The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday January 6, 1952 Mrs. Anna Cowden. Mrs. Anna E. COWDEN, of 723 Garfield, died Saturday in a local hospital. Mrs. Cowden was born September 4, 1866, near Bonaparte, in Van Buren County, Iowa, and came to Kansas with her parents at an early age, settling in Smith County. She lived there until moving to Topeka 30 years ago. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Velma BAKER, 723 Garfield; a son, William Cowden, Stockton, Calif.; four grandchildren, Mrs. Victor FLEMING, 723 Garfield, and Billy, John, and Dennis Cowden of Stockton; our great-grandchildren, Velma, Jean, Bernard, and Bruce Fleming, all of 723 Garfield.