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OBITUARIES
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JANE COWSERT ASHFORD
Jane Cowsert Ashford, Born Oct. 12, 1824 [daughter of James Cowsert and Elizabeth Hamilton]. Married Carroll Ashford, who died in 1869. Eight children born to union. Surviving: William Franklin, James M. and Joseph L. Ashford.
Jane Ashford, Female, White, Age 78y 11m 25d. Born: Hardin County; Occ: Housewife. Widow. Died 25 Sep 1903, Rose Clare Pct. CD: Erysipilas. Buried: Ziegler Cemetery. Undertaker: John H. Ferrell. Phy. J.S. Cummins, Shetlerville.
"Hardin County Obtituaries."
OBITUARY
Aunt Jane Ashford, whose maiden name was Cowsert, was born October 12, 1824, died September 25, 1903. She was married to Carrol Ashford at the early age, being 15 or 16 years old. To this union eight children were born: only three of whom live to mourn the loss of their aged mother. The following are names of the living children given in order of their births -- William Franklin, James M. and Joseph L. Ashford. The other children died in childhood.
Janie McAlister now Livers lived with Aunt Jane from early childhood till she was married to William Livers. She seemed to think as much of Janie as if she had been her own child, and Janie always called her ma and loved Aunt Jane as dearly as a child would love a natural parent. When Janie heard of the sickness of Aunt Jane, she left her home in eastern Kentucky and made all possible efforts to get to the beside of the dear old mother, but owing to low water in the Ohio and consequent failure of boats to be on time, she did not arrive in time to even be at the funeral.
Aunt Jane had lived a widow since 1869 -- and deserves great credit for the manner in which she raised her three boys, and the little orphan girl, who now mourns the loss of the good old mother.
I have known Aunt Jane nearly 40 years, and am happy to say she lived an exemplary christian life. Her husband, who preceded her to the spirit world some thirty-five years, was also a christian, and when they with their five children, who had died in childhood, turn yearning thoughts earthward, will not heaven be sweeter if they may hope to greet the remainder of their family on the ever green shores?
She was buried near her husband in the Ziegler Cemetery, September 26th, funeral by the writer. Ira E. Driver.
"Early Newspaper Cliffings of Hardin County, Illiniois"
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GLADYS L. BAKER
Mrs. Gladys L. Baker, 76, of rural, Golconda, died at 11:19 a.m.
Saturday, July 17, 1999 at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky.
She was born on March 18, 1923, in Pope County, to the late Elmer and
Iva (Flick)
Cowsert. In September 1942, she married Leroy VanBaber. He died in
February, 1944. She married Joe Baker on March 22, 1948. They later
divorced. On March 5, 1970, she married Ralph Carter, who died on
April 26, 1985. She remarried Mr. Baker. He died in May, 1992.
Mrs. Baker was a retired school and music teacher for many years.
Mrs. Baker was a member of the Vienna First United Methodist Church,
where she was church organist. She was a former member of the
Golconda Order of Eastern Star.
Surviving are two daughters, Mary Arnold of Golconda and Joan VanBaber
of Harrisburg; three grandchildren, Lisa Edward and Ryan Arnold,
both of Rural, Golconda, and Holly VanBaber of Harrisburg; a sister,
Mrs. Bill (Lela) Miles of Vienna.
Services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at Aly Funeral Home in
Golconda, where visitation was held at 6 p.m. Sunday. The
Rev. Ed Hoke and the Rev. Roy Lee Baker officiated. Burial
was in the Fields Cemetery.
Harrisburg Daily Register
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ANDREW B. BRUMBLE
A TRIBUTE
published in the pages of
THE DILLION HERALD
DILLION, S.C.
JAN. 31, 1935
Memorial Obituary
Entered Into Eternal Rest
Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1935
Death Claims Aged War Veteran
LATTA, Jan. 28 - Andrew B. Brumble, Confederate War veteran, age 90,
one of the pioneer citizens of Dillon County, passed away at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. W.S. Hyatt of Latta, Tuesday morning at 6
o'clock, Jan. 22, from pneumonia following a brief illness.
Mr. Brumble was born Jan. 8, 1845, at Lumberton, N.C., where he made
his home until after his marriage to Miss Sophia Edwards of Lamberton,
who died Nov. 14, 1919.
While still a young man, he came to South Carolina where he was
engaged in farming until 1927. He contributed to the growth and
progress of Dillon and Dillon County.
He was a member of the Baptist church and was a man of genial
personality and kindly disposition, having a large circle of
friends both here and elsewhere.
Funeral services were conducted at the home of Mrs. W.S. Hyatt
on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. Samuel Long of
Chesterfield, assisted by Rev. J.A. Ward of Dillon, Henry Collins,
and Rev. P.D. Patrick of Latta.
Interment was in Magnolia Cemetery. The funeral was attended by a
large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends.
The floral tributes were many and beautiful, testifying to the love
and esteem in which the deceased was held.
The pallbearers were Wade McMillan, Lacy Johnson, Houston Manning,
Laurin Henry, Walker Gaddy and D.B. Shine.
The death of Mr. Brumble leaves only two remaining Confederate
veterans in Dillon County.
My sincere and grateful thanks to Cousin Lea Ann
Brumble for providing this obituary.
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BESSIE TUCKER BRUMBLE
September 24, 1978
DILLON, S.C. -- Mrs. Bessie Virginia Tucker Brumble, 85, of Dillon
died Sunday at Pine's Nursing Home.
A native of Dillon, S.C., she was the daughter of the late James Lee
and Martha Bailey Tucker and the wife of the late W.H. Brumble. She
was a member of Dillon First Baptist Church.
Surviving are four sons, W.H. Brumble, Jr. of Burlington, Walker G.
Brumble of Latta, S.C., Hymas H. Brumble of Pittsburgh, Pa., Douglas
Brumble of Dillon; three daughters, Mrs. Beatrice B. Gibbs of Latta,
Mrs. Doris B. Chatman and Mrs. Margaret B. Lee, both of Burlington;
one sister, Mrs. Estella Thompson of High Point; 24 grandchildren,
20 great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.
The graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Dillon, by the Rev. Jimmie Farmer.
Visitation will be at the Blanton-Cotingham Funeral Home, Dillon.
Many thanks to Cousin Lea Ann Brumble for providing
this obituary.
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HEZEKIAH E. CARR
Tillamook, December 24 (Special)--Funeral sevice for Hezekiah E. Carr,
who died December 23 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Altman,
Tillamook, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, from Waud's Funeral Home
for interment in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in the same city.
Mr. Carr was born January 24, 1860 at Marshalltown, Iowa and came to
Oregon in 1890, moving to Tillamock in 1914.
He is survived by five daughters and one son. They are Mrs. George
Altman and Mrs. Homer Baker, both of Tillamock, Mrs. Rennie Kellow,
Portland, Mrs. Charles Odell, Canby, and Mrs. Fred Lund, Marcola,
Oregon, and Marvin Carr of the United States Navy. Twelve
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.
Grateful thanks go to Verna McDaniel Pratt who supplied
this obituary.
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DORIS FAYE COWSERT CONKLE
Mrs. Doris Faye Conkle, 69, of Rural Route, Elizabethtown, died
Saturday, Oct. 11, 1997, at Hardin County General Hospital in Rosiclare.
She was a member of Church of Christ in Elizabethtown.
Surviving are a daughter, Libby Conkle of Elizabethtown; two sons,
Donald Conkle of Golconda and Randall Conkle of Elizabethtown; a sister, Pat Griswold of Elizabethtown; special children, Mike and Brenda Conrad; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Alvin and Ivy Henson
Cowsert; a son, Garvin Conkle Jr.; a brother, Rodney Cowsert; and
four sisters, Lela Cowsert, Lala Carmen, Sylvia Conrad and Barbara
Dean Cowsert.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Cox Funeral Home in Elizabethtown, where friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday. The Rev. Don Campbell will officiate and burial will be in Dixon-Volkert Cemetery in Elizabethtown.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, Illinois, October 9, 1997
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Services Held for Alonzo Cowsert
Aubrey Alonzo Cowsert, age 59, died March 20, 1978 in San Antonio.
Funeral services were held March 23 at 10:30 a.m. in Rocksprings
Baptist Church with burial in Rocksprings Cemetery under the
direction of Nelson Funeral Home. Services were conducted by
Rev. Vernon Andrews of the Baptist Church and Rev. Lynn McAden
of the United Methodist Church.
Mr. Cowsert was born January 5, 1919 to Lorena Corder Cowsert and
Orville Cowsert on the Corder Ranch east of Rocksprings which is
now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Hankins.
Following his graduation from Rocksprings High School in 1936,
Mr. Cowsert attended Texas A & M University and served four years
in the Army Medical Corps. Upon completion of his military duty,
he returned to Rocksprings where he served as mayor for one year.
During his term as mayor, the first street paving was done in
Rocksprings. Mr. Cowsert framed and kept throughout his lifetime the
single dollar bill he received as salary during his term as Mayor.
He was a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Cowsert was adjutant to the
American Legion at the time the memorial hall was built.
Alonzo Cowsert and Bettie Baskerville were married April 20, 1941 in
Dallas.
Most of his career has been spent as a wool tester. He began this
work with Sonora Wool and Mohair Company and had also been employed as
a wool tester in Denver, Colorado and Charleston, South Carolina. His
work in South Carolina involved testing wool imported from Australia.
Mr. Cowsert and his wife Betty had been living back in Texas for the
past three years making their home first in Alice and then in Poteet.
He was employed by Alamo Lumber Company in Alice and Pleasanton.
Survivors include his wife; four children, Carolyn and Bill of Hawaii,
Betty Sue of South Carolina and Hazel of Colorado; 4 grandchildren,
a sister, Mrs. C.R. Reams of Bay City; and a brother, Otis Cowsert of
Rocksprings.
Serving as pallbearers were Bill Price of Pittsburg, Kansas, Jim
McFarland of Lovington, New Mexico, Charles Sargent of Pleasant,
Bob Ramsey of Mountain Home, and James B. Rudasill, Walker Epperson,
Bill Seale, and Buddy Shankin, all of Rocksprings.
Obituary dated: March 24, 1978.
Thanks to Carolyn Maloney for providing this obituary.
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ATWELL WILLIAM COWSERT
(Son of Atwell Cowsert and Julia Ann Story)
A.W. Cowsert (Att), 58, World War I veteran died at 5:55 a.m.
Tuesday (November 28, 1950) at the Veterans Home in Danville, Illinois,
where he had been hospitalized for 19 years. Surviving are his wife,
Anna; two daughters, Mrs. Martha Smith, of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Ada
Vineyard of Joliet, IL; a brother John Cowsert of Painton, MO; and a
half brother, William Cowsert of Eldorado, IL. The body, received by
Gibbons Funeral Home has been returned to the residence to lie in state.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at McKinley Avenue
Baptist Church, Rev. George B. Leathers officiating. Burial will be
with military rites and burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, Illinois, November 29, 1950.
I am deeply grateful to the following people for the above obituary:
Linda Roberts, who alerted me to the fact that Atwell was buried in
Sunset Hills Cemetery; Mary Brimm, who answered my call for help and
who put me in touch with the person who sent me a copy of this obituary:
Rebecca Schmook. All three are dedicated and generous researchers.
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BETTY JANE COWSERT
Betty J. (Burge) Cowsert, 68, a resident of Portland, MI, for the past
three years and formerly of Reed City, died Thursday, July 23, 1998, at
her residence. She was born May 18, 1930 in Detroit. She was a
resident of Fraser before moving to Reed City in 1980.
She is survived by sons, Michael (Charal) of Vaughn, WA, David (Laurie)
of Utica, Nathan (Lynne) of Reed City; daughters, Cathy (Michael)
Miller of Lyons, Laura (Paul) Kelin of Waren; sister, Juanita Majeske
of Lady Lakes, FL; 14 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
She was predeceased by husband, Phillip Wayne Cowsert, in 1985.
Funeral service will be today at 1 p.m. at Trinity Luteran Church,
Reed City, with the Rev. Robert Baerwolf officiating. Burial will
be at Woodland Cemetery, Reed City. Memorial contributions may be
made to Ionia Home Hospice.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing this obituary.
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CARL COWSERT
Carl Cowsert, 79, of Rosiclare died Sunday, March 7 (1999) at Union
County Hospital in Anna.
Survisors include his wife, Ruth, of Rosiclare; a stepson, Jerry D.
English of Braidwood, IL; a stepdaughter, Bernadine Anderson of Cave
in Rock; eight step-grandchildren and 11 stepgreat-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Fluorine
emetery in Rosiclare with military rites.
Hosick Funderal Home was in charge of arrangements.
Hardin County Independent, Elizabethtown, Illinois,
March 11, 1999
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ELISHA COWSERT
Elisha Cowsert-Co I 131 Regt. IL Inf. Civil War 26 July 1898 Soward
Cemetery
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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FRANK COWSERT
Frank Cowsert was born in Pope County, Illinois May 7, 1864, died
January 21, 1929 at his home in Hardin County, near Eichorn, Illinois,
being 64 years, 8 months and 14 days old.
He was the son of Robert and Maria Kelly Cowsert. When he was about
10 years of age, his parents died, leaving him and a sister, Mary
Christine, to mourn their passing. At this time, he went to live with
an uncle and aunt, Elisha and Mary Brown, who resided in Hardin County. Here he grew to manhood and formed many lasting friendships.
On December 30, 1886, he was married to Ellen Wyatt who died in 1887.
Soon after her death, he went to Union City, Tennessee where he was
engaged in the mercantile business, being very successful in this
venture, but was compelled to discontinue his activities in this work
because of a nervous break-down. Here he took up the study of law,
and while he never applied for, nor was admitted to a bar, he was
recognized as an able attorney and was a constant source of legal
information and advice to his neighbors and friends.
In 1912, he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill the unexpired
term left vacant by the death of Mr. Henry Downey. He was elected to
the office successively and held it therefore until death.
On October 22, 1903, he was again married. This time to Mattie Hobbs.
To this union was born one son, Frank Hobbs Cowsert, who with his
mother, is left to mourn the department of a kind and loving husband
and father.
Besides his wife and son, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Mary C. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO, four nieces, Mrs. George F. Karber, Mrs. Wallace
Millikan of Rosiclare, Illinois, Mrs. F.J. Dowding, and Miss Margaret
McGinnis of Louisville, KY and one nephew, Rollin H. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO.
The family loses a kind and loving husband and father and the community
a neighbor and friend who was held in the highest esteem for his noble
qualities and ready sympathy for those less fortunate. Though never
enjoying robust health, he bore his sufferings with patience and great
fortitude, looking forward to a brighter and better world where there
is no pain nor suffering.
Peace to his ashes.
Written by one who loved him.
Hardin County Independent, 21 February 1929
Grateful thanks to Wanda Patton Reed who supplied this obituary.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Geo. W. Cowsert [son of George Washington Cowsert and Malinda Ashford],
Co. G, 6 Regt. Ill Cav. Civil War-21 Feb 1843-13 Mar 1913 Williams-
Cowsert
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Washington G. Cowsert [son of James Cowsert and Elizabeth Hamilton Cowsert], Private, Captain Dunn's, Illinois Mt. Brig., Black Hawk War [no dates], Soward Cemetery.
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois." Published in 1980
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HYRAM DANIEL COWSERT
Hyram D. Cowsert [son of Atwell Cowsert and Margaret Elizabeth
Rogers Cowsert], male, white, single. Age: 1y 3m 16d. Died:
July 15, 1888, Rose Clare Pct. Born: Illinois. Cause of Death:
Cholera Infantum, duration of one day. buried: Rose Clare.
Physician: J. Butler, Shetlerville.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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JAMES RALPH COWSERT
(Son of Oliver Cowsert and Lotte Mooneyham)
December 13, 1890 to January 1, 1957
OBITUARY:
Funeral to Be Thursday for Ralph Cowsert
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the
Bean and Tanner Funeral Home for Ralph Cowsert, 66, who passed away at
noon Tuesday in Pearce Hospital.
A carpenter who resided on RR 1, Equality, he had been in failing
health for the past three years, but his death was unexpected.
Surviving are his wife, Judith, and six children, Ralph David and
Carol, at home, James, St. Clair Shores, MI, Frank, Courtland, CA,
Mrs. Flora Rehkop, Ross Cowsert, Birmingham, MI, and Joe Cowsert,
Roseville, MI.
Rev. Eddie Hatfield will conduct the service and burial will be in
Wolf Creek Cemetery.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing
this obituary.
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LYDIA TWITCHELL COWSERT
Lydia Cowsert (nee Twitchell) 18 Apr 1843-28 Oct 1900) Williams-Cowsert
#3
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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MARGARET ELIZABETH RODGERS COWSERT
Margaret E. Cowsert [wife of Atwell Cowsert], female, white,
married. Age: 35y 3m 20d. Born: Illinois. Died: February 7, 1891,
McFarlan Pct. Cause of Death: Catarrhal Pneumonia, duration of 8
days. Buried: McFarlan Pct. Undertaker: McClellan. Physician:
J. Butler, Elizabethtown.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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MARY E. WILLIAMS COWSERT
At Rest
We believe this can be no more truthfully said of any one than of
Mrs. Mary E. Cowsert, who departed this life August 17, 1891, aged
42 years, 3 months and 22 days, after many months of suffering of that dreaded disease consumption.
Mary E. Williams was born April 25, 1849, and was married to George
W. Cowsert, September 20, 1866. She became a member of the church of
Christ about year 1877, in which she lived a useful, earnest christian
life until her death. Such suffering as hers could only have been
endured so patiently by a true christian who looked beyond this world,
and with an eye of faith, beheld a world where all is peace and no
dread disease can ever come. She often talked about dying, but evidenced
not the least fear -- talked as calmly as if she was only going on a
journey to a distant country. She regretted leaving her family, all
of whom are girls, four in number; but rejoiced in being reunited with
her two sons who had gone on before, whose deaths seemed to haster her
departure.
Deceased leaves a grief-stricken husband, four daughters, one sister,
three brothers and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her
death.
(HCC BK, Stone Church Cem., Geo. W. Cowsert, Sgt., Co. G, 6th
Regt. Ill. Cav. Civil War, died August 11, 1911).
"Hardin County Obituaries"
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MINNIE COWSERT
(daughter of Lucien McDaniel and Clara Stone)
Minnie Cowsert, age 50, of Garden Grove, passed away May 14, 1974.
Survived by [mother, Clara McDaniel,] husband Ray, son Larry, daughters
Judy Stevens and Nancy Lewis, brothers Nolan, Clifford and Donald,
sisters Millie Flood, June Gill, Betty Schumacher and Verna Pratt,
grandchildren Christopher Lewis and Carrie Stevens.
Services will be held on Friday at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church
of Westminster. Family suggests donations to the Minnie Cowsert
Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Westminster.
Interment at Harbor Rest Memorial Park, Costa Mesa; directed by
Westminster Memorial Park.
Garden Grove Daily News
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Jane Cowsert Ashford, Born Oct. 12, 1824 [daughter of James Cowsert and Elizabeth Hamilton]. Married Carroll Ashford, who died in 1869. Eight children born to union. Surviving: William Franklin, James M. and Joseph L. Ashford.
Jane Ashford, Female, White, Age 78y 11m 25d. Born: Hardin County; Occ: Housewife. Widow. Died 25 Sep 1903, Rose Clare Pct. CD: Erysipilas. Buried: Ziegler Cemetery. Undertaker: John H. Ferrell. Phy. J.S. Cummins, Shetlerville.
"Hardin County Obtituaries."
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Aunt Jane Ashford, whose maiden name was Cowsert, was born October 12, 1824, died September 25, 1903. She was married to Carrol Ashford at the early age, being 15 or 16 years old. To this union eight children were born: only three of whom live to mourn the loss of their aged mother. The following are names of the living children given in order of their births -- William Franklin, James M. and Joseph L. Ashford. The other children died in childhood.
