Matthew Benjamin Cowden and Mary Wallace

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Husband Matthew Benjamin Cowden ¹

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           Born: 24 Jun 1786 - Paxtang Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Jan 1862 2
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA

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         Father: Col. James Cowden (1737-1810) 3 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Mary Crouch (1757-1848) 3 4 6 7

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Mary Wallace ¹

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           Born: 1788 or 1790 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 May 1844 2
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA

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         Father: Gen. James Wallace (1751-1823) 8 9
         Mother: Sarah Elder (1752-1822) 8 9

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Children

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1 M James Cowden ²

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           Born: 1815 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Jul 1877 2
         Buried:  - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA

         Spouse: Anna M. Chambers (      -1882) 2

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2 M John Wallace Cowden ^{2 10 11}

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           Born: 29 Aug 1817 - Lower Paxtang Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 2 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Jul 1872 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary E. Hatton (      -      ) 2 10 11

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3 F Sarah Cowden ²

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4 F Margaret Cowden ¹²

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           Born: 
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           Died: 7 Jul 1822 12
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 M William Kerr Cowden ²

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           Born: 5 Jan 1822 - Lower Paxtang Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 2
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           Died: 17 Jul 1888 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth M. Elder (      -      ) 13

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6 F Mary E. Cowden ¹³

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         Spouse: David Robinson Elder (      -      ) 13
           Marr: 18 Feb 1858 13

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7 M Edward Cowden ¹²

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew Benjamin Cowden

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He was an associate judge of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a gentleman of sterling integrity, and of marked influence in the community.

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 146, 695.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 146.

3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 476.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 174.

5 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 402.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 143, 145.

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

8 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 120.

9 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 191, 694.

10 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 556.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 178.

12 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 147.

13 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 211.