Son of James Cornelius Cowles (1858-1927) and Martha Adeline England (1861- ), he was one of 12 siblings all born in the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma. He moved west to California where he became a switcher for the railroad in Roseville, however, he spent most of his life as a painter and a carpenter. Outside of spending three years in Richmond, California during World War II, in the shipyards, he spend the rest of his life in Chico, Roseville and Grass Valley, California.
Son of James Cornelius Cowles (1858-1927) and Martha Adeline England (1861- ), he was one of 12 siblings all born in the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma. He moved west to California where he became a switcher for the railroad in Roseville, however, he spent most of his life as a painter and a carpenter. Outside of spending three years in Richmond, California during World War II, in the shipyards, he spend the rest of his life in Chico, Roseville and Grass Valley, California.
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