FLEMING, Sarah (Ostrander) Cowles died 1862, reburied 1877

FLEMING, FLEMMING, COWLES, OSTRANDER, MAYNARD

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 9/14/2024 at 19:38:53

Mr. Chas. Cowles brought to this city yesterday, for re-interment, the remains of his mother, Mrs. Wm. J. Fleming, who died many years ago and was buried at Whitewater, Wis.

A lot in Oak Hill Cemetery was prepared for the final resting place of the remains of this excellent lady who is yet kindly remembered by the old settlers of Lansing.

~North Iowa Journal, Wednesday, November 21, 1877; pg 4

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Related article, same paper & date:
Mrs. Maynard, a lady well known in this city many years ago, sister of the former Mrs. Cowles, Charley's mother, advertises her business, that of purchasing agent, in our paper. Lansing ladies desiring any purchases made in Chicago can have them promptly attended to by Mrs. Maynard.

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The remains of Mrs. Sarah Cowles (afterwards Mrs. W.J. Flemming) who died at Whitewater, Wis., in 1860, of consumption, were brought to this place, on Tuesday, by her son, Mr. C.W. Cowles, of McGregor, who caused the body to be interred in the family burial place in the new cemetery.

The remains of Mr. Cowles' father were removed from the old cemetery to the new grounds last spring, and now husband and wife rest side by side in that peaceful spot. Both were among the earliest settlers in this section, and remembered with much respect by all who knew them.

~Lansing Mirror, Friday, November 23, 1877; pg 1
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Transcriber's notes: A large monument in Oak Hill, simply engraved Father and Mother Together
On the base is the family name COWLES. There are no given names or dates on the monument. The transcriber believes that Mother Cowles is Sarah and that Father Cowles is Sylvester D. Cowles who was originally buried in Old Oak Hill cemetery. There is a small stone engraved JAMES next to the large monument - it is the cenotaph of Sarah & Sylvester's son James W. who died at Anderson prison & is buried in the Andersonville Nat'l cemetery.

1850 U.S. census, Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
Sylvester D. Cowles, age 41, b. CT, grocer
Sarah A. Cowles, age 28, b. NY
James W. Cowles, age 9, b. WI [James Whitfield]
Charles W., age 7, b. WI
Sarah D., age 5, b. WI
Gloriana Mathews, 39, b. CT

1860 U.S. census, Lansing, Allamakee co. IA
William Flemming, age 29, b. Maine, pilot on raft
Sarah Flemming, age 39, b. New York
Whitfield Cowles, age 18, born WI [James Whitfield]
Charles Cowles, age 15, born Wisconsin
Sarah Cowles, age 16, born Wisconsin

The obit of Sarah & Sylvester's son Charles gives his mothers maiden name as Ostrander and her death in 1862.
https://iagenweb.org/boards/clayton/obituaries/index.cgi?read=614587

Capt. William Fleming, was the captain of steamers who ran up and down the Mississippi between McGregor and Dubuque. At one time he worked for the 'Diamond Joe' line. Sarah married him following the death of her 1st husband.