Did you post this message on the Vigo Co., INGenWeb query board. A lot of
people view it.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~invigo/vigo.htm
Also, the following Cowans were found in the Wabash Valley Obit site. An
obit might give you more info.:
http://vax1.vigo.lib.in.us/~obits/index.htm
Year/month/day the obit is found in the paper. The web site will tell you
how to order.
COWAN ANNA 38/09/27 MRS 80 02 TRIB
COWAN CHARES E. 66/03/31 69 02 TRIB
COWAN CHARLES E. 66/03/31 69 02 TRIB
COWAN CHARLES L. 17/03/14 42 02 TRIB
COWAN EDWARD B. 41/12/22 72 01 TRIB
COWAN EDWARD M. 56/12/24 36 01 TRIB
COWAN FLOYD 58/11/18 73 02 TRIB
COWAN FRED J. 53/10/26 61 02 TRIB
COWAN FRED J. 56/01/07 69 02 TRIB
COWAN GEORGE B. 63/02/26 79 02 TRIB
COWAN GERTRUDE HARRINGTON 50/06/10 MRS 74 02 TRIB
COWAN IVY 57/02/15 MRS 01 TRIB
COWAN JAMES 25/09/02 61 02 TRIB
COWAN JANE 24/02/10 79 01 TRIB
COWAN JENNIE 45/01/01 MISS 58 02 TRIB
COWAN LUCY 16/12/30 MRS 85 02 TRIB
COWAN MAGGIE 63/07/25 MRS 80 06 TRIB
COWAN MARION 40/12/14 MRS 80 02 TRIB
COWAN NELLIE 64/03/19 MRS 78 06 TRIB
COWAN ROBERT 05/06/22 33 07 STAR
COWAN ROBERT H. 15/12/23 61 02 TRIB
COWAN ROBERT I. 57/06/17 02 TRIB
COWAN SARAH ALICE 36/02/05 79 02 TRIB
COWAN SARAH ALICE 36/02/08 MRS 79 02 TRIB
COWAN THOMAS 45/03/19 79 02 TRIB
COWAN WILLIAM C. 09/06/08 49 08 TRIB
COWAN WILLIAM H. 15/02/12 60 02 TRIB
These Allisons:
ALLISON ADA 31/09/20 MRS 59 02 TRIB
ALLISON ALONZO J. 42/11/15 80 06 TRIB
ALLISON ANNA WINTERS 54/10/31 MRS 86 12 TRIB
ALLISON BEATRICE F. 62/12/18 MRS 56 02 TRIB
ALLISON CARL C. 47/02/25 76 02 TRIB
ALLISON CHARLES 40/03/19 48 02 TRIB
ALLISON EDGAR 56/10/16 95 02 TRIB
ALLISON ELBERT 39/02/02 02 TRIB
ALLISON EMMA KATHERINE 48/08/28 MRS 02 TRIB
ALLISON ETHEL 37/12/23 MRS 51 02 TRIB
ALLISON FRANK 39/11/16 02 TRIB
ALLISON FRANK 61/03/17 DR 79 12 TRIB
ALLISON FRANK J. 48/10/14 62 02 TRIB
ALLISON HARRIET 18/03/05 MRS 89 02 TRIB
ALLISON JANET 35/08/17 MRS 62 02 TRIB
ALLISON JOHN 55/03/31 61 13 TRIB
ALLISON JOSEPH 14/03/20 c. 56 02 TRIB
ALLISON MARY 21/12/17 MRS 53 02 TRIB
ALLISON MAY 18/10/23 MRS 02 TRIB
ALLISON NELLIE 42/04/30 MRS 67 02 TRIB
ALLISON NETTIE 08/02/27 35 02 TRIB
ALLISON PEARL 64/06/17 64 02 TRIB
ALLISON RAY L. 18/12/10 SGT 01 TRIB
ALLISON ROSIE 16/01/23 MRS 26 02 TRIB
ALLISON SAM 63/07/23 84 02 TRIB
ALLISON SAMUEL 29/10/28 71 02 TRIB
ALLISON SARAH 60/07/07 MRS 93 02 TRIB
ALLISON SARAH E. 11/06/16 MRS 53 02 TRIB
ALLISON SARAH MATILDA 36/02/09 81 02 TRIB
ALLISON SUSAN 15/12/20 MRS 02 TRIB
ALLISON THOMAS S. 50/08/29 76 02 TRIB
ALLISON TRESSIE J. 58/09/16 MRS 74 02 TRIB
ALLISON WILBUR O. 30/06/21 27 02 TRIB
ALLISON WILLIAM C. 43/02/26 77 05 TRIB
Good Luck!
Kim
-----Original Message-----
H. C. Bradsby's 1891 "History of Vigo County, Indiana", lists on page
357, the marriage of Joseph J. Allison and Rebecca Cowan, June 1,
1831. Does any reader know anything about the ancestry or the
descendants, or the future location of this couple? We are wondering
if they are the parents of George M. Allison, born in 1832, and who
was living with the George and Mary Smith family of Vermilion County,
Illinois, in the 1850 Census. This George M. Allison had two
half-brothers, James J. McCabe, and Henry Everts (sp?), and the mother
of Henry is clearly named Rebecca, but we do NOT know her maiden name.
Jim Freed, Delaware, OH
jmfreed(a)midohio.net
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