This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowen, Cohen Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5616 Message Board Post: Galveston Daily News, Fri., 25 August 1882, p. 1, c. 7 Rockdale, Tex., Aug 24 – Sam Cowen [(sic) Samuel Cohen], one of our merchants, died to-day, and was buried this afternoon according to the Jewish Rites. - - - - NOTES - - - - He is buried in the Jewish Cemetery, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas. Born: 13 April 1835 - Posen Prussia Died: 24 Aug 1882 - Rockdale, Milam County, Texas Wife: Efa Cohen (maiden name unknown) He appears on 1880 US Federal Census, Milam County, Texas – ED 104, SH 13, LN 34 - - - -