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Abram Cowgill Family Tree

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Abraham (Abram) Cowgill, son of John and Mary (Newsham) Cowgill, b 23 Jul 1826 (bapt 25 Aug 1826), Allerton (Bradford), d 19 Nov 1907, m(1) 18 Jan 1852, St Peter's, Bradford, Esther Robertshaw, b 30 Mar 1823, Bradford?, d 23 Jul 1867, WI, dau of Thomas and Martha Robertshaw; m(2) ca 1865 (claimed m 35y on 1900 census), Ellen Shine, b May 1845, Ireland, d 1927, dau of Hannah Noonen. Abraham emigrated to the US in 1855, arriving 18 Jun 1855 in Philadelphia aboard the "Wyoming". In 1880, he was in Fountain Prairie, Columbia Co., WI. Abraham said to have been a cobbler in Leeds, England, and was a farmer and cattle breeder in the US. Ellen with dau Martha and family in 1910; with son Abraham in 1920. Abraham's UK ancestor's are listed on the page for Bryan Cowgill, son of James Cowgill.

Children: known are - Annie (Emma), William, Thomas, Mark, George, John, Abraham, James, Martha, Timothy, Daniel, Joseph, Mary, Robert, Dennis, Nora, Edward

 

1 Annie (also as Emma) Cowgill b Dec 1852, Bradford, d 12 Feb 1913. Single. Shown as a servant in MN in 1900, ND in 1910. Bur Flaxton Cem., Flaxton, ND.

 

2 William Cowgill b 11 Oct 1854, Bradford, d 10 Apr 1931, Boise. A stock raiser in OR in partnership and living with brother Thomas by 1900. Single.

 

3 Thomas Robertshaw Cowgill b 15 Nov 1856, WI, d 22 Jun 1940, m 24 Jun 1899, Owyhee Co., ID, Addie Bianca Young b 27 Sep 1875, ID, d 23 Aug 1942, dau of Rees Thomas and Martha Ann (Blunkall) Young. Both d Malheur Co., OR.

Children: known are - unk, Theodore, Ethel, Pearl

 

1 unknown Cowgill, d 2 Apr 1901, aged 5 days.

 

2 Theodore Thomas Cowgill b 18 May 1902, OR, d 11 Apr 1985, m(1) Stephanie Warchalowski, b 3 Sep 1908, IL, d 30 May 1994; div; m(2) Ileen Steffen, b 26 Sep 1915, WI, d 20 Jul 1999, AZ. Lived in Chicago for many years, then to a ranch in Jordan Valley, OR.

Children: known are - Joyce, unk

 

1 Joyce Lea (JoLea) Cowgill

 

2 unk (dau) Cowgill stillborn 27 Dec 1954, Chicago.

 

3 Ethel Jane Cowgill b 25 Jan 1904, OR, d 29 Jul 1990, m(1) 25 Nov 1925, Benton Co., OR, Russell James Dentel, b 1900, d 1970; m(2) W. H. Raburn, b 1892, d 1977.

 

4 Pearl Gertrude Cowgill b 23 Sep 1914, OR, d 22 Mar 1988, m(1) 23 Nov 1937, Lincoln Co., ID, Ted Hatton, b ca 1904, CO; m(2) Homer Dyer.

 

4 Mark Cowgill b 2 Dec 1858, WI, d 20 Nov 1881, bur with parents.

 

5 George Albert Cowgill b 22 Oct 1861, WI, d 26 Nov 1939, m 29 Jan 1893, Umatilla Co., OR, Grace W. Warren, b 27 May 1869, OR, d 3 Aug 1952, dau of William O. and Mary (Argo) Warren. In 1885, George graduated from the NorthWestern Business College and Academy. Lived in Grangeville, ID, after 1894, a dairy farmer; authored An Illustrated History of North Idaho Nez Perces, 1903.

Children: five – Viva Myrtle, Clara, George, Norma, Mary

 

1 Viva Myrtle Cowgill b 19 May 1894, OR, d 1986, m 1934, Edward Allen Long, b 1891, ID, d 1956.

 

2 Clara Edith Cowgill b 5 Jan 1897, ID, d 5 May 1992. Clara was a high school teacher in Corvallis, OR, in 1920, later lived in CA. Single.

