John Guiteau Welch Cowles[1]
1836 - 1914 (78 years)
Person ID: I5923
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Name John Guiteau Welch Cowles [1] Born 14 Mar 1836 Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States 
[1] Gender Male Died 17 Jun 1914 San Diego, San Diego, California, United States [1] Notes - Oberlin College Connections
Oberlin Heritage Center https://www.oberlinheritagecenter.org/
Oberlin was founded by Presbyterian minister John J. Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart in 1833 as the Oberlin Collegiate Institute to educate ministers and schoolteachers for the West. It is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second-oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. In 1835, Oberlin became one of the first colleges in the United States to admit African Americans, and in 1837, the first to admit women.
• Brothers Uriah and Ebenezer Chamberlain were two of the 39 young men to found Oberlin College in 1833. Uriah was in the first graduating class, about 1836
• William Benton Chamberlain, son of Ebenezer, graduated from Oberlin College in 1875, completed the Theological Seminary in 1884, and became Professor or Rhetoric
• John Guiteau Welch Cowles was Oberlin Acting President 1902
Oberlin Anti-Slavery Society
Founded June 1835
Their constitution is online, brothers Uriah and Ebenezer Chamberlain, part of the founding group of the college, were signatories.
"Object. Our object is the immediate emancipation of the whole colored race within the United States: The emancipation of the slave from the oppression of the master, the emancipation of the free colored man from the oppression of public sentiment, and the elevation of both to an intellectual, moral, and political equality with the whites."
Karen Anderson Smith donated a quilt made by Emily Elizabeth Peck Chamberlain to the Oberlin Museum
Siblings 1. Helen Maria Cowles, b. 5 Aug 1832, Austinburg, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States , d. Yes, date unknown2. Henry Benjamin Cowles, b. 31 Mar 1834, Austinburg, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States , d. 31 Dec 1870, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States (Age 36 years)3. John Guiteau Welch Cowles (current person), b. 14 Mar 1836, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States , d. 17 Jun 1914, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States (Age 78 years) - Oberlin College Connections
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Parents
Father Henry Cowles, b. 24 Apr 1803, Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States , d. 6 Sep 1881, Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States (Age 78 years) Mother Alice Welch, b. 28 Apr 1804, Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States , d. 14 Oct 1843, Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 39 years) Married 27 Jul 1830 Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States -
Other Personal Events
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Event Map
Born - 14 Mar 1836 - Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States 
Died - 17 Jun 1914 - San Diego, San Diego, California, United States = Link to Google Earth -
Source Citations
- [S1418] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Family Search Family Tree Assertion of Fact or Familial Link", Family Tree Database, FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org)..
- [S1418] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Family Search Family Tree Assertion of Fact or Familial Link", Family Tree Database, FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org)..