Eliza Jane (Graham) Cowan (1862 - 1934)

Born 9 Aug 1862 in Tampico, Bureau County (Whiteside County), Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Canada Cowan — married 8 May 1881 in DeValls Bluff, Prairie Co., Arkansas, USA

Descendants

Died 3 Feb 1934 at age 71 in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Eliza Jane (Eliza Jane) Graham was born 9 Aug 1862 in Tampico, Bureau County (Whiteside County), Illinois, United States. She was the daughter of Benjamin Alfred Graham and Lucy (Melvin) Graham

Eliza was the wife of John Canada Cowan — married 8 May 1881 in DeValls Bluff, Prairie Co., Arkansas, United States.

Mother of Mabel Clair Cowan, George Melvin Cowan Sr, Lucy Elva (Cowan) Baumberger, Addie Belle Cowan, Frances Lois Cowan, Maude Miranda Cowan, Canada Klondyke Cowan and Hazel Graham Cowan

Eliza Jane (Graham) Cowan passed away 3 Feb 1934 at age 71 in Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, United States.

Sources

• family photo records report sisters of Eliza Jane Graham are:

Lucy Graham (m. Archibald) Phila. PA. Cynthia Graham (m. McKay) Rochester NY. (looking for document proof.) Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, Jarrett Cemetery.

• Census 1870 Illinois: p. 2 family 12, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington DC: NARA, n.d.) FHL microfilm 545689

• United States Census, 1900 North Carolina.

Name John C Cowen Event Type Census Event Year 1900 Event Place Asherville Township, Hazel Voting Precinct, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States Gender Male Age 43 Marital Status Married Race White Race (Original) W Relationship to Head of Household Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Head Years Married 19 Birth Date Mar 1857 Birthplace North Carolina Marriage Year (Estimated) 1881 Father's Birthplace North Carolina Mother's Birthplace North Carolina John C Cowen Head M 43 North Carolina Jane E Cowen Wife F 39 Illinoise Mabel C Cowen Daughter F 18 Arkansas Melvin C Cowen Son M 17 North Carolina Lucy E Cowen Daughter F 14 North Carolina Addie B Cowen Daughter F 12 North Carolina Fannie L Cowen Daughter F 10 North Carolina Maud Cowen Daughter F 6 North Carolina Canada E Cowen Son M 3 North Carolina Citing this Record:

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSTP-5BH : 22 January 2015), John C Cowen, Asheville Township, Hazel Voting Precinct, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; citing sheet 19A, family 360, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,184.

United States Census, 1900 : District 131 Sheet Number and Letter 19A Household ID 360 Line Number 4 Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number T623 GS Film Number 1241184 Digital Folder Number 004117809 Image Number 00332

• Marriage: Arkansas County Marriages 1837-1957- Prairie Co., Arkansas county offices, Arkansas FHL microfilm 1013872 Digiatal folder Number 004309404, Image number 00212.

• Death: "North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPNR-KDH : accessed 3 April 2015), Mrs. Jane G. Cowan, 03 Feb 1934; citing Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, pg228, cn3, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,080.