This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowden Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/nFQ.2ACEB/191.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Deborah I believe it could be the correct one. In the 1920 census Troy listed his father from IL and mother from IN. In 1930 he listed them as being from Missouri.