America Elizabeth (Cowen) Pitts (1863 - 1931)

Born 21 Jun 1863 in Hickory County, Missouri, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Allen H. Ward — married 18 Sep 1884 in Hickory County, Missouri

Wife of Burrell Boone Pitts — married 6 May 1897 in Hickory, Missouri, United States

Died 13 Nov 1931 at age 68 in Lebam, Pacific County, Washington, USA

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Biography

America Elizabeth Cowen, daughter of Henry Peter Cowen and Elizabeth Massey was born June 21, 1863. She married Allen H. Ward, Sept. 18, 1884. Burrell Boone Pitts married America Elizabeth Cowen after 1886. America Elizabeth Pitts died 13 November 1931 in Lebam, Pacific County, Washington.^[1]

Name

America Elizabeth Cowen

Birth

America Elizabeth Cowen daughter of Henry Peter Cowen and Elizabeth Massey was born June 21, 1863, in Hickory County, Missouri. ^[2]

Census

• "United States Census, 1870," America E Cowen in household of Henry T Cowen, Missouri, United States. Attached.

Name: America E Cowen

Estimated Birth Year: 1863

Gender: Female

Age in 1870: 7y

Color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, Indian): White

Birthplace: Missouri

Home in 1870: Missouri, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Henry T Cowen M 48y Kentucky

Elizabeth Cowen F 43y Tennessee

Mary F Cowen F 19y Missouri

John H Cowen M 18y Missouri

Peter M Cowen M 15y Missouri

Joshua L Cowen M 13y Missouri

Nancy J Cowen F 11y Missouri

Margaret A Cowen F 9y Missouri

America E Cowen F 7y Missouri

Sherman A Cowen M 5y Missouri

Andrew F Cowen M 3y Missouri

• "United States Census, 1880," America E. Cowen in household of Henry P. Cowen, Green, Hickory, Missouri.

Name: America E. Cowen

Residence: Green, Hickory, Missouri

Birthdate: 1863

Birthplace: Missouri, United States

Relationship to Head: Daughter

Father's Name: Henry P. Cowen

Father's Birthplace: Kentucky, United States

Mother's Name: Elizabeth Cowen

Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee, United States

Race or Color (Expanded): White

Ethnicity (Standardized): American

Gender: Female

Martial Status: Single

Age (Expanded): 17 years

Occupation: At Home

Household Gender Age Birthplace

SELF Henry P. Cowen M 58 Kentucky, United States

WIFE Elizabeth Cowen F 52 Tennessee, United States

SON Peter M. Cowen M 25 Missouri, United States

SON Joshua L. Cowen M 23 Missouri, United States

DAU Nancy J. Cowen F 21 Missouri, United States

DAU America E. Cowen F 17 Missouri, United States

SON Sherman A. Cowen M 15 Missouri, United States

SON Andrew F. Cowen M 13 Missouri, United States

Events

• August 17, 1885, age 22, 1st child (daughter) born in Hickory County, Missouri.^[3][4]

• May 3, 1887, age 23, 2nd child (daughter) born in Hickory County, Missouri.^[5]

Death

America Elizabeth Cowen died 13 November 1931 in Lebam, Pacific County, Washington.

"Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960," Burrell Boone Pitts in entry for America Elizabeth Pitts, 1931.^[6]

Name: America Elizabeth Pitts

Death Date: 13 Nov 1931

Death Place: Lebam, Pacific County, Washington

Gender: Female

Race (Displayed on Form):

Age at Death: 67 years 4 months 22 days

Estimated Birth Year: 1864

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: Burrell Boone Pitts

Father's Name: Henry Cowen

Oklahoma.^[7]

Lebam, WA.^[8]

Family

Allen Harman Ward married America Elizabeth Cowen Sept. 18, 1884.

They had the following children:

1. Virgie Ward, born August 5, 1885 in Hickory County, Missouri.^[9][10]
2. daughter, born May 3, 1887, 2nd child (daughter) born in Hickory County, Missouri.^[11]

Note: Allen H. Ward married America Cowen 18 Sep 1884 in Hickory,Missouri.^[12][13]

Burrell Boone Pitts married America Elizabeth Cowen after 1886.

