Cowan Cemetery, Ouachita, Louisiana Submitter: Cindi Rutledge Source: Surveyed by Cindi Rutledge Date: April 1999 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Cyndi has photographs and video and is willing to share them with anyone that is interested. Cowan Cemetery Here is the complete list of headstones at the old, private cemetery in West Monroe, LA... JE Cowam Dec 1, 1879 Aug 29, 1926 JA Cowan born May 4, 1839 died June 9, 1887 aged 47 yrs, 1 mo, 5 days Leta B Cowan Oct 25 1882 May 3 1933 William B Cowan Louisiana Pvt 9 inf 2 Div June 30 1920 aged 36 years Sarah E wife of JA Cowan born Jan 4, 1851 Died Jan 11 1905 Sherwood C Cowan son of John A & ? B (I'll try blowing this up, and check the video to see if I can determine this name...) Cowan born Oct 26? 1870 died July 5 1877 Mrs Morgan mother of JH Barfoot Sept 12 1836 May 30 1922 Mrs Mary Wilson Dec 29 1833 Feb 28 1917 John (M?W?) Wilson born Nov 22, 1832 died Dec 5, 1861 JL Mayes born Mar 22 1856 died July 1 1915 SC Cowan Mar 11 1837 June 2 1918 Lou Cowan 1883-1914 Sarah Ida daughter JS and CN Rutledge born July 27,1860 died Oct 30, 1886 (note: this is Joseph Saddler Rutledge and Nancy Catherine - or Catherine Nancy - Cowan aka "Aunt Kitty". These 2 are my ancestors) Hattie Cowan 1879-1894 Maggie Cowan 1851-1921 Grandma Aunt Kitty Rutledge Mar 28 1835 Feb 28 1929 (this is my gggrandmother Nancy Catherine Cowan) This cemetery has recently been cleaned up and many of the stones are new. I have photos and video of each stone (and fire ant bites all over my feet--now I know why they call her "Ant Kitty"!). I can also provide directions to anyone interested. There are still Barfoots, Cowans and Rutledges in the area (I also have the phone book!) and there is a Rutledge cemetery a mile or so away which I have also transcribed. I will be posting these (and the Brewer/Moore cemetery near Alexandria) to the Rootsweb Tombstone Project also. (If any of you enjoy old cemeteries please consider transcribing some for this project!). # # #