Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Cowen was born on 23 August 1814, in Newtonsville, Clermont, Ohio, United States, her father, William Cowin Sr., was 59 and her mother, Margaret Barbara Pelser, was 40. She married William Wilson on 13 March 1834, in Clermont, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Miami Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died on 20 December 1896, in Mount Repose, Miami Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Milford, Clermont, Ohio, United States.
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- Rebecca Williams in household of Samuel Williams, "United States Census, 1850"
- Rebecca Wilson, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Rebecca Williams, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
Manx: variant of Cowan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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