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Thomas Jefferson Cowgill (1836 - 1905)

Thomas Jefferson Cowgill
Born in Clark County, Ohio, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
Brother of , , , and
Husband of — married about 1865 in Michiganmap
Descendants descendants
Father of and
Died at age 69 in Riverton, Mason, Michigan, USAmap
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Contents

Biography

Thomas was born to Benjamin Cowgill and Elizabeth A Littlejohn in 1836. He passed away in 1905.

Death

Find A Grave; Memorial # 22549122 [1]

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; ancestry.com [2]

Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952; ancestry.com [3]

Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1897-1929; ancestry.com [4]

Marriage

Married Henrietta P. Hoyt about 1863; unsourced.

Military

U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; ancestry.com [5]

U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865; ancestry.com [6]

United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890

Soldier Thomas J Cowgill
Census 1890 Riverton, Mason, Michigan, United States
Service: Pvt. Co. C. 47 Ind, Inf
Enlisted Dec. 26, 1861
Discharged Dec. 29, 1864
Length of Service 3 Yrs 3 days
PO Address Wiley, Mason
Disability Neuropathy
Prisoner Camp Ford [7]

United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards

Thomas J Cowgill
Pension Event Date 1907-1933
Service : Pvt. C. 47, Ind. Inf.
Form Type Army Invalid
Death Date 04 Nov 1905 [8]

United States General Index to Pension Files

Thomas J Cowgill
Service C. 47 Ind? Inf.
Pension 1890 Michigan, United States
Invalid Application Sept. 3, 1890
Widow Application Dec. 23, 1905
Beneficiary's Name Henrietta P Cowgill Widow [9]

Residence

Year: 1850; Census Place: Chester, Wabash, Indiana; Roll: 178; Page: 373b; ancestry.com [10]

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVZ-PKZ : 12 April 2016), Thomas J Cowgill in household of Benjamin W Cowgill, Chester, Wabash, Indiana, United States; citing family 23, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).[11]

Year: 1860; Census Place; Washington, Warren, Ohio; Roll: M653_1047; Page: 292; Family History Library Film: 805047; ancestry.com [12]

Year: 1870; Census Place; Riverton, Mason, Michigan; Roll: M593_689; Page: 482A; ancestry.com [13]

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCW-9F3 : 12 April 2016), Henrietta Cowgill in household of Thomas Cowgill, Michigan, United States; citing p. 5, family 40, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,188. [14]

Year: 1880; Census Place; Riverton, Mason, Michigan; Roll: 594; Page: 466B; Enumeration District: 169; ancestry.com [15]

United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSY-YPN : 14 August 2017), Henrietta P Cowgill in household of Thomas J Cowgill, Riverton, Mason, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 169, sheet 466B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0594; FHL microfilm 1,254,594. [16]

Year: 1900; Census Place; Riverton, Mason, Michigan; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0055; FHL microfilm: 1240730; ancestry.com [17]

Sources

Ancestry.com is a pay site.

  1. ↑ Find A Grave
  2. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
  3. ↑ Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952
  4. ↑ Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1897-1929
  5. ↑ U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
  6. ↑ U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
  7. ↑ "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8SR-ZLP : 11 March 2018), Thomas J Cowgill, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,180. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-RS9V-2L?i=29&cc=1877095
  8. ↑ "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6HF-C2B : 11 March 2018), Thomas J Cowgill, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,634,517. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-F4S5-5Q?i=331&cc=1832324
  9. ↑ "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KD5W-XG8 : 13 March 2018), Thomas J Cowgill, 1890. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TY1-5LL?i=770&cc=1919699
  10. ↑ Year: 1850; Census
  11. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch
  12. ↑ Year: 1860; Census
  13. ↑ Year: 1870; Census
  14. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch
  15. ↑ Year: 1880; Census
  16. ↑ United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch
  17. ↑ Year: 1900; Census




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Chris Hoyt
I found enough information from his pension files, with dod in 1905, birth 'cc1836 OH, son of Ben and Eliz, and indicate the connection to Henrietta Hoyt. Not sure if that help's you sort him out.
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