Cowan Cemetery, Ouachita, Louisiana

Submitter: Cindi Rutledge
Source: Surveyed by Cindi Rutledge
Date: April 1999               




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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!).

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