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.
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
| Birth | 30 Jun 1859 | Boone Co., Arkansas |  | ||
| Marriage | 5 Sep 1880 | Johnson Co., Arkansas - Tennisee Adeline Reeves | | ||
| Marriage | 1908 | Georgia Lou Henson | | ||
| Death | 7 Jun 1941 | Norman, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma | | ||
| Burial | Highland Cemetery, Okemah, Okfuskee Co., Oklahoma | |
Families
| Spouse | Tennisee Adeline Reeves (1863 - 1897) |
| Child | Anna Cowan (1881 - 1959) |
| Child | Rufus Newton Cowan (1883 - 1955) |
| Child | Letha Mae Cowan (1885 - 1969) |
| Child | Henry Cowan (1888 - 1888) |
| Child | Walker Roscoe Cowan (1890 - 1985) |
| Child | Burlen Everett Cowan (1894 - 1960) |
| Spouse | Georgia Lou Henson (1864 - ) |
| Father | Stephen Anderpool Cowan (1825 - 1907) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Long (1828 - 1908) |
| Sibling | Mary Cowan (1848 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Samuel Cowan (1848 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Sarah Elizabeth Cowan (1851 - ) |
| Sibling | Margaret Leann Cowan (1853 - 1895) |
| Sibling | William Rueben Cowan (1855 - 1935) |
| Sibling | James Martin Cowan (1857 - 1911) |
| Sibling | Stephen Jasper Cowan (1862 - 1933) |
| Sibling | Martha Ellen Cowan (1866 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Albert Tell Cowan (1868 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Mary Frances Cowan (1872 - 1954) |
| Sibling | Robert Franklin Cowan (1872 - 1948) |
Endnotes
1. Research of Janice Mularky.
2. Research of Janice Mularky.
3. Family Tree Maker Marriage Index CD 244.
4. 1910 Census McIntosh Co., Oklahoma.
5. Research of Janice Mularky.
6. Dr. Michael S. Cole, Cowan Connections (n.p: 1994, n.d).