Personal Life
A native of Farmington, Connecticut, where he lived in his ancestral home "Oldgate", Cowles married, as his second wife, Anna Roosevelt (1855–1931), the eldest sister of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. The wedding took place in London on 25 November 1895, and they had one child, William Sheffield Cowles, Jr. (1898–1986). William and Anna are buried at Riverside Cemetery in Farmington, Connecticut.
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