Husband: Benjamin Wilson Cowan
Also known as: Ben Cowman 1
Born: Jul-19-1854 in Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV 2,3,4,5,6 (see note 1)
Died: Oct-26-1937 in Manila, Mississippi Co, AR 7,8,4
Buried: in Manila Cemetery, Mississippi Co, AR 8
Resided: in Manila, Mississippi Co, AR 2
Census: 1900 in Benton Co, MO
Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: sawmill and lumbering owner/operator; founded town of Manila, Arkansas 2
Occupation: farmer 9
Occupation: 1876 school teacher 5
Education: Fairmont State Normal School 2
Father: George Armstrong Cowan (1817 - 1910)
Mother: Mary M. Metheny (1817 - 1910)
Other spouse 2
Wife: Sarah I. Sherwood Married: Jan- 6-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 5
Born: ca 1856 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 10,5,11 Died: Jan- 6-1878 in Doddridge Co, WV 12 (see note 2) Cause of death: consumption 12 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Samuel Todd Sherwood (1828 - 1900) Mother: Drusilla Bland (1834 - 1913)
M Child 1: Charles M. Cowan Born: 1876 in West Virginia 4 (see note 3) Died: 1908 4 Buried: in Manila Cemetery, Mississippi Co, AR 8 Census: 1900 in Windsor, Henry Co, MO Census: 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 4)
Sources: (1) Obituary of wife's mother. (2) Obituary. (3) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (4) Headstone (year only) (5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (6) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (7) Obituary - At home. (8) Findagrave.com. (9) 1900 Census. (10) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (11) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). (12) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 30, Line 20 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5043558&Type=Death. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as July 1855. Note (2) Death date given in mother's obituary as Jan 6 1879. Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Nov 1878, age 21. Note (4) In household of paternal grandparents, George A. & Mary (Matheny) Cowan.