Mary
Alice
Graham
Born in Kentucky, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Isaac Graham
and Eliza Jane (Wingfield) Graham
Sister of
Eugene R Graham
Wife of
William Ervin Cowles
— married
5 Feb 1885 in Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
[children unknown]
Died
at age 75
in Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
Profile last modified
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Contents |
Biography
BIRTH / DEATH
- Mary Alice Graham (daughter of Isaac Graham and Eliza Jane Wingfield)
- Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953
- Name: Mary Graham Cowles
- [Mary Graham Graham]
- Death Date: 3 Jul 1939
- Death Location: Edmonson, Kentucky, USA
- Residence: Bowling Green R#1
- Age: 75
- Gender: Female
- Race: White
- Birth Date: 3 Jul 1864
- Birth Location: Kentucky
- Father's Name: Isac Graham
- Father's Birth Location: Kentucky
- Mother's name: Eliza Wingfield
- Mother's Birth Location: Kentucky
- Informant: Mr Willie Cowles of Bowling Green KY, R1
- Cause of Death: Carcinoma Liver, onset 1938
- Burial: Sturdivant Cemetery
- (Note: Mary died on her birthday)
- Burial not on Find-a-Grave, but there is picture of headstone on ancestry.com
- http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6059055/person/-22158151/mediax/1?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7CpgNum
- Picture is of double headstone:
- W E Cowles, Born Apr 18 1860, no date of death
- Mary Alice Cowles, born Jul 3 1863?, died July 3 1937?
- Note: the YYYY dates for Mary are hard to read
- Inscription on top: Father Mother
- Incsription on bottom: May they find joy in life everlasting
MARRIAGE
- Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979, index, FamilySearch
- Name: W.E. Cowles
- Spouse's Name: Mary A. Grayham
- Event Date: 05 Feb 1885
- Event Place: Edmonson, Kentucky
- Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01271-8
- System Origin: Kentucky-EASy
- GS Film number: 1904234
- Reference ID: it1 p244
CENSUS / TIMELINE
- 1880: Edmonson, Kentucky, family#20
- Isaac Graham ............ 53 ... VA,VA,VA … Farmer … cannot read/write
- Eliza J. Graham .......... 46 ... KY … cannot read/write
- Merica J. Graham ...... 22 ... KY
- Elizabeth Graham ..... 18 ... KY
- William S. Graham ... 18 ... KY … attends school
- Mary A. Graham ....... 16 ... KY … attends school <------------
- Lono R. Graham ....... 12 ... KY … attends school
- Eugene Graham ....... 10 ... KY … attends school
- John S. Graham .......... 9 ... KY … attends school
- Lilly P. Graham ........... 7 ... KY … attends school
- Mary B. Graham ......... 4 ... KY
- 1880 Census Notes:
- Living close to family#80: Mary's future husband: William E Cowles (son of James)
- 1885: married (per marriage record)
- 1900: Rocky Hill Station, Edmonson, Kentucky, family#284
- W E Cowles ....... 38 ... KY,KY,VA … Apr-1862 … married 16 years
- Alice Cowles ..... 33 ... KY,KY,KY … Jul-1866 … children 4, living 2
- Wm T Cowles ... 14 ... KY,KY,KY … Mar-1886 … attends school
- Hettie I Cowles ... 8 ... KY,KY,KY … Feb-1892 … attends school
- 1900 Census Notes:
- House or farm: Farm
- Rent or own: Own, free of mortgage
- Living close to family#330: William's brother: Jesse Cowles and Asher Cowles (sons of James)
- Living close to family#314: William's sister: Adaline (Cowles) Simmons, w/husband Granville
- Living close to family#266: William's sister: Margaret (Cowles) Wingfield, w/husband John
- Living close to family#309: William's uncle: Fidella N Cowles, w/wife Amanda
- Living close to family#313: William's widowed mother: Margaret (Graham) Cowles
- 1920: Sulphur, Edmonson, Kentucky, family#16
- Ervine W Cowles ... 57 ... KY,KY,VA … Farmer, Truck Farm
- Mary A Cowles ...... 56 ... KY,VA,KY
- 1920 Census:
- Rent or own: Own, free of mortgage
- Living close to family#32: William's sister Elizabeth (Cowles) Watt, widow of Jesse Watt
- Living close to family#36: William's brother: Sylvanus Cowles, w/wife Mary
- Living close to family#58: William's sister: Mattie (Cowles) Atchley), w/husband Samuel
- Living in same area as: William's brother: Jesse Cowles, w/wife Mary
- 1930 Census: Sulphur, Edmonson, Kentucky, family#203
- Ervin Cowles ...... 59 ... KY,KY,KY … age at first marriage: 23
- Alice Cowles ....... 66 ... KY,KY,KY … age at first marriage: 21
- Howard James ... 16 ... KY,KY,KY … Grand-son
- 1930 Census Notes:
- Street: Boiling Springs Road
- Farm: Yes
- Rent or own: Own
- Occupation: Farmer
- 1939: death of Mary Alice (per death record)
- 1940 Census: Edmonson, Kentucky, family#34
- William E Cowles, age 79, farmer, widowed
- Street: Pine Grove Road
- Residence in 1935: same house
- House or farm: Farm
- Rent or own: Own, value $100
- Highest Grade Completed: 3
- Worked in 1939: 26 weeks, 20 hrs/week
- 1945: death of William (per death record)
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