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/hg.2ADI/366.2 Message Board Post: In 1837, John Cowden settled in the NW 1/4 of Section 17, near what later became Shale City. With him was his wife, Elizabeth, also born in Pennsylvania and his children, all born in Ohio (except Maria, who was born in Illinois) as follows: Helen who married Thomas Butler on March 11, 1852 Selina P. who married Jesse V. Frazier on Nov. 9, 1859 Watson P. who married Margaret A.Summerville on April 8, 1857 Demetrius Y. who married Nancy Ashenhurst on Nov. 1, 1867 Maria M. - born in 1847 The mother, Elizabeth, was was married to Thomas Marquis on May 26, 1863 after John's death. More on this family if you need it. George Carpenter Illinois City, Illinois