Husband: James COWSERT
Birthdate: Abt. 1785
Birthplace: Ireland
Deathdate: 28 Oct. 1832
Place of death: Pope Co., IL
Father: Thomas Cowsert
Mother: Agnes Jones
Marriage date: Before 1809
Marriage place: SC or KY
Wife: Elizabeth HAMILTON
Birthdate: Abt. 1785
Birthplace: Ireland
Deathdate: Before 1880
Place of death: Pope/Hardin Co., IL
Father:
Mother:
CHILDREN
Child No. 1: Thomas Cowsert
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt. 1809
Birthplace:
Deathdate:
Place of death:
Marriage date: 5 April 1829
Marriage place: Pope Co., IL
Spouse's name: Jane Parkinson
Child No. 2: George Washington Cowsert
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1813
Birthplace: IL
Deathdate: Abt. 1861
Place of death: Pope Co., IL
Marriage date: Abt. 1850
Marriage place: Pope/Hardin Co., IL
Spouse's name: Sarah Soward
Child No. 3: Samuel Cowsert
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1815
Birthplace: Pope Co., IL
Deathdate: Abt. 1840
Place of death: Pope Co., IL
Marriage date: 24 Dec., 1834
Marriage place: Pope Co., IL
Spouse's name: Hannah Shelby
Child No. 4: Matthew Cowsert
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1817
Birthplace: Pope Co., IL
Deathdate:
Place of death:
Marriage date: 8 Sept. 1833
Marriage place: Pope Co., IL
Spouse's name: Margaret Parkinson
Child No. 5: James Cowsert
Sex:
Birthdate: 1819
Birthplace: Pope Co., IL
Deathdate: 18 Nov, 1862
Place of death: Camp Massac, IL
Marriage date: 1841
Marriage place: Hardin Co., IL
Spouse's name: Mahala Ashford
Child No. 6: Mary (Polly) Cowsert
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt. 1820
Birthplace: Pope Co., IL
Deathdate:
Place of death:
Marriage date: 8 March 1841
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Joseph Skiles
Child No. 7: Jane Cowsert
Sex: F
Birthdate: 12 Oct 1824
Birthplace: Pope Co, IL
Deathdate: 25 Sept 1903
Place of death: Hardin Co, IL
Marriage date: 1841
Marriage place: Hardin Co., IL
Spouse's name: John Carroll Ashford
Documentation: Probate Book B, Page 34-35, Estate of James Cowsert, Pope
Co., IL. Pope County Marriage Books by Lee and Foss. Primitive Baptist
Church Library. 1790 Census of Chester County, SC. 1800 Census of Chester
County, SC. 1818 Pope County State Census. 1820, 1830, 1840 Pope County
Federal Census. 1840, 1850, 1860 Hardin County Federal Census. 1820
County Deposition re contested election. Naturalization Application dated
1806. Muster and Descriptive Roll of Company G, Sixth Calvary Regiment of
Illinois Volunteers. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index. Illinois Vital
Records. Illinois State Archives.