The Topeka Daily Capital Thursday June 8, 1939 Robert B. Cowherd. Robert B. COWHERD, 77, retired Santa Fe employe, of 1033 Lime Street, died Wednesday in a local hospital. He was born September 18, 1861, in Mitchell, Ind., and had been a resident of Topeka for more than fifty years. He was a member of Brown's Chapel, A.M.E. Church. Surviving are his son, Curtis COWHERD of the home and a sister, Mrs. Mary Crane of Mitchell, Ind. The body is lying in state at Bowser's Mortuary pending funeral arrangements.