Brief Life History of Eli
When Eli Cowan was born about 1819, in Franklin, Alabama, United States, his father, Samuel Cowan, was 43 and his mother, Sarah Margaret Keith, was 42. He married Anna Eply Hays on 4 June 1838, in Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Floyd, White, Arkansas, United States in 1860 and Crooked Creek Township, Boone, Arkansas, United States in 1880. He died about 1900, in Boone, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Grubb Springs Cemetery, Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States.
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- Eli Cowan, "United States Census, 1850"
- Cemetery Record for Eli Cowan
- Eli Cowan, "United States Census, 1860"
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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.
1819 · Alabama Becomes a State
Alabama became the twenty-second state admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819.
1842
Historical Boundaries 1842: White, Arkansas, United States
Name Meaning
Scottish and Manx: shortened form of McOwen and McKeown . See also McEwen .
Sottish and Manx: from a shortened form of Irish Ó Comhdhain and Mac Comhdhain ‘descendant or son of Comhdan’ or Gaelic Mac Comhghain ‘son of Comhghan (‘the twin’). Pronounced to rhyme with Owen, the name sometimes appears as Coan and Cohen in Down, and has been used interchangeably with Irish Coyne in Connacht and McIlhone in Tyrone. In the Isle of Man the name is pronounced /'kauən/ (with Cow- as in English cow).
Scottish and Manx: sometimes a variant of Colquhoun , pronounced Cohoon in Scotland and Cahoon in Ulster.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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