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Family: Postmaster Josiah Cowles / Nancy Caroline Carson (F7068)  ^[1] 

• Father | Male Postmaster Josiah Cowles

  
  

  Born	3 Apr 1791	Connecticut
  Died	11 Nov 1873	Hamptonville, Yadkin Co., North Carolina
  Buried		Flat Rock Baptist Cemetery Hamptonville Yadkin County North Carolina
  Married	1828
  Other Spouse	Deborah Sanford | F7067
  Married	1815	Connecticut
  Father	Calvin Cowles | F7069 Group Sheet
  Mother	Miriam Atwater | F7069 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Nancy Caroline Carson

  
  

  Born	19 May 1802	North Carolina
  Died	3 Jul 1862	Yadkin County, North Carolina
  Buried		Flat Rock Baptist Cemetery Yadkin County, North Carolina
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  Child 1 | Male Josiah Cowles, Jr.

  
  

  Born	17 Dec 1829	Surry County, North Carolina
  Died	1 Dec 1858	Yadkin County, North Carolina
  Buried		Flat Rock Baptist Cemetery Yadkin County, North Carolina

  
  

  Child 2 | Male + Andrew Carson [letter-writer] Cowles

  
  

  Born	12 Jan 1833	Prob. Statesville, NC
  Died	5 Jan 1881	Yadkin, North Carolina
  Buried		Flat Rock Baptist Cemetery Hamptonville Yadkin County North Carolina
  Spouse	Margaret Catherine 'Maggie' Reynolds | F7065
  Married	8 Jun 1870	Iredell, North Carolina

  
  

  Child 3 | Male William Henry Harrison Cowles

  
  

  Born	22 Apr 1840	Hamptonville, North Carolina
  Died	30 Dec 1901	Wilkesboro, North Carolina
  Buried		Presbyterian Cemetery Wilksboro, North Carolina

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Children of Nancy Caroline Carson: Josiah Cowles, 1829-1858 Andrew Carson Cowles, 1833-1881 Miles M. Cowles, 1835-1862 William Henry Harrison Cowles, 1840-1901 Henry Clay Cowles, 1842-1914 Caroline Mary Cowles Teague, 1845-1913

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69173248/mary-cowles. Mary Scott Cowles Birth 30 Mar 1732, Connecticut Death 28 Nov 1809,Southington, Hartford Co., CT Burial: Quinnipiac Cemetery Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut Josiah Cowles was a son of Calvin Cowles and his wife Miriam Atwater, of Wolcott, Connecticut. He was twice married, first to Deborah Sandford, of Merien, Connecticut in 1815, and second to Nancy Caroline Carson, the widow Duvall, in North Carolina in 1828. There were four children born of the first marriage: Eliza Ann Cowles (30 April 1817), Elvira Deborah Cowles (18 Jan. 1819), Calvin Josiah Cowles (6 Jan. 1821, born in NC), Abel Sanford Cowles (1 Oct. 1824). There were seven children born of the second marriage: Josiah Cowles, Jr. (17 Dec. 1829), Andrew Carson Cowles (12 Jan. 1833), Miles Melmouth Cowles (16 April 1835, CSA soldier), Lewis William Cowles (3 Dec. 1837), William Henry Harrison Cowles (22 April 1840), Henry Clay Cowles (17 June 1842) and Caroline Mary "Carrie" Cowles (9 Oct. 1845-20 March 1913, m. Captain M. M. Teague, CSA).