John Cowden and Esther Struthers

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Husband John Cowden ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 1758 - near Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Jun 1827 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA 5
         Buried:  - U. P. Church, Hickory, Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA

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         Father: John Cowden (1735-1776) 6 7
         Mother: Mary Reynolds (      -      ) 8

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       Marriage: 29 Jan 1805 9

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   Other Spouse: Anna Sloan (Abt 1765-1802) 1 10 - 1786 or 2 Jan 1787 11

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   Other Spouse: Margaret Nelson (      -1850) 9 - 16 Nov 1820 12

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Wife Esther Struthers ⁹

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           Born: 22 Aug 1772 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 1819 9
         Buried:  - U. P. Church, Hickory, Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA

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         Father: John Struthers (      -      ) 13
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Anna Sloan Cowden ⁹

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           Born: 25 Nov 1805 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: David McConaughy (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 16 Jan 1834 12

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2 F Margaret Scroggs Cowden ⁹

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           Born: 27 Nov 1807
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Auld (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 16 Jan 1832 12

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3 F Jane Hanna Cowden ⁹

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            AKA: Jane B. Coudon 12
           Born: 5 Feb 1809 12
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: William Paxton (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 4 Aug 1835 12

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4 M Alexander Struthers Cowden ⁹

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           Born: 12 Apr 1811 12
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Margaret Jane Morrow (      -      ) 12
           Marr: 21 Apr 1836 12

         Spouse: Mary Fulton (      -      ) 14

         Spouse: Elizabeth Dunlap (      -      ) 15

         Spouse: Mary Halcome (      -      ) 15

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5 M James Cowden ¹²

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           Born: 25 Apr 1813 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - John Cowden

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He was born in eastern Pennsylvania of Scotch-Irish parents, who had settled in the state several years prior to his birth. He married and soon afterward moved to Washington County. They settled on a farm in Mt. Pleasant township, a part of the original George Washington survey, where the remainder of their lives was passed.

"When John Cowden and Annie Sloan came to Washington County their oldest child, Mary, was carried in a wicker basket fastened to a horse's pack saddle and John, the second child, was an infant in his mother's arms." This would fix their advent about 1790.

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

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

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

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 143.

7 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 20.

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

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

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

11 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 68, 80.

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

13 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 69.

14 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 95.

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