gOOD MORNING, aNYONE OUT THERE SEARCHING FOR A LEWIS C. COWAN OR HAVE HIM IN THEIR LINE/ HE WAS BORN JANUARY 1870 IN KY, PARENTS B. IN TENN HE MARRIED A MRS. FRANCIS FOULKES (SARAH) IN 1900 1900 HE LIVED IN MCLENNAN TEXAS, WITH HIS NEW WIFE AND 3 STEP CHILDREN, ELLA M. FOLKS, KATIE E. FOLKS AND JOHN O. FOLKS...HOPE THIS RINGS A BELL WITH SOMEONE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HELP MELINDA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Horn, Cowan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DMQ.2ACIB/791 Message Board Post: I've been told that Odessa Cowan (better known as Ina Ray Hutton, a female bandleader from the 1930's and 1940's) was the cousin of my grandfather, Vernon Robert Horn (born 1904 in Chicago). Odessa was born in Chicago, IL and I'm curious to know exactly what the connection is between the Horn/Cowan families. Thanks for any info., Justin

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DMQ.2ACIB/790 Message Board Post: I am researching information on my great grandparents: William and Jane Cowan. I have been told that William served and was wounded in the Civil War. I do not know the dates of birth, marriage, or death of William and Jane. They did live in and around Veva, (Dearborn County) Indiana. They had 2 daughters: Mary who never married and died approx 1925. The other daughter, Ellen Jane (my Grandmother) was born Jan.6, 1863 in Vevay, Indiana; married Henry Caseltine in 1887; and died Oct. 2, 1952 in Aurora, Indiana. I would appreciate any information that is available on William and Jane. You can reach me at my e-mail: [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DMQ.2ACIB/789 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on my great grandparents, William and Jane Cowan. William I am told through handed down stories, served and was wounded in the Civil War. Unknown dates of birth or death of William and Jane. They did reside in and around Vevay, Indiana (Dearborn County). They had 2 daughters: Mary, who never married and died approx 1925. Their other daughter, Ellen Jane (my Grandmother) was born Jan 6, 1863 at Vevay, Indiana, married Henry Caseltine in 1887 and died Oct. 2, 1952 in Aurora, Indiana. I would appreciate any information on William and Jane. You can contact me at my e-mail: [email protected]

I am searching for the parents of Elizabeth Cowan born 1774 who married Josiah Ramsey about 1790. Elizabeth and Josiah were in Wythe County, VA from 1792 until about 1799. In 1800 they paid tax in Lee County, VA. In 1801 they purchased property in Claiborne County, TN, and lived there for the remainder of their lives. They had 13 children. Her sons were Thomas, James, Josiah, David, and William. Her daughters were Elizabeth, Eleanor, Mary, Margaret, Rachel, Phoebe, Ruth, and Sarah. Josiah Ramsey built and operated a grist mill near Mulberry Gap which is now in Hancock County, TN. He was also a Justice of the Peace in Claiborne County, TN. Does anyone know which Cowan was Elizabeth's father? Rosemary Ramsey Cox

Hello list, it's time for my semi annual "hail Mary" to the group hoping since the last time someone has joined who knows my "clan"... My g-g-g-grandfather was James Cowan born about 1780. He married Margaret (?) and can be found in Wythe County, VA through early 1800s and then in Washington County, VA until his death between 1840-1850. He and Margaret are buried in Hagy Cemetary just north of Abingdon. Among their children are Isaac (b 1827) my g-g-grandfather who married Elizabeth Carroll. I have never been successful at chasing James' family down. Which of the famous brothers does he belong to? Any clues or pointers are appreciated! Gary

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DMQ.2ACIB/788 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on Lorenzo Cowan, an Irish immigrant who was a blacksmith in the state of Pennsylvania around the turn of the century. Most likely would have been located in or around Erie, but don't know for sure. Had a son, Daniel b 8-15-02 d 04-1980 who married Anna b 6-2-02 d 5-1986. They had two sons, Daniel jr, and Charles(my grandfather). If anyone has any information on him, especially any information on his marriage or the birth of Daniel, I would appreciate it very much if you could share that info with me.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowan & Mackay Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DMQ.2ACIB/787 Message Board Post: Can anyone help me find more information on Charles Cowan who married Marion Mackay in the parish church of Saint Cuthberts , Edinburgh , Midlothian , Scotland on the 18th of August 1846. They had 3 sons... Alexander Dallas Cowan 12th of July 1847 Peter Keith Mackay Cowan 6th of November 1855 Charles Cowan 8th of February 1859 - My great great grand father. They emigrated to New Zealand at some time , so if you have any information I would be very grateful