She married (1) Allen Harman Ward September 18, 1884. She married (2) Burrell Pitts Aft. 1886. ^[14]

Note

"Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960," Burrel Boone Pitts, 1935.

Name: Burrel Boone Pitts

Death Date: 07 Oct 1935

Death Place: Lebam. Pacific, Washington

Gender: Male

Race (Displayed on Form):

Age at Death: 81 years 8 months 19 days

Estimated Birth Year: 1854

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: America E. Pitts

Father's Name: Thomas Pitts

"Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N35G-44Y : accessed 31 Jul 2012), Burrel Boone Pitts, 07 Oct 1935.

America Elizabeth3 Cowen (Henry2 P.Cowen, Peter1 Cowen) was born June 21, 1863 in Hickory County, Missouri, and died in Oklahoma. She married (1) Allen Harman Ward September 18, 1884. She married (2) Burrell Pitts Aft. 1886.

Notes for Allen Harman Ward:

Allen Ward was killed by an electrical bolt of lightening coming in the window of his house.

Around 1990 I visited the Hickory County Museum and was shown a letter sent by Mrs. J. B. Hill, 3413 N. Markwell Avenue, Bethany, Oklahoma 73008 several years before. She said she was a descendant of Allen Ward and America Cowen. America was pregnant with her only child at the time of Allen's death. This letter was several years old at the time and appeared to be in the handwriting of an older person. She was looking for other Cowen descendants. I wrote her but never received a response.

More About Allen Harman Ward:

Cause of Death: Struck by lightening

More About Allen Ward and America Cowen:

Marriage: September 18, 1884

More About Burrell Pitts and America Cowen:

Marriage: Aft. 1886

Child of America Cowen and Allen Ward is:

121 i. Virgie4 Ward, born August 5, 1885 in Hickory County, Missouri.

Sharon Moffitt Cowen^[15]

Sources

Wilson's history of Hickory County (1909)

Wilson, F. Marion, b. 1848,

Printed at the Herald Office by Wilson Bros. Hermitage, Missouri.

America Elizabeth, born June 21, 1863, married Allen H. Ward, Sept. 18, 1884.^[16]

• Attached Documents.

• Wilson's history of Hickory County (1909),Wilson, F. Marion, b. 1848, Printed at the Herald Office by Wilson Bros. Hermitage, Missouri. archive.org attached.

• "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M46W-47B : accessed 31 Jul 2012), America E Cowen in household of Henry T Cowen, Missouri, United States; citing p. 5, family 29, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 552278.

• "Missouri, Marriages, 1750-1920," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V28N-3FQ : accessed 31 Jul 2012), Allen H. Ward and America Cowen, 1884; citing reference , FHL microfilm 946337.

• "United States Census, 1880," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6XW-C91 : accessed 31 Jul 2012), America E. Cowen in household of Henry P. Cowen, Green, Hickory, Missouri; citing sheet 515A, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T9-0690.

• "Missouri, Births and Christenings, 1827-1935," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2F9-DXW : accessed 31 Jul 2012), America E. Cowen in entry for Ward, 05 Aug 1885.

• "Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N354-V9H : accessed 31 Jul 2012), Burrell Boone Pitts in entry for America Elizabeth Pitts, 13 Nov 1931.

• "Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N35G-44Y : accessed 31 Jul 2012), Burrel Boone Pitts, 07 Oct 1935.

• Cowen Family History, compiled by Sarah Gaunt Thompson.

• Cowen Family History, compiled by Judy Cowen-Hodges.

• Cowen Family History, compiled by Sharon Moffitt Cowen.

• Lechner Family History, compiled by Michael Lechner, with my father Ted Harrold Lechner. Lechner Family History.

