Emma Cowles

1842 - 1927  (84 years)

• Name	Emma Cowles
  Birth	5 Aug 1842	Michigan
  Gender	Female
  Census	11 Aug 1870	Highland, Oakland, MI ; Emily, age 27, born MI, keeping house, parents living in house, sister next door
  Census	3 Jun 1880	Highland, Oakland, MI ; age 37, born MI, keeping house, parents born CT/NY, parents living in house, sister next door
  Census	8 Aug 1900	Grand Rapids, Kent, MI ; Cowles, age 58, born Aug 1841 in MI, marr 33 yrs, 1/3 children living, parents born CT/NY
  Census	20 Apr 1910	Grand Rapids, Kent, MI ; age 67, born MI, mx1 for 47 yrs, 1/1 children living, parents born CT/NY
  Census	10 Jan 1920	Grand Rapids, Kent, MI ; age 77, born MI, widowed, parents born CT/MI, son's family in house
  Death	13 Jun 1927	Grand Rapids, Kent, MI
  Burial		West Highland Cemetery, Highland, MI
  Person ID	I15406	Family Tree
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Elias Cowles
  Mother	Almira Billings
  Family ID	F5815	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Porter Sutphen,   b. 10 Sep 1831, New York d. 22 May 1861, Oakland Co, MI (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F5945	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2017

  
  

  Family 2	William Henry Baker,   b. 10 Feb 1840, New York d. 7 Jan 1919, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1 Apr 1862	Highland, Oakland, MI
  Children	+ 1. Arthur Waldo Baker,   b. 25 Jan 1867, Highland, Oakland, MI d. 29 Mar 1947, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI (Age 80 years)   2. Walter Elias Baker,   b. 10 May 1869, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI d. 9 Dec 1893, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 24 years)   3. Elias C Baker,   b. 10 Dec 1874, Highland, Oakland, MI d. 13 Dec 1874, Highland, Oakland, MI (Age 0 years)   4. Otis Henry Baker,   b. 22 Feb 1879, Highland, Oakland, MI d. 3 Jan 1881, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F5814	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2017

  
  

• Headstones

  William & Emma (Cowles) Family Grave Site left-to-right: (1) Otis Baker, (2) Walter Elias Baker, (3) Monument to Elias & Emma Baker, (4) War Marker for William

  
  

• Notes

  from "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950" (ancestry.com) Emma Baker, a retired resident of Grand Rapids, Kent MI, born 5 Aug 1842 in NY to Elias Cowles b. NY & --- Billings b. NY, died on 13 Jun 1927 in Grand Rapids of Chronic nephritis. Burial on 15 Jun in Clyde MI. Informant Art H Baker.