Husband: Henry COWDEN
Birthdate: 23 April 1858
Birthplace: Benton Co., AR
Death date: 1 March 1891
Place of death: Erath Co., TX
Father: Lynn W. COWDEN
Mother: Mary Catherine THOMAS

Marriage date: 1 Jan 1882
Marriage place: Benton Co., AR

Wife: Clarissa Clementine WILLIAMS
Birthdate: 13 July 1854
Birthplace: Benton Co., AR
Death date: 17 Jan 1925
Place of death: Highfill, Benton Co., AR
Father: David WILLIAMS
Mother: Margaret Fields HAMMACK

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Anna Dell COWDEN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 18 Sept 1882
Birthplace: Benton Co., AR
Death date: 26 Oct 1975
Place of death: Arkansas City, Cowley Co., KS
Marriage date: 30 Sept 1902
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: James T. EVANS

Child No. 2: Robert Thomas Walker "Bob" COWDEN
Sex: M
Birthdate: 6 July 1884
Birthplace: Benton Co., AR
Death date: 12 Aug 1972
Place of death: Siloam Springs, Benton Co., AR
Marriage date: 8 Aug 1909
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Mary Jane ROPER

Child No. 3: Henry Leonard David "L.D. or Eldie" COWDEN
Sex: M
Birthdate: 3 Nov 1886
Birthplace: Benton Co., AR
Death date: 28 Aug 1970
Place of death: Benton Co., AR
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Sarah Harriett "Hattie" VAUGHN

Child No. 4: Mary Margaret "Maggie" COWDEN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 22 Jan 1889
Birthplace: Osage, Benton Co., AR
Death date: 30 April 1964
Place of death: Bentonville, Benton Co., AR
Marriage date: 15 May 1910
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Marion F. DOWNUM

Child No. 5: Arminnie Cathrine "Minnie" COWDEN
Sex:
Birthdate: 23 March 1891
Birthplace: Dublin, Erath Co., TX
Death date: 25 April 1970
Place of death: Bentonville, Benton Co., AR
Marriage date: 3 Nov 1907
Marriage place: Osage, Benton Co., AR
Spouse's name: Robert Clarence MASON
 
 
Documentation:
1) Reba (Lowe) Dugger, Hamilton, Ohio, now deceased;
2) Clariema Ruth Lyngholm, CA.;
3) Benton Co., AR Marriage License of Henry Cowden and Clarissa Williams;
4) Pictures of Mattie Lavina (Cowden) Lawson - picture of "Uncle Henery Cowden's children";
5) Mattie Lavina (Cowden) Lawson, now deceased;
6) Obituaries of Benton Co., AR., Vol. 7, 1923-1925, compiled by Easley, Barbara P., copy right 1996, page 271;
7) 1910 Benton Co., AR Federal Census, page 12 B (written) - Claicy C. Cowden;
8) Obituaries of Benton Co., AR., Vol. 1, 1884-1898, compiled by Easley, Barbara P., Copyright © 1994, page 90, 1892 Henry Cowden;
9) 1880 Benton Co., AR Federal Census, page 380 - Lynn Cowden;
10) History Of Benton Co., AR, Copyright © 1991, article F192, page 420, "Cowden, Leonard", submitted by Margaret (Cowden) Shields;
11) Margaret (Cowden) Shields, AR.;
12) 1870 Benton Co., AR Federal census - Lynn Cowden;
13) 1860 Benton Co., AR Federal Census - Lynn Cowden;
14) Tombstone of Henry Cowden, Bunyan Cemetery, Erath Co., TX.