Jane P (Cowles) Boyd (abt. 1824 - aft. 1870)

Born about 1824 in Warren, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Boyd — married 15 Aug 1844 in Warren, Kentucky, United States

Died after 1870 after about age 46 in Warren, Kentucky, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Jane P Cowles was born about 1824.

Book Reference

Abbrev: Book: Cowles Family in America

Title: Colonel Calvin Duvall Cowles, Genealogy of the Cowles Family in America

Publisher: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn. 1929

Page 1100:

16. VINCENT COWLES, son of Henry (6), m Patsy Morris and presumably died in Edmonson Co, Ky.

Children.

40. Serenah.

41. Jane. <----------

+42. William Norwood

+43. Feland.

+44. James.

+45. Absalom K.

+46. Fidella

47. Elizabeth.

48. Louisa

BIRTH / DEATH

Jane P Cowles (daughter of Vincent Cowles and Polly Norris)

Birth: 1824 KY, per 1850 census, age 26

Birth: 1823 KY, per 1860 census, age 37

Birth: 1830 KY, per 1870 census, age 40

Birthplace: Kentucky, but specifically Warren County (per parents census)

Death unknown: cannot locate after 1870 census

Last known location: Warren Co, Kentucky

Possibly buried at Hawks Cemetery in Edmonson County KY

Ref. Find A Grave Memorial# 9007153

Several of Jane's siblings are buried at that cementery

MARRIAGE

Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979, index, FamilySearch ^[1]

Name: James Boy

Spouse's Name: Jane P. Cowl

Event Date: 15 Aug 1844

Event Place: Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky

Indexing Project (Batch) Number:

M01643-3 System Origin:

Kentucky-EASy GS Film number: 339890

Reference ID: 00013 Pg.16

Photo of Marriage Bond is attached to ancestry.com tree:

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6706658/person/6845238293/story

The bond is in the name of James Boyd and William Penn.

Liscense issued to James Boyd and Jane P Cowl.

Dated: 7 Aug 1844

Note: there is a slight space between the "y" and "d" in Boyd, so it is plausible

that it could have been transcribed as Boy instead of Boyd.

CENSUS / TIMELINE

1820 Census: Warren, Kentucky

Name: Vincent Cowles

Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820

2 - Males - Under 10: ........ Feland, William

1 - Males - 26 thru 44: ....... VINCENT

2 - Females - Under 10: ..... Jane(1824), Serena(1826) <--------

1 - Females - 26 thru 44: ... MARY

Total Free White Persons: 6

1840 Census: Warren, Kentucky

Name:Vincent Corols [Vincent Cowls]

1 - Males - 5 thru 9: ........... Fidelia(1831)

2 - Males - 10 thru 14: ....... Albert(1827)

1 - Males - 15 thru 19: ........ James(1825)

1 - Males - 40 thru 49: ........ VINCENT

1 - Females - Under 5: ....... Louisa(1836)

2 - Females - 5 thru 9: ........ Elizabeth(1830), Serena(1826)

1- Females - 10 thru 14 ...... Jane(1824) <-----------

1 - Females - 30 thru 39: .... MARY

Total Free White Persons: 10

1850 Census: District 1, Warren, Kentucky, family#863

James Boyd ......... 28 ... KY … laborer … Real Estate $200

Jane Boyd ............ 26 ... KY

James H Boyd ....... 2 ... KY

Solomon L Boyd ... 1 ... KY … [married 1872 Rebecca Boyd]

1860 Census: Bowling Green, District 2, Warren, Kentucky, family#312

James Boyd ....... 36 ... KY … cannot read/write … Farmer

Jane Cowles ....... 37 ... KY … cannot read/write

James Boyd ........ 13 ... KY … attends school

Margaret Boyd .... 6 ... KY … attends school

Angelina Boyd ..... 4 ... KY

Mary Boyd ........... 1 ... KY

Mary Padgett ... 100 ... Ireland <---- ??? Jane's grandmother: Elizabeth Piggott Cowles (abt.1781)

1860 Census Notes:

Real Estate Value 400

Personal Estate Value $200

Living next to family#307: Janes's widowed father: Vincent Cowles

Living next to family#308: Jane's brother: William N Cowles, w/wife Martha (Parker) Cowles

1870 Census: Bristow, Patillo, Warren, Kentucky, family#72

James Boyd .......... 51 ... KY … Farmer … Real Estate Value $300

Jane Boyd ............. 40 ... KY

Margret Boyd ....... 17 ... KY … [married 1877 to John M Wilson]

Angeline Boyd ..... 15 ... KY … attends school

Mary P Boyd ........ 10 ... KY … attends school [married __ Wilson]

Fideldew H Boyd ... 6 ... KY … [married 1886 to Mary E Sanders]

Leander A Boyd ..... 6 ... KY

1870 Census Notes:

Living next to family#68: Jane's father and brother: Vincent Cowles and Fidella N Cowles

Living next to family#71: Isaac Boyd age 44, Mary J age 40

1880 Census: CANNOT FIND

OTHER

CHILD:

Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953

Name: Del Boyd [Fidella]

Death Date: 20 Jan 1919

Death Location: Warren, Kentucky, USA

Age: 54

Gender: Male

Race: White

Birth Date: 13 May 1864

Birth Location: Warren, Kentucky

Father's Name: Jim Boyd

Father's Birth Location: Virginia

Mother's name: Jane Coules

Mother's Birth Location: Edmondson

Burial: Bethil

CHILD:

Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953

Name: May Wilson

[May Boyd]

Death Date: Jan 1922

Death Location: Warren, Kentucky, USA

Age: 66

Gender: Female

Race: White

Birth Date: Apr 1855

Birth Location: Warren, Kentucky

Father's Name: Jim Boyd

Mother's name: Jane Cowles

Burial: Crans Chapel

CHILD:

Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953

Name: Solomon F Boyd

Death Date: 1 Dec 1917

Death Location: Webster, Kentucky, USA

Gender: Male

Race: White

Status: married

Age: about 58 yrs

Birth Location: Kentucky

Father's Name: James Boyd

Father's Birth Location: Kentucky

Mother's name: Jane Cole

Mother's Birth Location: Kentucky

Burial: Cedar Grove

Sources

1. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-QY6Z : 9 March 2021), James Boy and Jane P. Cowl, 15 Aug 1844; citing Marriage, , Warren, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 339,890.