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Author: SharonBoyerBates
Surnames: Cowan, Pray, Aldrich, Leighton, Harding, Crampton, Cook, McClaskey
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The LaGrange de Lafayette Chapter of the DAR will honor Revolutionary War soldier DAVID
COWAN with a grave marker presentation and ceremony in 2011. Seeking descendants of David
and Esther Smith Cowan to invite them to the grave marking ceremony and reception.
David and Esther Cowan moved to LaGrange County, Indiana in 1835. They had the
following children: Smith who married Sarah Teft; Esther who married an Aldrich; Celinda
who married a Pray; Elisha who married Elmina Tucker; John who married Sarah Harding;
Jonathan; Phoebe who married Enoch Leighton; Lucy; Amy Angel who married Curtis Harding;
and Marenus. Also the McClaskey, Crampton and Cook families can be counted as descendants
along with Aldrich, Pray, Harding and Leighton.
David Cowan was born 1765 and died July 24, 1851. Esther Smith Cowan was born 1767 and
died March 22, 1848. They are buried in Eagley Cemetery, Van Buren Twp, LaGrange County,
IN along with children Phoebe & Enoch Leighton and John Cowan.
DAR chapter is also seeking any Cowan family history, stories and anecdotes about the
family. Please contact Barbara Yurs at 260-562-3375 or bayurs(a)embarqmail.com or Sharon at
sharonboyerbates(a)aol.com for further details.
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