The confusion may arise from her tombstone, which plainly states June 10th 1860. A mistake? found here... stone photo present Mary Cowan Birth: Oct. 14, 1778 Death: Jun. 10, 1860 Age 81y 7m 27d w/o Samuel Cowan Family links: Spouse: Samuel Cowan (____ - 1862) Children: Samuel B. Cowan (1817 - 1889)* Burial: Salem Evangelical Reformed Church, Hellers Lancaster Lancaster County Pennsylvania, USA Created by: Miabeth Record added: Aug 02, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 55777459 On 7/29/2011 11:20 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Boschong Subscribers, We posted about Mary Bushong who married Samuel Cowan > and her daughter Hannah Cowan who married Michael Hess. Check the Boschong > Archives for March 2009 and April 2009. > > We found these legal notices in an old newspaper concerning Mary Bushong > Cowen and her estate. As you remember from the 1831 Will of her father John > Bushong, her brothers John and Jacob were to oversee her Estate. It is > curious that some researchers have Mary's death date different then 1855 or > possibly the year before but according to this first legal notice it is > clearly 1855 or before. And the curious part was that it didn't state that Mary > was deceased as such, but inferred that John and Jacob were. > --------------------- > The Lancaster Examiner and Herald > Lancaster, Pennsylvania > 25 April 1855 > Page 3, Column 3 > > The Estate of Mary Cowen > In the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Lancaster. > Whereas, Jacob and John Bushong, deceased, did on the 19th day of April > 1855, file in the office of the Prothonotary of the said Court their account > of the said Estate: > Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the said Estate, > that the said Court have appointed the 28th day of May 1855, for the > confirmation thereof, unless exceptions be filed. > Attest: > J. Bowman, Proth. > Prothonotary Office Lancaster - 24 April > ------------------------ > The Lancaster Intelligencer > Lancaster, Pennsylvania > Tuesday, 3 June 1862 > > ACCOUNTS OF TRUST AND ASSIGNED ESTATES: > The Accounts of the following named estates have been exhibited and filed > in the Office of the Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster > County to wit: > Mary Cowan's Estate in Trust > Jacob Bushong and John Bushong, Trustees > 19 May 1862 > ----------------------- > Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message