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James Cowperthwaite 1857 - 1934

James Cowperthwaite of Cheltnm Australia was born in 1857 in Melbourne, VIC to James Cowperthwaite and Eleanor Hodgson. He had a brother John James Cowperthwaite. He married Minnie Durston Cowperthwaite in 1884, and had children Ellen Cowperthwaite, Ellen Cowperthwaite, Thomas Hugh Cowperthwaite, Thomas Hugh Cowperthwaite, Annie Cowperthwaite, and Florence Jean Cowperthwaite. James Cowperthwaite died at age 77 years old in 1934 in Geelong, Greater Geelong City County.

James Cowperthwaite

Cheltnm Australia

1857

Melbourne, VIC, Australia

1934

Geelong, Greater Geelong City County, VIC, Australia

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1857

Birthday

1857

Birthdate

Melbourne, VIC Australia

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Collingwood, Australia Tara, Australia Nort, Australia Shepparton, Australia Australia Kew, Australia
1934

Death

1934

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Geelong, Greater Geelong City County, VIC Australia
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In 1857, in the year that James Cowperthwaite was born, on March 2nd, the largest slave auction in US history was begun. Called "The Weeping Time", the auction lasted 2 days. Slave owner Pierce M. Butler - who had inherited the slaves 20 years before but was now deeply in debt - sold 436 men, women, children, and infants, all of whom were kept in stalls at a racetrack in Savannah, Georgia. The people were held for weeks before the auction in the horse stalls.

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In 1864, at the age of merely 7 years old, James was alive when on April 22nd, the Coinage Act of 1864 was passed by Congress. It mandated that "In God We Trust" was to be placed on all United States coins and created a 2 cent coin. Later - in 1956 - "In God We Trust" replaced "E Pluribus Unum" - which means out of many, one - as the national motto.

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James Cowperthwaite's Family Tree & Friends

James Cowperthwaite's Family Tree

James Cowperthwaite born 1817

Eleanor Hodgson born 1823

James Cowperthwaite 1857 - 1934

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John James Cowperthwaite 1848 - 1904

Marriage

Minnie Durston Cowperthwaite