Thomas Cowherd
Thomas C. Cowherd (March 20, 1817 – April 4, 1907) was a British-born tinsmith and poet, and father to 16 children in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, including James H. Cowherd, the second earliest manufacturer of telephones to Alexander Graham Bell. == Early life and family == Cowherd was born in Kendal, Westmorland, England, to William Cowherd and Mary Cooper.