Janie McAlister now Livers lived with Aunt Jane from early childhood till she was married to William Livers. She seemed to think as much of Janie as if she had been her own child, and Janie always called her ma and loved Aunt Jane as dearly as a child would love a natural parent. When Janie heard of the sickness of Aunt Jane, she left her home in eastern Kentucky and made all possible efforts to get to the beside of the dear old mother, but owing to low water in the Ohio and consequent failure of boats to be on time, she did not arrive in time to even be at the funeral.
Aunt Jane had lived a widow since 1869 -- and deserves great credit for the manner in which she raised her three boys, and the little orphan girl, who now mourns the loss of the good old mother.
I have known Aunt Jane nearly 40 years, and am happy to say she lived an exemplary christian life. Her husband, who preceded her to the spirit world some thirty-five years, was also a christian, and when they with their five children, who had died in childhood, turn yearning thoughts earthward, will not heaven be sweeter if they may hope to greet the remainder of their family on the ever green shores?
She was buried near her husband in the Ziegler Cemetery, September 26th, funeral by the writer. Ira E. Driver.
"Early Newspaper Cliffings of Hardin County, Illiniois"
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GLADYS L. BAKER
Mrs. Gladys L. Baker, 76, of rural, Golconda, died at 11:19 a.m.
Saturday, July 17, 1999 at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky.
She was born on March 18, 1923, in Pope County, to the late Elmer and
Iva (Flick)
Cowsert. In September 1942, she married Leroy VanBaber. He died in
February, 1944. She married Joe Baker on March 22, 1948. They later
divorced. On March 5, 1970, she married Ralph Carter, who died on
April 26, 1985. She remarried Mr. Baker. He died in May, 1992.
Mrs. Baker was a retired school and music teacher for many years.
Mrs. Baker was a member of the Vienna First United Methodist Church,
where she was church organist. She was a former member of the
Golconda Order of Eastern Star.
Surviving are two daughters, Mary Arnold of Golconda and Joan VanBaber
of Harrisburg; three grandchildren, Lisa Edward and Ryan Arnold,
both of Rural, Golconda, and Holly VanBaber of Harrisburg; a sister,
Mrs. Bill (Lela) Miles of Vienna.
Services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at Aly Funeral Home in
Golconda, where visitation was held at 6 p.m. Sunday. The
Rev. Ed Hoke and the Rev. Roy Lee Baker officiated. Burial
was in the Fields Cemetery.
Harrisburg Daily Register
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ANDREW B. BRUMBLE
A TRIBUTE
published in the pages of
THE DILLION HERALD
DILLION, S.C.
JAN. 31, 1935
Memorial Obituary
Entered Into Eternal Rest
Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1935
Death Claims Aged War Veteran
LATTA, Jan. 28 - Andrew B. Brumble, Confederate War veteran, age 90,
one of the pioneer citizens of Dillon County, passed away at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. W.S. Hyatt of Latta, Tuesday morning at 6
o'clock, Jan. 22, from pneumonia following a brief illness.
Mr. Brumble was born Jan. 8, 1845, at Lumberton, N.C., where he made
his home until after his marriage to Miss Sophia Edwards of Lamberton,
who died Nov. 14, 1919.
While still a young man, he came to South Carolina where he was
engaged in farming until 1927. He contributed to the growth and
progress of Dillon and Dillon County.
He was a member of the Baptist church and was a man of genial
personality and kindly disposition, having a large circle of
friends both here and elsewhere.
Funeral services were conducted at the home of Mrs. W.S. Hyatt
on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. Samuel Long of
Chesterfield, assisted by Rev. J.A. Ward of Dillon, Henry Collins,
and Rev. P.D. Patrick of Latta.
Interment was in Magnolia Cemetery. The funeral was attended by a
large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends.
The floral tributes were many and beautiful, testifying to the love
and esteem in which the deceased was held.
The pallbearers were Wade McMillan, Lacy Johnson, Houston Manning,
Laurin Henry, Walker Gaddy and D.B. Shine.
The death of Mr. Brumble leaves only two remaining Confederate
veterans in Dillon County.
My sincere and grateful thanks to Cousin Lea Ann
Brumble for providing this obituary.
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BESSIE TUCKER BRUMBLE
September 24, 1978
DILLON, S.C. -- Mrs. Bessie Virginia Tucker Brumble, 85, of Dillon
died Sunday at Pine's Nursing Home.
A native of Dillon, S.C., she was the daughter of the late James Lee
and Martha Bailey Tucker and the wife of the late W.H. Brumble. She
was a member of Dillon First Baptist Church.
Surviving are four sons, W.H. Brumble, Jr. of Burlington, Walker G.
Brumble of Latta, S.C., Hymas H. Brumble of Pittsburgh, Pa., Douglas
Brumble of Dillon; three daughters, Mrs. Beatrice B. Gibbs of Latta,
Mrs. Doris B. Chatman and Mrs. Margaret B. Lee, both of Burlington;
one sister, Mrs. Estella Thompson of High Point; 24 grandchildren,
20 great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.
The graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Dillon, by the Rev. Jimmie Farmer.
Visitation will be at the Blanton-Cotingham Funeral Home, Dillon.
Many thanks to Cousin Lea Ann Brumble for providing
this obituary.
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HEZEKIAH E. CARR
Tillamook, December 24 (Special)--Funeral sevice for Hezekiah E. Carr,
who died December 23 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Altman,
Tillamook, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, from Waud's Funeral Home
for interment in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in the same city.
Mr. Carr was born January 24, 1860 at Marshalltown, Iowa and came to
Oregon in 1890, moving to Tillamock in 1914.
He is survived by five daughters and one son. They are Mrs. George
Altman and Mrs. Homer Baker, both of Tillamock, Mrs. Rennie Kellow,
Portland, Mrs. Charles Odell, Canby, and Mrs. Fred Lund, Marcola,
Oregon, and Marvin Carr of the United States Navy. Twelve
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.
Grateful thanks go to Verna McDaniel Pratt who supplied
this obituary.
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DORIS FAYE COWSERT CONKLE
Mrs. Doris Faye Conkle, 69, of Rural Route, Elizabethtown, died
Saturday, Oct. 11, 1997, at Hardin County General Hospital in Rosiclare.
She was a member of Church of Christ in Elizabethtown.
Surviving are a daughter, Libby Conkle of Elizabethtown; two sons,
Donald Conkle of Golconda and Randall Conkle of Elizabethtown; a sister, Pat Griswold of Elizabethtown; special children, Mike and Brenda Conrad; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Alvin and Ivy Henson
Cowsert; a son, Garvin Conkle Jr.; a brother, Rodney Cowsert; and
four sisters, Lela Cowsert, Lala Carmen, Sylvia Conrad and Barbara
Dean Cowsert.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Cox Funeral Home in Elizabethtown, where friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday. The Rev. Don Campbell will officiate and burial will be in Dixon-Volkert Cemetery in Elizabethtown.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, Illinois, October 9, 1997
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Services Held for Alonzo Cowsert
Aubrey Alonzo Cowsert, age 59, died March 20, 1978 in San Antonio.
Funeral services were held March 23 at 10:30 a.m. in Rocksprings
Baptist Church with burial in Rocksprings Cemetery under the
direction of Nelson Funeral Home. Services were conducted by
Rev. Vernon Andrews of the Baptist Church and Rev. Lynn McAden
of the United Methodist Church.
Mr. Cowsert was born January 5, 1919 to Lorena Corder Cowsert and
Orville Cowsert on the Corder Ranch east of Rocksprings which is
now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Hankins.
Following his graduation from Rocksprings High School in 1936,
Mr. Cowsert attended Texas A & M University and served four years
in the Army Medical Corps. Upon completion of his military duty,
he returned to Rocksprings where he served as mayor for one year.
During his term as mayor, the first street paving was done in
Rocksprings. Mr. Cowsert framed and kept throughout his lifetime the
single dollar bill he received as salary during his term as Mayor.
He was a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Cowsert was adjutant to the
American Legion at the time the memorial hall was built.
Alonzo Cowsert and Bettie Baskerville were married April 20, 1941 in
Dallas.
Most of his career has been spent as a wool tester. He began this
work with Sonora Wool and Mohair Company and had also been employed as
a wool tester in Denver, Colorado and Charleston, South Carolina. His
work in South Carolina involved testing wool imported from Australia.
Mr. Cowsert and his wife Betty had been living back in Texas for the
past three years making their home first in Alice and then in Poteet.
He was employed by Alamo Lumber Company in Alice and Pleasanton.
Survivors include his wife; four children, Carolyn and Bill of Hawaii,
Betty Sue of South Carolina and Hazel of Colorado; 4 grandchildren,
a sister, Mrs. C.R. Reams of Bay City; and a brother, Otis Cowsert of
Rocksprings.
Serving as pallbearers were Bill Price of Pittsburg, Kansas, Jim
McFarland of Lovington, New Mexico, Charles Sargent of Pleasant,
Bob Ramsey of Mountain Home, and James B. Rudasill, Walker Epperson,
Bill Seale, and Buddy Shankin, all of Rocksprings.
Obituary dated: March 24, 1978.
Thanks to Carolyn Maloney for providing this obituary.
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ATWELL WILLIAM COWSERT
(Son of Atwell Cowsert and Julia Ann Story)
A.W. Cowsert (Att), 58, World War I veteran died at 5:55 a.m.
Tuesday (November 28, 1950) at the Veterans Home in Danville, Illinois,
where he had been hospitalized for 19 years. Surviving are his wife,
Anna; two daughters, Mrs. Martha Smith, of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Ada
Vineyard of Joliet, IL; a brother John Cowsert of Painton, MO; and a
half brother, William Cowsert of Eldorado, IL. The body, received by
Gibbons Funeral Home has been returned to the residence to lie in state.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at McKinley Avenue
Baptist Church, Rev. George B. Leathers officiating. Burial will be
with military rites and burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, Illinois, November 29, 1950.
I am deeply grateful to the following people for the above obituary:
Linda Roberts, who alerted me to the fact that Atwell was buried in
Sunset Hills Cemetery; Mary Brimm, who answered my call for help and
who put me in touch with the person who sent me a copy of this obituary:
Rebecca Schmook. All three are dedicated and generous researchers.
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BETTY JANE COWSERT
Betty J. (Burge) Cowsert, 68, a resident of Portland, MI, for the past
three years and formerly of Reed City, died Thursday, July 23, 1998, at
her residence. She was born May 18, 1930 in Detroit. She was a
resident of Fraser before moving to Reed City in 1980.
She is survived by sons, Michael (Charal) of Vaughn, WA, David (Laurie)
of Utica, Nathan (Lynne) of Reed City; daughters, Cathy (Michael)
Miller of Lyons, Laura (Paul) Kelin of Waren; sister, Juanita Majeske
of Lady Lakes, FL; 14 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
She was predeceased by husband, Phillip Wayne Cowsert, in 1985.
Funeral service will be today at 1 p.m. at Trinity Luteran Church,
Reed City, with the Rev. Robert Baerwolf officiating. Burial will
be at Woodland Cemetery, Reed City. Memorial contributions may be
made to Ionia Home Hospice.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing this obituary.
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CARL COWSERT
Carl Cowsert, 79, of Rosiclare died Sunday, March 7 (1999) at Union
County Hospital in Anna.
Survisors include his wife, Ruth, of Rosiclare; a stepson, Jerry D.
English of Braidwood, IL; a stepdaughter, Bernadine Anderson of Cave
in Rock; eight step-grandchildren and 11 stepgreat-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Fluorine
emetery in Rosiclare with military rites.
Hosick Funderal Home was in charge of arrangements.
Hardin County Independent, Elizabethtown, Illinois,
March 11, 1999
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ELISHA COWSERT
Elisha Cowsert-Co I 131 Regt. IL Inf. Civil War 26 July 1898 Soward
Cemetery
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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FRANK COWSERT
Frank Cowsert was born in Pope County, Illinois May 7, 1864, died
January 21, 1929 at his home in Hardin County, near Eichorn, Illinois,
being 64 years, 8 months and 14 days old.
He was the son of Robert and Maria Kelly Cowsert. When he was about
10 years of age, his parents died, leaving him and a sister, Mary
Christine, to mourn their passing. At this time, he went to live with
an uncle and aunt, Elisha and Mary Brown, who resided in Hardin County. Here he grew to manhood and formed many lasting friendships.
On December 30, 1886, he was married to Ellen Wyatt who died in 1887.
Soon after her death, he went to Union City, Tennessee where he was
engaged in the mercantile business, being very successful in this
venture, but was compelled to discontinue his activities in this work
because of a nervous break-down. Here he took up the study of law,
and while he never applied for, nor was admitted to a bar, he was
recognized as an able attorney and was a constant source of legal
information and advice to his neighbors and friends.
In 1912, he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill the unexpired
term left vacant by the death of Mr. Henry Downey. He was elected to
the office successively and held it therefore until death.
On October 22, 1903, he was again married. This time to Mattie Hobbs.
To this union was born one son, Frank Hobbs Cowsert, who with his
mother, is left to mourn the department of a kind and loving husband
and father.
Besides his wife and son, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Mary C. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO, four nieces, Mrs. George F. Karber, Mrs. Wallace
Millikan of Rosiclare, Illinois, Mrs. F.J. Dowding, and Miss Margaret
McGinnis of Louisville, KY and one nephew, Rollin H. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO.
The family loses a kind and loving husband and father and the community
a neighbor and friend who was held in the highest esteem for his noble
qualities and ready sympathy for those less fortunate. Though never
enjoying robust health, he bore his sufferings with patience and great
fortitude, looking forward to a brighter and better world where there
is no pain nor suffering.
Peace to his ashes.
Written by one who loved him.
Hardin County Independent, 21 February 1929
Grateful thanks to Wanda Patton Reed who supplied this obituary.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Geo. W. Cowsert [son of George Washington Cowsert and Malinda Ashford],
Co. G, 6 Regt. Ill Cav. Civil War-21 Feb 1843-13 Mar 1913 Williams-
Cowsert
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Washington G. Cowsert [son of James Cowsert and Elizabeth Hamilton Cowsert], Private, Captain Dunn's, Illinois Mt. Brig., Black Hawk War [no dates], Soward Cemetery.
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois." Published in 1980
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HYRAM DANIEL COWSERT
Hyram D. Cowsert [son of Atwell Cowsert and Margaret Elizabeth
Rogers Cowsert], male, white, single. Age: 1y 3m 16d. Died:
July 15, 1888, Rose Clare Pct. Born: Illinois. Cause of Death:
Cholera Infantum, duration of one day. buried: Rose Clare.
Physician: J. Butler, Shetlerville.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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JAMES RALPH COWSERT
(Son of Oliver Cowsert and Lotte Mooneyham)
December 13, 1890 to January 1, 1957
OBITUARY:
Funeral to Be Thursday for Ralph Cowsert
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the
Bean and Tanner Funeral Home for Ralph Cowsert, 66, who passed away at
noon Tuesday in Pearce Hospital.
A carpenter who resided on RR 1, Equality, he had been in failing
health for the past three years, but his death was unexpected.
Surviving are his wife, Judith, and six children, Ralph David and
Carol, at home, James, St. Clair Shores, MI, Frank, Courtland, CA,
Mrs. Flora Rehkop, Ross Cowsert, Birmingham, MI, and Joe Cowsert,
Roseville, MI.
Rev. Eddie Hatfield will conduct the service and burial will be in
Wolf Creek Cemetery.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing
this obituary.
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LYDIA TWITCHELL COWSERT
Lydia Cowsert (nee Twitchell) 18 Apr 1843-28 Oct 1900) Williams-Cowsert
#3
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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MARGARET ELIZABETH RODGERS COWSERT
Margaret E. Cowsert [wife of Atwell Cowsert], female, white,
married. Age: 35y 3m 20d. Born: Illinois. Died: February 7, 1891,
McFarlan Pct. Cause of Death: Catarrhal Pneumonia, duration of 8
days. Buried: McFarlan Pct. Undertaker: McClellan. Physician:
J. Butler, Elizabethtown.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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MARY E. WILLIAMS COWSERT
At Rest
We believe this can be no more truthfully said of any one than of
Mrs. Mary E. Cowsert, who departed this life August 17, 1891, aged
42 years, 3 months and 22 days, after many months of suffering of that dreaded disease consumption.
Mary E. Williams was born April 25, 1849, and was married to George
W. Cowsert, September 20, 1866. She became a member of the church of
Christ about year 1877, in which she lived a useful, earnest christian
life until her death. Such suffering as hers could only have been
endured so patiently by a true christian who looked beyond this world,
and with an eye of faith, beheld a world where all is peace and no
dread disease can ever come. She often talked about dying, but evidenced
not the least fear -- talked as calmly as if she was only going on a
journey to a distant country. She regretted leaving her family, all
of whom are girls, four in number; but rejoiced in being reunited with
her two sons who had gone on before, whose deaths seemed to haster her
departure.
Deceased leaves a grief-stricken husband, four daughters, one sister,
three brothers and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her
death.
(HCC BK, Stone Church Cem., Geo. W. Cowsert, Sgt., Co. G, 6th
Regt. Ill. Cav. Civil War, died August 11, 1911).
"Hardin County Obituaries"
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MINNIE COWSERT
(daughter of Lucien McDaniel and Clara Stone)
Minnie Cowsert, age 50, of Garden Grove, passed away May 14, 1974.
Survived by [mother, Clara McDaniel,] husband Ray, son Larry, daughters
Judy Stevens and Nancy Lewis, brothers Nolan, Clifford and Donald,
sisters Millie Flood, June Gill, Betty Schumacher and Verna Pratt,
grandchildren Christopher Lewis and Carrie Stevens.
Services will be held on Friday at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church
of Westminster. Family suggests donations to the Minnie Cowsert
Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Westminster.
Interment at Harbor Rest Memorial Park, Costa Mesa; directed by
Westminster Memorial Park.
Garden Grove Daily News
I would be most happy to receive obituaries of related family for inclusion here.
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OBITUARY
Aunt Jane Ashford, whose maiden name was Cowsert, was born October 12, 1824, died September 25, 1903. She was married to Carrol Ashford at the early age, being 15 or 16 years old. To this union eight children were born: only three of whom live to mourn the loss of their aged mother. The following are names of the living children given in order of their births -- William Franklin, James M. and Joseph L. Ashford. The other children died in childhood.
Janie McAlister now Livers lived with Aunt Jane from early childhood till she was married to William Livers. She seemed to think as much of Janie as if she had been her own child, and Janie always called her ma and loved Aunt Jane as dearly as a child would love a natural parent. When Janie heard of the sickness of Aunt Jane, she left her home in eastern Kentucky and made all possible efforts to get to the beside of the dear old mother, but owing to low water in the Ohio and consequent failure of boats to be on time, she did not arrive in time to even be at the funeral.
Aunt Jane had lived a widow since 1869 -- and deserves great credit for the manner in which she raised her three boys, and the little orphan girl, who now mourns the loss of the good old mother.
I have known Aunt Jane nearly 40 years, and am happy to say she lived an exemplary christian life. Her husband, who preceded her to the spirit world some thirty-five years, was also a christian, and when they with their five children, who had died in childhood, turn yearning thoughts earthward, will not heaven be sweeter if they may hope to greet the remainder of their family on the ever green shores?
She was buried near her husband in the Ziegler Cemetery, September 26th, funeral by the writer. Ira E. Driver.
"Early Newspaper Cliffings of Hardin County, Illiniois"
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GLADYS L. BAKER
Mrs. Gladys L. Baker, 76, of rural, Golconda, died at 11:19 a.m.
Saturday, July 17, 1999 at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky.
She was born on March 18, 1923, in Pope County, to the late Elmer and
Iva (Flick)
Cowsert. In September 1942, she married Leroy VanBaber. He died in
February, 1944. She married Joe Baker on March 22, 1948. They later
divorced. On March 5, 1970, she married Ralph Carter, who died on
April 26, 1985. She remarried Mr. Baker. He died in May, 1992.
Mrs. Baker was a retired school and music teacher for many years.
