Hi; I have in my database a James Cowden of Lancaster, OH probably born arount 1855 upward that is the father of an out of wedlock girl. She was born to my G-Aunt Anna Barbara Yenrick b. 6 Jul 1860 in Lancaster. The child was Adah Laselle Yenrick b. 22 Jul 1878. Anna Barbara did go on to marry a Rudolph I think. Anyway it was always known that Adah was born out of wedlock, then when the church records of St. Peter's Evang. Lutheran Church of Lancaster came out in a book, it has Adah's baptism recorded with her parents being Anna Barbara Yenrick and James Cowden. I am looking for a family to put James Cowden (parents if possible). Any help would be appreciated. By the way the book has several Cowden records in it. Sincerely, Darleen Ritchey Berens