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Mary Ann Cowles

Mary Ann Cowles

Female 1817 - 1874  (57 years)


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  • Name Mary Ann Cowles 
    Birth 25 Mar 1817  Colebrook, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Education From 1837 to 1838  Oberlin College, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family Search ID L7PQ-Z72 
    Name From 21 Nov 1838 
    Mary Ann Chamberlain 
    Ω Census wife 1 Jun 1850  Seymour, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • James E Fisher family listed on same page, with Charlotte P, Mary E, Frances, and Frank - may not be related at all.
      Witness Role: Principal: [I812] Ebenezer Benton CHAMBERLAIN
      Witness Role: head of household: [I812] Ebenezer Benton CHAMBERLAIN
      Witness Role: wife: [I811] Mary Ann COWLES
      Witness Role: son: [I2517] Henry Cowles CHAMBERLAIN
      Witness Role: son: [I2518] Albert Barnes CHAMBERLAIN
      Witness Role: daughter: [I2519] Ellen Maria CHAMBERLAIN
      Witness Role: son: [I807] William Benton CHAMBERLAIN
      Witness Role: servant: Name: Mary Ryan
      Witness Role: Servant status is assumed. Young woman born in Ireland in the Connecticut home of a clergyman, his wife, and their 4 young children.
    Ω Census wife 1 Jun 1860  Wayne, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    • The Oberlin Catalog of 1860 gives his residence as Williamsfield, a small township in Ashtabula county, not Wayne Township as on the Census.
      Witness Role: Principal: [I812] Ebenezer Benton CHAMBERLAIN
      Witness Role: head of household: [I812] Ebenezer Benton CHAMBERLAIN
      Witness Role: wife: [I811] Mary Ann COWLES
      Witness Role: son: [I2518] Albert Barnes CHAMBERLAIN
      Witness Role: daughter: [I2519] Ellen Maria CHAMBERLAIN
      Witness Role: son: [I807] William Benton CHAMBERLAIN
    Ω Census wife 1 Jun 1870  Springfield, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    • Witness Role: Principal: [I812] Ebenezer Benton CHAMBERLAIN
      Witness Role: head of household: [I812] Ebenezer Benton CHAMBERLAIN
      Witness Role: wife: [I811] Mary Ann COWLES
      Witness Role: daughter: [I2519] Ellen Maria CHAMBERLAIN
    _UID DF824B959E294CB48900C6FB44FB06B74E47 
    Death 14 Jul 1874  Springfield, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Person ID I811  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2023 

    Father Samuel Cowles, Jr.,   b. 12 Mar 1771, Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1845, Colebrook, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Olive Phelps,   b. 1 Jul 1780, Colchester, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1864, Painesville, Lake, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 1 Oct 1800  Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 9] 
    Family ID F282  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Husband Ebenezer Benton Chamberlain,   b. 13 Jul 1810, Richmond, Richmond, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1882, East Vincent Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 2 Nov 1838  Austinburg, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Children 
    +1. Henry Cowles Chamberlain,   b. 3 Apr 1842, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1918, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    >2. Albert Barnes Chamberlain,   b. 29 Feb 1844, Vienna, Trumbull, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1921, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     3. Ellen Maria Chamberlain,   b. 2 Jan 1846, Gustavus, Trumbull, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1909, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    +4. William Benton Chamberlain,   b. 1 Sep 1847, Gustavus, Trumbull, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1903, Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F279  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 May 2023 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S254] Cens1860 - OH Ashtabula Wayne p196.

    2. [S846] Bio - Cowles Mary Ann.

    3. [S1408] DAR - Waite, Mary E. Chamberlain to Samuel Cowles.

    4. [S72] Debbie Price's Collection.

    5. [S253] Cens1850 - CT New Haven Seymour p345.

    6. [S1360] Catalog - Oberlin 1860.

    7. [S793] Cens1870 - PA Erie Springfield p7.

    8. [S1362] Catalog - Oberlin 1870.

    9. [S1407] DAR - Little, Alice Cowles to Samuel Cowles.