Horace Cowles

1782 - 1841  (58 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 9 ancestors and 11 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Horace Cowles
  Born	18 Oct 1782	Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Feb 1841	Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States   [1]
  Buried	Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States   [1]
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  Notes	In 1797, when scarcely fifteen years old, he was admitted into the freshman class in Yale College. He was a reputable scholar but owing to a growing disability that incapacitated him for study and threatened a speedy termination of his life he returned home in the second term of his senior year and though invited by the faculty to be present with his class at their examination for degrees, he chose not to avail himself of the opportunity and in consequence was never enrolled with them as graduate. Soon after his return he engaged himself as a clerk to Mr Richards, a merchant in Farmington, with whom he later became a partner and in 1803 entered into business as a merchant with his younger brother as a partner. He was also a justice of the peace, selectman, town clerk, representative of the town in the Legislature, teacher and instructor of the choir of singers, member of Missionary, Temperance, Anti-Masonic, and Anti-Slavery Societies and second vice president of Hartford County Agricultural Society. He was a man distinguished for his public spirit, of singular benevolence, great practical wisdom, remarkable firmness, and consistent and steadfast piety. The will of his first wife dated 2 March 1837 named him as executor: inventory $4, 508.50. His own will, dated 22 March 1837 was provrd 3 March 1841; inventory $7,231.97. The house they occupied was inherited by his first wife from her father. He joined the church in 1824, his first wife in 1816 and his second wife in 1838, (Wills in State Library; Hooker Genealogy; Funeral Sermon by Doctor Noah Porter, DD, a pamphlet of 26 pages).
  Person ID	I10441	ONS
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Colonel Isaac Cowles,   b. 29 Jul 1756, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 1837, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Living
  Family ID	F2704	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Ann Steele Smith,   b. 16 Feb 1784, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 8 Apr 1837, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age 53 years)
  Children	1. Lucy Norton Cowles,   b. 13 Oct 1804, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 18 Mar 1809, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age 4 years)   2. Mary Ann Cowles,   b. 12 Jun 1807, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 23 Apr 1824, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age 16 years)   3. Lucy Norton Cowles,   b. 21 Jun 1810, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 8 Dec 1812, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age 2 years)   4. Ann Hooker Cowles,   b. 6 Apr 1812, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 11 Sep 1813, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age 1 years) + 5. Samuel Smith Cowles,   b. 8 Dec 1814, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States   6. Julia Norton Cowles,   b. 12 Nov 1818, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 7 Mar 1819, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age 0 years)   7. Charlotte Lucina Cowles,   b. 3 Nov 1820, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States   8. Elizabeth Cowles,   b. 7 Apr 1823, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 28 Mar 1831, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age 7 years)   9. Julia Cowles,   b. 5 Mar 1826, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 11 Sep 1826, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age 0 years)   10. Mary Ann Cowles,   b. 5 Mar 1826, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022
  Family ID	F2705	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Hurlbet,   b. 16 Jan 1795, West, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 22 Nov 1879, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age 84 years)
  Married	8 Nov 1838	West, Hartford, Connecticut, United States   [1]
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022
  Family ID	F3961	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Oct 1782 - Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Married - 8 Nov 1838 - West, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Died - 6 Feb 1841 - Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Buried - - Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Reference

  Andrew D. Kemp. "Horace Cowles". KEMP(E) Surname one-name study worldwide - Family History (tree) and Genealogy. https://www.kempfamilyhistory.com/getperson.php?personID=I10441&tree=adkemp (accessed February 1, 2023).

  
  

Sources

[S83] Geoffrey Williams - Morey Memories etc.