Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Isaac Cowan    
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Nancy Holt   1,2  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Marmaduke M. Cowan      
       Also known as: Marma Duke Cowan 3
                Born: Oct-15-1832          in Monongalia Co, VA (now Marion Co, WV)  3,4,5 (see note 1)
                Died: Jun-21-1917          in Rutherford, Ritchie Co, WV  3,4
              Buried: (no dates)           in Oil Ridge (aka Fairview) Church Cemetery, Co Rd 26, Ritchie Co, WV  6
              Census: 1880                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1854                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  5
          Occupation:                      farmer  7,3
            Military:                      Co D, 11th WV Inf, Civil War  6
                Wife: Mary Ann Vannort  b. Feb-15-1836  d. Nov-15-1919  
             Married: Nov-23-1854          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  5

Sources:
(1) Marriage record of son. 
(2) Death record of son. 
(3) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(4) Headstone. 
(5) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(7) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in marriage record as Monongalia County, but in death record
as Marion County.







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