External Source Credits

• Source: S148 Author: Judy Cowen-Hodges Abbreviation: Judy Cowen-Hodges Note: Family History Director in Saratoga CONT 2nd Cousin of Michael R. Lechner Data: Text: REF / AFN / Custom: 050 / / , !Family History CONT !Baptism Endowment & Sealling to Parents - Missouri IGI Batch # 8232803,Sheet CONT 22, Library call # 0884921 CONT !Sealed to Spouse Missouri IGI M515151 0954 - Allen H. Ward CONT !Sealed to Spouse Missouri IGI 8232803 24 - Berle Boone Pitts CONT Name: America Elizabeth /COWEN/ CONT Sex: Female CONT Modify Date: CONT Birth: 21 Jun 1863 CONT Christening: CONT Death: CONT Burial: CONT Father: 13 Sep 1821, Henry Peter /COWEN/ [042], (b. 13 Sep 1821, KY), (d. 4 Mar 1901, Hickory, MO), !Family History CONT !Sealing to Spouse Missouri IGI 514651 0798 CONT !BD BP & MARRIAGE 1900 Census Hickory Co., Center Township, E.D. 94,Sheet 4A, CONT Line 17 CONT Mother: 27 Nov 1827, Elizabeth /Massey/ [043], (b. 27 Nov 1827, TN), (d. 16 Aug 1901, Hickory, MO), !1900 census states mother of 10 children - 9 living no record of 10thchild as of 3/12/1990 CONT !Family History CONT !Sealing to Spouse Missouri IGI 514651 0798 CONT !BD BP & MARRIAGE 1900 Census Hickory Co., Center Township, E.D. 94,Sheet 40, Line 18 CONT Marriage 1 (0): 18 Sep 1884, Allen H. /WARD/, m. 18 Sep 1884, Hickory, MO CONT Marriage 2 (0): 6 May 1897, Berle Boone /PITTS/, m. 6 May 1897, Hickory, MO
• Source: S188 Author: Sharon Moffitt Cowen Abbreviation: Sharon Moffitt Cowen Note: My husband's line is: Peter; Henry Peter; Peter Marion; Roy Lester; Charles Lester(my husband) CONT Michael Ray Lechner is the second cousin, twice removed of Charles Cowen, husband of Sharon Moffitt
• Source: S191 Title: www Abbreviation: www Italicized: Y Page: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mo/hickory/vitals/hickbrth.txt Data: Text: NUMBER: 879 CONT DATE OF RETURN: MAY 11, 1887 CONT 1)NAME OF CHILD: NONE RECORDED CONT SEX: GIRL CONT #CHILD: TWO CONT DATE OF BIRTH: MAY 3, 1887 CONT PLACE OF BIRTH: HICKORY CO CONT 1) NATIONALITY OF FATHER: NATIVE CONT FATHER'S PLACE OF BIRTH: HICKORY CO CONT FATHER'S AGE: 26 CONT 1) NATIONALITY OF MOTHER: NATIVE CONT MOTHER'S PLACE OF BIRTH: HICKORY CO.MO CONT MOTHER'S AGE: 23 CONT MOTHER'S FULL NAME: AMERICA E. WARD CONT MOTHER'S FULL MAIDEN NAME: ( ) COWEN CONT RESIDENCE: HICKORY CO., MO CONT FATHER'S FULL NAME: ALLEN H. WARD CONT OCCUPATION: FARMER CONT NAME & ADDRESS OF MEDICAL ATTENDANT: MARGARET J. TATUM, HERMITAGE
• Source: S221 Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: International Genealogical Index (R) Abbreviation: Family Search IGI Publication: www.familysearch.org Copyright (c) 1980, 2002 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y

Merged WikiTree Files

• This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010.

