Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Samuel Cowman    
                Born: ca 1797               1
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Margaret ___   2  
                Born: ca 1802              in Virginia  1 (see note 1)
                Died: Dec-17-1873          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
      Cause of death:                      throat disease  3
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Martha Cowman      
                Born: ca 1830               1 (see note 2)
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 3)
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Isaac F. Beach  b. ca 1834  d. Aug-18-1864  
             Married: May-20-1851          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  4
           M Child 2: John S. Cowman      
                Born: Jul-27-1831          in Augusta Co, VA  5,6,7 (see note 4)
                Died: Jul-25-1917          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  8,6
              Buried:                      in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  9,10
              Census: 1910                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1890                 at Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  11
              Census: 1870                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
             Resided: 1857                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  7
          Occupation:                      farmer  8
            Military: Jul-12-1862 - Jun-14-1865 Co D, 15th W.Va. Cav, Civil War (wounded in leg & arm)  11,12 (see note 5)
                Wife: Nancy Romine  b. 1835  d. 1905  
             Married: Dec-31-1857          in Lewis Co, (W)VA  7
           F Child 3: Rebecca C. Cowman      
                Born: Aug-11-1836          in Augusta Co, VA  13,7
                Died: Aug-12-1880           13
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  9,10
              Census: 1880                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Willey District, Lewis Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
             Resided: 1859                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: William A. Lawrence  b. Apr-30-1832  d. May- 9-1908  
             Married: Dec- 8-1859          in Lewis Co, (W)VA  7
           M Child 4: Orlando George Cowman      
                Born: ca 1841              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  7
             Resided: 1866                 in Lewis Co, WV  7
              Census: 1860                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Amanda Jane McWhorter  b. ca 1846  
             Married: May-29-1866          in Lewis Co, WV  7

Sources:
(1) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(2) Marriage record of son. 
(3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 21, Line 2 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5050714&Type=Death. 
(4) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(5) Military Grave Marker. 
(6) Headstone (year only) 
(7) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. 
(8) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(9) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(10) Findagrave.com. 
(11) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(12) West Union Herald, 7/3/1913 (one of ten Doddridge vets attending the Gettysburg 50th Anniversary) 
(13) Headstone. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 76 in death record would put birth in about 1897.
Note (2) Age 19 in 1850 Census (two years older than brother John) would put birth in
about 1831, but age 31 in 1860 puts it in about 1829, while age 46 in 1870 puts
it in about 1834.
Note (3) In household of sister & brother-in-law Rebecca & William Lawrence.
Note (4) Age 17 in 1850 Census would put birth in about 1833.
Note (5) 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.







Name Index