William Anderson CowelAge: 73 years1854–1928
- Name
- William Anderson Cowel
- Given names
- William Anderson
- Surname
- Cowel
 Birth | October 12, 1854 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 12 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 12 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 14 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 23 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Margaret Jane Parke — View this family estimated 1890 (Age 35 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Margaret Jane Cowel November 11, 1891 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Bessie Irene Cowel September 6, 1893 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Curtis Norman Cowel January 28, 1896 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Harry Anderson Cowel September 28, 1902 (Age 47 years) |
| Census | May 17, 1910 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Benjamin Franklin Miller — Bessie Irene Cowel — View this family December 21, 1914 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Meta Agnes Miller October 4, 1915 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 61 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Glenn Wilbur Miller January 23, 1917 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 62 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 63 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Jennie Geneva Miller February 5, 1920 (Age 65 years) |
 Death | January 28, 1928 (Age 73 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Independence Cemetery |
| Family with Margaret Jane Parke |
| himself |
William Anderson Cowel Birth: October 12, 1854 — Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, United States Death: January 28, 1928 — Mound City, Linn, Kansas, United States |
| wife |
Margaret Jane Parke Birth: December 7, 1868 35 30 — Potosi, Linn, Kansas, United States Death: March 18, 1948 |
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Marriage: estimated 1890 — |
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22 months daughter |
Margaret Jane Cowel Birth: November 11, 1891 37 22 — New Market, Taylor, Iowa, United States Death: August 1, 1959 — Mound City, Linn, Kansas, United States |
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22 months daughter |
Bessie Irene Cowel Birth: September 6, 1893 38 24 — Indian Territory, Oklahoma, United States Death: March 27, 1968 — Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
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2 years son |
Curtis Norman Cowel Birth: January 28, 1896 41 27 — Linn, Kansas, United States Death: January 4, 1968 — Garnett, Anderson, Kansas, United States |
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7 years son |
Harry Anderson Cowel Birth: September 28, 1902 47 33 — Pleasenton, Linn, Kansas, United States Death: February 6, 1960 — Blue Mound, Linn, Kansas, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Anderson Cowel - Household
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Anderson Cowel - Household
Potosi, Linn, Kansas
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