Illinois Family Group Sheet for the James Cowsert Family
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.
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