Jul-28-2018
Husband: John S. Cowman
Born: Jul-27-1831 in Augusta Co, VA 1,2,3 (see note 1) Died: Jul-25-1917 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4,2 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5,6 Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1890 at Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Resided: 1857 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 3 Occupation: farmer 4 Military: Jul-12-1862 - Jun-14-1865 Co D, 15th W.Va. Cav, Civil War (wounded in leg & arm) 7,8 (see note 2) Father: Samuel Cowman (1797 - ) Mother: Margaret ___ (1802 - 1873)
Wife: Nancy Romine 9 Married: Dec-31-1857 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 3
Born: 1835 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2,3 Died: 1905 2 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5,6 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Resided: 1857 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 3 Father: John W. Romine (1798 - 1874) Mother: Elizabeth ___ (1805 - )
M Child 1: Harland White Cowman Census name: Harlin W. Cowman Born: Nov-12-1858 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 10,11,12,13,3 (see note 3) Died: Jan-22-1936 in Josephs Mills, Tyler Co, WV 10,11 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1900, 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1880, 1894 in Doddridge Co, WV 13,3 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Occupation: 1915 hotel proprietor 14,15 Wife: Julia Elizabeth Francis b. May- 5-1860 d. Dec-15-1890 Also known as: Elizabeth J. Francis 13 Married: Nov-18-1880 in Harrison Co, WV 13 Wife: Olive M. "Ollie" Hacker b. Aug-20-1862 d. Nov- 6-1920 Married: Nov- 8-1894 in Lewis Co, WV 3 (see note 4)
F Child 2: Elizabeth M. Cowman Born: Mar- -1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 16,17,18 (see note 5) Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1880 in Doddridge Co, WV 18 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Thomas F. Evans b. Nov- -1858 Married: Nov-18-1880 in Doddridge Co, WV 18,18
F Child 3: Cyntha Ladona "Dona" Cowman Census name: Sintha D. Born: Mar- -1866 16 Died: Apr- 8-1954 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1940 at Dog Run, Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1930 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1920 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Lloyd Williams b. Nov- -1859 Married: ca 1882 16 Husband: Thomas F. Evans b. Nov- -1858 Married: Nov-19-1905 at Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV 19
M Child 4: William Samuel "Sam" Cowman Also known as: W. Samuel Cowman 11 Born: Oct-18-1872 10,2 Died: Aug-16-1944 10,2 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 10,5 Census: 1930, 1940 in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 10,20 Wife: Rebecca A. Kester b. Aug-23-1873 d. 1948 Married: ca 1894 20
Sources: (1) Military Grave Marker. (2) Headstone (year only) (3) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (4) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (5) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (6) Findagrave.com. (7) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (8) West Union Herald, 7/3/1913 (one of ten Doddridge vets attending the Gettysburg 50th Anniversary) (9) Death record of son. (10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (11) Headstone. (12) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (13) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (14) Doddridge County Republican, 1/28/1915. (15) West Union Herald, 10/28/1915. (16) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (17) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (19) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Thomas Evans, 47, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Dony Williams, 39, b. Lewis Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Nov 19 1905 at Ashley. MR p. 346 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794144&Type=Marriage. (20) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). Event Notes Note (1) Age 17 in 1850 Census would put birth in about 1833. Note (2) The 1890 Veterans Schedule and a 1913 newspaper article state his unit as Co D, 15th W.Va. Cavalry. But other military record and his military grave marker show his unit as Co D, 15th W.Va. Infantry. Note (3) Birthplace given in death record as Doddridge County, but in both marriage records as Lewis County. Note (4) at Lucretia Hacker's Note (5) Age 9 in 1870 Census would put birth in about 1861. But she appeared in the 1860 Census, age 4 months.Name Index