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Israel COWLES was born abt. 1789
Israel COWLES was the child of ? and ?Israel COWLES died 11 February 1857 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA.
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Occupation
Israel COWLES was a Blacksmith.
A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Israel COWLES was a Blacksmith.
A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
Death
Name: Israel Cowles
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place: Belchertown
Death Date: 11 Feb 1857
Death Place: Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Age: 68
Birth Date: 1789
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Occupation: Blacksmith
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Marital Status: Married
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07552-7
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 186141
Reference ID: v B p 1
'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FC9T-NQJ : 10 December 2014), Israel Cowles, 11 Feb 1857; citing Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference v B p 1; FHL microfilm 186,141.'
Name: Israel Cowles
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place: Belchertown
Death Date: 11 Feb 1857
Death Place: Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Age: 68
Birth Date: 1789
Birth Place:
Occupation: Blacksmith
Race:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07552-7
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 186141
Reference ID: v B p 1
'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FC9T-NQJ : 10 December 2014), Israel Cowles, 11 Feb 1857; citing Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference v B p 1; FHL microfilm 186,141.'
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