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Cowles, Ralph
Biography
16 May 1792–1 Aug. 1869. Teacher, surveyor, auditor, jeweler. Born in New Hartford, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Son of Asa Cowles and Sibyl Merrill. Moved to Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio, July 1811. Elected clerk for Burlington Township (later Claridon Township), Geauga Co., 7 Apr. 1817. Served as Geauga Co. auditor, 1818–1821, 1827–1835, 1839–1845. Married Delia Benton, 20 Aug. 1818, in Geauga Co. Served in various capacities for Geauga Co. Agricultural Society. Appointed counselor in Geauga Co. Anti-Slavery Society, 11 Sept. 1838. Served as recorder at trial proceedings of Alpheus C. Russell v. JS et al., Mar. 1844, in Painesville, Geauga Co. Moved to Cleveland, by 1850. Elected trustee for Society of Savings, 1867–1868. Died in Cleveland.
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- Deed from Alpheus and Elizabeth Conant Russell, 10 October 1836
- Deed from Edmund and Ann Kelly Bosley, 2 November 1836
- Deed from Edmund and Ann Kelly Bosley, 23 October 1835
- Deed from Frederick G. and Rebecca Swain Williams, 15 September 1835
- Deed from Hiram and Permelia Bundy Dayton, 13 September 1836
- Deed from Jacob Bump, 5 December 1836
- Deed from Jacob and Abigail Pettingill Bump, 23 May 1837
- Deed from John and Alice Jacobs Johnson, 4 January 1837
- Deed from Lory and Betsey Curtis Holmes, 14 October 1836
- Deed from Peter and Sarah French, 5 October 1836
- Deed from Samuel and Sabrina Davenport Canfield, 1 October 1836
- Deed from Samuel and Sabrina Davenport Canfield, 1 October 1836, in Handwriting of Thomas Burdick
- Deed from William Draper Jr. and Elizabeth Staker Draper, 14 September 1836
- Deed from William and Rosannah Robinson Marks, 10 April 1837
- Deed to Caroline Grant Smith, 11 December 1836
- Deed to David Elliott, 26 September 1836
- Deed to Isaac Bishop, 20 January 1837
- Deed to Jacob Bump, 15 October 1836
- Deed to Jared Carter, 15 October 1836
- Deed to Loren Babbit, 24 September 1836
- Deed to Martha Raymond Parrish, 8 December 1836
- Deed to Samuel F. Whitney, 8 July 1838
- Deed to Samuel Whitney Sr., 10 April 1837
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–A
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–B
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–C
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–D
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–E
- Deed to William Marks, 7 April 1837
- Deed, Oliver and Lydia Dibble Granger to John Howden, 29 March 1838
- Deed, Oliver and Lydia Dibble Granger to John Howden, 30 April 1838
- Deed, Samuel and Sabrina Davenport Canfield to Emma Smith, 1 October 1836
- Deed, William and Rosannah Robinson Marks to Hiram Willson, 17 March 1838
- Deed, William and Rosannah Robinson Marks to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837
- Deed, William and Rosannah Robinson Marks to Samuel F. Whitney, 5 February 1838
- Map of Kirtland City, between circa 6 April and 18 May 1837
- Mortgage to Alpheus Russell, 10 October 1836
- Mortgage to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837
- Mortgage to Peter French, 5 October 1836
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 18 March 1844 [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Gender
- Male