I see from the recent listings of pedegree lines that there are several list members interested in Samuel Cowan, the Immigrant. In reviewing my Notes, I have found two early references to a Samuel Cowan that may prove productive to additional research. First, in one of the LDS films there are listings for "Representative Elders, Presb. Ch. in Ireland." That's the Entry Heading that will help you locate the exact film. For 1726 we have Alderman [John] Cowan of Monreagh Presb. Ch., County Donegal. For 1732 we have Samuel Cowan, Urney Presb. Ch., Co Tyrone. For 1734 we have William Cowan, Strabane Presb. Ch., Co. Tyrone For 1765 we have Issac Cowan, Donegore Presb. Ch., Co. Antrim. After locating the above info in my Notes, I then turned to Alexander Lecky, IN THE DAYS OF THE LAGGAN PRESBYTERY to cross check my references with his entries in the Appendix for Ruling Elders and Commissioners. No Samuel Cowan listed for Urney. I then reread the heading information and found that the Laggan Presbytery entries are for members who attended meeting between 1672 and 1700. Therefore, no problem with an omission. The LDS film supplements the Laggan Presbytery material and extends the time frame of men who were Repfresentative Elders. Just for the record, the men listed by Lecky for Urney are as follows: Matthew Semple, John Wallace, Robert Gamble, John Stevenson, John Burnside, Robert Allison, William Paton, Wm. Stevenson, Robert Wyly, Michael Simson, John Swan, John Smith, William Waker [spelling variation for Walker?] Wm. Rodger, David Shiels, John M'Arthur, Alex. Wylie, Joseph Lyon, Captain Robert Hamilton, John Monteith, Robert Pont, Robert Orr, Hohn Hamilton, John Holmes, John Fulton, John Robinsone, H. Noble, James Brown, Samuel Simple, James Brock, Robert Wilson, Robert Smith, Joseph M'Crory, John Hemphill, Robert Riddell, Robert Neyley. The importance of the above listing is that you have the names of a group of men, a thirty years time frame during which there was some association, and a specific geographical location. Good record. Next I turn to A TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF IRELAND to locate Urney. URNEY, a parish, partly in the barony of RAPHOE, county of Donegal, but chiefly in that of STRABANE, county of Tyrone, and province of ULSTER, 2 miles (s.s.w.) from Strabane, containing, with the village of Claudy and part of the town of Strabane (each separately described) 7277 inhabitants. This parish ...comprising of 14,489 statute acres, is bounded on the north-west by the county of Donegal, and is situated for the most part between the rivers Finn and Mourne, which, uniting at its northern extremity, form the Foyle. The greater portion of the land is remarkably fertile, and under its present improved treatment produces abundant crops of all kinds of grain...." Basically, the Urney parish is south of Londonderry on the Foyle River, in the south east section of Donegal and the north west section of Tyrone, in the general area known as The Laggan. We now have a good fix on a Samuel Cowan in Urney in 1732. There are no printed references to any Samuel Cowan in County Down until much later. Given the Scottish naming patterns, this Samuel could have been the father or an uncle of Samuel Cowan, the Immigrant. This is additional evidence that the 7 brothers were from Donegal in the Laggan area. It seems to me that the situation is of a death in the family of a female spouse, the subsequent remarriage of the widower husband which was followed by the exodus of the children of the first wife as immigrants to the Pennsylvania where there had been a significant emigration from Donegal to Pennsylvania beginning in about 1717. I am running short of time, so my next entry will be on Samuel Cowan, County Derry Faughanvale Parish, Derryarkin. An entry from the 1740 listing of Protestant Householders. Adherents of the County Down theory as the source of these Cowans are cordially invited to produce their evidence. Please leave your hat tricks for Dr. Seuss. jcmaclay John Cowan McClay Cowan of Cowansville

Laura Cowan Cooper suggests that we post our research interests several times a year. I am interested in the Cowan Family in Liverpool, particularly relations of James and Elizabeth Cowan (nee Walters) I am also interested in Hudson, Waters, Bond, Shipman from Derby, England, Eaton, Duckworth from Nottingham, England, Walters from Hereford and Liverpool, Gaston from Bournemouth, England and Basford in Derby and Sheffield, England and O'Brien from Tipperary and County Meath in Ireland. david Hudson