 

3 George Dewey Cowgill b 5 Sep 1898, ID, d 18(?) Nov 1975, m 8 Feb 1928, Grangeville, ID, Ruby Eugenia Smith, b 3 Feb 1903, MN, d 6 Jun 1979, WA. Lived in Grangeville, ID; a farmer. Graduated University of Idaho 1918 with validictorian honors.

Children: two (twins) – Warren, George

 

1 Warren Crawford Cowgill b 19 Dec 1929, ID, d 20 Jun 1985, CT, m(1) 19 Aug 1966, New Haven, CT, Sheila Blau Levitsky; div; m(2) 23 Oct 1970, New Haven, Kathryn Louise Markhus, b MN. Warren graduated Stanford (1952), received PhD, Yale (1957); was a professor of Indo-European linguistics at Yale. Sheila remarried 1974, Miami, Harvey A. Siegal. Kathryn remarried 26 Sep 1987, Hennepin Co., MN, George E. Harding.

Child: known is -

 

1 Karen Deirdre Cowgill

 

2 George Lewis Cowgill is a noted archaeologist and anthropologist, professor of anthropology at Arizona State Univ.

 

4 Norma Audra Cowgill b 26 Mar 1901, ID, d 29 Nov 1927.

 

5 Mary Agnes Cowgill b 1903, ID, d 1911.

 

6 John C. F. Cowgill b Apr 1863, WI. In MT in 1900 as a sheep shearer; in Phoenix in 1920. Probably the John Cowgill who d 7 Feb 1933, age 73, Maricopa Co., AZ. Apparently single.

 

7 Abraham Francis Cowgill Jr b 1869, WI, d 14 Jun 1935. A carpenter, single, in 1930. Bur St Gabriel’s Cem., Columbia Co., WI.

 

8 James Daniel Cowgill b Nov 1870, WI, d 16 Apr 1945, Spokane, m 10 Jun 1913, Missoula, MT, Kathryn Salchert, b 13 Aug 1886, WI, d 25 May 1977. Lived in Spokane and Seattle.

Children: known are – James, Kathryn, Florence, Lillian, John, Francis

 

1 James Joseph Cowgill b 3 Mar 1914, MT, d 8 Jan 1979, Spokane, WA, bur Mount St. Michael’s Jesuit Cem., Spokane County, WA. Head, Dept of Physics, and dean of the graduate school at Seattle Univ. Ordained a priest in 1945.

 

2 Kathryn Ann “Sister Kate” Cowgill b 4 Aug 1915, MT, d 12 May 1987, Seattle. A member of the Dominican Sisters of Edmonds since 1932; an elementary teacher for 30 years and a school librarian for 20 years.

 

3 Florence Angela Cowgill b ca 1918, MT, d 31 Aug 1946, aged 28y 8m, Spokane. Single.

 

4 Lillian Cowgill b ca 1920, WA, probably the Sister M. Thomas Aquinas Cowgill, d 25 Jul 1952, aged 32, Grays Harbor, WA.

 

5 John Daniel Cowgill b 4 Sep 1921, WA, m 16 May 1949, Norfolk, VA, Johnsie Nogle, b 7 Nov 1922, NC, d 28 Mar 2001. Lived near Seattle. Johnsie bur Sunset Hills Memorial Park, Bellevue, WA. This must be the John D. Cowgill who was a veteran of World War II, serving as a Tech Sgt, 21st Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group, V Interceptor Command, in the Pacific. Records show he was captured at Bataan, held in Hoten POW Camp (Mukden), Manchuria, but repatriated at war’s end.

Children: known are - John Daniel Jr, Lilian, Mary, Anne, Elizabeth, Sylvia

 

6 Francis A. Cowgill b 27 Jun 1927, WA, d 16 Oct 2000, AK. Francis was named “monsignor” 21 Sep 1966; he had been pastor of St. Anthony Parish in Anchorage for the past 32 years, and had been a priest in Alaska for the past 48 years; was the archdiocesan coordinator during the 1981 visit of Pope John Paul II to Anchorage. Bur at Angelus Memorial Park.

 

9 Martha Ann Cowgill b Mar 1872, WI, d 10 May 1929, m ca 1903, Benjamin Edward Radke, b 1878, WI, d 30 Jan 1963. Both bur St Gabriel’s Cem., Columbia Co., WI. Living with her mother in 1910.

