Individual Details

Thomas Jefferson Cowan

(30 Jun 1859 - 7 Jun 1941)

The U. S. Census of 1900 at Indian Territory, Township 10 N R17E, Creek Nation, Oklahoma shows Thomas Cowan, Widower, with children, Annie, Rufus, Letha, Rosco and ??? (son). Thomas is a farmer, renting his farm. This is on Roll 1854, Book 1, page 278.

On the 1910 Census of McIntosh County, Oklahoma Eufaula Township with his second wife. Georgie L. age 46, married 2 years. Georgie is listed as mother of 9, 5 living. Also shows 9, 5:2 (unknown what :2 means). One child is shown with them, B. E. Cowan, son of Thomas, age 15 born in Arkansas.

Thomas J. Cowan is also the enumerator of McIntosh County census for 1910. Taken on 15 April 1910.

The 1920 Census of Burton Township, McIntosh County, Oklahoma shows Thomas J. age 60, wife Georgia L. age 56 and step son William C. Edmond age 29.

Search by Oklahoma Historical Society for an obituary in the Okemah Daily Leader and Norman Transcript found no obituary.

Obituary not found at genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, February 22, 2018.

Events

Birth30 Jun 1859Boone Co., Arkansas
Marriage5 Sep 1880Johnson Co., Arkansas - Tennisee Adeline Reeves
Marriage1908Georgia Lou Henson
Death7 Jun 1941Norman, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma
BurialHighland Cemetery, Okemah, Okfuskee Co., Oklahoma

Families

SpouseTennisee Adeline Reeves (1863 - 1897)
ChildAnna Cowan (1881 - 1959)
ChildRufus Newton Cowan (1883 - 1955)
ChildLetha Mae Cowan (1885 - 1969)
ChildHenry Cowan (1888 - 1888)
ChildWalker Roscoe Cowan (1890 - 1985)
ChildBurlen Everett Cowan (1894 - 1960)
SpouseGeorgia Lou Henson (1864 - )
FatherStephen Anderpool Cowan (1825 - 1907)
MotherElizabeth Long (1828 - 1908)
SiblingMary Cowan (1848 - 1850)
SiblingSamuel Cowan (1848 - 1850)
SiblingSarah Elizabeth Cowan (1851 - )
SiblingMargaret Leann Cowan (1853 - 1895)
SiblingWilliam Rueben Cowan (1855 - 1935)
SiblingJames Martin Cowan (1857 - 1911)
SiblingStephen Jasper Cowan (1862 - 1933)
SiblingMartha Ellen Cowan (1866 - 1937)
SiblingAlbert Tell Cowan (1868 - 1916)
SiblingMary Frances Cowan (1872 - 1954)
SiblingRobert Franklin Cowan (1872 - 1948)

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