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/rw/DMQ.2ACIB/826 Message Board Post: Hi, I am in the process of updating the Quasqueton, Buchanan Co., IA cemetery, and there is a Margaret Cowan, daughter of Robert and Nancy Cowan burried there. I am trying to find out her birth and death date, as the only thing listed is the month and year (Nov. 13) In the 1860 Cono Twp., Buchanan Co., IA census, the family is listed as the following Robert Cowan age 50 born Scotland Nancy 35 Ireland Robert 14 C. E. Sarah 17 C. E. William 11 C. E. Margaret 10 C. E. Daniel 6 C. E. Henry 4 C. E. Andrew 2 Iowa Harriet J. 3 Illinois Anna G. 4/12 Iowa John 55 Scotland Please contact me if anyone knows Nancy's maiden name and the birth and death date of Margaret. The family doesn't show up in Buchanan Co after 1860 that I have been able to find.