Individual Details

Rufus Newton Cowan

(26 Jan 1883 - 12 May 1955)

On the World War I draft registration Rufus Cowan is married and living in Claremore, Rogers Co., Oklahoma. He is working for H. C. Huckaby as a laborer. He registered Sept. 12, 1918.

On the 1930 U. S. Census of Bearden, Okfuskee Co., Oklahoma, Rufus Cowan appears with his wife Bertha and children Jewel, Roy and Carl. Rufus is a farmer.

The Oklahoman, May 15, 1955 Page 158: R. N. Cowan Dies at Okemah. Okemah, May 14---Services for Rufus Newton Cowan, 72, retired farmer, will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Okemah Calvary Baptist church. He died Thursday at his home south of Okemah. Cowan was born Jan. 26, 1883 in Clarksville, Ark. He was a member of the Methodist church, Welty. He later moved to Paden and in 1922, he moved to Okemah. Survivors include two sons, one daughter, Roy Cowan, Wewoka, Carl Cowan, Chickasha, Mrs. Jewell Stovall, San Diego, Calif., two brothers, Roscoe Cowan, Bakersfield, Calif.; Everett Cowan, Oklahoma City; two sister, Mrs. Annie Shite, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Lethia Needham, Oklahoma City; three grandchildren.

Events

Birth	1882	Arkansas
Birth	26 Jan 1883	Clarksville, Johnson Co., Arkansas
Marriage	1908	Bertha May Worley
Residence	1930	Bearden, Okfuskee Co., Oklahoma
Death	12 May 1955	Okemah, Okfuskee Co., Oklahoma
Alt name		Rufus Cowan
Burial		Highland Cemetery, Okemah, Okfuskee Co., Oklahoma

Families

Spouse	Bertha May Worley (1893 - 1982)
Child	Jewell Marie Cowan (1910 - 1994)
Child	Roy Lee Cowan (1913 - 1992)
Child	Carl Bradford Cowan (1917 - 1979)

Father	Thomas Jefferson Cowan (1859 - 1941)
Mother	Tennisee Adeline Reeves (1863 - 1897)
Sibling	Anna Cowan (1881 - 1959)
Sibling	Letha Mae Cowan (1885 - 1969)
Sibling	Henry Cowan (1888 - 1888)
Sibling	Walker Roscoe Cowan (1890 - 1985)
Sibling	Burlen Everett Cowan (1894 - 1960)

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Rufus Newton Cowan

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