Cowles, S. M. 1824 - 1896

COWLES, BALL, OTTO, LAPPENS, WRIGHT, WITTE

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Date: 12/13/2006 at 21:11:23

Newton (IA) Journal
Wednesday, September 16, 1896

Death of S. M. Cowles
Died: --At his home on South Main street, Ashland, Tuesday morning, September 1, 1896, Sylvester Mortimer Cowles, aged 71 years, 8 months and 2 days.

Funeral services will be held from the family residence Thursday at 10 a. m., Sept. 3. Interment in Ashland cemetery. Friends of the family respectfully invited.

He suffered a bilious fever attack two weeks ago, and being of weak constitution, yielded to death’s calling at the above recorded date.

Mr. Cowles was born in Kendall, Orleans county, N. Y., December 29, 1824. For thirty-two years, he was a resident of Newton, Jasper county, Iowa, where he cherished the love and respect of all who knew him. He was married Dec. 14, 1853, at Burr Oak, Michigan, to Caroline Ball, who survives him. In the fall of 1887, he moved with his family to Ashland, since which time, he has lived a highly respected citizen of this place. By his death, he leaves to mourn his loss, beside a wife, five children, Mrs. Flo Otto, of this place, V. D. Cowles, Des Moines, Iowa, Mrs. A. J. Lappens, Vine, Cal., Mrs. T. J. Wright, Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. E. E. Witte, New York City. Mr. Cowles was a man of very temperate habits, a total abstainer from the use of liquor and tobacco. A kind, affectionate husband and father, a loyal citizen, his loss will be keenly felt in the community.

“Earth, let thy softest mantle rest
On this worn child to thee retuning.
Whose youth was nurtured at thy breast.
Who loved thee with such tender yearning.
He knew thy fields and woodland ways,
And deemed thy humblest son his brother;
Asleep beyond our blame or praise,
We yield him back, o gentle mother!”
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