This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/nFQ.2ACEB/51.59.71.73 Message Board Post: I just returned from Polk Co. Mo. with a list of 102 Cowdens in the ground. William Davis Cowden (Jan. 6 1825 - Oct. 28 1881,) Pleasant Hope Is on the list. I hope this will help. Feel free to write. Lewis Cowden