Individual Details

Eufaula Indian Journal, Eufaula, Oklahoma, Thursday, December 2, 1948, Front age, Col. 5: Melissa Cowan Rites Thursday. Last rites for Mrs. Melissa Cowan, 69, were set for 2:30 o'clock this afternoon (Thursday) at Burns' Chapel, with the Rev. J. W. Burns officiating. burial was in the Mellette cemetery. Born Sept. 20, 1878, in Illinois, Mrs. Cowan had been a resident of McIntosh county for many years and had made her home in Eufaula recently. She died here Sunday after a brief illness. she is survived by three sons, Alva and Homer, Cowan, Eufaula and Herman Cowan, Henryetta; four daughters, Mrs. Mae Duke and Mrs. Jessie Norman, Eufaula; Mrs. Julia Armstrong, California and Mrs. Maude Tilley, Texas; 35 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren. Arrangements were under the direction of Kelley Funeral Home.

Birth	20 Sep 1878	Illinois
Marriage	3 Dec 1894	Johnson Co., Arkansas - Julius Marshall Cowan
Death	28 Nov 1948	Mellette, McIntosh Co., Oklahoma
Burial		Mellette Cemetery, Hanna Co., McIntosh Co., Oklahoma

Spouse	Julius Marshall Cowan (1878 - 1929)
Child	Emma Cowan (1895 - 1895)
Child	Dona C. Cowan (1897 - 1898)
Child	Veva Mae Cowan (1899 - 1967)
Child	Julious Alva Cowan (1901 - 1965)
Child	Julia Luvenia Cowan (1904 - 1983)
Child	Jessie Lee Cowan (1907 - 1999)
Child	Homer Virgil Cowan (1909 - 1983)
Child	Herman Clarence "Dutch" Cowan (1911 - 1995)
Child	Maudie Cowan (1913 - 2002)
Child	Raymon Clyde Cowan (1915 - 1916)
Child	Custer "Ward" Cowan (1917 - 1948)
Child	Olen Dee Cowan (1920 - 1945)