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Ephraim married Cynthia Phillips of Middleboro, MA

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Answer 1

 

Ephraim W Cowen

United States Census, 1900

Name	Ephraim W Cowen
Event Type	Census
Event Year	1900
Event Place	Dartmouth Town (north part), Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Gender	Male
Age	30
Marital Status	Married
Race	White
Race (Original)	W
Relationship to Head of Household	Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original)	Head
Years Married	6
Birth Date	Oct 1870
Birthplace	Massachusetts
Marriage Year (Estimated)	1894
Father's Birthplace	Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace	Massachusetts

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
Ephraim W Cowen	Head	M	30	Massachusetts
Cynthia M Cowen	Wife	F	23	Massachusetts
Benjamin E Cowen	Son	M	6	Massachusetts
Minnie L Cowen	Daughter	F	4	Massachusetts
James F Cowen	Son	M	2	Massachusetts
Not Named Cowen	Daughter	F	0	Massachusetts

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United States Census, 1900

District	98
Sheet Number and Letter	6B
Household ID	158
Line Number	78
Affiliate Name	The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number	T623
GS Film Number	1240634
Digital Folder Number	004113819
Image Number	00302

Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M95J-BNP : accessed 20 July 2017), Ephraim W Cowen, Dartmouth Town (north part), Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 98, sheet 6B, family 158, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,634.

Answer 2

It's highly unlikely that a son of William and Elizabeth Cowen - who were married in 1820 - is the Ephraim Cowen who married Cynthia Philips in 1895, at the age of 23.