Mrs. Baker was a member of the Vienna First United Methodist Church,
where she was church organist. She was a former member of the
Golconda Order of Eastern Star.
Surviving are two daughters, Mary Arnold of Golconda and Joan VanBaber
of Harrisburg; three grandchildren, Lisa Edward and Ryan Arnold,
both of Rural, Golconda, and Holly VanBaber of Harrisburg; a sister,
Mrs. Bill (Lela) Miles of Vienna.
Services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at Aly Funeral Home in
Golconda, where visitation was held at 6 p.m. Sunday. The
Rev. Ed Hoke and the Rev. Roy Lee Baker officiated. Burial
was in the Fields Cemetery.
Harrisburg Daily Register
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ANDREW B. BRUMBLE
A TRIBUTE
published in the pages of
THE DILLION HERALD
DILLION, S.C.
JAN. 31, 1935
Memorial Obituary
Entered Into Eternal Rest
Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1935
Death Claims Aged War Veteran
LATTA, Jan. 28 - Andrew B. Brumble, Confederate War veteran, age 90,
one of the pioneer citizens of Dillon County, passed away at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. W.S. Hyatt of Latta, Tuesday morning at 6
o'clock, Jan. 22, from pneumonia following a brief illness.
Mr. Brumble was born Jan. 8, 1845, at Lumberton, N.C., where he made
his home until after his marriage to Miss Sophia Edwards of Lamberton,
who died Nov. 14, 1919.
While still a young man, he came to South Carolina where he was
engaged in farming until 1927. He contributed to the growth and
progress of Dillon and Dillon County.
He was a member of the Baptist church and was a man of genial
personality and kindly disposition, having a large circle of
friends both here and elsewhere.
Funeral services were conducted at the home of Mrs. W.S. Hyatt
on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. Samuel Long of
Chesterfield, assisted by Rev. J.A. Ward of Dillon, Henry Collins,
and Rev. P.D. Patrick of Latta.
Interment was in Magnolia Cemetery. The funeral was attended by a
large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends.
The floral tributes were many and beautiful, testifying to the love
and esteem in which the deceased was held.
The pallbearers were Wade McMillan, Lacy Johnson, Houston Manning,
Laurin Henry, Walker Gaddy and D.B. Shine.
The death of Mr. Brumble leaves only two remaining Confederate
veterans in Dillon County.
My sincere and grateful thanks to Cousin Lea Ann
Brumble for providing this obituary.
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BESSIE TUCKER BRUMBLE
September 24, 1978
DILLON, S.C. -- Mrs. Bessie Virginia Tucker Brumble, 85, of Dillon
died Sunday at Pine's Nursing Home.
A native of Dillon, S.C., she was the daughter of the late James Lee
and Martha Bailey Tucker and the wife of the late W.H. Brumble. She
was a member of Dillon First Baptist Church.
Surviving are four sons, W.H. Brumble, Jr. of Burlington, Walker G.
Brumble of Latta, S.C., Hymas H. Brumble of Pittsburgh, Pa., Douglas
Brumble of Dillon; three daughters, Mrs. Beatrice B. Gibbs of Latta,
Mrs. Doris B. Chatman and Mrs. Margaret B. Lee, both of Burlington;
one sister, Mrs. Estella Thompson of High Point; 24 grandchildren,
20 great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.
The graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Dillon, by the Rev. Jimmie Farmer.
Visitation will be at the Blanton-Cotingham Funeral Home, Dillon.
Many thanks to Cousin Lea Ann Brumble for providing
this obituary.
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HEZEKIAH E. CARR
Tillamook, December 24 (Special)--Funeral sevice for Hezekiah E. Carr,
who died December 23 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Altman,
Tillamook, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, from Waud's Funeral Home
for interment in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in the same city.
Mr. Carr was born January 24, 1860 at Marshalltown, Iowa and came to
Oregon in 1890, moving to Tillamock in 1914.
He is survived by five daughters and one son. They are Mrs. George
Altman and Mrs. Homer Baker, both of Tillamock, Mrs. Rennie Kellow,
Portland, Mrs. Charles Odell, Canby, and Mrs. Fred Lund, Marcola,
Oregon, and Marvin Carr of the United States Navy. Twelve
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.
Grateful thanks go to Verna McDaniel Pratt who supplied
this obituary.
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DORIS FAYE COWSERT CONKLE
Mrs. Doris Faye Conkle, 69, of Rural Route, Elizabethtown, died
Saturday, Oct. 11, 1997, at Hardin County General Hospital in Rosiclare.
She was a member of Church of Christ in Elizabethtown.
Surviving are a daughter, Libby Conkle of Elizabethtown; two sons,
Donald Conkle of Golconda and Randall Conkle of Elizabethtown; a sister, Pat Griswold of Elizabethtown; special children, Mike and Brenda Conrad; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Alvin and Ivy Henson
Cowsert; a son, Garvin Conkle Jr.; a brother, Rodney Cowsert; and
four sisters, Lela Cowsert, Lala Carmen, Sylvia Conrad and Barbara
Dean Cowsert.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Cox Funeral Home in Elizabethtown, where friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday. The Rev. Don Campbell will officiate and burial will be in Dixon-Volkert Cemetery in Elizabethtown.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, Illinois, October 9, 1997
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Services Held for Alonzo Cowsert
Aubrey Alonzo Cowsert, age 59, died March 20, 1978 in San Antonio.
Funeral services were held March 23 at 10:30 a.m. in Rocksprings
Baptist Church with burial in Rocksprings Cemetery under the
direction of Nelson Funeral Home. Services were conducted by
Rev. Vernon Andrews of the Baptist Church and Rev. Lynn McAden
of the United Methodist Church.
Mr. Cowsert was born January 5, 1919 to Lorena Corder Cowsert and
Orville Cowsert on the Corder Ranch east of Rocksprings which is
now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Hankins.
Following his graduation from Rocksprings High School in 1936,
Mr. Cowsert attended Texas A & M University and served four years
in the Army Medical Corps. Upon completion of his military duty,
he returned to Rocksprings where he served as mayor for one year.
During his term as mayor, the first street paving was done in
Rocksprings. Mr. Cowsert framed and kept throughout his lifetime the
single dollar bill he received as salary during his term as Mayor.
He was a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Cowsert was adjutant to the
American Legion at the time the memorial hall was built.
Alonzo Cowsert and Bettie Baskerville were married April 20, 1941 in
Dallas.
Most of his career has been spent as a wool tester. He began this
work with Sonora Wool and Mohair Company and had also been employed as
a wool tester in Denver, Colorado and Charleston, South Carolina. His
work in South Carolina involved testing wool imported from Australia.
Mr. Cowsert and his wife Betty had been living back in Texas for the
past three years making their home first in Alice and then in Poteet.
He was employed by Alamo Lumber Company in Alice and Pleasanton.
Survivors include his wife; four children, Carolyn and Bill of Hawaii,
Betty Sue of South Carolina and Hazel of Colorado; 4 grandchildren,
a sister, Mrs. C.R. Reams of Bay City; and a brother, Otis Cowsert of
Rocksprings.
Serving as pallbearers were Bill Price of Pittsburg, Kansas, Jim
McFarland of Lovington, New Mexico, Charles Sargent of Pleasant,
Bob Ramsey of Mountain Home, and James B. Rudasill, Walker Epperson,
Bill Seale, and Buddy Shankin, all of Rocksprings.
Obituary dated: March 24, 1978.
Thanks to Carolyn Maloney for providing this obituary.
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ATWELL WILLIAM COWSERT
(Son of Atwell Cowsert and Julia Ann Story)
A.W. Cowsert (Att), 58, World War I veteran died at 5:55 a.m.
Tuesday (November 28, 1950) at the Veterans Home in Danville, Illinois,
where he had been hospitalized for 19 years. Surviving are his wife,
Anna; two daughters, Mrs. Martha Smith, of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Ada
Vineyard of Joliet, IL; a brother John Cowsert of Painton, MO; and a
half brother, William Cowsert of Eldorado, IL. The body, received by
Gibbons Funeral Home has been returned to the residence to lie in state.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at McKinley Avenue
Baptist Church, Rev. George B. Leathers officiating. Burial will be
with military rites and burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, Illinois, November 29, 1950.
I am deeply grateful to the following people for the above obituary:
Linda Roberts, who alerted me to the fact that Atwell was buried in
Sunset Hills Cemetery; Mary Brimm, who answered my call for help and
who put me in touch with the person who sent me a copy of this obituary:
Rebecca Schmook. All three are dedicated and generous researchers.
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BETTY JANE COWSERT
Betty J. (Burge) Cowsert, 68, a resident of Portland, MI, for the past
three years and formerly of Reed City, died Thursday, July 23, 1998, at
her residence. She was born May 18, 1930 in Detroit. She was a
resident of Fraser before moving to Reed City in 1980.
She is survived by sons, Michael (Charal) of Vaughn, WA, David (Laurie)
of Utica, Nathan (Lynne) of Reed City; daughters, Cathy (Michael)
Miller of Lyons, Laura (Paul) Kelin of Waren; sister, Juanita Majeske
of Lady Lakes, FL; 14 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
She was predeceased by husband, Phillip Wayne Cowsert, in 1985.
Funeral service will be today at 1 p.m. at Trinity Luteran Church,
Reed City, with the Rev. Robert Baerwolf officiating. Burial will
be at Woodland Cemetery, Reed City. Memorial contributions may be
made to Ionia Home Hospice.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing this obituary.
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CARL COWSERT
Carl Cowsert, 79, of Rosiclare died Sunday, March 7 (1999) at Union
County Hospital in Anna.
Survisors include his wife, Ruth, of Rosiclare; a stepson, Jerry D.
English of Braidwood, IL; a stepdaughter, Bernadine Anderson of Cave
in Rock; eight step-grandchildren and 11 stepgreat-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Fluorine
emetery in Rosiclare with military rites.
Hosick Funderal Home was in charge of arrangements.
Hardin County Independent, Elizabethtown, Illinois,
March 11, 1999
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ELISHA COWSERT
Elisha Cowsert-Co I 131 Regt. IL Inf. Civil War 26 July 1898 Soward
Cemetery
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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FRANK COWSERT
Frank Cowsert was born in Pope County, Illinois May 7, 1864, died
January 21, 1929 at his home in Hardin County, near Eichorn, Illinois,
being 64 years, 8 months and 14 days old.
He was the son of Robert and Maria Kelly Cowsert. When he was about
10 years of age, his parents died, leaving him and a sister, Mary
Christine, to mourn their passing. At this time, he went to live with
an uncle and aunt, Elisha and Mary Brown, who resided in Hardin County. Here he grew to manhood and formed many lasting friendships.
On December 30, 1886, he was married to Ellen Wyatt who died in 1887.
Soon after her death, he went to Union City, Tennessee where he was
engaged in the mercantile business, being very successful in this
venture, but was compelled to discontinue his activities in this work
because of a nervous break-down. Here he took up the study of law,
and while he never applied for, nor was admitted to a bar, he was
recognized as an able attorney and was a constant source of legal
information and advice to his neighbors and friends.
In 1912, he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill the unexpired
term left vacant by the death of Mr. Henry Downey. He was elected to
the office successively and held it therefore until death.
On October 22, 1903, he was again married. This time to Mattie Hobbs.
To this union was born one son, Frank Hobbs Cowsert, who with his
mother, is left to mourn the department of a kind and loving husband
and father.
Besides his wife and son, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Mary C. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO, four nieces, Mrs. George F. Karber, Mrs. Wallace
Millikan of Rosiclare, Illinois, Mrs. F.J. Dowding, and Miss Margaret
McGinnis of Louisville, KY and one nephew, Rollin H. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO.
The family loses a kind and loving husband and father and the community
a neighbor and friend who was held in the highest esteem for his noble
qualities and ready sympathy for those less fortunate. Though never
enjoying robust health, he bore his sufferings with patience and great
fortitude, looking forward to a brighter and better world where there
is no pain nor suffering.
Peace to his ashes.
Written by one who loved him.
Hardin County Independent, 21 February 1929
Grateful thanks to Wanda Patton Reed who supplied this obituary.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Geo. W. Cowsert [son of George Washington Cowsert and Malinda Ashford],
Co. G, 6 Regt. Ill Cav. Civil War-21 Feb 1843-13 Mar 1913 Williams-
Cowsert
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Washington G. Cowsert [son of James Cowsert and Elizabeth Hamilton Cowsert], Private, Captain Dunn's, Illinois Mt. Brig., Black Hawk War [no dates], Soward Cemetery.
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois." Published in 1980
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HYRAM DANIEL COWSERT
Hyram D. Cowsert [son of Atwell Cowsert and Margaret Elizabeth
Rogers Cowsert], male, white, single. Age: 1y 3m 16d. Died:
July 15, 1888, Rose Clare Pct. Born: Illinois. Cause of Death:
Cholera Infantum, duration of one day. buried: Rose Clare.
Physician: J. Butler, Shetlerville.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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JAMES RALPH COWSERT
(Son of Oliver Cowsert and Lotte Mooneyham)
December 13, 1890 to January 1, 1957
OBITUARY:
Funeral to Be Thursday for Ralph Cowsert
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the
Bean and Tanner Funeral Home for Ralph Cowsert, 66, who passed away at
noon Tuesday in Pearce Hospital.
A carpenter who resided on RR 1, Equality, he had been in failing
health for the past three years, but his death was unexpected.
Surviving are his wife, Judith, and six children, Ralph David and
Carol, at home, James, St. Clair Shores, MI, Frank, Courtland, CA,
Mrs. Flora Rehkop, Ross Cowsert, Birmingham, MI, and Joe Cowsert,
Roseville, MI.
Rev. Eddie Hatfield will conduct the service and burial will be in
Wolf Creek Cemetery.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing
this obituary.
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LYDIA TWITCHELL COWSERT
Lydia Cowsert (nee Twitchell) 18 Apr 1843-28 Oct 1900) Williams-Cowsert
#3
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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MARGARET ELIZABETH RODGERS COWSERT
Margaret E. Cowsert [wife of Atwell Cowsert], female, white,
married. Age: 35y 3m 20d. Born: Illinois. Died: February 7, 1891,
McFarlan Pct. Cause of Death: Catarrhal Pneumonia, duration of 8
days. Buried: McFarlan Pct. Undertaker: McClellan. Physician:
J. Butler, Elizabethtown.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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MARY E. WILLIAMS COWSERT
At Rest
We believe this can be no more truthfully said of any one than of
Mrs. Mary E. Cowsert, who departed this life August 17, 1891, aged
42 years, 3 months and 22 days, after many months of suffering of that dreaded disease consumption.
Mary E. Williams was born April 25, 1849, and was married to George
W. Cowsert, September 20, 1866. She became a member of the church of
Christ about year 1877, in which she lived a useful, earnest christian
life until her death. Such suffering as hers could only have been
endured so patiently by a true christian who looked beyond this world,
and with an eye of faith, beheld a world where all is peace and no
dread disease can ever come. She often talked about dying, but evidenced
not the least fear -- talked as calmly as if she was only going on a
journey to a distant country. She regretted leaving her family, all
of whom are girls, four in number; but rejoiced in being reunited with
her two sons who had gone on before, whose deaths seemed to haster her
departure.
Deceased leaves a grief-stricken husband, four daughters, one sister,
three brothers and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her
death.
(HCC BK, Stone Church Cem., Geo. W. Cowsert, Sgt., Co. G, 6th
Regt. Ill. Cav. Civil War, died August 11, 1911).
"Hardin County Obituaries"
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MINNIE COWSERT
(daughter of Lucien McDaniel and Clara Stone)
Minnie Cowsert, age 50, of Garden Grove, passed away May 14, 1974.
Survived by [mother, Clara McDaniel,] husband Ray, son Larry, daughters
Judy Stevens and Nancy Lewis, brothers Nolan, Clifford and Donald,
sisters Millie Flood, June Gill, Betty Schumacher and Verna Pratt,
grandchildren Christopher Lewis and Carrie Stevens.
Services will be held on Friday at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church
of Westminster. Family suggests donations to the Minnie Cowsert
Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Westminster.
Interment at Harbor Rest Memorial Park, Costa Mesa; directed by
Westminster Memorial Park.
Garden Grove Daily News
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Janie McAlister now Livers lived with Aunt Jane from early childhood till she was married to William Livers. She seemed to think as much of Janie as if she had been her own child, and Janie always called her ma and loved Aunt Jane as dearly as a child would love a natural parent. When Janie heard of the sickness of Aunt Jane, she left her home in eastern Kentucky and made all possible efforts to get to the beside of the dear old mother, but owing to low water in the Ohio and consequent failure of boats to be on time, she did not arrive in time to even be at the funeral.
Aunt Jane had lived a widow since 1869 -- and deserves great credit for the manner in which she raised her three boys, and the little orphan girl, who now mourns the loss of the good old mother.
I have known Aunt Jane nearly 40 years, and am happy to say she lived an exemplary christian life. Her husband, who preceded her to the spirit world some thirty-five years, was also a christian, and when they with their five children, who had died in childhood, turn yearning thoughts earthward, will not heaven be sweeter if they may hope to greet the remainder of their family on the ever green shores?
She was buried near her husband in the Ziegler Cemetery, September 26th, funeral by the writer. Ira E. Driver.
"Early Newspaper Cliffings of Hardin County, Illiniois"
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GLADYS L. BAKER
Mrs. Gladys L. Baker, 76, of rural, Golconda, died at 11:19 a.m.
Saturday, July 17, 1999 at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky.
She was born on March 18, 1923, in Pope County, to the late Elmer and
Iva (Flick)
Cowsert. In September 1942, she married Leroy VanBaber. He died in
February, 1944. She married Joe Baker on March 22, 1948. They later
divorced. On March 5, 1970, she married Ralph Carter, who died on
April 26, 1985. She remarried Mr. Baker. He died in May, 1992.
Mrs. Baker was a retired school and music teacher for many years.
Mrs. Baker was a member of the Vienna First United Methodist Church,
where she was church organist. She was a former member of the
Golconda Order of Eastern Star.
Surviving are two daughters, Mary Arnold of Golconda and Joan VanBaber
of Harrisburg; three grandchildren, Lisa Edward and Ryan Arnold,
both of Rural, Golconda, and Holly VanBaber of Harrisburg; a sister,
Mrs. Bill (Lela) Miles of Vienna.
Services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at Aly Funeral Home in
Golconda, where visitation was held at 6 p.m. Sunday. The
Rev. Ed Hoke and the Rev. Roy Lee Baker officiated. Burial
was in the Fields Cemetery.
Harrisburg Daily Register
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ANDREW B. BRUMBLE
A TRIBUTE
published in the pages of
THE DILLION HERALD
DILLION, S.C.
JAN. 31, 1935
Memorial Obituary
Entered Into Eternal Rest
Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1935
Death Claims Aged War Veteran
LATTA, Jan. 28 - Andrew B. Brumble, Confederate War veteran, age 90,
one of the pioneer citizens of Dillon County, passed away at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. W.S. Hyatt of Latta, Tuesday morning at 6
o'clock, Jan. 22, from pneumonia following a brief illness.
Mr. Brumble was born Jan. 8, 1845, at Lumberton, N.C., where he made
his home until after his marriage to Miss Sophia Edwards of Lamberton,
who died Nov. 14, 1919.
While still a young man, he came to South Carolina where he was
engaged in farming until 1927. He contributed to the growth and
progress of Dillon and Dillon County.
He was a member of the Baptist church and was a man of genial
personality and kindly disposition, having a large circle of
friends both here and elsewhere.
Funeral services were conducted at the home of Mrs. W.S. Hyatt
on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. Samuel Long of
Chesterfield, assisted by Rev. J.A. Ward of Dillon, Henry Collins,
and Rev. P.D. Patrick of Latta.
Interment was in Magnolia Cemetery. The funeral was attended by a
large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends.
The floral tributes were many and beautiful, testifying to the love
and esteem in which the deceased was held.
