Brief Life History of Beulah Mae
When Beulah Mae Coogan was born in November 1896, in Logan, Arkansas, United States, her father, Thomas Edward Coogan, was 28 and her mother, Florence Hickerson, was 18. She married Albert Floyd Cowan on 23 December 1912, in Franklin, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Paris, Logan, Arkansas, United States in 1940 and Port Hueneme, Ventura, California, United States for about 1 years. She died on 15 February 1978, in Ojai, Ventura, California, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, Ventura, California, United States.
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Sources (17)
- Beulah M Cowan, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Beulah Mae Coogan - birth: November 1896; Arkansas, United States
- Beulah Cragan, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1904 · William H. Fuller Grows 70 Acres of Rice
Rice is one Arkansas leading crops, in 1904 William H. Fuller planted 70 acres of rice, this act is what started the making rice the leading crop in Arkansas.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Grainne, Liam, Sinead.
Irish (Kilkenny and Monaghan): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cogadháin ‘son of Cogadhán’, a diminutive from a shortened form of the personal name Cúchogaidh, meaning ‘hound of war’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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