Varsall Lee Cowley

Brief Life History of Varsall Lee

When Varsall Lee Cowley was born on 3 September 1892, in Glenwood, Sevier, Utah, United States, his father, Charles William Cowley Sr, was 27 and his mother, Florence Wilson, was 27. He married Sarah Zelda Reeves on 10 September 1920, in St. George Utah Temple, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Venice, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1950. In 1930, at the age of 38, his occupation is listed as a farmer in Venice, Sevier, Utah, United States. He died on 2 June 1990, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Venice Cemetery, Venice, Sevier, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Varsall Lee Cowley
1892–1990
Sarah Zelda Reeves
1893–1985
Marriage: 10 September 1920
Major LaVal W. Cowley
1921–2003
Varsall Clair Cowley
1923–2000
Verna Cowley
1930–2018

Sources (41)

  • Varsall L Cowley, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Marcell Lee Cowley, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Varsall Lee Cowley, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1894 · The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed.

The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed. - A precursor society to FamilySearch, the GSU was organized on November 13,1894, in the Church Historian's Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

1896 · Utah Becomes a State

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called Cowley. One in Gloucestershire is named with Old English ‘cow’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’; two in Derbyshire have Old English col ‘(char)coal’ as the first element; and one near London is from Old English cofa ‘shelter, bay’ (see Cove ) or the personal name Cofa. The largest group, however, with examples in Buckinghamshire, Devon, Oxfordshire, and Staffordshire, were apparently named as ‘the wood or clearing of Cufa’; however, in view of the number of places called with this element, it is possible that it conceals a topographic term as well as a personal name.

Irish: shortened form of Macaulay (see McCauley ).

Manx: shortened form of Gaelic Mac Amhlaoibh ‘son of Amhlaoibh’ (a Gaelicized form of Old Norse Óláfr). For an alternative Manx form of the same patronymic see Callow .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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My History (Written in Varsall's own words)

My History-- Varsall Lee Cowley I was born of goodly parents, Charles William Cowley & Florence Wilson Cowley in Glenwood, Sevier Co Utah, 3 Sept 1892. The 4th chil …

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