The pallbearers were Wade McMillan, Lacy Johnson, Houston Manning,
Laurin Henry, Walker Gaddy and D.B. Shine.
The death of Mr. Brumble leaves only two remaining Confederate
veterans in Dillon County.
My sincere and grateful thanks to Cousin Lea Ann
Brumble for providing this obituary.
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BESSIE TUCKER BRUMBLE
September 24, 1978
DILLON, S.C. -- Mrs. Bessie Virginia Tucker Brumble, 85, of Dillon
died Sunday at Pine's Nursing Home.
A native of Dillon, S.C., she was the daughter of the late James Lee
and Martha Bailey Tucker and the wife of the late W.H. Brumble. She
was a member of Dillon First Baptist Church.
Surviving are four sons, W.H. Brumble, Jr. of Burlington, Walker G.
Brumble of Latta, S.C., Hymas H. Brumble of Pittsburgh, Pa., Douglas
Brumble of Dillon; three daughters, Mrs. Beatrice B. Gibbs of Latta,
Mrs. Doris B. Chatman and Mrs. Margaret B. Lee, both of Burlington;
one sister, Mrs. Estella Thompson of High Point; 24 grandchildren,
20 great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.
The graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Dillon, by the Rev. Jimmie Farmer.
Visitation will be at the Blanton-Cotingham Funeral Home, Dillon.
Many thanks to Cousin Lea Ann Brumble for providing
this obituary.
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HEZEKIAH E. CARR
Tillamook, December 24 (Special)--Funeral sevice for Hezekiah E. Carr,
who died December 23 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Altman,
Tillamook, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, from Waud's Funeral Home
for interment in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in the same city.
Mr. Carr was born January 24, 1860 at Marshalltown, Iowa and came to
Oregon in 1890, moving to Tillamock in 1914.
He is survived by five daughters and one son. They are Mrs. George
Altman and Mrs. Homer Baker, both of Tillamock, Mrs. Rennie Kellow,
Portland, Mrs. Charles Odell, Canby, and Mrs. Fred Lund, Marcola,
Oregon, and Marvin Carr of the United States Navy. Twelve
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.
Grateful thanks go to Verna McDaniel Pratt who supplied
this obituary.
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DORIS FAYE COWSERT CONKLE
Mrs. Doris Faye Conkle, 69, of Rural Route, Elizabethtown, died
Saturday, Oct. 11, 1997, at Hardin County General Hospital in Rosiclare.
She was a member of Church of Christ in Elizabethtown.
Surviving are a daughter, Libby Conkle of Elizabethtown; two sons,
Donald Conkle of Golconda and Randall Conkle of Elizabethtown; a sister, Pat Griswold of Elizabethtown; special children, Mike and Brenda Conrad; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Alvin and Ivy Henson
Cowsert; a son, Garvin Conkle Jr.; a brother, Rodney Cowsert; and
four sisters, Lela Cowsert, Lala Carmen, Sylvia Conrad and Barbara
Dean Cowsert.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Cox Funeral Home in Elizabethtown, where friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday. The Rev. Don Campbell will officiate and burial will be in Dixon-Volkert Cemetery in Elizabethtown.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, Illinois, October 9, 1997
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Services Held for Alonzo Cowsert
Aubrey Alonzo Cowsert, age 59, died March 20, 1978 in San Antonio.
Funeral services were held March 23 at 10:30 a.m. in Rocksprings
Baptist Church with burial in Rocksprings Cemetery under the
direction of Nelson Funeral Home. Services were conducted by
Rev. Vernon Andrews of the Baptist Church and Rev. Lynn McAden
of the United Methodist Church.
Mr. Cowsert was born January 5, 1919 to Lorena Corder Cowsert and
Orville Cowsert on the Corder Ranch east of Rocksprings which is
now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Hankins.
Following his graduation from Rocksprings High School in 1936,
Mr. Cowsert attended Texas A & M University and served four years
in the Army Medical Corps. Upon completion of his military duty,
he returned to Rocksprings where he served as mayor for one year.
During his term as mayor, the first street paving was done in
Rocksprings. Mr. Cowsert framed and kept throughout his lifetime the
single dollar bill he received as salary during his term as Mayor.
He was a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Cowsert was adjutant to the
American Legion at the time the memorial hall was built.
Alonzo Cowsert and Bettie Baskerville were married April 20, 1941 in
Dallas.
Most of his career has been spent as a wool tester. He began this
work with Sonora Wool and Mohair Company and had also been employed as
a wool tester in Denver, Colorado and Charleston, South Carolina. His
work in South Carolina involved testing wool imported from Australia.
Mr. Cowsert and his wife Betty had been living back in Texas for the
past three years making their home first in Alice and then in Poteet.
He was employed by Alamo Lumber Company in Alice and Pleasanton.
Survivors include his wife; four children, Carolyn and Bill of Hawaii,
Betty Sue of South Carolina and Hazel of Colorado; 4 grandchildren,
a sister, Mrs. C.R. Reams of Bay City; and a brother, Otis Cowsert of
Rocksprings.
Serving as pallbearers were Bill Price of Pittsburg, Kansas, Jim
McFarland of Lovington, New Mexico, Charles Sargent of Pleasant,
Bob Ramsey of Mountain Home, and James B. Rudasill, Walker Epperson,
Bill Seale, and Buddy Shankin, all of Rocksprings.
Obituary dated: March 24, 1978.
Thanks to Carolyn Maloney for providing this obituary.
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ATWELL WILLIAM COWSERT
(Son of Atwell Cowsert and Julia Ann Story)
A.W. Cowsert (Att), 58, World War I veteran died at 5:55 a.m.
Tuesday (November 28, 1950) at the Veterans Home in Danville, Illinois,
where he had been hospitalized for 19 years. Surviving are his wife,
Anna; two daughters, Mrs. Martha Smith, of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Ada
Vineyard of Joliet, IL; a brother John Cowsert of Painton, MO; and a
half brother, William Cowsert of Eldorado, IL. The body, received by
Gibbons Funeral Home has been returned to the residence to lie in state.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at McKinley Avenue
Baptist Church, Rev. George B. Leathers officiating. Burial will be
with military rites and burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, Illinois, November 29, 1950.
I am deeply grateful to the following people for the above obituary:
Linda Roberts, who alerted me to the fact that Atwell was buried in
Sunset Hills Cemetery; Mary Brimm, who answered my call for help and
who put me in touch with the person who sent me a copy of this obituary:
Rebecca Schmook. All three are dedicated and generous researchers.
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BETTY JANE COWSERT
Betty J. (Burge) Cowsert, 68, a resident of Portland, MI, for the past
three years and formerly of Reed City, died Thursday, July 23, 1998, at
her residence. She was born May 18, 1930 in Detroit. She was a
resident of Fraser before moving to Reed City in 1980.
She is survived by sons, Michael (Charal) of Vaughn, WA, David (Laurie)
of Utica, Nathan (Lynne) of Reed City; daughters, Cathy (Michael)
Miller of Lyons, Laura (Paul) Kelin of Waren; sister, Juanita Majeske
of Lady Lakes, FL; 14 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
She was predeceased by husband, Phillip Wayne Cowsert, in 1985.
Funeral service will be today at 1 p.m. at Trinity Luteran Church,
Reed City, with the Rev. Robert Baerwolf officiating. Burial will
be at Woodland Cemetery, Reed City. Memorial contributions may be
made to Ionia Home Hospice.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing this obituary.
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CARL COWSERT
Carl Cowsert, 79, of Rosiclare died Sunday, March 7 (1999) at Union
County Hospital in Anna.
Survisors include his wife, Ruth, of Rosiclare; a stepson, Jerry D.
English of Braidwood, IL; a stepdaughter, Bernadine Anderson of Cave
in Rock; eight step-grandchildren and 11 stepgreat-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Fluorine
emetery in Rosiclare with military rites.
Hosick Funderal Home was in charge of arrangements.
Hardin County Independent, Elizabethtown, Illinois,
March 11, 1999
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ELISHA COWSERT
Elisha Cowsert-Co I 131 Regt. IL Inf. Civil War 26 July 1898 Soward
Cemetery
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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FRANK COWSERT
Frank Cowsert was born in Pope County, Illinois May 7, 1864, died
January 21, 1929 at his home in Hardin County, near Eichorn, Illinois,
being 64 years, 8 months and 14 days old.
He was the son of Robert and Maria Kelly Cowsert. When he was about
10 years of age, his parents died, leaving him and a sister, Mary
Christine, to mourn their passing. At this time, he went to live with
an uncle and aunt, Elisha and Mary Brown, who resided in Hardin County. Here he grew to manhood and formed many lasting friendships.
On December 30, 1886, he was married to Ellen Wyatt who died in 1887.
Soon after her death, he went to Union City, Tennessee where he was
engaged in the mercantile business, being very successful in this
venture, but was compelled to discontinue his activities in this work
because of a nervous break-down. Here he took up the study of law,
and while he never applied for, nor was admitted to a bar, he was
recognized as an able attorney and was a constant source of legal
information and advice to his neighbors and friends.
In 1912, he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill the unexpired
term left vacant by the death of Mr. Henry Downey. He was elected to
the office successively and held it therefore until death.
On October 22, 1903, he was again married. This time to Mattie Hobbs.
To this union was born one son, Frank Hobbs Cowsert, who with his
mother, is left to mourn the department of a kind and loving husband
and father.
Besides his wife and son, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Mary C. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO, four nieces, Mrs. George F. Karber, Mrs. Wallace
Millikan of Rosiclare, Illinois, Mrs. F.J. Dowding, and Miss Margaret
McGinnis of Louisville, KY and one nephew, Rollin H. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO.
The family loses a kind and loving husband and father and the community
a neighbor and friend who was held in the highest esteem for his noble
qualities and ready sympathy for those less fortunate. Though never
enjoying robust health, he bore his sufferings with patience and great
fortitude, looking forward to a brighter and better world where there
is no pain nor suffering.
Peace to his ashes.
Written by one who loved him.
Hardin County Independent, 21 February 1929
Grateful thanks to Wanda Patton Reed who supplied this obituary.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Geo. W. Cowsert [son of George Washington Cowsert and Malinda Ashford],
Co. G, 6 Regt. Ill Cav. Civil War-21 Feb 1843-13 Mar 1913 Williams-
Cowsert
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Washington G. Cowsert [son of James Cowsert and Elizabeth Hamilton Cowsert], Private, Captain Dunn's, Illinois Mt. Brig., Black Hawk War [no dates], Soward Cemetery.
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois." Published in 1980
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HYRAM DANIEL COWSERT
Hyram D. Cowsert [son of Atwell Cowsert and Margaret Elizabeth
Rogers Cowsert], male, white, single. Age: 1y 3m 16d. Died:
July 15, 1888, Rose Clare Pct. Born: Illinois. Cause of Death:
Cholera Infantum, duration of one day. buried: Rose Clare.
Physician: J. Butler, Shetlerville.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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JAMES RALPH COWSERT
(Son of Oliver Cowsert and Lotte Mooneyham)
December 13, 1890 to January 1, 1957
OBITUARY:
Funeral to Be Thursday for Ralph Cowsert
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the
Bean and Tanner Funeral Home for Ralph Cowsert, 66, who passed away at
noon Tuesday in Pearce Hospital.
A carpenter who resided on RR 1, Equality, he had been in failing
health for the past three years, but his death was unexpected.
Surviving are his wife, Judith, and six children, Ralph David and
Carol, at home, James, St. Clair Shores, MI, Frank, Courtland, CA,
Mrs. Flora Rehkop, Ross Cowsert, Birmingham, MI, and Joe Cowsert,
Roseville, MI.
Rev. Eddie Hatfield will conduct the service and burial will be in
Wolf Creek Cemetery.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing
this obituary.
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LYDIA TWITCHELL COWSERT
Lydia Cowsert (nee Twitchell) 18 Apr 1843-28 Oct 1900) Williams-Cowsert
#3
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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MARGARET ELIZABETH RODGERS COWSERT
Margaret E. Cowsert [wife of Atwell Cowsert], female, white,
married. Age: 35y 3m 20d. Born: Illinois. Died: February 7, 1891,
McFarlan Pct. Cause of Death: Catarrhal Pneumonia, duration of 8
days. Buried: McFarlan Pct. Undertaker: McClellan. Physician:
J. Butler, Elizabethtown.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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MARY E. WILLIAMS COWSERT
At Rest
We believe this can be no more truthfully said of any one than of
Mrs. Mary E. Cowsert, who departed this life August 17, 1891, aged
42 years, 3 months and 22 days, after many months of suffering of that dreaded disease consumption.
Mary E. Williams was born April 25, 1849, and was married to George
W. Cowsert, September 20, 1866. She became a member of the church of
Christ about year 1877, in which she lived a useful, earnest christian
life until her death. Such suffering as hers could only have been
endured so patiently by a true christian who looked beyond this world,
and with an eye of faith, beheld a world where all is peace and no
dread disease can ever come. She often talked about dying, but evidenced
not the least fear -- talked as calmly as if she was only going on a
journey to a distant country. She regretted leaving her family, all
of whom are girls, four in number; but rejoiced in being reunited with
her two sons who had gone on before, whose deaths seemed to haster her
departure.
Deceased leaves a grief-stricken husband, four daughters, one sister,
three brothers and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her
death.
(HCC BK, Stone Church Cem., Geo. W. Cowsert, Sgt., Co. G, 6th
Regt. Ill. Cav. Civil War, died August 11, 1911).
"Hardin County Obituaries"
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MINNIE COWSERT
(daughter of Lucien McDaniel and Clara Stone)
Minnie Cowsert, age 50, of Garden Grove, passed away May 14, 1974.
Survived by [mother, Clara McDaniel,] husband Ray, son Larry, daughters
Judy Stevens and Nancy Lewis, brothers Nolan, Clifford and Donald,
sisters Millie Flood, June Gill, Betty Schumacher and Verna Pratt,
grandchildren Christopher Lewis and Carrie Stevens.
Services will be held on Friday at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church
of Westminster. Family suggests donations to the Minnie Cowsert
Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Westminster.
Interment at Harbor Rest Memorial Park, Costa Mesa; directed by
Westminster Memorial Park.
Garden Grove Daily News
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GLADYS L. BAKER
ANDREW B. BRUMBLE
A TRIBUTE
published in the pages of
THE DILLION HERALD
DILLION, S.C.
JAN. 31, 1935
Memorial Obituary
Entered Into Eternal Rest
Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1935
Death Claims Aged War Veteran
THE DILLION HERALD
DILLION, S.C.
JAN. 31, 1935
Memorial Obituary
Entered Into Eternal Rest
Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1935
Death Claims Aged War Veteran
Mr. Brumble was born Jan. 8, 1845, at Lumberton, N.C., where he made his home until after his marriage to Miss Sophia Edwards of Lamberton, who died Nov. 14, 1919.
While still a young man, he came to South Carolina where he was engaged in farming until 1927. He contributed to the growth and progress of Dillon and Dillon County.
He was a member of the Baptist church and was a man of genial personality and kindly disposition, having a large circle of friends both here and elsewhere.
Funeral services were conducted at the home of Mrs. W.S. Hyatt on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. Samuel Long of Chesterfield, assisted by Rev. J.A. Ward of Dillon, Henry Collins, and Rev. P.D. Patrick of Latta.
Interment was in Magnolia Cemetery. The funeral was attended by a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends.
The floral tributes were many and beautiful, testifying to the love and esteem in which the deceased was held.
The pallbearers were Wade McMillan, Lacy Johnson, Houston Manning, Laurin Henry, Walker Gaddy and D.B. Shine.
The death of Mr. Brumble leaves only two remaining Confederate veterans in Dillon County.
My sincere and grateful thanks to Cousin Lea Ann
Brumble for providing this obituary.
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BESSIE TUCKER BRUMBLE
September 24, 1978
DILLON, S.C. -- Mrs. Bessie Virginia Tucker Brumble, 85, of Dillon
died Sunday at Pine's Nursing Home.
A native of Dillon, S.C., she was the daughter of the late James Lee
and Martha Bailey Tucker and the wife of the late W.H. Brumble. She
was a member of Dillon First Baptist Church.
Surviving are four sons, W.H. Brumble, Jr. of Burlington, Walker G.
Brumble of Latta, S.C., Hymas H. Brumble of Pittsburgh, Pa., Douglas
Brumble of Dillon; three daughters, Mrs. Beatrice B. Gibbs of Latta,
Mrs. Doris B. Chatman and Mrs. Margaret B. Lee, both of Burlington;
one sister, Mrs. Estella Thompson of High Point; 24 grandchildren,
20 great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.
The graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Dillon, by the Rev. Jimmie Farmer.
Visitation will be at the Blanton-Cotingham Funeral Home, Dillon.
Many thanks to Cousin Lea Ann Brumble for providing
this obituary.
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HEZEKIAH E. CARR
Tillamook, December 24 (Special)--Funeral sevice for Hezekiah E. Carr,
who died December 23 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Altman,
Tillamook, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, from Waud's Funeral Home
for interment in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in the same city.
Mr. Carr was born January 24, 1860 at Marshalltown, Iowa and came to
Oregon in 1890, moving to Tillamock in 1914.
He is survived by five daughters and one son. They are Mrs. George
Altman and Mrs. Homer Baker, both of Tillamock, Mrs. Rennie Kellow,
Portland, Mrs. Charles Odell, Canby, and Mrs. Fred Lund, Marcola,
Oregon, and Marvin Carr of the United States Navy. Twelve
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.
Grateful thanks go to Verna McDaniel Pratt who supplied
this obituary.
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DORIS FAYE COWSERT CONKLE
Mrs. Doris Faye Conkle, 69, of Rural Route, Elizabethtown, died
Saturday, Oct. 11, 1997, at Hardin County General Hospital in Rosiclare.
She was a member of Church of Christ in Elizabethtown.
Surviving are a daughter, Libby Conkle of Elizabethtown; two sons,
Donald Conkle of Golconda and Randall Conkle of Elizabethtown; a sister, Pat Griswold of Elizabethtown; special children, Mike and Brenda Conrad; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Alvin and Ivy Henson
Cowsert; a son, Garvin Conkle Jr.; a brother, Rodney Cowsert; and
four sisters, Lela Cowsert, Lala Carmen, Sylvia Conrad and Barbara
Dean Cowsert.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Cox Funeral Home in Elizabethtown, where friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday. The Rev. Don Campbell will officiate and burial will be in Dixon-Volkert Cemetery in Elizabethtown.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, Illinois, October 9, 1997
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Services Held for Alonzo Cowsert
Aubrey Alonzo Cowsert, age 59, died March 20, 1978 in San Antonio.
Funeral services were held March 23 at 10:30 a.m. in Rocksprings
Baptist Church with burial in Rocksprings Cemetery under the
direction of Nelson Funeral Home. Services were conducted by
Rev. Vernon Andrews of the Baptist Church and Rev. Lynn McAden
of the United Methodist Church.
Mr. Cowsert was born January 5, 1919 to Lorena Corder Cowsert and
Orville Cowsert on the Corder Ranch east of Rocksprings which is
now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Hankins.
Following his graduation from Rocksprings High School in 1936,
Mr. Cowsert attended Texas A & M University and served four years
in the Army Medical Corps. Upon completion of his military duty,
he returned to Rocksprings where he served as mayor for one year.
During his term as mayor, the first street paving was done in
Rocksprings. Mr. Cowsert framed and kept throughout his lifetime the
single dollar bill he received as salary during his term as Mayor.
He was a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Cowsert was adjutant to the
American Legion at the time the memorial hall was built.
Alonzo Cowsert and Bettie Baskerville were married April 20, 1941 in
Dallas.
Most of his career has been spent as a wool tester. He began this
work with Sonora Wool and Mohair Company and had also been employed as
a wool tester in Denver, Colorado and Charleston, South Carolina. His
work in South Carolina involved testing wool imported from Australia.
Mr. Cowsert and his wife Betty had been living back in Texas for the
past three years making their home first in Alice and then in Poteet.
