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	Josiah Cowles (1716-1793) — Born in Farmington, Hartford County, Conn., November 20, 1716. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1780-81. Congregationalist; later Episcopalian. Died in Southington, Hartford County, Conn., June 6, 1793 (age 76 years, 198 days). Interment at Quinnipiac Cemetery, Southington, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Cowles and Martha (Judd) Cowles; married, November 11, 1739, to Jemima Dickinson; married, November 23, 1748, to Mary Scott; great-grandfather of Charles Upson, Calvin Josiah Cowles and Gad Ely Upson; second great-grandfather of Charles Holden Cowles; first cousin once removed of Daniel Upson; first cousin thrice removed of Christopher Columbus Upson, Andrew Seth Upson and Evelyn M. Upson; first cousin seven times removed of Boyd Kenneth Benedict; second cousin once removed of William Pitkin, Daniel Chapin and Ela Collins; second cousin twice removed of Graham Hurd Chapin, William Collins and William Sheffield Cowles (1846-1923); second cousin thrice removed of Addison Beecher Colvin, Helen Herron Taft and William Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986); second cousin four times removed of Franklin Woodruff, Caleb Seymour Pitkin, Robert Alphonso Taft, Charles Phelps Taft II and Frederick Lippitt; second cousin five times removed of Frank Fiske Bostwick, Roy Dikeman Chapin, Ephraim Henry Cowles, William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; third cousin of Moses Seymour and Simeon Baldwin; third cousin once removed of Timothy Pitkin, Orsamus Cook Merrill, James Doolittle Wooster, Horatio Seymour (1778-1857), Henry Seymour, Timothy Merrill and Roger Sherman Baldwin; third cousin twice removed of Elisha Hotchkiss Jr., John Charles Birdsall, John Arnold Rockwell, Origen Storrs Seymour, Francis William Kellogg, Horatio Seymour (1810-1886), Ausburn Birdsall, Farrand Fassett Merrill, George Seymour, Russell Sage, McNeil Seymour, Henry William Seymour and Simeon Eben Baldwin; third cousin thrice removed of Walter Booth, Jesse Hoyt, Truman Hotchkiss, Asa H. Otis, Norman A. Phelps, George Isaac Sherwood, Joseph Pomeroy Root, William Chapman Williston, Edward Woodruff Seymour, David B. Sherwood, Frederick Walker Pitkin, Joseph Battell, Charles Page, Austin George Nettleton, Thomas Dudley Bradstreet, Morris Woodruff Seymour, Rowland Case Kellogg, Dwight May Sabin, Horatio Seymour Jr., Albert Porter Bradstreet, George Parker Bradstreet, Erwin J. Baldwin, Luther S. Pitkin, Norman Alexander Seymour, Russell Cowles Ostrander, Ernest Harvey Woodford, Francis Everett Baldwin, Benjamin Pixley Birdsall, La Monte Cowles and Henry de Forest Baldwin; also third cousin thrice removed of Gardner Cowles.   Political families: Roosevelt family of New York City, New York; Upson family; Cowles family of Wilkesboro, North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	William Woods Holden (1818-1892) — also known as William W. Holden — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Orange County, N.C., November 24, 1818. Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1860; delegate to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Governor of North Carolina, 1865, 1868-70; impeached and removed from office in 1870, over corruption scandal; postmaster at Raleigh, N.C., 1873-81. Methodist. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., March 1, 1892 (age 73 years, 98 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.   Relatives: Married to Ann Augusta Young; father of Ida Augustus Holden (who married Calvin Josiah Cowles); grandfather of Charles Holden Cowles.   Political family: Cowles family of Wilkesboro, North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also National Governors Association biography   Image source: Three Decades of Federal Legislation (1885)
	Calvin Josiah Cowles (1821-1907) — also known as C. J. Cowles — of Elkville, Wilkes County, N.C.; Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Born in Hamptonville, Yadkin County, N.C., January 6, 1821. Republican. Merchant; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1868; candidate for U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1868. Died in Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C., April 1, 1907 (age 86 years, 85 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Josiah Cowles (1791-1873) and Deborah (Sanford) Cowles; married, September 19, 1844, to Martha Temperance Duvall; married, July 23, 1868, to Ida Augusta Holden (daughter of William Woods Holden); father of Charles Holden Cowles; great-grandson of Josiah Cowles (1716-1793); second cousin of Charles Upson and Gad Ely Upson; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Upson; second cousin four times removed of William Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of Daniel Chapin and Ela Collins; third cousin thrice removed of Moses Seymour and Simeon Baldwin; fourth cousin of Christopher Columbus Upson, Andrew Seth Upson and Evelyn M. Upson; fourth cousin once removed of Graham Hurd Chapin, William Collins and William Sheffield Cowles.   Political families: Roosevelt family of New York City, New York; Cowles family of Wilkesboro, North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	William Henry Harrison Cowles (1840-1901) — also known as William H. H. Cowles — of Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C. Born in Hamptonville, Yadkin County, N.C., April 22, 1840. Democrat. U.S. Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1885-93. Died in Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C., December 30, 1901 (age 61 years, 252 days). Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery, Wilkesboro, N.C.   Presumably named for: William Henry Harrison   Relatives: Uncle of Charles Holden Cowles.   Political family: Cowles family of Wilkesboro, North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	William Sheffield Cowles (1846-1923) — also known as William S. Cowles — of Farmington, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Farmington, Hartford County, Conn., August 1, 1846. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Farmington, 1917-20. Died in Washington, D.C., May 1, 1923 (age 76 years, 273 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Farmington, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Cowles and Elizabeth Eels (Sheffield) Cowles; married, November 25, 1895, to Anna L. Roosevelt (sister of Theodore Roosevelt); father of William Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986); second cousin once removed of Orsamus Cook Merrill and Timothy Merrill; second cousin twice removed of Josiah Cowles; second cousin thrice removed of William Pitkin; third cousin of Farrand Fassett Merrill; third cousin once removed of Ela Collins; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Seymour and Moses Seymour; fourth cousin of William Collins; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy Pitkin, Morris Woodruff, Horatio Seymour, Henry Seymour, Charles Upson, Calvin Josiah Cowles, Gad Ely Upson, Addison Beecher Colvin and Helen Herron Taft.   Political families: Roosevelt family of New York City, New York; Cowles family of Wilkesboro, North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Charles Holden Cowles (1875-1957) — of Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C. Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C., July 16, 1875. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; private secretary to U.S. Rep. E. Spencer Blackburn, 1901-03; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Wilkes County, 1905-08, 1921-30; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1909-11. Died in Mocksville, Davie County, N.C., October 2, 1957 (age 82 years, 78 days). Interment at Episcopal Church Cemetery, Wilkesboro, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Calvin Josiah Cowles and Ida Augusta (Holden) Cowles; married, September 6, 1916, to Louise S. Lunn; nephew of William Henry Harrison Cowles; grandson of William Woods Holden; second great-grandson of Josiah Cowles; second great-grandnephew of Thomas Wynns; second cousin once removed of Charles Upson and Gad Ely Upson; second cousin thrice removed of Daniel Upson; second cousin five times removed of William Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel Chapin and Ela Collins; fourth cousin once removed of Christopher Columbus Upson, Andrew Seth Upson and Evelyn M. Upson.   Political family: Cowles family of Wilkesboro, North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page