Joseph Cowden and Mary May

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Husband Joseph Cowden ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: Oct 1765 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Sep 1849 - Coitsville Twp, Mahoning Co, OH 5
         Buried:  - Poland Center, Mahoning Co, OH

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         Father: John Cowden (1735-1776) 6 7
         Mother: Mary Reynolds (      -      ) 4

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       Marriage: 1794 ? - Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA

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Wife Mary May ^{1 5}

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           Born: 12 Aug 1771 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Feb 1857 5
         Buried: 

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         Father: Alexander May (      -      ) 1 8
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M John Cowden ⁹

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           Born: 30 Apr 1795 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Eliza [Unk] (      -      ) 9

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2 M Alexander Cowden ⁹

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           Born: 30 Apr 1795 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Apr 1855 10
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Margaret Lackey (      -      ) 10

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3 M James Reynolds Cowden ^{3 10}

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           Born: 6 Jul 1797 - Mahoning Co, OH 10
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1886
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Davidson (      -      ) 3

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4 F Margaret Cowden ^{10 11}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Hon. David Houston (      -      ) 10 11 12

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5 M Arthur May Cowden ¹⁰

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           Born: 30 Sep 1801 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Glenn (      -      ) 10

         Spouse: Mary "Polly" Cowden (1807-      ) 13
           Marr: 3 Nov 1844 14

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6 M Isaac Patterson Cowden ¹⁰

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           Born: 17 Oct 1803 10
     Christened: 
           Died: while young
         Buried: 

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7 F Mary Cowden ^{10 15}

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           Born: 9 Mar 1806 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Duff (      -      ) 10 15

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8 F Esther Cowden ¹⁰

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           Born: 8 Jun 1808 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Jan 1826 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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9 F Jemima Cowden ¹⁰

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           Born: 18 Feb 1811 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James McGeehan (      -      ) 10

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Cowden

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The brothers Joseph, William and Reynolds Cowden went together from Pennsylvania to Mahoning County, Ohio, and settled near Lowellville.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 702.

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

3 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 475.

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

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

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 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 885.

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

10 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 29.

11 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 33.

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

13 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 29, 32.

14 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 32.

15 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 602.