Cowles, Anna Roosevelt (1855–1931)

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt (1855–1931)

American socialite. Name variations: Anna Roosevelt; Mrs. William Sheffield Cowles; Mrs. W.S. Cowles; known as Bamie or Auntie Bye. Born 1855; died 1931; dau. of Martha "Mittie" (Bulloch) Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Sr.; sister of Elliott Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt (president of US); aunt of Eleanor Roosevelt; married William Sheffield Cowles, 1895 (died 1923); children: William Sheffield Cowles Jr. (1898–1986).

See also Letters from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles, 1870–1918 (Scribner, 1924).

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