He was employed by Alamo Lumber Company in Alice and Pleasanton.
Survivors include his wife; four children, Carolyn and Bill of Hawaii,
Betty Sue of South Carolina and Hazel of Colorado; 4 grandchildren,
a sister, Mrs. C.R. Reams of Bay City; and a brother, Otis Cowsert of
Rocksprings.
Serving as pallbearers were Bill Price of Pittsburg, Kansas, Jim
McFarland of Lovington, New Mexico, Charles Sargent of Pleasant,
Bob Ramsey of Mountain Home, and James B. Rudasill, Walker Epperson,
Bill Seale, and Buddy Shankin, all of Rocksprings.
Obituary dated: March 24, 1978.
Thanks to Carolyn Maloney for providing this obituary.
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ATWELL WILLIAM COWSERT
(Son of Atwell Cowsert and Julia Ann Story)
A.W. Cowsert (Att), 58, World War I veteran died at 5:55 a.m.
Tuesday (November 28, 1950) at the Veterans Home in Danville, Illinois,
where he had been hospitalized for 19 years. Surviving are his wife,
Anna; two daughters, Mrs. Martha Smith, of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Ada
Vineyard of Joliet, IL; a brother John Cowsert of Painton, MO; and a
half brother, William Cowsert of Eldorado, IL. The body, received by
Gibbons Funeral Home has been returned to the residence to lie in state.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at McKinley Avenue
Baptist Church, Rev. George B. Leathers officiating. Burial will be
with military rites and burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, Illinois, November 29, 1950.
I am deeply grateful to the following people for the above obituary:
Linda Roberts, who alerted me to the fact that Atwell was buried in
Sunset Hills Cemetery; Mary Brimm, who answered my call for help and
who put me in touch with the person who sent me a copy of this obituary:
Rebecca Schmook. All three are dedicated and generous researchers.
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BETTY JANE COWSERT
Betty J. (Burge) Cowsert, 68, a resident of Portland, MI, for the past
three years and formerly of Reed City, died Thursday, July 23, 1998, at
her residence. She was born May 18, 1930 in Detroit. She was a
resident of Fraser before moving to Reed City in 1980.
She is survived by sons, Michael (Charal) of Vaughn, WA, David (Laurie)
of Utica, Nathan (Lynne) of Reed City; daughters, Cathy (Michael)
Miller of Lyons, Laura (Paul) Kelin of Waren; sister, Juanita Majeske
of Lady Lakes, FL; 14 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
She was predeceased by husband, Phillip Wayne Cowsert, in 1985.
Funeral service will be today at 1 p.m. at Trinity Luteran Church,
Reed City, with the Rev. Robert Baerwolf officiating. Burial will
be at Woodland Cemetery, Reed City. Memorial contributions may be
made to Ionia Home Hospice.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing this obituary.
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CARL COWSERT
Carl Cowsert, 79, of Rosiclare died Sunday, March 7 (1999) at Union
County Hospital in Anna.
Survisors include his wife, Ruth, of Rosiclare; a stepson, Jerry D.
English of Braidwood, IL; a stepdaughter, Bernadine Anderson of Cave
in Rock; eight step-grandchildren and 11 stepgreat-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Fluorine
emetery in Rosiclare with military rites.
Hosick Funderal Home was in charge of arrangements.
Hardin County Independent, Elizabethtown, Illinois,
March 11, 1999
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ELISHA COWSERT
Elisha Cowsert-Co I 131 Regt. IL Inf. Civil War 26 July 1898 Soward
Cemetery
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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FRANK COWSERT
Frank Cowsert was born in Pope County, Illinois May 7, 1864, died
January 21, 1929 at his home in Hardin County, near Eichorn, Illinois,
being 64 years, 8 months and 14 days old.
He was the son of Robert and Maria Kelly Cowsert. When he was about
10 years of age, his parents died, leaving him and a sister, Mary
Christine, to mourn their passing. At this time, he went to live with
an uncle and aunt, Elisha and Mary Brown, who resided in Hardin County. Here he grew to manhood and formed many lasting friendships.
On December 30, 1886, he was married to Ellen Wyatt who died in 1887.
Soon after her death, he went to Union City, Tennessee where he was
engaged in the mercantile business, being very successful in this
venture, but was compelled to discontinue his activities in this work
because of a nervous break-down. Here he took up the study of law,
and while he never applied for, nor was admitted to a bar, he was
recognized as an able attorney and was a constant source of legal
information and advice to his neighbors and friends.
In 1912, he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill the unexpired
term left vacant by the death of Mr. Henry Downey. He was elected to
the office successively and held it therefore until death.
On October 22, 1903, he was again married. This time to Mattie Hobbs.
To this union was born one son, Frank Hobbs Cowsert, who with his
mother, is left to mourn the department of a kind and loving husband
and father.
Besides his wife and son, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Mary C. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO, four nieces, Mrs. George F. Karber, Mrs. Wallace
Millikan of Rosiclare, Illinois, Mrs. F.J. Dowding, and Miss Margaret
McGinnis of Louisville, KY and one nephew, Rollin H. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO.
The family loses a kind and loving husband and father and the community
a neighbor and friend who was held in the highest esteem for his noble
qualities and ready sympathy for those less fortunate. Though never
enjoying robust health, he bore his sufferings with patience and great
fortitude, looking forward to a brighter and better world where there
is no pain nor suffering.
Peace to his ashes.
Written by one who loved him.
Hardin County Independent, 21 February 1929
Grateful thanks to Wanda Patton Reed who supplied this obituary.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Geo. W. Cowsert [son of George Washington Cowsert and Malinda Ashford],
Co. G, 6 Regt. Ill Cav. Civil War-21 Feb 1843-13 Mar 1913 Williams-
Cowsert
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Washington G. Cowsert [son of James Cowsert and Elizabeth Hamilton Cowsert], Private, Captain Dunn's, Illinois Mt. Brig., Black Hawk War [no dates], Soward Cemetery.
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois." Published in 1980
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HYRAM DANIEL COWSERT
Hyram D. Cowsert [son of Atwell Cowsert and Margaret Elizabeth
Rogers Cowsert], male, white, single. Age: 1y 3m 16d. Died:
July 15, 1888, Rose Clare Pct. Born: Illinois. Cause of Death:
Cholera Infantum, duration of one day. buried: Rose Clare.
Physician: J. Butler, Shetlerville.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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JAMES RALPH COWSERT
(Son of Oliver Cowsert and Lotte Mooneyham)
December 13, 1890 to January 1, 1957
OBITUARY:
Funeral to Be Thursday for Ralph Cowsert
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the
Bean and Tanner Funeral Home for Ralph Cowsert, 66, who passed away at
noon Tuesday in Pearce Hospital.
A carpenter who resided on RR 1, Equality, he had been in failing
health for the past three years, but his death was unexpected.
Surviving are his wife, Judith, and six children, Ralph David and
Carol, at home, James, St. Clair Shores, MI, Frank, Courtland, CA,
Mrs. Flora Rehkop, Ross Cowsert, Birmingham, MI, and Joe Cowsert,
Roseville, MI.
Rev. Eddie Hatfield will conduct the service and burial will be in
Wolf Creek Cemetery.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing
this obituary.
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LYDIA TWITCHELL COWSERT
Lydia Cowsert (nee Twitchell) 18 Apr 1843-28 Oct 1900) Williams-Cowsert
#3
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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MARGARET ELIZABETH RODGERS COWSERT
Margaret E. Cowsert [wife of Atwell Cowsert], female, white,
married. Age: 35y 3m 20d. Born: Illinois. Died: February 7, 1891,
McFarlan Pct. Cause of Death: Catarrhal Pneumonia, duration of 8
days. Buried: McFarlan Pct. Undertaker: McClellan. Physician:
J. Butler, Elizabethtown.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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MARY E. WILLIAMS COWSERT
At Rest
We believe this can be no more truthfully said of any one than of
Mrs. Mary E. Cowsert, who departed this life August 17, 1891, aged
42 years, 3 months and 22 days, after many months of suffering of that dreaded disease consumption.
Mary E. Williams was born April 25, 1849, and was married to George
W. Cowsert, September 20, 1866. She became a member of the church of
Christ about year 1877, in which she lived a useful, earnest christian
life until her death. Such suffering as hers could only have been
endured so patiently by a true christian who looked beyond this world,
and with an eye of faith, beheld a world where all is peace and no
dread disease can ever come. She often talked about dying, but evidenced
not the least fear -- talked as calmly as if she was only going on a
journey to a distant country. She regretted leaving her family, all
of whom are girls, four in number; but rejoiced in being reunited with
her two sons who had gone on before, whose deaths seemed to haster her
departure.
Deceased leaves a grief-stricken husband, four daughters, one sister,
three brothers and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her
death.
(HCC BK, Stone Church Cem., Geo. W. Cowsert, Sgt., Co. G, 6th
Regt. Ill. Cav. Civil War, died August 11, 1911).
"Hardin County Obituaries"
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MINNIE COWSERT
(daughter of Lucien McDaniel and Clara Stone)
Minnie Cowsert, age 50, of Garden Grove, passed away May 14, 1974.
Survived by [mother, Clara McDaniel,] husband Ray, son Larry, daughters
Judy Stevens and Nancy Lewis, brothers Nolan, Clifford and Donald,
sisters Millie Flood, June Gill, Betty Schumacher and Verna Pratt,
grandchildren Christopher Lewis and Carrie Stevens.
Services will be held on Friday at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church
of Westminster. Family suggests donations to the Minnie Cowsert
Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Westminster.
Interment at Harbor Rest Memorial Park, Costa Mesa; directed by
Westminster Memorial Park.
Garden Grove Daily News
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BESSIE TUCKER BRUMBLE
September 24, 1978
September 24, 1978
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HEZEKIAH E. CARR
Mr. Carr was born January 24, 1860 at Marshalltown, Iowa and came to Oregon in 1890, moving to Tillamock in 1914.
He is survived by five daughters and one son. They are Mrs. George Altman and Mrs. Homer Baker, both of Tillamock, Mrs. Rennie Kellow, Portland, Mrs. Charles Odell, Canby, and Mrs. Fred Lund, Marcola, Oregon, and Marvin Carr of the United States Navy. Twelve grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.
Grateful thanks go to Verna McDaniel Pratt who supplied
this obituary.
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DORIS FAYE COWSERT CONKLE
Mrs. Doris Faye Conkle, 69, of Rural Route, Elizabethtown, died
Saturday, Oct. 11, 1997, at Hardin County General Hospital in Rosiclare.
She was a member of Church of Christ in Elizabethtown.
Surviving are a daughter, Libby Conkle of Elizabethtown; two sons,
Donald Conkle of Golconda and Randall Conkle of Elizabethtown; a sister, Pat Griswold of Elizabethtown; special children, Mike and Brenda Conrad; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Alvin and Ivy Henson
Cowsert; a son, Garvin Conkle Jr.; a brother, Rodney Cowsert; and
four sisters, Lela Cowsert, Lala Carmen, Sylvia Conrad and Barbara
Dean Cowsert.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Cox Funeral Home in Elizabethtown, where friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday. The Rev. Don Campbell will officiate and burial will be in Dixon-Volkert Cemetery in Elizabethtown.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, Illinois, October 9, 1997
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Services Held for Alonzo Cowsert
Aubrey Alonzo Cowsert, age 59, died March 20, 1978 in San Antonio.
Funeral services were held March 23 at 10:30 a.m. in Rocksprings
Baptist Church with burial in Rocksprings Cemetery under the
direction of Nelson Funeral Home. Services were conducted by
Rev. Vernon Andrews of the Baptist Church and Rev. Lynn McAden
of the United Methodist Church.
Mr. Cowsert was born January 5, 1919 to Lorena Corder Cowsert and
Orville Cowsert on the Corder Ranch east of Rocksprings which is
now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Hankins.
Following his graduation from Rocksprings High School in 1936,
Mr. Cowsert attended Texas A & M University and served four years
in the Army Medical Corps. Upon completion of his military duty,
he returned to Rocksprings where he served as mayor for one year.
During his term as mayor, the first street paving was done in
Rocksprings. Mr. Cowsert framed and kept throughout his lifetime the
single dollar bill he received as salary during his term as Mayor.
He was a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Cowsert was adjutant to the
American Legion at the time the memorial hall was built.
Alonzo Cowsert and Bettie Baskerville were married April 20, 1941 in
Dallas.
Most of his career has been spent as a wool tester. He began this
work with Sonora Wool and Mohair Company and had also been employed as
a wool tester in Denver, Colorado and Charleston, South Carolina. His
work in South Carolina involved testing wool imported from Australia.
Mr. Cowsert and his wife Betty had been living back in Texas for the
past three years making their home first in Alice and then in Poteet.
He was employed by Alamo Lumber Company in Alice and Pleasanton.
Survivors include his wife; four children, Carolyn and Bill of Hawaii,
Betty Sue of South Carolina and Hazel of Colorado; 4 grandchildren,
a sister, Mrs. C.R. Reams of Bay City; and a brother, Otis Cowsert of
Rocksprings.
Serving as pallbearers were Bill Price of Pittsburg, Kansas, Jim
McFarland of Lovington, New Mexico, Charles Sargent of Pleasant,
Bob Ramsey of Mountain Home, and James B. Rudasill, Walker Epperson,
Bill Seale, and Buddy Shankin, all of Rocksprings.
Obituary dated: March 24, 1978.
Thanks to Carolyn Maloney for providing this obituary.
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ATWELL WILLIAM COWSERT
(Son of Atwell Cowsert and Julia Ann Story)
A.W. Cowsert (Att), 58, World War I veteran died at 5:55 a.m.
Tuesday (November 28, 1950) at the Veterans Home in Danville, Illinois,
where he had been hospitalized for 19 years. Surviving are his wife,
Anna; two daughters, Mrs. Martha Smith, of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Ada
Vineyard of Joliet, IL; a brother John Cowsert of Painton, MO; and a
half brother, William Cowsert of Eldorado, IL. The body, received by
Gibbons Funeral Home has been returned to the residence to lie in state.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at McKinley Avenue
Baptist Church, Rev. George B. Leathers officiating. Burial will be
with military rites and burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, Illinois, November 29, 1950.
I am deeply grateful to the following people for the above obituary:
Linda Roberts, who alerted me to the fact that Atwell was buried in
Sunset Hills Cemetery; Mary Brimm, who answered my call for help and
who put me in touch with the person who sent me a copy of this obituary:
Rebecca Schmook. All three are dedicated and generous researchers.
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BETTY JANE COWSERT
Betty J. (Burge) Cowsert, 68, a resident of Portland, MI, for the past
three years and formerly of Reed City, died Thursday, July 23, 1998, at
her residence. She was born May 18, 1930 in Detroit. She was a
resident of Fraser before moving to Reed City in 1980.
She is survived by sons, Michael (Charal) of Vaughn, WA, David (Laurie)
of Utica, Nathan (Lynne) of Reed City; daughters, Cathy (Michael)
Miller of Lyons, Laura (Paul) Kelin of Waren; sister, Juanita Majeske
of Lady Lakes, FL; 14 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
She was predeceased by husband, Phillip Wayne Cowsert, in 1985.
Funeral service will be today at 1 p.m. at Trinity Luteran Church,
Reed City, with the Rev. Robert Baerwolf officiating. Burial will
be at Woodland Cemetery, Reed City. Memorial contributions may be
made to Ionia Home Hospice.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing this obituary.
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CARL COWSERT
Carl Cowsert, 79, of Rosiclare died Sunday, March 7 (1999) at Union
County Hospital in Anna.
Survisors include his wife, Ruth, of Rosiclare; a stepson, Jerry D.
English of Braidwood, IL; a stepdaughter, Bernadine Anderson of Cave
in Rock; eight step-grandchildren and 11 stepgreat-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Fluorine
emetery in Rosiclare with military rites.
Hosick Funderal Home was in charge of arrangements.
Hardin County Independent, Elizabethtown, Illinois,
March 11, 1999
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ELISHA COWSERT
Elisha Cowsert-Co I 131 Regt. IL Inf. Civil War 26 July 1898 Soward
Cemetery
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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FRANK COWSERT
Frank Cowsert was born in Pope County, Illinois May 7, 1864, died
January 21, 1929 at his home in Hardin County, near Eichorn, Illinois,
being 64 years, 8 months and 14 days old.
He was the son of Robert and Maria Kelly Cowsert. When he was about
10 years of age, his parents died, leaving him and a sister, Mary
Christine, to mourn their passing. At this time, he went to live with
an uncle and aunt, Elisha and Mary Brown, who resided in Hardin County. Here he grew to manhood and formed many lasting friendships.
On December 30, 1886, he was married to Ellen Wyatt who died in 1887.
Soon after her death, he went to Union City, Tennessee where he was
engaged in the mercantile business, being very successful in this
venture, but was compelled to discontinue his activities in this work
because of a nervous break-down. Here he took up the study of law,
and while he never applied for, nor was admitted to a bar, he was
recognized as an able attorney and was a constant source of legal
information and advice to his neighbors and friends.
In 1912, he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill the unexpired
term left vacant by the death of Mr. Henry Downey. He was elected to
the office successively and held it therefore until death.
On October 22, 1903, he was again married. This time to Mattie Hobbs.
To this union was born one son, Frank Hobbs Cowsert, who with his
mother, is left to mourn the department of a kind and loving husband
and father.
Besides his wife and son, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Mary C. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO, four nieces, Mrs. George F. Karber, Mrs. Wallace
Millikan of Rosiclare, Illinois, Mrs. F.J. Dowding, and Miss Margaret
McGinnis of Louisville, KY and one nephew, Rollin H. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO.
The family loses a kind and loving husband and father and the community
a neighbor and friend who was held in the highest esteem for his noble
qualities and ready sympathy for those less fortunate. Though never
enjoying robust health, he bore his sufferings with patience and great
fortitude, looking forward to a brighter and better world where there
is no pain nor suffering.
Peace to his ashes.
Written by one who loved him.
Hardin County Independent, 21 February 1929
Grateful thanks to Wanda Patton Reed who supplied this obituary.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Geo. W. Cowsert [son of George Washington Cowsert and Malinda Ashford],
Co. G, 6 Regt. Ill Cav. Civil War-21 Feb 1843-13 Mar 1913 Williams-
Cowsert
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Washington G. Cowsert [son of James Cowsert and Elizabeth Hamilton Cowsert], Private, Captain Dunn's, Illinois Mt. Brig., Black Hawk War [no dates], Soward Cemetery.
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois." Published in 1980
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HYRAM DANIEL COWSERT
Hyram D. Cowsert [son of Atwell Cowsert and Margaret Elizabeth
Rogers Cowsert], male, white, single. Age: 1y 3m 16d. Died:
July 15, 1888, Rose Clare Pct. Born: Illinois. Cause of Death:
Cholera Infantum, duration of one day. buried: Rose Clare.
Physician: J. Butler, Shetlerville.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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JAMES RALPH COWSERT
(Son of Oliver Cowsert and Lotte Mooneyham)
December 13, 1890 to January 1, 1957
OBITUARY:
Funeral to Be Thursday for Ralph Cowsert
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the
Bean and Tanner Funeral Home for Ralph Cowsert, 66, who passed away at
noon Tuesday in Pearce Hospital.
A carpenter who resided on RR 1, Equality, he had been in failing
health for the past three years, but his death was unexpected.
Surviving are his wife, Judith, and six children, Ralph David and
Carol, at home, James, St. Clair Shores, MI, Frank, Courtland, CA,
Mrs. Flora Rehkop, Ross Cowsert, Birmingham, MI, and Joe Cowsert,
Roseville, MI.
Rev. Eddie Hatfield will conduct the service and burial will be in
Wolf Creek Cemetery.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing
this obituary.
