Background
Cowles, Torris Zalmon was born on February 8, 1845 in Geneva, New York, United States. Son of Zalmon J. and Sarah (Hoover) Cowles.
Cowles, Torris Zalmon was born on February 8, 1845 in Geneva, New York, United States. Son of Zalmon J. and Sarah (Hoover) Cowles.
Common school education to 15.
Enlisted as musician 2d Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, August 1861. Honorary mustered out, May 26, 1862. Learned printer’s trade, Rochester, Minnesota, 1862-1865.
Reporter Chicago Evening Post, 1866-1867, Chicago Times, 1867-1868.
Sporting editor, 1868-1875, night editor, 1875-1883, Chicago Tribune. Editor American Sports, 1883-1886.
Night editor Chicago Times, 1886-1888. Managing editor Pioneer Press, Saint Paul, 1888-1892, Dispatch, 1892-1893.
With Associate Press, 1894-1895.
Editor New York Commercial and Shipping List, 1897. Editor American Economist, October 18, since 1897.
Married Ellen M. Crooks, 1866 (died 1885). Married second, Emma F. Bliss, April.