General Information

Birth
9 MAR 1831
Dickson Co, TN
Death
6 JUL 1899
Earlsboro, Pottawatomie Co, OK
Burial
Marriage certificate in Dickson Co, TN, shows "Louisa Chapman" married to Richard Cowan on 16 Dec 1845

Notes

Father died; mother remarried a Tatum; they had other children

Last name Chapman also found; previously married? (fr. Cowan ancestor charts)

Last name also spelled Donegan, Dunegan

Or d. Rhea, AR (Harve Ezell's family Bible)

Tombstone gives age as "68y 3m 7d" -- which makes birth date 30 Mar 1831

Parents

Unavailable

Spouse

Richard Grimes Cowan
- Husband
1817 - 1886
Birth
11 FEB 1817
Williamson Co, TN
Married
16 DEC 1845
Married by James Tedford, Esq.; witnesses John Austin and Margaret Tatum
Death
29 DEC 1886
Rhea, Washington Co, AR
Burial
Mountain View Cem, Washington Co, AR

Children

Sarah Betty Jane Cowan
- Daughter
1865 - 1946
Birth
29 MAY 1865
Williamson Co, TN
Death
11 APR 1946
Burial
Wedington Cemetery, Washington County, Wedington, Arkansas
Penelope Pedie Victoria Cowan
- Daughter
1867 - 1942
Birth
22 JUL 1867
Williamson Co, TN
Death
4 MAR 1942
Joseph Skiles Scuyler Cowan
- Son
1847 - 1926
Birth
8 DEC 1847
Williamson Co, TN
Death
14 MAY 1926
Burial
White Oak Cem, Savoy, AR
William Montgomery Cowan
- Son
1852 - 1861
Birth
1 JAN 1852
Williamson Co, TN
Death
8 DEC 1861
Williamson Co, TN
Lucinda Emaline Cowan
- Daughter
Birth
17 OCT 1853
Williamson Co, TN
John Alexander Cowan
- Son
1855 - 1938
Birth
28 JUL 1855
Williamson Co, TN
Death
28 OCT 1938
Olton, Lamb Co, TX
Burial
Kirkland, Childress Co, TX
Josiah Murry Cowan
- Son
1858 - 1936
Birth
25 JAN 1858
Williamson Co, TN
Death
18 FEB 1936
Richard Grimes Cowan Jr
- Son
1859 - 1933
Birth
4 DEC 1859
Williamson Co, TN
Death
15 JUN 1933
Rhea, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
16 JUN 1933
Mountain View Cem, Washington Co, AR
James Cain Cowan
- Son
1861 - 1935
Birth
19 OCT 1861
Williamson Co, TN
Death
7 JUL 1935
Savoy, AR
Burial
8 JUL 1935
White Oak Cemetery, Washington County, Savoy, Arkansas
Mary D Cowan
- Daughter
Birth
1868
TN
Martha Liston Mattie Cowan
- Daughter
1870 - 1950
Birth
29 MAR 1870
Williamson Co, TN
Death
26 SEP 1950
Mary Alice Cowan
- Daughter
1872 - 1892
Birth
16 OCT 1872
Washington Co, AR
Death
5 FEB 1892
Washington Co, AR
Rosanna Melissa Jane Cowan
- Daughter
1850 - 1939
Birth
25 FEB 1850
Davidson County, Tennessee
Death
2 JAN 1939
Wedington Community, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Mountain View Cem, Washington Co, AR