Cowles, Florence Ashmore, b. 1846.

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Florence Ashmore was born in New Orleans, La. in 1846. She married Capt. William Cowles circa 1866. Cowles was a graduate of Randolph-Macon College and served as a captain in the Confederate army during the Civil War. When this volume was kept the couple resided with Will's parents in Petersburg, Va., probably on a farm. Their first child, Will, Jr., was born in 1867.

From the description of Diary, 1866-1868. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122459452

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Petersburg--Virginia
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Birth 1846

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