Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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Stewart Cowen and Margaret Tate


Husband Stewart Cowen 1 

            AKA: Stewart Cowan 2
           Born:  - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 1863 - ? Centre Co, PA 1
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 1821 3

Wife Margaret Tate 4 

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1867 3
         Buried: 


         Father: Robert Tate (Bef 1780-      ) 5
         Mother: Hannah Gilliland (      -      ) 5


Children
1 M Thomas Cowen 1 

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: May 1864 - the Wilderness, VA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Fenalman (      -      ) 1

2 F Hannah Jane Cowen 6 

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Abram Mathews (1821-      ) 6
           Marr: 1842 7

3 F Eliza Cowen 1 

           Born:  - Hegarty Crossroads, Beccaria Twp, Clearfield Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1893
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jeremiah "Jerry" Lord (      -1894) 8

4 M Mathew Cowen 1 

           Born: 23 Feb 1830 - Hegarty Crossroads, Beccaria Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Koon (      -      ) 9

5 M Stewart Cowen 1 

            AKA: Stewart Cowan 10
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Hannah Colderwood (      -1868) 11

6 M Robert Cowen 9 

           Born: 16 Sep 1834 - Hegarty Crossroads, Beccaria Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Hannah Hunchbarger (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 1861 3

7 M James E. Cowen 12 13 

           Born:  - Hegarty Crossroads, Beccaria Twp, Clearfield Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: May 1863 - near Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania Co, VA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rachel Warrick (      -      ) 9 13

8 F Lavina Cowen 14 

            AKA: Margaret L. Cowan 5
           Born:  - Hegarty Crossroads, Beccaria Twp, Clearfield Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Aaron Packer Shoff (1840-      ) 15
           Marr: 28 Sep 1875 5

General Notes: Husband - Stewart Cowen


He was a native of Ireland, on coming to the New World first located in Philadelphia, where for three years he worked at the carpen­ter's trade, and then followed the same occupa­tion for a similar period in New York City. On the expiration of that period he went to British America, where he engaged in carpentering for a time, and later worked at his trade in Nittany Valley, Centre County, Pennsylvania, until his marriage. Soon afterward he came to Clearfield County, locating at Hegarty's Cross Roads, where he pur­chased one hundred acres of timber land, erected a log house and barn, and at once commenced clearing and improving his land. As his house burned down a few years later, he removed to Philipsburg, PA, where he assisted in building a gristmill for Hardman Philips, but one year later returned to his farm, having built another dwelling. He cleared and placed under cultiva­tion many acres of land, and was numbered among the prosperous and well-to-do citizens of the community.

He was born in Ireland, and in early manhood came to America to found a home in central Pennsyl­vania, then a sparsely settled region. He located first in Centre County, near Milesburg, but later moved to Clearfield County, and after one year passed at Muddy run, settled permanently at Hegarty's Cross Roads, purchasing one hundred acres of wooded land. Here he lived in true pioneer style, building a log house and clearing the land.

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Sources

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 746.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 780, 935.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 935.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 746, 780.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 780.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 746, 822.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 822.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 746, 935.

9 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 747.

10 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1026.

11 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 747, 1026.

12 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 747, 935.

13 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 566.

14 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 766.

15 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 693, 777.

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