COWGER; VA,USA > WV,USA > KY,USA > OH,USA > IL,USA > IN,USA; -1950 COWGER; VA,USA > WV,USA > KY,USA > OH,USA > IL,USA > IN,USA; -1950 COWGER Rolla Elbert, b.1885 IL USA d.1979 IN USA m.THOMSON Ella Ivy (HARVEY) COWGER Milton S, b.1844 IN USA d.1914 m.STEBBINS Leonora COWGER Jonathan, b.1807 OH USA d.1890 IL USA m.BIRT Sarah COWGER Michael, b.1765 d.c.1843 IN USA m.EYE Catherine (OWIE) Rolla Elbert COWGER, my grandfather, was born 22 February 1885, Rose Hill, Jasper County, Illinois, USA. He married Ella Ivy (HARVEY) THOMSON 20 November 1907 Rockville IN USA. He died 15 March 1979 and is buried Roselawn Memorial Park, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, USA. His father Milton S. COWGER was born 09 March 1844, Rush County, Indiana, USA. He married Leonora STEBBINS. He died 06 July 1914. His father Jonathan COWGER was born 04 November 1807, Highland County OH USA. He married Sarah BIRT, daughter of William BIRT, 28 December 1830 Rush County, Indiana, USA. They had 14 children. He died 13 June 1890, Jasper County Illinois, USA. His father Michael COWGER was born 10 May 1765. He married Catherins EYE (OWIE) 18 March 1788 Augusta County, Virgina, USA and they lived in what is now Pendleton County, Ohio and Rush County, Indiana. He died about 1843, Rush County, Indiana, USA. It is thought that Michael COWGER might be a son of Michael COUGER who was Court Justice in Rockingham County, VA, USA, but there is no proof of this. It is known the he purchased land at Pendleton County, W. Virginia in 1789 which he sold in 1794. He paid taxes in Harrison County, Kentucky in 1800, and in 1806 and 1807 he puchased and sold land in Harrison County. Michael Cowger and his family next appear in Highland County, Ohio, USA, where he is listed in an 1807 local census. It is thought that the earlier COWGERs are German and the German name is GAUGER. My grandfather Rolla Elbert COWGER thought there might be a connection with any of three men named GAUGER who came to the USA from Germany: GAUGER Johann Georg arriving 11 September 1732 GAUGER Johann Conrad, Age 22, arriving 16 November 1736, and GAUGER Georg Nicholass, Age 18, also arriving 16 November 1736. I am searching for information on the above COWGER and GAUGER individuals, their ancestors or direction to appropriate resources. "John M. Larimer" <[email protected]>