"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch : 4 December 2014, Robert J. Cowdin, 21 May 1839; citing CAMBRIDGE,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 496,864.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch : 9 November 2014, Robert Cowdin in household of Robert Cowdin, Boston, ward 11, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 1975, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch : 15 November 2014, Robert J Cowdin in household of Robert Cowdin, Ward 10, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,960.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch : 30 December 2015, Robert J Cowdin in entry for Robert Cowdin, 1860.
"Massachusetts State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch : 15 November 2014, Robert J Cowdin in household of Robert Cowdin, Boston, Ward 10, Suffolk, Massachusetts; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 954,377.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch : 15 December 2015, Robert J Cowdin, 1864; Burial, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Mount Auburn Cemetery; citing record ID 145113809, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
"United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch : 4 December 2014, Robert J. Cowdin, Captain, Company E, 56th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M544 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 9; FHL microfilm 881,878.
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