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/nFQ.2ACEB/239.1 Message Board Post: I am a direct descendant of these two men. William was the grandfather of John B. Cowden. John B. Cowden's father was John Cowden ll. If you need more feel free to ask. I have the book, "The Southern Cowdens".