member of New York
state assembly from Putnam County, 1826-28; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1829-31.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1873 (age 75 years, 60
days).
Interment at Rhinebeck
Cemetery, Rhinebeck, N.Y.
|
| |
Cowles, Henry Clinton —
of Pierce
County, Neb.
Member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1857.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, Henry M. —
of Avon, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Avon; elected 1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, Horace —
of Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Farmington, 1831, 1835, 1837.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, James Harvey —
of Pierce
County, Neb.
Member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1855.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, John —
of Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County, 1818-19.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, John N. —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 24th District, 1988, 1990.
Still living as of 1990.
|
| |
Cowles, Joseph N. (born
c.1839) —
of Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn., about 1839.
Republican. Banker;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1870; member of Connecticut
state senate 18th District, 1889-90.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, Josiah
(1716-1793) —
Born in Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn., November
20, 1716.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1780-81.
Congregationalist;
later Episcopalian.
Died in Southington, Hartford
County, Conn., June 6,
1793 (age 76 years, 198
days).
Burial
location unknown.
| | |
Relatives:
Married, November
11, 1739, to Jemima Dickinson (1717-1746); married, November
23, 1748, to Mary Scott (1732-1809); third cousin of Moses
Seymour; third cousin once removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; great-grandfather of Calvin
Josiah Cowles; third cousin thrice removed of William
Chapman Williston, Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour, Jr., Norman
Alexander Seymour, Russell
Cowles Ostrander, La Monte Cowles and Gardner Cowles; second cousin twice removed of
William Sheffield Cowles (1847-1923); second
cousin four times removed of Caleb
Seymour Pitkin; second great-grandfather of Charles Holden Cowles; second cousin five times
removed of Ephraim Henry Cowles; second
cousin thrice removed of William Sheffield
Cowles (1898-1986). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
|
| |
Cowles, La Monte (b.
1859) —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa, September
30, 1859.
Son of William Fletcher Cowles (b.1819) and Elizabeth Maria (La
Monte) Cowles (died 1873).
Republican. Lawyer; abstractor;
member of Iowa state
senate, 1911-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, Leon L. —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
U.S. Vice Consul in Barcelona, 1941; Vigo, 1941-43.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, Richard —
of Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Farmington, 1834.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, Richard B. —
of New Hartford, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Hartford, 1836.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Cowles,
Sheffield See William Sheffield
Cowles |
| |
Cowles, Shepard B. —
of Michigan.
Socialist Labor candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1901; Socialist Labor candidate for
Governor
of Michigan, 1902; Socialist Labor candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1906; Socialist Labor candidate for Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1909; Socialist Labor candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1910; Socialist Labor candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1911.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, Thomas —
of Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1864.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, Timothy —
of Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Farmington, 1833, 1838;
member of Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1835.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Cowles, W.
Sheffield See William Sheffield
Cowles |
| |
Cowles, Warren
(c.1824-1872) —
of Smethport, McKean
County, Pa.; Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in New York, about 1824.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 13th District, 1866-68; U.S.
Attorney for Dakota Territory, 1869-72.
Died in 1872
(age about
48 years).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, William Henry Harrison
(1840-1901) —
also known as William H. H. Cowles —
of Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C.
Born in Hamptonville, Yadkin
County, N.C., April 22,
1840.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1885-93.
Died in Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., December
30, 1901 (age 61 years, 252
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Wilkesboro, N.C.
|
| |
Cowles, William Sheffield
(1847-1923) —
also known as William S. Cowles —
of Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn., August 1,
1847.
Son of Thomas Cowles (1809-1884) and Elizabeth Ells (Sheffield)
Cowles (1821-1884).
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Farmington, 1917-20.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 1,
1923 (age 75 years, 273
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Cowles, William Sheffield
(1898-1986) —
also known as W. Sheffield Cowles —
of Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
18, 1898.
Son of William Sheffield Cowles (1847-1923)
and Anna (Roosevelt) Cowles (1855-1931).
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Farmington; elected 1948;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1956.
Died in Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn., 1986
(age about
87 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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