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LYDIA TWITCHELL COWSERT
Lydia Cowsert (nee Twitchell) 18 Apr 1843-28 Oct 1900) Williams-Cowsert
#3
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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MARGARET ELIZABETH RODGERS COWSERT
Margaret E. Cowsert [wife of Atwell Cowsert], female, white,
married. Age: 35y 3m 20d. Born: Illinois. Died: February 7, 1891,
McFarlan Pct. Cause of Death: Catarrhal Pneumonia, duration of 8
days. Buried: McFarlan Pct. Undertaker: McClellan. Physician:
J. Butler, Elizabethtown.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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MARY E. WILLIAMS COWSERT
At Rest
We believe this can be no more truthfully said of any one than of
Mrs. Mary E. Cowsert, who departed this life August 17, 1891, aged
42 years, 3 months and 22 days, after many months of suffering of that dreaded disease consumption.
Mary E. Williams was born April 25, 1849, and was married to George
W. Cowsert, September 20, 1866. She became a member of the church of
Christ about year 1877, in which she lived a useful, earnest christian
life until her death. Such suffering as hers could only have been
endured so patiently by a true christian who looked beyond this world,
and with an eye of faith, beheld a world where all is peace and no
dread disease can ever come. She often talked about dying, but evidenced
not the least fear -- talked as calmly as if she was only going on a
journey to a distant country. She regretted leaving her family, all
of whom are girls, four in number; but rejoiced in being reunited with
her two sons who had gone on before, whose deaths seemed to haster her
departure.
Deceased leaves a grief-stricken husband, four daughters, one sister,
three brothers and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her
death.
(HCC BK, Stone Church Cem., Geo. W. Cowsert, Sgt., Co. G, 6th
Regt. Ill. Cav. Civil War, died August 11, 1911).
"Hardin County Obituaries"
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MINNIE COWSERT
(daughter of Lucien McDaniel and Clara Stone)
Minnie Cowsert, age 50, of Garden Grove, passed away May 14, 1974.
Survived by [mother, Clara McDaniel,] husband Ray, son Larry, daughters
Judy Stevens and Nancy Lewis, brothers Nolan, Clifford and Donald,
sisters Millie Flood, June Gill, Betty Schumacher and Verna Pratt,
grandchildren Christopher Lewis and Carrie Stevens.
Services will be held on Friday at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church
of Westminster. Family suggests donations to the Minnie Cowsert
Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Westminster.
Interment at Harbor Rest Memorial Park, Costa Mesa; directed by
Westminster Memorial Park.
Garden Grove Daily News
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Graphics by Bimsan
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DORIS FAYE COWSERT CONKLE
Services Held for Alonzo Cowsert
Aubrey Alonzo Cowsert, age 59, died March 20, 1978 in San Antonio.
Funeral services were held March 23 at 10:30 a.m. in Rocksprings
Baptist Church with burial in Rocksprings Cemetery under the
direction of Nelson Funeral Home. Services were conducted by
Rev. Vernon Andrews of the Baptist Church and Rev. Lynn McAden
of the United Methodist Church.
Mr. Cowsert was born January 5, 1919 to Lorena Corder Cowsert and
Orville Cowsert on the Corder Ranch east of Rocksprings which is
now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Hankins.
Following his graduation from Rocksprings High School in 1936,
Mr. Cowsert attended Texas A & M University and served four years
in the Army Medical Corps. Upon completion of his military duty,
he returned to Rocksprings where he served as mayor for one year.
During his term as mayor, the first street paving was done in
Rocksprings. Mr. Cowsert framed and kept throughout his lifetime the
single dollar bill he received as salary during his term as Mayor.
He was a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Cowsert was adjutant to the
American Legion at the time the memorial hall was built.
Alonzo Cowsert and Bettie Baskerville were married April 20, 1941 in
Dallas.
Most of his career has been spent as a wool tester. He began this
work with Sonora Wool and Mohair Company and had also been employed as
a wool tester in Denver, Colorado and Charleston, South Carolina. His
work in South Carolina involved testing wool imported from Australia.
Mr. Cowsert and his wife Betty had been living back in Texas for the
past three years making their home first in Alice and then in Poteet.
He was employed by Alamo Lumber Company in Alice and Pleasanton.
Survivors include his wife; four children, Carolyn and Bill of Hawaii,
Betty Sue of South Carolina and Hazel of Colorado; 4 grandchildren,
a sister, Mrs. C.R. Reams of Bay City; and a brother, Otis Cowsert of
Rocksprings.
Serving as pallbearers were Bill Price of Pittsburg, Kansas, Jim
McFarland of Lovington, New Mexico, Charles Sargent of Pleasant,
Bob Ramsey of Mountain Home, and James B. Rudasill, Walker Epperson,
Bill Seale, and Buddy Shankin, all of Rocksprings.
Obituary dated: March 24, 1978.
Thanks to Carolyn Maloney for providing this obituary.
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ATWELL WILLIAM COWSERT
(Son of Atwell Cowsert and Julia Ann Story)
A.W. Cowsert (Att), 58, World War I veteran died at 5:55 a.m.
Tuesday (November 28, 1950) at the Veterans Home in Danville, Illinois,
where he had been hospitalized for 19 years. Surviving are his wife,
Anna; two daughters, Mrs. Martha Smith, of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Ada
Vineyard of Joliet, IL; a brother John Cowsert of Painton, MO; and a
half brother, William Cowsert of Eldorado, IL. The body, received by
Gibbons Funeral Home has been returned to the residence to lie in state.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at McKinley Avenue
Baptist Church, Rev. George B. Leathers officiating. Burial will be
with military rites and burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, Illinois, November 29, 1950.
I am deeply grateful to the following people for the above obituary:
Linda Roberts, who alerted me to the fact that Atwell was buried in
Sunset Hills Cemetery; Mary Brimm, who answered my call for help and
who put me in touch with the person who sent me a copy of this obituary:
Rebecca Schmook. All three are dedicated and generous researchers.
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BETTY JANE COWSERT
Betty J. (Burge) Cowsert, 68, a resident of Portland, MI, for the past
three years and formerly of Reed City, died Thursday, July 23, 1998, at
her residence. She was born May 18, 1930 in Detroit. She was a
resident of Fraser before moving to Reed City in 1980.
She is survived by sons, Michael (Charal) of Vaughn, WA, David (Laurie)
of Utica, Nathan (Lynne) of Reed City; daughters, Cathy (Michael)
Miller of Lyons, Laura (Paul) Kelin of Waren; sister, Juanita Majeske
of Lady Lakes, FL; 14 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
She was predeceased by husband, Phillip Wayne Cowsert, in 1985.
Funeral service will be today at 1 p.m. at Trinity Luteran Church,
Reed City, with the Rev. Robert Baerwolf officiating. Burial will
be at Woodland Cemetery, Reed City. Memorial contributions may be
made to Ionia Home Hospice.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing this obituary.
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CARL COWSERT
Carl Cowsert, 79, of Rosiclare died Sunday, March 7 (1999) at Union
County Hospital in Anna.
Survisors include his wife, Ruth, of Rosiclare; a stepson, Jerry D.
English of Braidwood, IL; a stepdaughter, Bernadine Anderson of Cave
in Rock; eight step-grandchildren and 11 stepgreat-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Fluorine
emetery in Rosiclare with military rites.
Hosick Funderal Home was in charge of arrangements.
Hardin County Independent, Elizabethtown, Illinois,
March 11, 1999
index
ELISHA COWSERT
Elisha Cowsert-Co I 131 Regt. IL Inf. Civil War 26 July 1898 Soward
Cemetery
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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FRANK COWSERT
Frank Cowsert was born in Pope County, Illinois May 7, 1864, died
January 21, 1929 at his home in Hardin County, near Eichorn, Illinois,
being 64 years, 8 months and 14 days old.
He was the son of Robert and Maria Kelly Cowsert. When he was about
10 years of age, his parents died, leaving him and a sister, Mary
Christine, to mourn their passing. At this time, he went to live with
an uncle and aunt, Elisha and Mary Brown, who resided in Hardin County. Here he grew to manhood and formed many lasting friendships.
On December 30, 1886, he was married to Ellen Wyatt who died in 1887.
Soon after her death, he went to Union City, Tennessee where he was
engaged in the mercantile business, being very successful in this
venture, but was compelled to discontinue his activities in this work
because of a nervous break-down. Here he took up the study of law,
and while he never applied for, nor was admitted to a bar, he was
recognized as an able attorney and was a constant source of legal
information and advice to his neighbors and friends.
In 1912, he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill the unexpired
term left vacant by the death of Mr. Henry Downey. He was elected to
the office successively and held it therefore until death.
On October 22, 1903, he was again married. This time to Mattie Hobbs.
To this union was born one son, Frank Hobbs Cowsert, who with his
mother, is left to mourn the department of a kind and loving husband
and father.
Besides his wife and son, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Mary C. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO, four nieces, Mrs. George F. Karber, Mrs. Wallace
Millikan of Rosiclare, Illinois, Mrs. F.J. Dowding, and Miss Margaret
McGinnis of Louisville, KY and one nephew, Rollin H. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO.
The family loses a kind and loving husband and father and the community
a neighbor and friend who was held in the highest esteem for his noble
qualities and ready sympathy for those less fortunate. Though never
enjoying robust health, he bore his sufferings with patience and great
fortitude, looking forward to a brighter and better world where there
is no pain nor suffering.
Peace to his ashes.
Written by one who loved him.
Hardin County Independent, 21 February 1929
Grateful thanks to Wanda Patton Reed who supplied this obituary.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Geo. W. Cowsert [son of George Washington Cowsert and Malinda Ashford],
Co. G, 6 Regt. Ill Cav. Civil War-21 Feb 1843-13 Mar 1913 Williams-
Cowsert
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Washington G. Cowsert [son of James Cowsert and Elizabeth Hamilton Cowsert], Private, Captain Dunn's, Illinois Mt. Brig., Black Hawk War [no dates], Soward Cemetery.
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois." Published in 1980
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HYRAM DANIEL COWSERT
Hyram D. Cowsert [son of Atwell Cowsert and Margaret Elizabeth
Rogers Cowsert], male, white, single. Age: 1y 3m 16d. Died:
July 15, 1888, Rose Clare Pct. Born: Illinois. Cause of Death:
Cholera Infantum, duration of one day. buried: Rose Clare.
Physician: J. Butler, Shetlerville.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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JAMES RALPH COWSERT
(Son of Oliver Cowsert and Lotte Mooneyham)
December 13, 1890 to January 1, 1957
OBITUARY:
Funeral to Be Thursday for Ralph Cowsert
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the
Bean and Tanner Funeral Home for Ralph Cowsert, 66, who passed away at
noon Tuesday in Pearce Hospital.
A carpenter who resided on RR 1, Equality, he had been in failing
health for the past three years, but his death was unexpected.
Surviving are his wife, Judith, and six children, Ralph David and
Carol, at home, James, St. Clair Shores, MI, Frank, Courtland, CA,
Mrs. Flora Rehkop, Ross Cowsert, Birmingham, MI, and Joe Cowsert,
Roseville, MI.
Rev. Eddie Hatfield will conduct the service and burial will be in
Wolf Creek Cemetery.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing
this obituary.
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LYDIA TWITCHELL COWSERT
Lydia Cowsert (nee Twitchell) 18 Apr 1843-28 Oct 1900) Williams-Cowsert
#3
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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MARGARET ELIZABETH RODGERS COWSERT
Margaret E. Cowsert [wife of Atwell Cowsert], female, white,
married. Age: 35y 3m 20d. Born: Illinois. Died: February 7, 1891,
McFarlan Pct. Cause of Death: Catarrhal Pneumonia, duration of 8
days. Buried: McFarlan Pct. Undertaker: McClellan. Physician:
J. Butler, Elizabethtown.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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MARY E. WILLIAMS COWSERT
At Rest
We believe this can be no more truthfully said of any one than of
Mrs. Mary E. Cowsert, who departed this life August 17, 1891, aged
42 years, 3 months and 22 days, after many months of suffering of that dreaded disease consumption.
Mary E. Williams was born April 25, 1849, and was married to George
W. Cowsert, September 20, 1866. She became a member of the church of
Christ about year 1877, in which she lived a useful, earnest christian
life until her death. Such suffering as hers could only have been
endured so patiently by a true christian who looked beyond this world,
and with an eye of faith, beheld a world where all is peace and no
dread disease can ever come. She often talked about dying, but evidenced
not the least fear -- talked as calmly as if she was only going on a
journey to a distant country. She regretted leaving her family, all
of whom are girls, four in number; but rejoiced in being reunited with
her two sons who had gone on before, whose deaths seemed to haster her
departure.
Deceased leaves a grief-stricken husband, four daughters, one sister,
three brothers and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her
death.
(HCC BK, Stone Church Cem., Geo. W. Cowsert, Sgt., Co. G, 6th
Regt. Ill. Cav. Civil War, died August 11, 1911).
"Hardin County Obituaries"
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MINNIE COWSERT
(daughter of Lucien McDaniel and Clara Stone)
Minnie Cowsert, age 50, of Garden Grove, passed away May 14, 1974.
Survived by [mother, Clara McDaniel,] husband Ray, son Larry, daughters
Judy Stevens and Nancy Lewis, brothers Nolan, Clifford and Donald,
sisters Millie Flood, June Gill, Betty Schumacher and Verna Pratt,
grandchildren Christopher Lewis and Carrie Stevens.
Services will be held on Friday at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church
of Westminster. Family suggests donations to the Minnie Cowsert
Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Westminster.
Interment at Harbor Rest Memorial Park, Costa Mesa; directed by
Westminster Memorial Park.
Garden Grove Daily News
I would be most happy to receive obituaries of related family for inclusion here.
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Graphics by Bimsan
Aubrey Alonzo Cowsert, age 59, died March 20, 1978 in San Antonio. Funeral services were held March 23 at 10:30 a.m. in Rocksprings Baptist Church with burial in Rocksprings Cemetery under the direction of Nelson Funeral Home. Services were conducted by Rev. Vernon Andrews of the Baptist Church and Rev. Lynn McAden of the United Methodist Church.
Mr. Cowsert was born January 5, 1919 to Lorena Corder Cowsert and Orville Cowsert on the Corder Ranch east of Rocksprings which is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Hankins.
Following his graduation from Rocksprings High School in 1936, Mr. Cowsert attended Texas A & M University and served four years in the Army Medical Corps. Upon completion of his military duty, he returned to Rocksprings where he served as mayor for one year. During his term as mayor, the first street paving was done in Rocksprings. Mr. Cowsert framed and kept throughout his lifetime the single dollar bill he received as salary during his term as Mayor.
He was a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Cowsert was adjutant to the American Legion at the time the memorial hall was built.
Alonzo Cowsert and Bettie Baskerville were married April 20, 1941 in Dallas.
Most of his career has been spent as a wool tester. He began this work with Sonora Wool and Mohair Company and had also been employed as a wool tester in Denver, Colorado and Charleston, South Carolina. His work in South Carolina involved testing wool imported from Australia.
Mr. Cowsert and his wife Betty had been living back in Texas for the past three years making their home first in Alice and then in Poteet. He was employed by Alamo Lumber Company in Alice and Pleasanton.
Survivors include his wife; four children, Carolyn and Bill of Hawaii, Betty Sue of South Carolina and Hazel of Colorado; 4 grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. C.R. Reams of Bay City; and a brother, Otis Cowsert of Rocksprings.
Serving as pallbearers were Bill Price of Pittsburg, Kansas, Jim McFarland of Lovington, New Mexico, Charles Sargent of Pleasant, Bob Ramsey of Mountain Home, and James B. Rudasill, Walker Epperson, Bill Seale, and Buddy Shankin, all of Rocksprings.
Obituary dated: March 24, 1978.
Thanks to Carolyn Maloney for providing this obituary.
ATWELL WILLIAM COWSERT
(Son of Atwell Cowsert and Julia Ann Story)
(Son of Atwell Cowsert and Julia Ann Story)
A.W. Cowsert (Att), 58, World War I veteran died at 5:55 a.m.
Tuesday (November 28, 1950) at the Veterans Home in Danville, Illinois,
where he had been hospitalized for 19 years. Surviving are his wife,
Anna; two daughters, Mrs. Martha Smith, of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Ada
Vineyard of Joliet, IL; a brother John Cowsert of Painton, MO; and a
half brother, William Cowsert of Eldorado, IL. The body, received by
Gibbons Funeral Home has been returned to the residence to lie in state.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at McKinley Avenue
Baptist Church, Rev. George B. Leathers officiating. Burial will be
with military rites and burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, Illinois, November 29, 1950.
I am deeply grateful to the following people for the above obituary:
Linda Roberts, who alerted me to the fact that Atwell was buried in
Sunset Hills Cemetery; Mary Brimm, who answered my call for help and
who put me in touch with the person who sent me a copy of this obituary:
Rebecca Schmook. All three are dedicated and generous researchers.
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BETTY JANE COWSERT
Betty J. (Burge) Cowsert, 68, a resident of Portland, MI, for the past
three years and formerly of Reed City, died Thursday, July 23, 1998, at
her residence. She was born May 18, 1930 in Detroit. She was a
resident of Fraser before moving to Reed City in 1980.
She is survived by sons, Michael (Charal) of Vaughn, WA, David (Laurie)
of Utica, Nathan (Lynne) of Reed City; daughters, Cathy (Michael)
Miller of Lyons, Laura (Paul) Kelin of Waren; sister, Juanita Majeske
of Lady Lakes, FL; 14 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
She was predeceased by husband, Phillip Wayne Cowsert, in 1985.
Funeral service will be today at 1 p.m. at Trinity Luteran Church,
Reed City, with the Rev. Robert Baerwolf officiating. Burial will
be at Woodland Cemetery, Reed City. Memorial contributions may be
made to Ionia Home Hospice.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing this obituary.
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CARL COWSERT
Carl Cowsert, 79, of Rosiclare died Sunday, March 7 (1999) at Union
County Hospital in Anna.
Survisors include his wife, Ruth, of Rosiclare; a stepson, Jerry D.
English of Braidwood, IL; a stepdaughter, Bernadine Anderson of Cave
in Rock; eight step-grandchildren and 11 stepgreat-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Fluorine
emetery in Rosiclare with military rites.
Hosick Funderal Home was in charge of arrangements.
Hardin County Independent, Elizabethtown, Illinois,
March 11, 1999
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ELISHA COWSERT
Elisha Cowsert-Co I 131 Regt. IL Inf. Civil War 26 July 1898 Soward
Cemetery
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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FRANK COWSERT
Frank Cowsert was born in Pope County, Illinois May 7, 1864, died
January 21, 1929 at his home in Hardin County, near Eichorn, Illinois,
being 64 years, 8 months and 14 days old.
He was the son of Robert and Maria Kelly Cowsert. When he was about
10 years of age, his parents died, leaving him and a sister, Mary
Christine, to mourn their passing. At this time, he went to live with
an uncle and aunt, Elisha and Mary Brown, who resided in Hardin County. Here he grew to manhood and formed many lasting friendships.
On December 30, 1886, he was married to Ellen Wyatt who died in 1887.
Soon after her death, he went to Union City, Tennessee where he was
engaged in the mercantile business, being very successful in this
venture, but was compelled to discontinue his activities in this work
because of a nervous break-down. Here he took up the study of law,
and while he never applied for, nor was admitted to a bar, he was
recognized as an able attorney and was a constant source of legal
information and advice to his neighbors and friends.
In 1912, he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill the unexpired
term left vacant by the death of Mr. Henry Downey. He was elected to
the office successively and held it therefore until death.
On October 22, 1903, he was again married. This time to Mattie Hobbs.
To this union was born one son, Frank Hobbs Cowsert, who with his
mother, is left to mourn the department of a kind and loving husband
and father.
Besides his wife and son, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Mary C. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO, four nieces, Mrs. George F. Karber, Mrs. Wallace
Millikan of Rosiclare, Illinois, Mrs. F.J. Dowding, and Miss Margaret
McGinnis of Louisville, KY and one nephew, Rollin H. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO.
The family loses a kind and loving husband and father and the community
a neighbor and friend who was held in the highest esteem for his noble
qualities and ready sympathy for those less fortunate. Though never
enjoying robust health, he bore his sufferings with patience and great
fortitude, looking forward to a brighter and better world where there
is no pain nor suffering.
