Anna Barbara (Schaub) Cowgill (abt. 1832 - abt. 1898)

Born about 24 Jun 1832 in Buffalo, Erie Co., New York, USA

Wife of James Cowgill — married about 8 Jun 1851 in Jasper Co., Indiana, USA

Died about 23 Jul 1898 at about age 66 in Butler, Bates Co., Missouri, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Anna Barbara Schaub was born in June 1832 in New York.

Per Cowgill History, James Cowgill, son of John and Sarah (Scott) Cowgill, b 26 Aug 1828 (Fairfield MM,) IN, d 19 June 1886, Ruidoso, NM, bur Bates Co., MO, m 8 June 1851, Jasper Co. , IN, Anna Barbara Schaub, b 24 June 1832, Buffalo, NY, d 23 Jul 1898, Butler, Bates Co., MO. Children: twelve - Sarah, John, Emma A., Lucas, Mary Jane, Perry, Elizabeth Ellen, Claretta, Hiram Jacob, George W., Martha May, and John H.^[1]

1850 census^[2]

She married James Cowgill 8 June 1851 in Jasper Co., Indiana (source needed).

1860 census -- Lake Twnp., Newton Co., Indiana, USA

James Cowgill, age 31, male, , farmer, $300 real estate, $100 personal property, born Indiana; Barbara Cowgill, age 25, female, , born New York;, Sarah Cowgill, age 7, female, , born Indiana; Emma A Cowgill, age 5, female, , born Indiana; Lucas Cowgill, age 3, male, , born Indiana; Mary Jane Cowgill, age 2, female, , born Indiana; Perry Cowgill, age 1, male, , born Indiana; Nathaniel Force, age 10, male, , bound boy, born Indiana, attended school^[3]

1870 census -- Mount Pleasant Twnp., Bates Co., Missouri, USA

James Cowgill, age 41, white, male, farmer, $2000 real estate, $1000 personal property, born Indiana; Barbary Cowgill, age 38, white, female, at home, born New York; Emma Cowgill, age 14, white, female, born Indiana, attended school; Lucas Cowgill, age 13, white, male, born Indiana, attended school; Mary Cowgill, age 12, white, female, born Indiana, attended school; Perry Cowgill, age 10, white, male, born Indiana, attended school; Ellen Cowgill, age 8, white, female, born Indiana, attended school; Clarada Cowgill, age 5, white, female, born Indiana; Jacob Cowgill, age 3, white, male, born Indiana; George Cowgill, age 1, white, male, born Missouri; Sarah Cowgill, age 68, white, female, born Virginia, cannot read/write;^[4]

1880 census -- Charlotte Twnp., Bates Co., Missouri, USA

James Cowgill, white, male, age 51, married, farmer, born Indiana, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Barbara Cowgill, white, male, age 47, wife, married, keeping house, born New York, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Perry Cowgill, white, male, age 20, son, single, works on farm, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born New York; Ella Cowgill, white, female, age 18, daughter, single, at home, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born New York, attended school; Clara Cowgill, white, female, age 15, daughter, single, at home, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born New York, attended school; Jacob Cowgill, white, male, age 13, son, single, works on farm, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born New York, attended school; George Cowgill, white, male, age 11, son, single, works on farm, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born New York, attended school; Mattie Cowgill, white, female, age 2, daughter, single, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born New York^[5]

She died 23 July 1898 in Butler, Missouri. She is buried in Morris Cemetery in Butler, Missouri.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Beatrica Eleanora Cowgill, Cowgill History (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., 1986), p 41.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJK-6P3 : Wed Oct 04 06:21:25 UTC 2023), Entry for John Shoup and Ursula Shoup, 1850.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FB-1JD : Thu Oct 05 03:06:45 UTC 2023), Entry for James Cowgill and Nancy Cowgill, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4X7-N99 : Tue Oct 03 08:41:38 UTC 2023), Entry for James Cowgill and Barbary Cowgill, 1870.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M668-2GB : Tue Oct 03 20:10:02 UTC 2023), Entry for James Cowgill and Barbara Cowgill, 1880.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35784243/anna-barbara-cowgill: accessed 28 January 2024), memorial page for Anna Barbara Schaub Cowgill (24 Jun 1832–23 Jul 1898), Find A Grave: Memorial #35784243, citing Morris Cemetery, Butler, Bates County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by B. Braden (contributor 47095397).