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Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988_133_332, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Elizabeth Cheney
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988_133_332, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined

Elizabeth Cheney

American, 1865 - 1898
BiographyElizabeth Cheney was born in 1865, the daughter of Knight Dexter Cheney (1837-1907) and Ednah Dow Smith (1841-1862).

She married Alfred Cowles, II in 1890. They had four children: Alfred Cowles, III (b. 1891); Knight Cheney Cowles (1892-1970); John Cheney Cowles (1894-1972); and Thomas Hooker Cowles (1895-1927).

In 1898, she was living in Chicago, Illinois where she died of tuberculosis.
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