Biography

Henry Booth Cowles was born into a prominent Farmington, CT family. His father Elias Cowles was a merchant in Litchfield, New York City, Hartford, and Rhinebeck, New York. Elias Cowles married Lydia Adams in 1774, the daughter of Andrew and Eunice Adams of Litchfield. After attending the Litchfield Law School, Henry Booth Cowles was admitted to the bar in Putnam County, NY and began a distinguished political and legal career in that state. In 1831 he established a legal practice in New York City and practiced there until his death.

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