Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Cowden and Mary Kelso


Husband John Cowden 1 2 3 

           Born: 25 Feb 1789 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Feb 1854 or 1855 2 3 4
         Buried:  - Hickory, Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA


         Father: John Cowden (1758-1827) 1 2 5 6
         Mother: Anna Sloan (Abt 1765-1802) 1 7


       Marriage: 1820 or 6 Mar 1821 4 8

Wife Mary Kelso 2 3 4 

           Born: 31 Dec 1796 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Mar or 23 Aug 1883 4 10
 Cause of Death: Pleurisy
         Buried:  - Hickory, Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA


         Father: Mark Kelso (1769-1853) 11 12
         Mother: Elizabeth Ewing (Abt 1777-1819) 9 13


Children
1 F Elizabeth Cowden 2 4 14 

           Born: 25 Dec 1823 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 1842 or 5 Aug 1851 2 14
 Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
         Buried: 






2  M  Joseph Cowden 2 14 15 16





           Born: 10 Aug 1825 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 1908 2
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Margaret McCarrell (      -1897) 16 17 18 19
           Marr: 2 Mar 1858 19






3  M  Mark K. Cowden 14 20





           Born: 22 Sep or 27 Sep 1827 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA 4 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Jane Thompson (      -      ) 21 22
           Marr: 6 Jan 1853 22






4  F  Margaret Ann Cowden 14 23





            AKA: Margaret B. Cowden 4
           Born: 12 Aug 1829 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Jul or 28 Aug 1869 4 19
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Reed B. Miller (      -      ) 4 24 25
           Marr: 16 Dec 1862 25






5  F  Jane Cowden 4 14





           Born: 23 Jul 1831 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Jul 1847 14
 Cause of Death: Brain fever
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Did Not Marry






6  M  John Cowden 4 14





           Born: 21 Jul 1832 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Sep 1848 14
 Cause of Death: Inflamation of the brain
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Did Not Marry






7  M  Robert Sloan Cowden 2 4 14





           Born: 10 Nov 1835 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 4 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Margaret Allison (      -1877) 4 26 27
           Marr: 29 Dec 1859 4 27



         Spouse: Margaret McDonald (      -      ) 4 28
           Marr: 15 Sep 1880 4 28






8  F  Mary Cowden 4 14





           Born: 11 Mar 1838 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Oct 1899 - Allegheny, Allegheny Co, PA 25
 Cause of Death: Pneumonia
         Buried:  - Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington Co, PA



         Spouse: Rev. Robert Caldwell Welch (1838-1868) 2 25 29
           Marr: 10 Nov 1864 25









General Notes: Husband - John Cowden




He followed farming all his life. He was an active Whig, and in church connection he and his wife were members of the U. P. Seceder Church at Hickory, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

He "was twice bitten by a copperhead snake. The first time upon the heel while plowing. The second time upon the hand while binding a sheaf in the harvest field. The first time the remedy was whiskey and fresh milk. The whiskey was obtained from a neighbor. Miss Harriet Denny, of Canonsburg, whose father was a tenant upon the Cowden farm, said to me when she was quite aged, that she could recall the day distinctly and that it was the only time Mr. Cowden was known to tolerate liquor upon the place. His position in the church and the manner of his father's death had established him in positive temperance views. He was an advocate of total abstinence greatly in advance of his time. Upon the second occasion the cure that was made use of was to bind a hot roasted onion upon the wounded hand. It may have been more painful than the other remedy but its moral influence was better." [AKCWF, 97]



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Sources






1
Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 371.

2
Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1315.

3
Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 68.

4
Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 372.

5
William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 144.

6
Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 22, 67.

7
Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 119.

8
Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 80.

9
Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 96.

10
Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 96, 98.

11
Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 372, 575, 944.

12
Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 112.

13
Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 575, 944.

14
Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 97.

15
Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 245, 372.

16
Editor, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926), Pg 48.

17
Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 245.

18
Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1116.

19
Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 98.

20
Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 372, 514.

21
Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 514.

22
Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 100.

23
Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 970, 1315.

24
Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 970.

25
Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 106.

26
Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 584.

27
Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 102.

28
Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 103.

29
Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 372, 601.







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