• WikiTree profile Cowen-317 created through the import of 60a.GED on Jan 11, 2012 by Michael Lechner.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Michael Lechner, June 5, 2012
2. ↑ Wilson's history of Hickory County (1909).
3. ↑ Source: #S191 Page: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mo/hickory/vitals/hickbrth.txt Data: Text: NUMBER: 487 CONT DATE OF RETURN: AUG 17, 1885 CONT 1)NAME OF CHILD: NONE RECORDED CONT SEX: FEMALE CONT #CHILD: ONE CONT DATE OF BIRTH: AUG 5 (year 1885 by record number listing) CONT PLACE OF BIRTH: HICKORY CO CONT 1) NATIONALITY OF FATHER: MISSOURI CONT FATHER'S PLACE OF BIRTH: MISSOURI CONT FATHER'S AGE: 24 CONT 1) NATIONALITY OF MOTHER: U.S.A. CONT MOTHER'S PLACE OF BIRTH: MISSOURI CONT MOTHER'S AGE: 22 CONT MOTHER'S FULL NAME: AMERICA E. WARD CONT MOTHER'S FULL MAIDEN NAME: ( ) COWEN CONT RESIDENCE: HICKORY CO., MO CONT FATHER'S FULL NAME: ALLEN H. WARD CONT OCCUPATION: FARMER CONT NAME & ADDRESS OFMEDICAL ATTENDANT: A.M. RILEY, M.D., HERMITAGE
4. ↑ Missouri, Births and Christenings, 1827-1935. 05 Aug 1885, HICKORY, MISSOURI, Allen H. Ward, America E. Cowen.
5. ↑ Source: #S191 Page: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mo/hickory/vitals/hickbrth.txt Data: Text: NUMBER: 879 CONT DATE OF RETURN: MAY 11, 1887 CONT 1)NAME OF CHILD: NONE RECORDED CONT SEX: GIRL CONT #CHILD: TWO CONT DATE OF BIRTH: MAY 3, 1887 CONT PLACE OF BIRTH: HICKORY CO CONT 1) NATIONALITY OF FATHER: NATIVE CONT FATHER'S PLACE OF BIRTH: HICKORY CO CONT FATHER'S AGE: 26 CONT 1) NATIONALITY OF MOTHER: NATIVE CONT MOTHER'S PLACE OF BIRTH: HICKORY CO.MO CONT MOTHER'S AGE: 23 CONT MOTHER'S FULL NAME: AMERICA E. WARD CONT MOTHER'S FULL MAIDEN NAME: ( ) COWEN CONT RESIDENCE: HICKORY CO., MO CONT FATHER'S FULL NAME: ALLEN H. WARD CONT OCCUPATION: FARMER CONT NAME & ADDRESS OF MEDICAL ATTENDANT: MARGARET J. TATUM, HERMITAGE
6. ↑ Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960.
7. ↑ Source: #S188 Data: Text: America Elizabeth Cowen, born June 21, 1863 in Hickory County, Missouri; died in Oklahoma.
8. ↑ Pitts Family History by Josephine (Pitts) Gambill, Vol. 1,page 147
9. ↑ Source: #S188 Sharon Moffitt Cowen
10. ↑ Missouri, Births and Christenings, 1827-1935. 05 Aug 1885, HICKORY, MISSOURI, Allen H. Ward, America E. Cowen.
11. ↑ Source: #S191 Page: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mo/hickory/vitals/hickbrth.txt Data: Text: NUMBER: 879 CONT DATE OF RETURN: MAY 11, 1887 CONT 1)NAME OF CHILD: NONE RECORDED CONT SEX: GIRL CONT #CHILD: TWO CONT DATE OF BIRTH: MAY 3, 1887 CONT PLACE OF BIRTH: HICKORY CO CONT 1) NATIONALITY OF FATHER: NATIVE CONT FATHER'S PLACE OF BIRTH: HICKORY CO CONT FATHER'S AGE: 26 CONT 1) NATIONALITY OF MOTHER: NATIVE CONT MOTHER'S PLACE OF BIRTH: HICKORY CO.MO CONT MOTHER'S AGE: 23 CONT MOTHER'S FULL NAME: AMERICA E. WARD CONT MOTHER'S FULL MAIDEN NAME: ( ) COWEN CONT RESIDENCE: HICKORY CO., MO CONT FATHER'S FULL NAME: ALLEN H. WARD CONT OCCUPATION: FARMER CONT NAME & ADDRESS OF MEDICAL ATTENDANT: MARGARET J. TATUM, HERMITAGE
12. ↑ Missouri, Marriages, 1750-1920.
13. ↑ Wilson's history of Hickory County (1909).
14. ↑ Source: #S188 Sharon Moffitt Cowen
15. ↑ Source: #S188 Sharon Moffitt Cowen.
16. ↑ Wilson's history of Hickory County (1909).