Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Joseph Cowden and Margaret McCarrell




Husband Joseph Cowden 1 2 3 4

           Born: 10 Aug 1825 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1908 2
         Buried: 


         Father: John Cowden (1789-1854/1855) 2 5 6
         Mother: Mary Kelso (1796-1883/1883) 2 6 7


       Marriage: 2 Mar 1858 8



Wife Margaret McCarrell 3 8 9 10

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Apr 1897 - near Venice, Cecil Twp, Washington Co, PA 11
         Buried: 


         Father: Thomas McCarrell (1801-1872) 12 13 14
         Mother: Esther McNary (      -1831) 12 15




Children
1 F Mary Jane Cowden 8

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William H. Heagen (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 13 Mar 1873 8


2 M Thomas McCarrell Cowden 16 17

           Born: 16 Apr 1851 17
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rachel M. Welch (      -1890) 16
           Marr: 27 May 1875 17


3 F Esther Cowden 17

           Born: 28 Aug 1854 17
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Aug 1863 17
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


4 F Martha Elizabeth Cowden 17

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



5 F Annie Delilah Cowden 3 17 18 19

           Born: 18 Nov 1858 - Cecil Twp, Washington Co, PA 3 17 19
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Apr 1887 3 17 19
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Campbell Ledlie Reed (1853-Aft 1910) 18 20 21
           Marr: 30 Dec 1880 3 17 19


6 M John Ewing Cowden 11

           Born: 16 Feb 1860 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Aug 1863 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


7 F Adelina Cowden 11

           Born: 23 Mar 1863 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Sep 1880 11
         Buried: 



8 M John McCarrell Cowden 11

           Born: 9 Sep 1866 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Margaret McNary (      -1897) 11
           Marr: 16 Apr 1896 11
         Spouse: Nettie Mitchell (      -      ) 11


9 F Margaret Cowden 11

           Born: 13 Jan 1868 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Apr 1896 11
         Buried: 



10 F Dora Ella Belle Cowden 11

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Joseph Cowden

near Venice, Cecil Twp, Washington Co, PA - a farmer

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Sources


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 245, 719.

13 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 567, 1116.

14 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 92.

15 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 567, 1294.

16 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1367.

17 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 99.

18 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 886.

19 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1311.

20 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1199, 1311.

21 Editor, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926), Pg 47.


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