This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowles, Cowden Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1665 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest of the pioneers in Fremont county. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes: 1.--1843: Chauncey Cowles, brother of Giles and Harve, came to McKissick's Grove in 1843 (sic).--Cowden (N.B.: Be sure to notice that the family in 1856 claimed to have lived in IOwa since 1849!.--W.F.) 2.--1850: ORDERED to serve as a grand juror at the first District Court.--Minutes, Feb. 4, 1850. 3.--1850: Federal Census for Fremont county. Chauncey Cowles...28...b. NY Maria.....................27......Ohio Sarah.....................8.......Ohio Delia......................7.......Ohio Henry.....................5.......Ohio Charles..................3.......Ohio Harvey...............4/12.......Iowa 4.--1852: Fremont county census: "Madison township" Chauncey Cowles....6 m.....4f 5.--1852: Allowed $3.00 for his services as judge of elections.--Greenwood, Sept. 2, 1852 6.--1853: Land entry at Council Bluffs, dated May 23, 1853 for the northeast quarter of section 18 township 67 range 42.--Courthouse transcript. 7.--1853: Land entry for Chauncy Cowles for the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 7 township 67 range 41, dated Dec. 17, 1853. 8.--1854: Fremont county census: "Madison township" Chauncy Cowles....5m....4f....1 voter...1 militia..no aliens 9.--1856: Iowa State Census: Fremont county, "Madison township" Chauncey Cowles....41....b. NY....7 years in the state Maria......................34........OH....7 Sarah......................15.......Oh Adelia......................13.......OH Henry.......................11.......OH Charles.....................9........Oh Harvey......................6.........Iowa Andrew.....................2.........Iowa