Peace to his ashes.
Written by one who loved him.
Hardin County Independent, 21 February 1929
Grateful thanks to Wanda Patton Reed who supplied this obituary.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Geo. W. Cowsert [son of George Washington Cowsert and Malinda Ashford],
Co. G, 6 Regt. Ill Cav. Civil War-21 Feb 1843-13 Mar 1913 Williams-
Cowsert
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Washington G. Cowsert [son of James Cowsert and Elizabeth Hamilton Cowsert], Private, Captain Dunn's, Illinois Mt. Brig., Black Hawk War [no dates], Soward Cemetery.
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois." Published in 1980
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HYRAM DANIEL COWSERT
Hyram D. Cowsert [son of Atwell Cowsert and Margaret Elizabeth
Rogers Cowsert], male, white, single. Age: 1y 3m 16d. Died:
July 15, 1888, Rose Clare Pct. Born: Illinois. Cause of Death:
Cholera Infantum, duration of one day. buried: Rose Clare.
Physician: J. Butler, Shetlerville.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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JAMES RALPH COWSERT
(Son of Oliver Cowsert and Lotte Mooneyham)
December 13, 1890 to January 1, 1957
OBITUARY:
Funeral to Be Thursday for Ralph Cowsert
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the
Bean and Tanner Funeral Home for Ralph Cowsert, 66, who passed away at
noon Tuesday in Pearce Hospital.
A carpenter who resided on RR 1, Equality, he had been in failing
health for the past three years, but his death was unexpected.
Surviving are his wife, Judith, and six children, Ralph David and
Carol, at home, James, St. Clair Shores, MI, Frank, Courtland, CA,
Mrs. Flora Rehkop, Ross Cowsert, Birmingham, MI, and Joe Cowsert,
Roseville, MI.
Rev. Eddie Hatfield will conduct the service and burial will be in
Wolf Creek Cemetery.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing
this obituary.
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LYDIA TWITCHELL COWSERT
Lydia Cowsert (nee Twitchell) 18 Apr 1843-28 Oct 1900) Williams-Cowsert
#3
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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MARGARET ELIZABETH RODGERS COWSERT
Margaret E. Cowsert [wife of Atwell Cowsert], female, white,
married. Age: 35y 3m 20d. Born: Illinois. Died: February 7, 1891,
McFarlan Pct. Cause of Death: Catarrhal Pneumonia, duration of 8
days. Buried: McFarlan Pct. Undertaker: McClellan. Physician:
J. Butler, Elizabethtown.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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MARY E. WILLIAMS COWSERT
At Rest
We believe this can be no more truthfully said of any one than of
Mrs. Mary E. Cowsert, who departed this life August 17, 1891, aged
42 years, 3 months and 22 days, after many months of suffering of that dreaded disease consumption.
Mary E. Williams was born April 25, 1849, and was married to George
W. Cowsert, September 20, 1866. She became a member of the church of
Christ about year 1877, in which she lived a useful, earnest christian
life until her death. Such suffering as hers could only have been
endured so patiently by a true christian who looked beyond this world,
and with an eye of faith, beheld a world where all is peace and no
dread disease can ever come. She often talked about dying, but evidenced
not the least fear -- talked as calmly as if she was only going on a
journey to a distant country. She regretted leaving her family, all
of whom are girls, four in number; but rejoiced in being reunited with
her two sons who had gone on before, whose deaths seemed to haster her
departure.
Deceased leaves a grief-stricken husband, four daughters, one sister,
three brothers and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her
death.
(HCC BK, Stone Church Cem., Geo. W. Cowsert, Sgt., Co. G, 6th
Regt. Ill. Cav. Civil War, died August 11, 1911).
"Hardin County Obituaries"
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MINNIE COWSERT
(daughter of Lucien McDaniel and Clara Stone)
Minnie Cowsert, age 50, of Garden Grove, passed away May 14, 1974.
Survived by [mother, Clara McDaniel,] husband Ray, son Larry, daughters
Judy Stevens and Nancy Lewis, brothers Nolan, Clifford and Donald,
sisters Millie Flood, June Gill, Betty Schumacher and Verna Pratt,
grandchildren Christopher Lewis and Carrie Stevens.
Services will be held on Friday at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church
of Westminster. Family suggests donations to the Minnie Cowsert
Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Westminster.
Interment at Harbor Rest Memorial Park, Costa Mesa; directed by
Westminster Memorial Park.
Garden Grove Daily News
I would be most happy to receive obituaries of related family for inclusion here.
<Bimsan's Web Graphics
Graphics by Bimsan
I am deeply grateful to the following people for the above obituary: Linda Roberts, who alerted me to the fact that Atwell was buried in Sunset Hills Cemetery; Mary Brimm, who answered my call for help and who put me in touch with the person who sent me a copy of this obituary: Rebecca Schmook. All three are dedicated and generous researchers.
BETTY JANE COWSERT
Betty J. (Burge) Cowsert, 68, a resident of Portland, MI, for the past
three years and formerly of Reed City, died Thursday, July 23, 1998, at
her residence. She was born May 18, 1930 in Detroit. She was a
resident of Fraser before moving to Reed City in 1980.
She is survived by sons, Michael (Charal) of Vaughn, WA, David (Laurie)
of Utica, Nathan (Lynne) of Reed City; daughters, Cathy (Michael)
Miller of Lyons, Laura (Paul) Kelin of Waren; sister, Juanita Majeske
of Lady Lakes, FL; 14 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
She was predeceased by husband, Phillip Wayne Cowsert, in 1985.
Funeral service will be today at 1 p.m. at Trinity Luteran Church,
Reed City, with the Rev. Robert Baerwolf officiating. Burial will
be at Woodland Cemetery, Reed City. Memorial contributions may be
made to Ionia Home Hospice.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing this obituary.
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CARL COWSERT
Carl Cowsert, 79, of Rosiclare died Sunday, March 7 (1999) at Union
County Hospital in Anna.
Survisors include his wife, Ruth, of Rosiclare; a stepson, Jerry D.
English of Braidwood, IL; a stepdaughter, Bernadine Anderson of Cave
in Rock; eight step-grandchildren and 11 stepgreat-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Fluorine
emetery in Rosiclare with military rites.
Hosick Funderal Home was in charge of arrangements.
Hardin County Independent, Elizabethtown, Illinois,
March 11, 1999
index
ELISHA COWSERT
Elisha Cowsert-Co I 131 Regt. IL Inf. Civil War 26 July 1898 Soward
Cemetery
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
index
FRANK COWSERT
Frank Cowsert was born in Pope County, Illinois May 7, 1864, died
January 21, 1929 at his home in Hardin County, near Eichorn, Illinois,
being 64 years, 8 months and 14 days old.
He was the son of Robert and Maria Kelly Cowsert. When he was about
10 years of age, his parents died, leaving him and a sister, Mary
Christine, to mourn their passing. At this time, he went to live with
an uncle and aunt, Elisha and Mary Brown, who resided in Hardin County. Here he grew to manhood and formed many lasting friendships.
On December 30, 1886, he was married to Ellen Wyatt who died in 1887.
Soon after her death, he went to Union City, Tennessee where he was
engaged in the mercantile business, being very successful in this
venture, but was compelled to discontinue his activities in this work
because of a nervous break-down. Here he took up the study of law,
and while he never applied for, nor was admitted to a bar, he was
recognized as an able attorney and was a constant source of legal
information and advice to his neighbors and friends.
In 1912, he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill the unexpired
term left vacant by the death of Mr. Henry Downey. He was elected to
the office successively and held it therefore until death.
On October 22, 1903, he was again married. This time to Mattie Hobbs.
To this union was born one son, Frank Hobbs Cowsert, who with his
mother, is left to mourn the department of a kind and loving husband
and father.
Besides his wife and son, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Mary C. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO, four nieces, Mrs. George F. Karber, Mrs. Wallace
Millikan of Rosiclare, Illinois, Mrs. F.J. Dowding, and Miss Margaret
McGinnis of Louisville, KY and one nephew, Rollin H. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO.
The family loses a kind and loving husband and father and the community
a neighbor and friend who was held in the highest esteem for his noble
qualities and ready sympathy for those less fortunate. Though never
enjoying robust health, he bore his sufferings with patience and great
fortitude, looking forward to a brighter and better world where there
is no pain nor suffering.
Peace to his ashes.
Written by one who loved him.
Hardin County Independent, 21 February 1929
Grateful thanks to Wanda Patton Reed who supplied this obituary.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Geo. W. Cowsert [son of George Washington Cowsert and Malinda Ashford],
Co. G, 6 Regt. Ill Cav. Civil War-21 Feb 1843-13 Mar 1913 Williams-
Cowsert
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
index
GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Washington G. Cowsert [son of James Cowsert and Elizabeth Hamilton Cowsert], Private, Captain Dunn's, Illinois Mt. Brig., Black Hawk War [no dates], Soward Cemetery.
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois." Published in 1980
index
HYRAM DANIEL COWSERT
Hyram D. Cowsert [son of Atwell Cowsert and Margaret Elizabeth
Rogers Cowsert], male, white, single. Age: 1y 3m 16d. Died:
July 15, 1888, Rose Clare Pct. Born: Illinois. Cause of Death:
Cholera Infantum, duration of one day. buried: Rose Clare.
Physician: J. Butler, Shetlerville.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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JAMES RALPH COWSERT
(Son of Oliver Cowsert and Lotte Mooneyham)
December 13, 1890 to January 1, 1957
OBITUARY:
Funeral to Be Thursday for Ralph Cowsert
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the
Bean and Tanner Funeral Home for Ralph Cowsert, 66, who passed away at
noon Tuesday in Pearce Hospital.
A carpenter who resided on RR 1, Equality, he had been in failing
health for the past three years, but his death was unexpected.
Surviving are his wife, Judith, and six children, Ralph David and
Carol, at home, James, St. Clair Shores, MI, Frank, Courtland, CA,
Mrs. Flora Rehkop, Ross Cowsert, Birmingham, MI, and Joe Cowsert,
Roseville, MI.
Rev. Eddie Hatfield will conduct the service and burial will be in
Wolf Creek Cemetery.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing
this obituary.
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LYDIA TWITCHELL COWSERT
Lydia Cowsert (nee Twitchell) 18 Apr 1843-28 Oct 1900) Williams-Cowsert
#3
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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MARGARET ELIZABETH RODGERS COWSERT
Margaret E. Cowsert [wife of Atwell Cowsert], female, white,
married. Age: 35y 3m 20d. Born: Illinois. Died: February 7, 1891,
McFarlan Pct. Cause of Death: Catarrhal Pneumonia, duration of 8
days. Buried: McFarlan Pct. Undertaker: McClellan. Physician:
J. Butler, Elizabethtown.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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MARY E. WILLIAMS COWSERT
At Rest
We believe this can be no more truthfully said of any one than of
Mrs. Mary E. Cowsert, who departed this life August 17, 1891, aged
42 years, 3 months and 22 days, after many months of suffering of that dreaded disease consumption.
Mary E. Williams was born April 25, 1849, and was married to George
W. Cowsert, September 20, 1866. She became a member of the church of
Christ about year 1877, in which she lived a useful, earnest christian
life until her death. Such suffering as hers could only have been
endured so patiently by a true christian who looked beyond this world,
and with an eye of faith, beheld a world where all is peace and no
dread disease can ever come. She often talked about dying, but evidenced
not the least fear -- talked as calmly as if she was only going on a
journey to a distant country. She regretted leaving her family, all
of whom are girls, four in number; but rejoiced in being reunited with
her two sons who had gone on before, whose deaths seemed to haster her
departure.
Deceased leaves a grief-stricken husband, four daughters, one sister,
three brothers and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her
death.
(HCC BK, Stone Church Cem., Geo. W. Cowsert, Sgt., Co. G, 6th
Regt. Ill. Cav. Civil War, died August 11, 1911).
"Hardin County Obituaries"
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MINNIE COWSERT
(daughter of Lucien McDaniel and Clara Stone)
Minnie Cowsert, age 50, of Garden Grove, passed away May 14, 1974.
Survived by [mother, Clara McDaniel,] husband Ray, son Larry, daughters
Judy Stevens and Nancy Lewis, brothers Nolan, Clifford and Donald,
sisters Millie Flood, June Gill, Betty Schumacher and Verna Pratt,
grandchildren Christopher Lewis and Carrie Stevens.
Services will be held on Friday at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church
of Westminster. Family suggests donations to the Minnie Cowsert
Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Westminster.
Interment at Harbor Rest Memorial Park, Costa Mesa; directed by
Westminster Memorial Park.
Garden Grove Daily News
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CARL COWSERT
Carl Cowsert, 79, of Rosiclare died Sunday, March 7 (1999) at Union
County Hospital in Anna.
Survisors include his wife, Ruth, of Rosiclare; a stepson, Jerry D.
English of Braidwood, IL; a stepdaughter, Bernadine Anderson of Cave
in Rock; eight step-grandchildren and 11 stepgreat-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Fluorine
emetery in Rosiclare with military rites.
Hosick Funderal Home was in charge of arrangements.
Hardin County Independent, Elizabethtown, Illinois,
March 11, 1999
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ELISHA COWSERT
Elisha Cowsert-Co I 131 Regt. IL Inf. Civil War 26 July 1898 Soward
Cemetery
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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FRANK COWSERT
Frank Cowsert was born in Pope County, Illinois May 7, 1864, died
January 21, 1929 at his home in Hardin County, near Eichorn, Illinois,
being 64 years, 8 months and 14 days old.
He was the son of Robert and Maria Kelly Cowsert. When he was about
10 years of age, his parents died, leaving him and a sister, Mary
Christine, to mourn their passing. At this time, he went to live with
an uncle and aunt, Elisha and Mary Brown, who resided in Hardin County. Here he grew to manhood and formed many lasting friendships.
On December 30, 1886, he was married to Ellen Wyatt who died in 1887.
Soon after her death, he went to Union City, Tennessee where he was
engaged in the mercantile business, being very successful in this
venture, but was compelled to discontinue his activities in this work
because of a nervous break-down. Here he took up the study of law,
and while he never applied for, nor was admitted to a bar, he was
recognized as an able attorney and was a constant source of legal
information and advice to his neighbors and friends.
In 1912, he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill the unexpired
term left vacant by the death of Mr. Henry Downey. He was elected to
the office successively and held it therefore until death.
On October 22, 1903, he was again married. This time to Mattie Hobbs.
To this union was born one son, Frank Hobbs Cowsert, who with his
mother, is left to mourn the department of a kind and loving husband
and father.
Besides his wife and son, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Mary C. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO, four nieces, Mrs. George F. Karber, Mrs. Wallace
Millikan of Rosiclare, Illinois, Mrs. F.J. Dowding, and Miss Margaret
McGinnis of Louisville, KY and one nephew, Rollin H. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO.
The family loses a kind and loving husband and father and the community
a neighbor and friend who was held in the highest esteem for his noble
qualities and ready sympathy for those less fortunate. Though never
enjoying robust health, he bore his sufferings with patience and great
fortitude, looking forward to a brighter and better world where there
is no pain nor suffering.
Peace to his ashes.
Written by one who loved him.
Hardin County Independent, 21 February 1929
Grateful thanks to Wanda Patton Reed who supplied this obituary.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Geo. W. Cowsert [son of George Washington Cowsert and Malinda Ashford],
Co. G, 6 Regt. Ill Cav. Civil War-21 Feb 1843-13 Mar 1913 Williams-
Cowsert
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Washington G. Cowsert [son of James Cowsert and Elizabeth Hamilton Cowsert], Private, Captain Dunn's, Illinois Mt. Brig., Black Hawk War [no dates], Soward Cemetery.
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois." Published in 1980
index
HYRAM DANIEL COWSERT
Hyram D. Cowsert [son of Atwell Cowsert and Margaret Elizabeth
Rogers Cowsert], male, white, single. Age: 1y 3m 16d. Died:
July 15, 1888, Rose Clare Pct. Born: Illinois. Cause of Death:
Cholera Infantum, duration of one day. buried: Rose Clare.
Physician: J. Butler, Shetlerville.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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JAMES RALPH COWSERT
(Son of Oliver Cowsert and Lotte Mooneyham)
December 13, 1890 to January 1, 1957
OBITUARY:
Funeral to Be Thursday for Ralph Cowsert
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the
Bean and Tanner Funeral Home for Ralph Cowsert, 66, who passed away at
noon Tuesday in Pearce Hospital.
A carpenter who resided on RR 1, Equality, he had been in failing
health for the past three years, but his death was unexpected.
Surviving are his wife, Judith, and six children, Ralph David and
Carol, at home, James, St. Clair Shores, MI, Frank, Courtland, CA,
Mrs. Flora Rehkop, Ross Cowsert, Birmingham, MI, and Joe Cowsert,
Roseville, MI.
Rev. Eddie Hatfield will conduct the service and burial will be in
Wolf Creek Cemetery.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing
this obituary.
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LYDIA TWITCHELL COWSERT
Lydia Cowsert (nee Twitchell) 18 Apr 1843-28 Oct 1900) Williams-Cowsert
#3
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
index
MARGARET ELIZABETH RODGERS COWSERT
Margaret E. Cowsert [wife of Atwell Cowsert], female, white,
married. Age: 35y 3m 20d. Born: Illinois. Died: February 7, 1891,
McFarlan Pct. Cause of Death: Catarrhal Pneumonia, duration of 8
days. Buried: McFarlan Pct. Undertaker: McClellan. Physician:
J. Butler, Elizabethtown.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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MARY E. WILLIAMS COWSERT
At Rest
We believe this can be no more truthfully said of any one than of
Mrs. Mary E. Cowsert, who departed this life August 17, 1891, aged
42 years, 3 months and 22 days, after many months of suffering of that dreaded disease consumption.
Mary E. Williams was born April 25, 1849, and was married to George
W. Cowsert, September 20, 1866. She became a member of the church of
Christ about year 1877, in which she lived a useful, earnest christian
life until her death. Such suffering as hers could only have been
endured so patiently by a true christian who looked beyond this world,
and with an eye of faith, beheld a world where all is peace and no
dread disease can ever come. She often talked about dying, but evidenced
not the least fear -- talked as calmly as if she was only going on a
journey to a distant country. She regretted leaving her family, all
of whom are girls, four in number; but rejoiced in being reunited with
her two sons who had gone on before, whose deaths seemed to haster her
departure.
Deceased leaves a grief-stricken husband, four daughters, one sister,
three brothers and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her
death.
(HCC BK, Stone Church Cem., Geo. W. Cowsert, Sgt., Co. G, 6th
Regt. Ill. Cav. Civil War, died August 11, 1911).
"Hardin County Obituaries"
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MINNIE COWSERT
(daughter of Lucien McDaniel and Clara Stone)
Minnie Cowsert, age 50, of Garden Grove, passed away May 14, 1974.
Survived by [mother, Clara McDaniel,] husband Ray, son Larry, daughters
Judy Stevens and Nancy Lewis, brothers Nolan, Clifford and Donald,
sisters Millie Flood, June Gill, Betty Schumacher and Verna Pratt,
grandchildren Christopher Lewis and Carrie Stevens.
Services will be held on Friday at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church
of Westminster. Family suggests donations to the Minnie Cowsert
Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Westminster.
Interment at Harbor Rest Memorial Park, Costa Mesa; directed by
Westminster Memorial Park.
Garden Grove Daily News
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Carl Cowsert, 79, of Rosiclare died Sunday, March 7 (1999) at Union County Hospital in Anna.
Survisors include his wife, Ruth, of Rosiclare; a stepson, Jerry D. English of Braidwood, IL; a stepdaughter, Bernadine Anderson of Cave in Rock; eight step-grandchildren and 11 stepgreat-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Fluorine emetery in Rosiclare with military rites.
Hosick Funderal Home was in charge of arrangements.
