Husband: Linn C. COWDEN
Birthdate: 18 May 1855
Birthplace: Sevier Co., TN
Death date: 29 April 1903
Place of death: Dublin or Bunyan, Erath Co., TX
Father: Lynn W. COWDEN
Mother: Mary Catherine THOMAS

Marriage date: 17 Dec 1888
Marriage place: Erath Co., TX

Wife: Brunette BIGGS
Birthdate: *17 March 1870
Birthplace: Collin or Grayson Co., TX
Death date: 12 April 1944
Place of death: Sweetwater, Nolan Co., TX
Father: John William Henderson BIGGS
Mother: Sina Lee CONNALLY

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Henrietta "Etta" COWDEN
Sex: F
Birthdate: Oct 1889
Birthplace: Erath Co., TX
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date: 30 Aug 1908
Marriage place: Erath Co., TX
Spouse's name: (1) M. Wade STEPHENS

Child No. 2: Virginia Jenkins "Virgie" COWDEN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 25 Jan 1892
Birthplace: Erath Co., TX
Death date: 18 June 1973
Place of death: Sweetwater, Nolan Co., TX
Marriage date: 23 Aug 1908
Marriage place: Erath Co., TX
Spouse's name: James Riley HICKEY

Child No. 3: Susie COWDEN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 25 April 1894
Birthplace: Erath Co., TX
Death date: 23 March 1966
Place of death: Scurry or Howard Co., TX
Marriage date: 28 May 1911
Marriage place: Erath Co., TX
Spouse's name: Dennis Lee "Denn" NIPP

Child No. 4: Mattie Lavina COWDEN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 27 Nov 1896
Birthplace: Erath Co., TX
Death date: 30 Aug 1985
Place of death: Erath Co., TX
Marriage date: 11 Sept 1913
Marriage place: Erath Co., TX
Spouse's name: Jesse Adam(s) LAWSON

Child No. 5: Brunette Willie Elmer Mae COWDEN
Sex:
Birthdate: ca Feb 1899
Birthplace: Erath Co., TX
Death date: ca 1960s
Place of death:
Marriage date: 17 March 1917
Marriage place: Erath Co., TX
Spouse's name: (1) George Leslie BAKER

Child No. 6: Alma COWDEN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 20 Nov 1901
Birthplace: Bunyan, Erath Co., TX
Death date: 3 April 1977
Place of death: Erath Co., TX
Marriage date: 12 Sept 1920
Marriage place: Erath Co., TX
Spouse's name: J. Davis "Buck" TATE
 
 
Documentation:
1) Mattie Lavina (Cowden) Lawson, now deceased;
2) Willie Ervin Lawson, now deceased;
3) Letter from Linn C. Cowden to his sister, Mrs. James Harvey (Lucinda Cowden) Williams, 9 Dec 1876;
4) Marriage Record of Linn C. Cowden to Brunette Biggs, Erath Co., TX.;
5) Erath Co., TX Deed Records;
6) Death Certificate of Mrs. Brunette Moore [Brunette (Biggs) Cowden Moore] # 19849, Nolan Co., TX. [Brunette married 2ndly John Wesley Moore who is supposed to be a half-nephew of Linn C. Cowden];
7) 1900 Erath Co., TX Federal Census, page 14A - L. Cowden;
8) Erath County Appeal Newspaper, 11 Jan 1900, "Lowell Dots." - L. Cowden;
9) 1910 Erath Co., TX Federal Census;
10) Tombstone of Linn C. Cowden, Bunyan Cemetery, Erath Co., TX.;
11) 1860 Benton Co., AR Federal Census - Lynn Cowden;
12) 1870 Benton Co., AR Federal Census - Lynn Cowden;
13) 1880 Johnson Co., TX Federal Census - L. C. Cowden;
14) Death Certificate of Mattie Lavina (Cowden) Lawson;
15) Clariema Ruth Lyngholm, CA.;
16) Reba (Lowe) Dugger, Hamilton, Ohio, now deceased;
17) Dorothy Cook, TN.