James
Cowsert
Born in Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Son of James Cowsert
and Elizabeth (Hamilton) Cowsert
Husband of
Mahala (Ashford) Cowsert
— married
about 1842 in Hardin County, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Julia Ann (Cowsert) Troutman, Elizabeth Jane Cowsert, Thomas Cowsert, Josephine Cowsert and Emma Cowsert
Died
at about age 43
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Oct 2017
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Biography
Census
1850 • Township No. (unstated), Hardin, Illinois, United States
- On August 20th, James Cowsert, age 30, farmer, born in Illinois, was enumerated as the head of household. Also in home were Mahala Cowsert, age 20, born in Tennessee, Julian Cowsert, age 8, born in Illinois, and Luisa J Cowsert, age 3, born in Illinois.[1]
Burial
- James Cowsert was buried at Stone Church Cemetery in Hardin County, Illinois. The inscription showed that James Cowsert was in Company B of 131st Illinois Infantry Civil War and was the husband of Mahala Ashford.[2]
Sources
- ↑ United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85Y-825 : 12 April 2016), James Cowsert, Hardin County, Illinois, United States; citing family 264, National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 109.
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 26 October 2017), memorial page for James Cowsert (1819 – 1862), Find A Grave Memorial no. 24093444, citing Stone Church Cemetery, Hardin County, Illinois; the photograph is materially informative and provides a legible image of the inscribed data.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James 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 James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James 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 James:
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~6.25%
Ada (Troutman) Vieceli
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~1.56%
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