Bios: JOSEPH P. COWDEN, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      JOSEPH P. COWDEN,
  
  [p. 475] a representative citizen of Mahoning Township, who has been a
  resident of this section since 1870, was born in Coitsville Township,
  Mahoning County, Ohio, January 12, 1832, and is a son of James R. and
  Elizabeth (Davidson) Cowden.
  
  The father of Mr. Cowden was born also in Mahoning County, but the
  grandfather was a native of Washington County, Pennsylvania, and was of
  Scotch-Irish descent. From Washington County, the grandfather, Joseph
  Cowden, moved to Coitsville Township among the earliest settlers, where
  he acquired property and lived out the remainder of his days. His son,
  James R. Cowden, continued to live in Mahoning County and survived into
  his eighty-ninth year. Of his large family four survive, namely: Joseph
  P.; Phebe M., who is the widow of William Geddes, resides in Pulaska
  Township; Mary W., who is the widow of John Walker, resides in Pulaska
  Township; and Jane, who is the wife of William McGhen, resides in
  Coitsville Township, Mahoning County.
  
  Joseph P. Cowden went to school with his brothers and sisters near the
  old home in Coitsville Township. His training for a useful future was on
  the home farm and he has devoted the greater part of his mature life to
  agricultural pursuits, and came to his present farm in 1870. On August
  24, 1860, he was united in marriage with Amanda C. Robison, who died
  August 30, 1901. She was born in Mahoning Township, Lawrence County,
  Pennsylvania, December 27, 1837, and was a daughter of John and Amanda
  Robison, who were of Scotch-Irish parentage. They were old settlers of
  this section. Mr. and Mrs. Cowden had five children, namely: Ida E., who
  resides with her father; Lillie E., deceased, who married John Mayberry,
  is survived only by their two children, Ella C. and Earl C.; Lulu A.,
  who is the wife, of Audley Taylor, resides in Mahoning Township, and has
  two children, Ethel May, born August 4, 1901, and Dora Amanda, born
  April 20, 1904; and Stella P., who married F. A. Montgomery, also
  resides in Mahoning Township. Mr. Cowden and his daughter, Miss Ida E.,
  are both members of the United Presbyterian Church, of which the late
  wife and mother was a beloved member. In politics, Mr. Cowden is a
  Republican, and at one time he served as assessor of Coitsville Township.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  Updated: 25 Oct 2001