Martha Washington (Yows) Coward (1866 - 1942)

Born 4 Apr 1866 in Liberty Hill, Williamson, Texas, USA

Ancestors

Wife of William Cullen Coward — married 1891 in Coryell, Texas, United States

Died 16 Nov 1942 at age 76 in Ater, Coryell, Texas, United States

Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Martha "Mattie" Washington /Yows/

Given Name: Martha "Mattie" Washington

Surname: Yows

Name: Mattie //

Given Name: Mattie

Surname:

Nickname: Mattie

Born 14 Apr 1866, died 16 Nov 1942, buried Ater Cemetery, Ater, Coryell, Texas, United States of America^[1]

Census data indicates her father was from Missouri and her mother from Illinois.

She and her husband W C Coward are recorded on the death record for her daughter Bettie Floyd Hill who died in Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States in 1954^[2]

In 1910 her 80 year old mother Bettie Yows was living with her and her husband^[3] Her mother is listed here as a widow, born in Illinois in 1830, Bettie's father born in Pennsylvania.

In the 1920 census her birthplace is given as Texas^[4] in 1920 she was living in Justice Precinct 2, Coryell, Texas, United States

Sources

1. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK5-98N7 : 10 June 2021), Mattie, ; Burial, Ater, Coryell, Texas, United States of America, Ater Cemetery; citing record ID 50876803, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
2. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K37X-FSM : 20 February 2021), Martha Yows in entry for Bettie Floyd Hill, 06 Aug 1954; citing certificate number 40664, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,279.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK1Y-1PD : accessed 28 September 2021), Mattie Coward in household of Wiliam C Coward, Justice Precinct 8, Coryell, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 9A, family 133, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1542; FHL microfilm 1,375,555.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHTY-4PH : 3 February 2021), Martha Coward in entry for W C Coward, 1920.

• WikiTree profile Yows-12 created through the import of Godfrey non-living.ged on Jun 14, 2011 by Jim Godfrey. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jim and others.

• Source: S8 Abbreviation: GEDCOM file from Betty Hamilton January 2009 Title: GEDCOM file from Betty Hamilton January 2009