James Stewart Cowan and Pluma Merrill Bates

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Husband James Stewart Cowan ^{1 2}

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           Born: 9 Jun 1828 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Dec 1901 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Henry Cowan (      -      ) 1 2 4
         Mother: Sarah A. Stewart (1801-      ) 2 4 5

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       Marriage: 5 Oct 1858 3

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Wife Pluma Merrill Bates ³

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           Born: 20 May 1829 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Jun 1893 3
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M Louis Albert Cowan ³

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           Born: 26 Jun 1859 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Clara Balcorn Pearsell (1860-      ) 3
           Marr: 24 Jan 1883 3

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2 F Martha Bates Cowan ³

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           Born: 16 Nov 1861 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Jun 1862 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M Henry Curtis Cowan ³

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           Born: 26 Oct 1863 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jul 1864 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M Ralph Stewart Cowan ³

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           Born: 29 Jan 1868 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Lois Wilma Turner (1879-      ) 3
           Marr: 29 Aug 1899 3

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1 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 839.

2 J. S. Burns, Biographical and Chronological History of the Stewart Family of Western Pennsylvania 1754-1912 (No publication data available), Pg 65.

3 J. S. Burns, Biographical and Chronological History of the Stewart Family of Western Pennsylvania 1754-1912 (No publication data available), Pg 66.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 557.

5 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 839, 893.