Background
Cowles, son of Review Pitkin Cowles and Fanny (Smith) Cowles, was born in North Canaan, Connecticut, January 1815.
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Edward Cowles
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He graduated from Yale College in 1836.
Career
Early in 1837 he began the study of law in the office of the late Honorary In the spring of 1855 he was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of New New York He resigned the appointment in the following winter, but was reappointed to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Judge Robert H. Morris.
Subsequently, a claim having been made to the seat by Honorary
Henry East. Davies by virtue of an election, Cowles retired in his favor, and was for several years occupied mainly in hearing cases as referee, but at length resumed general practice. He continued to reside in New York until about 1871, when he removed to Rye, Westchester County, where he was living at the time of his death.
He left home in October 1874, for a visit to California, and there met with a slight injury, which resulted, while on his return, in his death, at Chicago, from gangrene, on December 2. This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.