One of the more interesting passages from Lecky's books on the Laggan concern worship during the Siege: " The Presbyterians of Derry were not permitted to have a place of worship within the walls for many years; till after the days of the siege they had to go outside the walls when they worshipped God in public. During the siege they were permitted as a favour to hold their meetings for worship in the Cathedral, at an hour when it was not required by the Episcopal congregation. In a pamphlet published shortly after by Mr. Boyse it is stated, "In the Cathedral in the forenoon, when the conformists preached, there was but comparatively a thin auditory; in the afternoon it was full, and there were four or five meetings of dissenters in the town besides." The intolerance of the bigotry that would not allow the voice of Presbyterian praise or prayer to be lifted up within the precincts of the city may be inferred from the following account of the inhabitants of Derry, given by the surveyor-general of customs, in the report of an official visit that he paid to Derry in the year 1637. He says, "I find that the English there are but weak and few in number, there being not forty houses in Londonderry of English of any note, who for the most part only live; the Scots, being many in number and twenty to one for the English, having prime trade in town and country, thrive and grow rich; but the Irish for the most part beg, being the reward of their idleness." Regards, Robert Cowan Merchant

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: COWAN, MULLETT, KERBY, SCHOENBACHLER, FLYNN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DMQ.2ACIB/647.669.2 Message Board Post: Do you know George's parents names. Also, what dates do you know? Paul Mullett, Louisville, KY [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: COWAN, MULLETT, KERBY, SCHOENBACHLER, FLYNN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DMQ.2ACIB/786 Message Board Post: JULIA COWAN, b. 2/1880 living with parents WILLIAM COWAN b. 8/1855 Indiana, and INDIANA LAYTON, and siblings FLORENCE (BOTT) b. 12/1884, MYRTLE (WILLIAMS) b. 6/1886, GEORGE b. 11/1888, MARY [probably nicknamed MOLLY] (GREGG) b. 9/1890, JOHN b. 2/1892, MAGGIE (WILLEY) b. 1/1894, HELEN b. 12/1895 and IRENE b. 2/1900, in Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana in 1900. Also, had a brother JOHN. She may have been married three times. Divorced in 1910. Had a daughter, PEARL COWAN b. 4/17/1912 Madison, IN. Married ALBERT MULLETT from Logansport, Indiana 11/18/1914, Madison, Indiana, son of BENJAMIN MULLETT and MADELINE EMICK. Moved to Louisville, KY. WILLIAM ALVIN MULLETT, b. 6/23/1915 to Julia COWAN and Albert MULLETT in Madison, IN. He is listed as 3rd living child of Julia in birth records. ALVIN MULLETT dies 7/2/1919 in Louisville, KY and is burried in Madison, Indiana Julia may have had 3 additional children: NORMA J. HARRIET E. GEORGE I related please contact Paul Mullett, Louisville, KY [email protected]

DAR records say Andrew Matthew Cowan, b1760, NC, d1815 TN married Martha Evans, who was a sister to Captain Nathaniel Evans, of Sevier Co., TN. Lost Links, originally published, Nashville, TN., 1947, says Andrew Matthew Cowan was the son of Samuel Cowan who was killed by Indians at Houston’s Fort in the summer of 1776. Andrew’s mother was Ann Walker Cowan, who was held captive by Indians for several years. Andrew Matthew and his wife Martha are the people I am researching, and I would welcome any help. As I do research I try to collect any pieces of Cowan information that I think fits the time frame and area of these people. While doing so, I am aware Henry Cowan who married the widow Temperance Armistead/Armstrong Robinson, is a part of the so called seven brothers. This is part of what I have on them taken from information supplied by Frank Lamb who began researching the “Henry Cowan Family of VA,” abt 1929. I hope this helps the Henry Cowan researchers. Henry Cowan b abt 1733, one of seven children, first came ashore in Eastern Maryland. Henry served in the Rev War, one of his comrades, Daniel Robinson was killed and Henry went to tell his widow, that's how he met Temperence. Daniel and Temperence had one child Thomas. After leaving the service, Henry married Temperence abt 1781, he was nearly fifty years old, he received one hundred acres of land in Rockingham Co., VA., where he spent the remainder of his life, dying there abt 1829, at the age of 96. Temperence died there April 1838, age abt 70. Children; John, b ca 1783, d 1869, m Mary Pickering Jacob, b ca 1786, m (1) Susan Pickering, (2) Mahala Farmer Elizabeth, b ca 1790, d 1870 m James Loker Mary, m ca 1813, Thomas Loker Henry, b ca 1793, d 1856, Ohio, m (1)1812, Madalina Laymon, (2) Hannah Kizer William, b ca 1794 m 1819, (1) Catherine Pickering, (2) Catherine McIntosh A daughter, married John Strickler Temperence, m Andrew Treavy Martha, m Peter Martz LDS Family History Library, film #1033967

