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John S. COWMAN

John S. COWMAN

Male 1831 - 1917  (85 years)

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  • Name John S. COWMAN 
    Born 27 Jul 1831  Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Age 17 in 1850 Census would put birth in about 1833.
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1857  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1850, 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 12 Jul 1862 to 14 Jun 1865  [4, 5] 
    Co D, 15th W.Va. Cav, Civil War (wounded in leg & arm) 
    • 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.
    Census 1870  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1890  Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1900  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [6] 
    Died 25 Jul 1917  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Person ID I86688  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2013 

    Father Samuel COWMAN,   b. CA 1797 
    Mother Margaret ___,   b. CA 1802, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Family ID F38317  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy ROMINE,   b. 1835, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1905  (Age 70 years)  [9] 
    Married 31 Dec 1857  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. Harland White COWMAN,   b. 12 Nov 1858, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1936, Josephs Mills, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    +2. Elizabeth M. COWMAN,   b. 4 Mar 1860, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1904  (Age 43 years)
    +3. Cyntha Ladona "Dona" COWMAN,   b. Mar 1866,   d. 8 Apr 1954, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 88 years)
    +4. William Samuel "Sam" COWMAN,   b. 18 Oct 1872,   d. 16 Aug 1944  (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F37179  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV.

    4. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    5. [S691] West Union Herald, 7/3/1913 (one of ten Doddridge vets attending the Gettysburg 50th Anniversary).

    6. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    7. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S1604] Death record of son.