Born at Unadilla, Otsego County, New York; daughter of Phoebe Wilbur and Austin Cowles. Died at Fulton, Whiteside County, Illinois. 1 (See Document 1.2)
Louisa Wilbur Cowles Knight Holmes
19 March 1817—13 June 1897
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1 “Louisa Wilbur Cowles, 1817–1897,” Individual Record, Family Tree database (Ancestor ID: LZN2-M8Y), FamilySearch, accessed 21 Nov. 2023, familysearch.org. 1880 U.S. census, Fulton, Whiteside Co., Illinois, ED 196, p. 24D, Louisa W. Holmes, NARA. “One of Fulton’s Oldest Residents Called,” Fulton Journal, July 13, 1897, available on Glimpses of Fulton (http://glimpsefulton.blogspot.com/2009/11/louisa-cowlestraveled-to-fulton-with.html, accessed Jan. 2013). Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com, accessed Jan. 2013), memorial no. 87869780, Louisa Wilbur Cowles Knight-Holmes; Fulton Township Cemetery, Fulton, IL.