Where was Thomas born? Susan in California looking for Cowden Mercer connection ----- Original Message ----- From: "E. Alan Long" <BAlan31282@aol.com> To: <COWDEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 6:29 PM Subject: Cowdens in Arkansas and Texas > Posted on: COWDEN Queries > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/c/o/COWDEN/queries/10010 > > Surname: Cowden, Thomas, Williams, Roper, Long > ------------------------- > > I am a descendant of Leonard Cowden, born 1797 in South Carolina, son of > a Cattern and Thomas Cowden. Thomas years later married a Nancy Crews, > fathering a total of at least 11 children. Leonard was first married to > a Margaret, about whom little is known, and later to Mary Catherine Thomas. > My great-granddfather, Henry Leonard Cowden, was the son of Leonard and > Mary Catherine. Henry married Clarissa Clementine Williams, and they left > Northwest Arkansas during the Civil War settling in Texas. Several of their > children, however, returned to the area during Reconstruction. > Will share and exchange information, if you think we have a link. >