COWDEN BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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COWDEN, Albert - b: 1847 Boone Co, MO
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 678
residence: Fields Creek

Albert Cowden, farmer and stock raiser, section 7, was born in Boone County, 
Missouri, February 27, 1847, his parents being Robert A. and Catherine (Steffy) 
Cowden, natives of Virginia. He was the fifth of a family of seven children. His 
youth was spent on his father's farm and in attending the district schools of this 
county, and after arriving at his majority he engaged in farming. In 1867 he 
removed to Henry County, Missouri, and has since resided here, following farming 
and stock raising. He owns 150 acres of land, of which 140 acres are in a high 
state of cultivation, and upon. it is a fine residence, built in 1879. In the spring 
of 1864 Mr. C. enlisted in Captain Ballard's Company, General Price's Army, with 
whom he remained until the close of the war. He is a member of the Baptist 
Church. March 29, 1877, Mr. Cowden married Miss Laura Covington, a native of 
Henry County, Missouri, born October 2, 1859. They have two children, Owen and 
Charley.

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