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Family: Calvin Cowles / Miriam Atwater (F7069)  [1



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  • Father | Male
    Calvin Cowles

    Born  13 Nov 1749  Southington, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1801  Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Quinnipiac Cemetery, Southington, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married     
    Father  Josiah Cowles | F7699 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary Scott | F7699 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Miriam Atwater

    Born  1754  Wolcott, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Father   
    Mother   

    Child 1 | Male
    + Josiah Cowles

    Born  3 Apr 1791  Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Nov 1873  Hamptonville, Yadkin Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Flat Rock Baptist Cemetery Hamptonville Yadkin County North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Deborah Sanford | F7067 
    Married  1815  Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Nancy Caroline Carson | F7068 
    Married  1828   

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63519623.
      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).