Person:John Cowles (15)
John Guiteau Welch Cowles
b.14 Mar 1836 Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States
d.17 Jun 1914 San Diego, California, United States
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m. 1830
  1. John Guiteau Welch Cowles1836 - 1914
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John Guiteau Welch Cowles1836 - 1914
  • W.  Lois M. ChurchAbt 1836 - 1903
m. 1859
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m. Abt 1905
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Facts and Events
Name John Guiteau Welch Cowles
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][4] 14 Mar 1836 Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States
Marriage 1859 to Lois M. Church
Military[1][2] From 10 Dec 1861 to 7 Aug 1862 Ohio, United StatesCivil War, 55th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Residence[1][2] Aft 1862 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
Marriage Abt 1905 to Beatrice Walker
Residence[3] 1910 Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
Death[4][5] 17 Jun 1914 San Diego, California, United States
Burial[4] 25 Jun 1914 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 John G. W. Cowles biography, in Orth, Samuel Peter. A History of Cleveland, Ohio. (Chicago [Illinois]: S. J. Clarke, 1910)
    3:34-40.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Roster of the Command, in Osborn, Hartwell, and 55th (1861-1865) United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment. Trials and triumphs, the record of the Fifty-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry. (Chicago, Illinois: A C McClurg & Co, 1904)
    242, 298.

    242: Captain John G. W. Cowles was the first Chaplain of the Fifty-Fifth Regiment, having been appointed December 10, 1861. He was born in 1836. He resigned from the army August 7, 1862, and settled in Cleveland, Ohio, where he became one of the most prominent and successful business men in that great and thriving city, and where he still resides. While in the regiment, he was zealous and faithful in the performance of his duties; and although a young man for such a position, he showed the qualities which insured the large measure of success that has marked his subsequent career.

    298: Cowles, John G. W. Age 25. E.S. 10 Dec. '61. 3 years; Chaplain; resigned 7 Aug '62.

  3. ↑ Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, in United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624).

    John G W Cowles, age 74, born in Ohio, real estate agent

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 John G W Cowles, in Ohio. Adjutant General's Office. Grave registrations of soldiers buried in Ohio. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958).

    born 14 Mar 1836 in Oberlin, Ohio
    died 17 Jun 1914 in San Diego, California
    buried 25 Jun 1914 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
    rank: Chaplain

  5. ↑ John G Cowles, in California State Registrar. California Death Index, 1905-1939.

    died 17 Jun 1914 in San Diego [County], California, age 78

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