William Kerr Cowden and Elizabeth M. Elder

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Husband William Kerr Cowden ¹

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           Born: 5 Jan 1822 - Lower Paxtang Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 1
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         Father: Matthew Benjamin Cowden (1786-1862) 2
         Mother: Mary Wallace (1788/1790-1844) 2

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Wife Elizabeth M. Elder ³

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         Father: Joshua Elder (1802/1802-1883) 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Mary C. Gillmor (1818-1844) 8

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1 F Mary Wallace Cowden ⁹

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2 F Helen Gillmor Cowden ⁹

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3 M John Edward Cowden ⁹

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4 F Anna Chambers Cowden ⁹

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General Notes: Husband - William Kerr Cowden

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He was brought up a farmer, receiving such education as the schools of the township afforded prior to the adoption of the common school system. He continued the occupation of a farmer until 1868, when he removed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the coal and lumber business, subsequently establishing a planing-mill. For a decade of years, he was one of the inspectors of the Dauphin county prison.

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

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

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

4 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 503.

5 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 52.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 200, 698.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1049.

8 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 211, 698.

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