 

10 Timothy W. Cowgill b 7 Sep 1873, WI, d 1960, m ca 1908, Mary "Mollie" F. Barnett, b 11 Jul 1883, WI (of Irish parentage), d 15 May 1966. Timothy and family in Emmet Co., MI, by 1930.

Children: known are – Joseph, Ellen, Anna, Laura, Marion

 

1 Joseph Edward(?) Cowgill b 3 Feb 1908, WI, d 22 Jul 1940, m 16 Jul 1938, Emmet Co., MI, Viola J. Vejnovich. Joseph bur Petoskey, MI. Occupation listed as landscaper. Viola remarried 14 Mar 1942, Thurston Co., WA, Anthony J. Bockmore. Family?

 

2 Ellen Brigitta Cowgill b 29 Sep 1909, WI, d 16 May 2002, m 27 Sep 1935, Kalamazoo, MI, Arlie Dale Morford, b 21 Apr 1914, d 3 Jul 2000. Lived Petoskey, Emmet Co., MI.

 

3 Anna I. Cowgill b ca 1912, WI, m 6 Nov 1934, Emmet Co., MI, James W. Raney.

 

4 Laura C. Cowgill b 23 Jun 1914, WI, m 7 Apr 1938 (lic in IN), Roy Mccaubrey, b 2 Sep 1916.

 

5 Marion F. Cowgill b ca 1922, WI

 

11 Daniel Lee Cowgill b 6 Dec 1875 (1876?), WI, d 1945, m ca 1908, Cecilia A. Thomas, b 28 Apr 1889, WI, d Oct 1974, dau of August C. Thomas. Daniel was a veterinary surgeon and farmer. Lived Rio, Columbia Co., WI. 

Children: known are – Arden, Patricia

 

1 Arden Wayne Cowgill b 21 Sep 1911, WI, d 1 Feb 1987, m 9 Jan 1943, Orange Co., FL, Janet Evelyn Sorensen; div (twice? FL records have div Jul 1956 in Orange Co. and Mar 1969 in Osceola Co.) in FL. Janet remarried 5 Nov 1971, Seminole Co., FL, Bert B. Williams. Last address Citrus Heights, Sacramento Co., CA. Arden was a veteran of World War II and Korea, serving as a LTC, US Air Force.

Child: known is - John

 

1 John Arden Cowgill

 

2 Patricia A. Cowgill b b 7 Jul 1928, WI, m Marvin P. Jochum, b 28 Apr 1918, d 14 May 1999.

 

12 Joseph Christopher Cowgill b 6 Dec 1875 (World War I registration; Nov 1877 on 1900 census; twin to Daniel?), WI, d 9 Oct 1962, m ca 1906, Mima La Pearl Bancroft, b 1877, WI (of English parentage), d 14 Mar 1959. Both bur St Gabriel’s Cem., Columbia Co., WI. Joseph not listed with the family on the 1880 census.

Child: known is -

 

1 Bernise L. Cowgill b 18 May 1907, WI, m Curtis Bradley, b ca 1906, WI.

 

13 Mary Ellen Cowgill b 27 Apr 1878, WI, d 18 Jul 1952. Single. Bur St Gabriel’s Cem., Columbia Co., WI.

 

14 Robert Lawrence Cowgill b 17 Feb 1880, WI, d 6 Jan 1931, m ca 1928, Ellen Bowles, b 1874, WI (of Irish parentage), d 1952. Robert said to have been a firefighter and died while fighting a fire.

   Child: known is (by Minnie Mathews) - Ruth

  

1 Ruth Mathews b 27 Dec 1912, Milwaukee, d 7 Jun 2000, m(1) 5 Jun 1936, Watertown, SD, Glenn Francis Parker, d Sep 1949; m(2) Jim Morse.

 

15 Dennis Cowgill b 15 Sep 1881, WI, d 15 Aug 1905.

 

16 Honora “Nora” Jane Cowgill b Mar 1883, WI, d 1 Jul 1973, m 25 Nov 1903, Doylestown, WI, Patrick Francis McCormick, b 1863, WI, d 24 Feb 1946. Both bur St Gabriel’s Cem., Columbia Co., WI.

 

17 Edward Valentine Cowgill b 14 Feb 1885, WI, d 17 Jun 1963. A dairy farmer, single, in 1930. Bur St Gabriel’s Cem., Columbia Co., WI.

 

Sources:

 

1. Letters to Beatrice Cowgill from George L. Cowgill

2. Census Data

3. various obituaries


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