Cowden Family Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/jefferson/cemeteries/cowden.txt ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Martha ronmar1975@gmail.com May 3, 2009 This cemetery is located on land once owned by the Cowden family. Name Birth Date Death Date Other Information Cowden, Geo. W. May 22, 1857 Dec 21, 1925 Cowden, Martha M. Apr 18, 1861 Apr 17, 1908 In love she lived in peace she died Her life was craved but God denied Cowden, Samuel Jul 29, 1890 Feb 4, 1908 George and Martha's son, Samuel, died in a mining accident on Feb. 4, 1908 when he was only 17 years old. His mother died just a couple of months later. She is said to have grieved herself to death. 1900 US Census, Jefferson County, Alabama, page 355B, Family #266, lines 27-35 Cowden, George, white, male, born May 1852, married 19 years, a farmer, born in AL, parents born in AL Cowden, Mattie, white, female, born Apr 1861, age 39, married 19 years, mother of 8, 8 living, born in FL, parents born in VA Cowden, Robert, white, male, born Jan 1884, single, born in AL, father born AL, mother born FL Cowden, Annie, white, female, born Jan 1886, age 14, single, born AL, father born AL mother born FL Cowden, Maude, white, female, born Mar 1888, age 12, single, born AL, father born AL mother born FL Cowden, Samuel, white, male, born Jul 1890, age 9, single, born AL, father born AL mother born FL Cowden, George, white, male, born Oct 1892, age 7, single, born AL, father born AL mother born FL Cowden, Beatrice, white, female, born Mar 1894, age 6, single, born AL, father born AL mother born FL Cowden, Shirley, white, female, born Sep 1897, age 2, single, born AL, father born AL mother born FL 1910 US Census, Jefferson County, Alabama, page 133A, Family #351, lines 36-39 Cowden, George, male, white, age 56, widowed, born in AL, parents born AL Cowden, George M., male, white, age 17, single, born in AL, father born AL, mother born AL Cowden, Lizzie, female, white, age 11, single, born in AL, father born AL, mother born AL Cowden, Jerry, male, white, age 6, single, born in AL, father born AL, mother born AL