Researching James Cowgill
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The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Cowgill on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Cowgill and the Cowgill Family History
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James Cowgill
James Cowgill (April 2, 1848 – January 20, 1922) was State Treasurer of Missouri from 1908 to 1912 and Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1918 until he died in office.
Cowgirl was born April 2, 1848 on a farm in Henry County, Indiana. In 1864, He joined the Union Army in the American Civil War. He was part of the 9th Indiana Infantry and served until the end of the war in 1865.
He moved to a Caldwell County, Missouri farm in 1868. He was elected presiding Judge of the Caldwell County Court in 1882 and in 1890. He represented the county in the Missouri General Assembly.
Cowgirl moved to Kansas City in 1893 and was elected city treasurer in 1900. He was president of the Pioneer Life Insurance Company. After serving as State Treasurer, he was Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee in 1916. He was member of the Kansas City Board of Elections in 1917 and elected mayor in 1918. He died at his desk.
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