Mary
Louise
Cowan
aka Ledford
Born about in Asheville, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Stewart Cowan
and Zipha Elvira (Randall) Cowan
Sister of
Marcella Anne (Cowan) Smith, Marcus Ashly Cowan, Sarah J. Cowan, John Canada Cowan, William Cornelius Cowan, James Wesley Cowan, George Waxley Cowan, Pinkney Lawrence Cowan, Emma Elvira (Cowan) Harrison, Elennor Cowan, Robert Ellis Cowan, Elbert Nelson Cowan and David H. Cowan
Wife of
Milton McElroy Ledford
— married
20 Apr 1873 in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 68
in Waynesville Haywood North Carolina
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Mar 2015
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Biography
Born 18 Jun 1855 in Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina to James Cowan Elvira Randall Married Milton McElroy Ledford Died 24 Jul 1923 Waynesville Haywood, NC
Sources
Information form E Joyce McCorkle
- Mary Cowan
in the 1860 United States Federal Census The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina; Roll: M653_889; Page: 241; Family History Library Film: 803889
Name Mary Cowan Age 5 Birth Year abt 1855 Gender Female Race White Birth Place North Carolina Home in 1860 Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina Post Office Asheville Dwelling Number 203 Family Number 203 Inferred Father James Cowan Inferred Mother Elvira Cowan Household Members (Name) Age James Cowan 28 Elvira Cowan 25 Marcelia Cowan 9 Marcus Cowan 7 Mary Cowan 5 John Cowan William Cowan 1
- Death
North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975 North Carolina State Archives; Raleigh, North Carolina; North Carolina Death Certificates Name Mary Louise Ledford Gender Female Race White Age 68 Birth Date 19 Jun 1855 Birth Place Buncombe, North Carolina, United States Death Date 24 Jul 1923 Death Place Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina, USA Father James C Cowan Mother MacIlla Randall
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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