Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Cowden was born about 1789, in Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, James Simpson Cowden, was 34 and her mother, Persis Goodenow, was 20. She married Ephraim Childs on 20 July 1811, in Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years. She died on 2 June 1871, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Hannah Davis in household of Oliver Davis, "United States Census, 1850"
- Hannah Cowden, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Hannah Cowden, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
1789 · The United States Constitution
Originally comprising seven articles, the United States Constitution is the backbone of the law in the Nation. The first three articles talk about the separation of powers, dividing the government into three branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. Articles Four, Five and Six describe the what each state governments have rights to do, how the states and the federal government should act in their relationship, and how the constitutional amendments are shared between all states. The Seventh Article explains and establishes the procedure used by the thirteen States to ratify it. It is regarded as the oldest written and codified national constitution in force. Since the Constitution came into force in 1789, it has been amended 27 times, including an amendment to repeal a previous one.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Cowden in Dalkeith (Midlothian), and any of several other places in Scotland called Cowden.
English: habitational name from one or more of the places so named, such as Cowden in Mayfield, Cowden in Wartling, and Cowden Hall in Heathfield (all in Sussex), Cowden (Kent, Northumberland, and Yorkshire), and Green Cowden in Bakewell (Derbyshire). The surname is more or less restricted to northern England, and is also found in northern Ireland, where it may be of Scottish origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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