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Albert Davis Cowger

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Albert Davis Cowger

Birth
Wilson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
4 Dec 1916 (aged 91)
Jefferson County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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A. D. COWGER, farmer, P.O. Mount Vernon, was born August 13, 1825, in Wilson County, Tenn., son of Adam Cowger, a native of Pennsylvania, a farmer and blacksmith; he died in Tennessee. The mother of our subject, Keziah Davis Cowger, was a native of Virginia, and died in Tennessee. She was a daughter of Isum Davis, a native of Virginia, and the parent of ten children, of whom only Ann E. F. Walker, Jacob Cowger, of Texas and Martha P. Watson are now living. Our subject received no education at all, in early life. He came to Jefferson County about 1856, and here he has now a farm of 120 acres of land. He is self-made, and in political affairs is connected with the Democratic party.

His first wife, Martha C. McConnell, was the mother of Mary Laster, now living.

His second wife, Elizabeth Hunt, is the mother of three children now living, viz., Ida Luster, Benjamin F. Cowger, now in Texas, and Electra Sursa.

His present wife, Vermont Gorham, is a Kentuckian, born July 2, 1848. She is a daughter of Henry S. and Mary (Cooper) Gorham. She is the mother of six children, viz., Rado, Walter J., Minnie M., Clara, living, and two deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Cowger are connected with the United Bpatist Church.

Source: The History of Jefferson County, Illinois
By William Henry Perrin
Published by Globe Publishing Co in 1883
page 88

Thank you Sandy Wahlen-Bauer for the biography.
A. D. COWGER, farmer, P.O. Mount Vernon, was born August 13, 1825, in Wilson County, Tenn., son of Adam Cowger, a native of Pennsylvania, a farmer and blacksmith; he died in Tennessee. The mother of our subject, Keziah Davis Cowger, was a native of Virginia, and died in Tennessee. She was a daughter of Isum Davis, a native of Virginia, and the parent of ten children, of whom only Ann E. F. Walker, Jacob Cowger, of Texas and Martha P. Watson are now living. Our subject received no education at all, in early life. He came to Jefferson County about 1856, and here he has now a farm of 120 acres of land. He is self-made, and in political affairs is connected with the Democratic party.

His first wife, Martha C. McConnell, was the mother of Mary Laster, now living.

His second wife, Elizabeth Hunt, is the mother of three children now living, viz., Ida Luster, Benjamin F. Cowger, now in Texas, and Electra Sursa.

His present wife, Vermont Gorham, is a Kentuckian, born July 2, 1848. She is a daughter of Henry S. and Mary (Cooper) Gorham. She is the mother of six children, viz., Rado, Walter J., Minnie M., Clara, living, and two deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Cowger are connected with the United Bpatist Church.

Source: The History of Jefferson County, Illinois
By William Henry Perrin
Published by Globe Publishing Co in 1883
page 88

Thank you Sandy Wahlen-Bauer for the biography.

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