Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Frederick's private great-grandson and the private great-granddaughter of Frederick's sister Harriett (Cowdery) Osborn. Their MRCAs are their great-great-grandparents, Charles Beckwith Cowdery and Charlotte de La Cord Packard. They share 36 cM across 4 segments. 3rd cousin probability: 30%.
Cowdrey Genealogy, aka Cowdrey, Cowdery, Cowdray genealogy: William Cowdrey of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1630, and his descendants by Mary Bryant Alverson Mehling. Frank Allaben Genealogical Co: New York, c.1911.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCL5-J9K : 30 December 2015), Frederic Cowdery in entry for Charles B Cowdery, 1860.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6LQ-RJB : 17 October 2014), Frederick Cowdery in household of Charles Cowdery, Ohio, United States; citing p. 8, family 68, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,741.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZHN-NRX : accessed 17 March 2016), Fred M. Cowdery and Sarah E. Babcock, 01 Jan 1878; citing Meigs, Ohio, United States, reference CN 1370 pg 443; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 313,455.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M89Y-PQW : 14 July 2016), F M Cowdrey, Olive, Meigs, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 107, sheet 103C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1047; FHL microfilm 1,255,047.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMD1-CHJ : accessed 17 March 2016), Frederick Cowdery, Olive Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 16B, family 345, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,303.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLX6-H4G : accessed 17 March 2016), Fred M Cowdry, Olive, Meigs, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 106, sheet 14A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,227.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDGL-P2K : accessed 7 January 2017), Fred Cowdery, Olive, Meigs, Ohio, United States; citing ED 128, sheet 11A, line 1, family 272, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1417; FHL microfilm 1,821,417.
"United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4S9-3Q7 : accessed 22 March 2016), Fred M Cowdery in entry for Charles A Cowdery, 1930.
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZH5-5WX : accessed 17 March 2016), Fred M Cowdery, 06 Mar 1938; citing Olive, Meigs, Ohio, reference fn 17727; FHL microfilm 2,023,558.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Fred by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Fred: