WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON STOWELL

Stowell, William Henry Harrison (1840-1922) — of Richmond, Va.; Appleton, Outagamie County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn.; Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass. Born in Windsor, Windsor County, Vt., July 26, 1840. Son of Sylvester Stowell and Fanny Chandler (Bowen) Stowell; son-in-law of John Thomas Averill; married, November 13, 1873, to Emma Clara Averill. Republican. U.S. Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1871-77; Virginia Republican state chair, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1876; founder, secretary-treasurer, Fox River Pulp Co., Atlas Paper Co., Duluth Iron Steel Co.; president of Manufacturers Bank of West Duluth, 1889-1895. Episcopalian. Died in Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., April 27, 1922. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
Parents: Sylvester Stowell, Fanny Chandler Bowen
Spouse: Emma Clara Averill
Children Sex Birth
John Averill Stowell M 1875

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell