Isaac Patterson Cowden and Esther Nelson

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Husband Isaac Patterson Cowden ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1 Jan 1798 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 3
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           Died: May 1865 4
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         Father: John Cowden (1758-1827) 5 6 7 8
         Mother: Anna Sloan (Abt 1765-1802) 5 9

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       Marriage: 30 Jan 1822 or 1823 3 10

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Wife Esther Nelson ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1799 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA 3
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           Died: 1877 3
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         Father: James Nelson (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Ann Duncan (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 F Lillie Ann Cowden ^{3 11}

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           Born:  - near Hickory, Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA
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         Spouse: Robert Thompson (Abt 1819-1891) 3 11

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2 M John Cowden ^{3 11 13 14}

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            AKA: John Camden 12
           Born: 23 Oct 1827 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA 3
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           Died: 29 Sep 1909 13
         Buried:  - Venice, Cecil Twp, Washington Co, PA

         Spouse: Louisa Scott (1831-1898) 11 14 15
           Marr: 1857 3

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3 F Isobel Martha Cowden ^{3 16}

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Margaret Cowden ^{3 16}

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 M James Nelson Cowden ^{3 16}

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         Spouse: Violet Glass (      -1902) 16 17

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General Notes: Husband - Isaac Patterson Cowden

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He was a successful farmer and stock raiser, and resided in Mt. Pleasant township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, all his life. He was never actively engaged in political affairs, finding in domestic life and agricultural pursuits a more congenial atmosphere.
He and his wife were members of the Mt. Pleasant U. P. Church at Hickory.

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General Notes: Wife - Esther Nelson

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After her mother's death, which occurred when she was a small child, she lived with her grandparents, by whom she was reared and educated, remaining with them until her mar­riage.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 372, 990.

2 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 68.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 372.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 991.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 371.

6 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1315.

7 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 144.

8 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 22, 67.

9 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 119.

10 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 80.

11 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 90.

12 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1458.

13 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1228.

14 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 590.

15 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 372, 1458.

16 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 91.

17 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 990.