Elizabeth Coleville

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Coleville was born on 15 April 1793, in McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, United States, her father, Maj Joseph Colville III, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Lusk, was 27. She married Robert Cowan about 1808, in Warren, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States in 1850 and Colville Township, Benton, Arkansas, United States in 1860. She died on 26 December 1865, in Lowell, Benton, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Goad Springs Cemetery, Lowell, Benton, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Cowan
1784–1869
Elizabeth Coleville
1793–1865
Marriage: about 1808
William S Cowan
1810–
S. Louisa Cowan
1813–
Larken Ferrell Cowan
1816–1856
Samuel H Cowan
1817–1821
Jane Lask Cowan
1820–1893
George Cowan
1823–
Nancy Laura Catherine Cowan
1823–
Martha Ann Cowan
1825–1900
John Gillespe Cowan
1827–1915
Marvel Velero Cowan
1829–
Walker S Cowan
1833–1869
Laura Cowan
1834–
Mary E Cowan
1835–

Sources (3)

  • Elizabeth Cowan in household of Robert Cowan, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Elizabeth Colville Cowan, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Elizabeth Cowen in household of Robert Cowen, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1796 · Tennessee Becomes a State

On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Colleville in Seine-Maritime, France, named with the Scandinavian personal name Koli (see Cole 2) + Old French ville ‘settlement, village’. The Scottish branch of the family were descended from Philip de Colville, who came to Scotland as a household knight of kings Malcolm IV (1153–65) and William ‘the Lion’ (1165–1214).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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