I am descended through Alexander Cowan of Newton Co., Ga. He was the brother of Robert Cowan mentioned by a prior poster. This Cowan family came to SC and settled in the Fishing Creek area of Chester County sometime just prior to 1800. Alexander Cowan along with Robert and family moved to the Newton Co. area of GA around the mid 1820s. Robert was a charter member and elder of the Hopewell Presbyterian Church which is probably closer to Conyers, Ga now. The Alexander Cowan family settled in the Snapping Shoals area of Newton Co, Ga. The members of the family were as follows in the 1860 census: Cowan Alexander 37 M . Farmer -born SC Cowan Mary A. 34 F . . . .born S.C. . . . . . Cowan John P. 16 M . . . . Ga. . . . . Cowan Caroline 13 F . . . . Ga. . . . . Cowan Elizabeth 7 F . . . . Ga. . . Married Samuel C. Smith- my great grandparents-Married 1871 Cowan Thomas C. 6 M . . . . Ga. . . . . . Cowan Richard L. M. 1 M . . . . Ga. . . . . The children of Elizabeth Cowan and Samuel Cicero Smith were Edward Cowan Smith(died August 1952) , W.T.(Tom) Smith .and Ida Smith who married Jess Stone and lived in McDonough, Henry Co., Ga until her death.

HELLO, MY LINE (AND STILL LOOKING FOR INFO)IS LYDIA COWAN (NOT SYLVIA) D/O THOMAS AND MARY BARKLEY WIFE OF JAMES HYDE.... I HAVE HER DATES, AND LOTS OF INFO ON HER PARENTS, NOT MUCH ON MARY THOUGH... I DON'T HAVE MUCH INFO ON LYDIA AND JAMES, CHILDREN LAND, ETC.. 1.THOMAS COWAN AND MARY BARKLEY 2.LYDIA AND JAMES HYDE 3. MARIA HYDE AND ROBERT CHUNN 4. ELIZA JANE CHUNN AND JOHN BURKE 5. ROBERT BURKE AND EFFIE STONE 6. IRENE BURKE, MY GRANDMOTHER MELINDA

I also descend from John and Margaret (maiden name unknown) Cowan, the same as Becky Cowen-Cornelius, except that I descend from their daughter, Mary Cowan, who married a James Clark. Mary and James moved from the York Co., SC area to Lincoln Co., Tennessee by about 1814, I believe - certainly by 1820. I'm assuming that Mary had previously been in the Anson/Mecklenburg Co., NC area. Wish we knew who John's parents were and what Margaret's maiden name was. We (well, me, anyway) had thought that we descended from one of the four brothers - David Cowan, which was research done by Susan Clark Slaymaker - a cousin of mine; however, I guess now we have thrown that part of her research out as not being correct. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I live in New Hampshire and am not able to do any real research from this vantage point. There's absolutely nothing in this local library on my Southern ancestors. Sue Howard [email protected]

My great-great grandfather was Samuel F Cowan. The "F" may have stood for Franklin. He died in 1883 and is buried near Buda, Texas. His wife was Candace Neil (sp?) Colbreth Cowan who died in 1911 or 1912. The 1880 census of Blanco County, Texas lists him as 47 years old having been born in Arkansas. Some family lore says that he came from Missouri and his father was a Franklin Cowan. Still others say he came from Tennessee. He served in the Confederate Army and his wife Candace applied for a pension in 1909. His children included: W.J. (Andrew) Cowan - my great grandfather Elizabeth Thomas Louisa b. 1862 Rachel b. 1867 Charles b. 1872 Lonnie b. 1978 The great grandchildren of Andrew have been unable to connect Samuel F. with any of the earlier Cowans in this country. Any leads would be greatly appreciated. David Cowan

My family descends from Alfred Cowan, born in Blount County, TN 1800 and died in near Greenfield, MO in 1849. He married Jane Cook whom we have no detailed information on. His daughter (my GG Grandmother), Albina Minerva Cowan, (born in 1840) and died in 1931 in Alden, Kansas. She married John Brown (1832-1916) from Monroe County, TN. We believe that Alfred's father was Andrew Cowan from Virginia born 1780. That is where we have our Cowan brickwall. Unfortunately I'm away from home and look up more details. Carl Brown Researching, Brown, Cowan, Sprague, Thompson, Proffitt, Wisler, Farley, Teeter, Delzer, Norwood, Self, and Buchwitz

Hi all am just putting down my research interests too see if anyone is researching the same family or in the same geographical area here goes .I havnt got much yet . Sarah COWEN = William TWENTYMAN b 1839 Caldbeck,Cumbria,England Thanks all Keith