Hardin County Independent, Elizabethtown, Illinois,
March 11, 1999
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ELISHA COWSERT
Elisha Cowsert-Co I 131 Regt. IL Inf. Civil War 26 July 1898 Soward
Cemetery
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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FRANK COWSERT
Frank Cowsert was born in Pope County, Illinois May 7, 1864, died
January 21, 1929 at his home in Hardin County, near Eichorn, Illinois,
being 64 years, 8 months and 14 days old.
He was the son of Robert and Maria Kelly Cowsert. When he was about
10 years of age, his parents died, leaving him and a sister, Mary
Christine, to mourn their passing. At this time, he went to live with
an uncle and aunt, Elisha and Mary Brown, who resided in Hardin County. Here he grew to manhood and formed many lasting friendships.
On December 30, 1886, he was married to Ellen Wyatt who died in 1887.
Soon after her death, he went to Union City, Tennessee where he was
engaged in the mercantile business, being very successful in this
venture, but was compelled to discontinue his activities in this work
because of a nervous break-down. Here he took up the study of law,
and while he never applied for, nor was admitted to a bar, he was
recognized as an able attorney and was a constant source of legal
information and advice to his neighbors and friends.
In 1912, he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill the unexpired
term left vacant by the death of Mr. Henry Downey. He was elected to
the office successively and held it therefore until death.
On October 22, 1903, he was again married. This time to Mattie Hobbs.
To this union was born one son, Frank Hobbs Cowsert, who with his
mother, is left to mourn the department of a kind and loving husband
and father.
Besides his wife and son, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Mary C. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO, four nieces, Mrs. George F. Karber, Mrs. Wallace
Millikan of Rosiclare, Illinois, Mrs. F.J. Dowding, and Miss Margaret
McGinnis of Louisville, KY and one nephew, Rollin H. McGinnis of
St. Louis, MO.
The family loses a kind and loving husband and father and the community
a neighbor and friend who was held in the highest esteem for his noble
qualities and ready sympathy for those less fortunate. Though never
enjoying robust health, he bore his sufferings with patience and great
fortitude, looking forward to a brighter and better world where there
is no pain nor suffering.
Peace to his ashes.
Written by one who loved him.
Hardin County Independent, 21 February 1929
Grateful thanks to Wanda Patton Reed who supplied this obituary.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Geo. W. Cowsert [son of George Washington Cowsert and Malinda Ashford],
Co. G, 6 Regt. Ill Cav. Civil War-21 Feb 1843-13 Mar 1913 Williams-
Cowsert
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
index
GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Washington G. Cowsert [son of James Cowsert and Elizabeth Hamilton Cowsert], Private, Captain Dunn's, Illinois Mt. Brig., Black Hawk War [no dates], Soward Cemetery.
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois." Published in 1980
index
HYRAM DANIEL COWSERT
Hyram D. Cowsert [son of Atwell Cowsert and Margaret Elizabeth
Rogers Cowsert], male, white, single. Age: 1y 3m 16d. Died:
July 15, 1888, Rose Clare Pct. Born: Illinois. Cause of Death:
Cholera Infantum, duration of one day. buried: Rose Clare.
Physician: J. Butler, Shetlerville.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
index
JAMES RALPH COWSERT
(Son of Oliver Cowsert and Lotte Mooneyham)
December 13, 1890 to January 1, 1957
OBITUARY:
Funeral to Be Thursday for Ralph Cowsert
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the
Bean and Tanner Funeral Home for Ralph Cowsert, 66, who passed away at
noon Tuesday in Pearce Hospital.
A carpenter who resided on RR 1, Equality, he had been in failing
health for the past three years, but his death was unexpected.
Surviving are his wife, Judith, and six children, Ralph David and
Carol, at home, James, St. Clair Shores, MI, Frank, Courtland, CA,
Mrs. Flora Rehkop, Ross Cowsert, Birmingham, MI, and Joe Cowsert,
Roseville, MI.
Rev. Eddie Hatfield will conduct the service and burial will be in
Wolf Creek Cemetery.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing
this obituary.
index
LYDIA TWITCHELL COWSERT
Lydia Cowsert (nee Twitchell) 18 Apr 1843-28 Oct 1900) Williams-Cowsert
#3
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
index
MARGARET ELIZABETH RODGERS COWSERT
Margaret E. Cowsert [wife of Atwell Cowsert], female, white,
married. Age: 35y 3m 20d. Born: Illinois. Died: February 7, 1891,
McFarlan Pct. Cause of Death: Catarrhal Pneumonia, duration of 8
days. Buried: McFarlan Pct. Undertaker: McClellan. Physician:
J. Butler, Elizabethtown.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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MARY E. WILLIAMS COWSERT
At Rest
We believe this can be no more truthfully said of any one than of
Mrs. Mary E. Cowsert, who departed this life August 17, 1891, aged
42 years, 3 months and 22 days, after many months of suffering of that dreaded disease consumption.
Mary E. Williams was born April 25, 1849, and was married to George
W. Cowsert, September 20, 1866. She became a member of the church of
Christ about year 1877, in which she lived a useful, earnest christian
life until her death. Such suffering as hers could only have been
endured so patiently by a true christian who looked beyond this world,
and with an eye of faith, beheld a world where all is peace and no
dread disease can ever come. She often talked about dying, but evidenced
not the least fear -- talked as calmly as if she was only going on a
journey to a distant country. She regretted leaving her family, all
of whom are girls, four in number; but rejoiced in being reunited with
her two sons who had gone on before, whose deaths seemed to haster her
departure.
Deceased leaves a grief-stricken husband, four daughters, one sister,
three brothers and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her
death.
(HCC BK, Stone Church Cem., Geo. W. Cowsert, Sgt., Co. G, 6th
Regt. Ill. Cav. Civil War, died August 11, 1911).
"Hardin County Obituaries"
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MINNIE COWSERT
(daughter of Lucien McDaniel and Clara Stone)
Minnie Cowsert, age 50, of Garden Grove, passed away May 14, 1974.
Survived by [mother, Clara McDaniel,] husband Ray, son Larry, daughters
Judy Stevens and Nancy Lewis, brothers Nolan, Clifford and Donald,
sisters Millie Flood, June Gill, Betty Schumacher and Verna Pratt,
grandchildren Christopher Lewis and Carrie Stevens.
Services will be held on Friday at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church
of Westminster. Family suggests donations to the Minnie Cowsert
Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Westminster.
Interment at Harbor Rest Memorial Park, Costa Mesa; directed by
Westminster Memorial Park.
Garden Grove Daily News
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ELISHA COWSERT
Elisha Cowsert-Co I 131 Regt. IL Inf. Civil War 26 July 1898 Soward
Cemetery
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
index
FRANK COWSERT
index
FRANK COWSERT
Grateful thanks to Wanda Patton Reed who supplied this obituary.
GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Geo. W. Cowsert [son of George Washington Cowsert and Malinda Ashford],
Co. G, 6 Regt. Ill Cav. Civil War-21 Feb 1843-13 Mar 1913 Williams-
Cowsert
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
index
GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Washington G. Cowsert [son of James Cowsert and Elizabeth Hamilton Cowsert], Private, Captain Dunn's, Illinois Mt. Brig., Black Hawk War [no dates], Soward Cemetery.
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois." Published in 1980
index
HYRAM DANIEL COWSERT
Hyram D. Cowsert [son of Atwell Cowsert and Margaret Elizabeth
Rogers Cowsert], male, white, single. Age: 1y 3m 16d. Died:
July 15, 1888, Rose Clare Pct. Born: Illinois. Cause of Death:
Cholera Infantum, duration of one day. buried: Rose Clare.
Physician: J. Butler, Shetlerville.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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JAMES RALPH COWSERT
(Son of Oliver Cowsert and Lotte Mooneyham)
December 13, 1890 to January 1, 1957
OBITUARY:
Funeral to Be Thursday for Ralph Cowsert
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the
Bean and Tanner Funeral Home for Ralph Cowsert, 66, who passed away at
noon Tuesday in Pearce Hospital.
A carpenter who resided on RR 1, Equality, he had been in failing
health for the past three years, but his death was unexpected.
Surviving are his wife, Judith, and six children, Ralph David and
Carol, at home, James, St. Clair Shores, MI, Frank, Courtland, CA,
Mrs. Flora Rehkop, Ross Cowsert, Birmingham, MI, and Joe Cowsert,
Roseville, MI.
Rev. Eddie Hatfield will conduct the service and burial will be in
Wolf Creek Cemetery.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing
this obituary.
index
LYDIA TWITCHELL COWSERT
Lydia Cowsert (nee Twitchell) 18 Apr 1843-28 Oct 1900) Williams-Cowsert
#3
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
index
MARGARET ELIZABETH RODGERS COWSERT
Margaret E. Cowsert [wife of Atwell Cowsert], female, white,
married. Age: 35y 3m 20d. Born: Illinois. Died: February 7, 1891,
McFarlan Pct. Cause of Death: Catarrhal Pneumonia, duration of 8
days. Buried: McFarlan Pct. Undertaker: McClellan. Physician:
J. Butler, Elizabethtown.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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MARY E. WILLIAMS COWSERT
At Rest
We believe this can be no more truthfully said of any one than of
Mrs. Mary E. Cowsert, who departed this life August 17, 1891, aged
42 years, 3 months and 22 days, after many months of suffering of that dreaded disease consumption.
Mary E. Williams was born April 25, 1849, and was married to George
W. Cowsert, September 20, 1866. She became a member of the church of
Christ about year 1877, in which she lived a useful, earnest christian
life until her death. Such suffering as hers could only have been
endured so patiently by a true christian who looked beyond this world,
and with an eye of faith, beheld a world where all is peace and no
dread disease can ever come. She often talked about dying, but evidenced
not the least fear -- talked as calmly as if she was only going on a
journey to a distant country. She regretted leaving her family, all
of whom are girls, four in number; but rejoiced in being reunited with
her two sons who had gone on before, whose deaths seemed to haster her
departure.
Deceased leaves a grief-stricken husband, four daughters, one sister,
three brothers and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her
death.
(HCC BK, Stone Church Cem., Geo. W. Cowsert, Sgt., Co. G, 6th
Regt. Ill. Cav. Civil War, died August 11, 1911).
"Hardin County Obituaries"
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MINNIE COWSERT
(daughter of Lucien McDaniel and Clara Stone)
Minnie Cowsert, age 50, of Garden Grove, passed away May 14, 1974.
Survived by [mother, Clara McDaniel,] husband Ray, son Larry, daughters
Judy Stevens and Nancy Lewis, brothers Nolan, Clifford and Donald,
sisters Millie Flood, June Gill, Betty Schumacher and Verna Pratt,
grandchildren Christopher Lewis and Carrie Stevens.
Services will be held on Friday at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church
of Westminster. Family suggests donations to the Minnie Cowsert
Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Westminster.
Interment at Harbor Rest Memorial Park, Costa Mesa; directed by
Westminster Memorial Park.
Garden Grove Daily News
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COWSERT
Washington G. Cowsert [son of James Cowsert and Elizabeth Hamilton Cowsert], Private, Captain Dunn's, Illinois Mt. Brig., Black Hawk War [no dates], Soward Cemetery.
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois." Published in 1980
index
HYRAM DANIEL COWSERT
Hyram D. Cowsert [son of Atwell Cowsert and Margaret Elizabeth
Rogers Cowsert], male, white, single. Age: 1y 3m 16d. Died:
July 15, 1888, Rose Clare Pct. Born: Illinois. Cause of Death:
Cholera Infantum, duration of one day. buried: Rose Clare.
Physician: J. Butler, Shetlerville.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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JAMES RALPH COWSERT
(Son of Oliver Cowsert and Lotte Mooneyham)
December 13, 1890 to January 1, 1957
OBITUARY:
Funeral to Be Thursday for Ralph Cowsert
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the
Bean and Tanner Funeral Home for Ralph Cowsert, 66, who passed away at
noon Tuesday in Pearce Hospital.
A carpenter who resided on RR 1, Equality, he had been in failing
health for the past three years, but his death was unexpected.
Surviving are his wife, Judith, and six children, Ralph David and
Carol, at home, James, St. Clair Shores, MI, Frank, Courtland, CA,
Mrs. Flora Rehkop, Ross Cowsert, Birmingham, MI, and Joe Cowsert,
Roseville, MI.
Rev. Eddie Hatfield will conduct the service and burial will be in
Wolf Creek Cemetery.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing
this obituary.
index
LYDIA TWITCHELL COWSERT
Lydia Cowsert (nee Twitchell) 18 Apr 1843-28 Oct 1900) Williams-Cowsert
#3
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
index
MARGARET ELIZABETH RODGERS COWSERT
Margaret E. Cowsert [wife of Atwell Cowsert], female, white,
married. Age: 35y 3m 20d. Born: Illinois. Died: February 7, 1891,
McFarlan Pct. Cause of Death: Catarrhal Pneumonia, duration of 8
days. Buried: McFarlan Pct. Undertaker: McClellan. Physician:
J. Butler, Elizabethtown.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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MARY E. WILLIAMS COWSERT
At Rest
We believe this can be no more truthfully said of any one than of
Mrs. Mary E. Cowsert, who departed this life August 17, 1891, aged
42 years, 3 months and 22 days, after many months of suffering of that dreaded disease consumption.
Mary E. Williams was born April 25, 1849, and was married to George
W. Cowsert, September 20, 1866. She became a member of the church of
Christ about year 1877, in which she lived a useful, earnest christian
life until her death. Such suffering as hers could only have been
endured so patiently by a true christian who looked beyond this world,
and with an eye of faith, beheld a world where all is peace and no
dread disease can ever come. She often talked about dying, but evidenced
not the least fear -- talked as calmly as if she was only going on a
journey to a distant country. She regretted leaving her family, all
of whom are girls, four in number; but rejoiced in being reunited with
her two sons who had gone on before, whose deaths seemed to haster her
departure.
Deceased leaves a grief-stricken husband, four daughters, one sister,
three brothers and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her
death.
(HCC BK, Stone Church Cem., Geo. W. Cowsert, Sgt., Co. G, 6th
Regt. Ill. Cav. Civil War, died August 11, 1911).
"Hardin County Obituaries"
index
MINNIE COWSERT
(daughter of Lucien McDaniel and Clara Stone)
Minnie Cowsert, age 50, of Garden Grove, passed away May 14, 1974.
Survived by [mother, Clara McDaniel,] husband Ray, son Larry, daughters
Judy Stevens and Nancy Lewis, brothers Nolan, Clifford and Donald,
sisters Millie Flood, June Gill, Betty Schumacher and Verna Pratt,
grandchildren Christopher Lewis and Carrie Stevens.
Services will be held on Friday at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church
of Westminster. Family suggests donations to the Minnie Cowsert
Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Westminster.
Interment at Harbor Rest Memorial Park, Costa Mesa; directed by
Westminster Memorial Park.
Garden Grove Daily News
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HYRAM DANIEL COWSERT
Hyram D. Cowsert [son of Atwell Cowsert and Margaret Elizabeth
Rogers Cowsert], male, white, single. Age: 1y 3m 16d. Died:
July 15, 1888, Rose Clare Pct. Born: Illinois. Cause of Death:
Cholera Infantum, duration of one day. buried: Rose Clare.
Physician: J. Butler, Shetlerville.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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JAMES RALPH COWSERT
(Son of Oliver Cowsert and Lotte Mooneyham)
December 13, 1890 to January 1, 1957
OBITUARY:
Funeral to Be Thursday for Ralph Cowsert
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the
Bean and Tanner Funeral Home for Ralph Cowsert, 66, who passed away at
noon Tuesday in Pearce Hospital.
A carpenter who resided on RR 1, Equality, he had been in failing
health for the past three years, but his death was unexpected.
Surviving are his wife, Judith, and six children, Ralph David and
Carol, at home, James, St. Clair Shores, MI, Frank, Courtland, CA,
Mrs. Flora Rehkop, Ross Cowsert, Birmingham, MI, and Joe Cowsert,
Roseville, MI.
Rev. Eddie Hatfield will conduct the service and burial will be in
Wolf Creek Cemetery.
My grateful thanks to Cousin Cindy Klemm for providing
this obituary.
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LYDIA TWITCHELL COWSERT
Lydia Cowsert (nee Twitchell) 18 Apr 1843-28 Oct 1900) Williams-Cowsert
#3
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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MARGARET ELIZABETH RODGERS COWSERT
Margaret E. Cowsert [wife of Atwell Cowsert], female, white,
married. Age: 35y 3m 20d. Born: Illinois. Died: February 7, 1891,
McFarlan Pct. Cause of Death: Catarrhal Pneumonia, duration of 8
days. Buried: McFarlan Pct. Undertaker: McClellan. Physician:
J. Butler, Elizabethtown.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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MARY E. WILLIAMS COWSERT
At Rest
We believe this can be no more truthfully said of any one than of
Mrs. Mary E. Cowsert, who departed this life August 17, 1891, aged
42 years, 3 months and 22 days, after many months of suffering of that dreaded disease consumption.
Mary E. Williams was born April 25, 1849, and was married to George
W. Cowsert, September 20, 1866. She became a member of the church of
Christ about year 1877, in which she lived a useful, earnest christian
life until her death. Such suffering as hers could only have been
endured so patiently by a true christian who looked beyond this world,
and with an eye of faith, beheld a world where all is peace and no
dread disease can ever come. She often talked about dying, but evidenced
not the least fear -- talked as calmly as if she was only going on a
journey to a distant country. She regretted leaving her family, all
of whom are girls, four in number; but rejoiced in being reunited with
her two sons who had gone on before, whose deaths seemed to haster her
departure.
Deceased leaves a grief-stricken husband, four daughters, one sister,
three brothers and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her
death.
(HCC BK, Stone Church Cem., Geo. W. Cowsert, Sgt., Co. G, 6th
Regt. Ill. Cav. Civil War, died August 11, 1911).
"Hardin County Obituaries"
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MINNIE COWSERT
(daughter of Lucien McDaniel and Clara Stone)
Minnie Cowsert, age 50, of Garden Grove, passed away May 14, 1974.
Survived by [mother, Clara McDaniel,] husband Ray, son Larry, daughters
Judy Stevens and Nancy Lewis, brothers Nolan, Clifford and Donald,
sisters Millie Flood, June Gill, Betty Schumacher and Verna Pratt,
grandchildren Christopher Lewis and Carrie Stevens.
Services will be held on Friday at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church
of Westminster. Family suggests donations to the Minnie Cowsert
Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Westminster.
Interment at Harbor Rest Memorial Park, Costa Mesa; directed by
Westminster Memorial Park.
Garden Grove Daily News
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JAMES RALPH COWSERT
(Son of Oliver Cowsert and Lotte Mooneyham)
December 13, 1890 to January 1, 1957
(Son of Oliver Cowsert and Lotte Mooneyham)
December 13, 1890 to January 1, 1957
LYDIA TWITCHELL COWSERT
Lydia Cowsert (nee Twitchell) 18 Apr 1843-28 Oct 1900) Williams-Cowsert #3
"Compilation of Cemeteries of Hardin County, Illinois."
Published in 1980
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MARGARET ELIZABETH RODGERS COWSERT
Margaret E. Cowsert [wife of Atwell Cowsert], female, white,
married. Age: 35y 3m 20d. Born: Illinois. Died: February 7, 1891,
McFarlan Pct. Cause of Death: Catarrhal Pneumonia, duration of 8
days. Buried: McFarlan Pct. Undertaker: McClellan. Physician:
J. Butler, Elizabethtown.
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
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MARY E. WILLIAMS COWSERT
At Rest
We believe this can be no more truthfully said of any one than of
Mrs. Mary E. Cowsert, who departed this life August 17, 1891, aged
42 years, 3 months and 22 days, after many months of suffering of that dreaded disease consumption.
Mary E. Williams was born April 25, 1849, and was married to George
W. Cowsert, September 20, 1866. She became a member of the church of
Christ about year 1877, in which she lived a useful, earnest christian
life until her death. Such suffering as hers could only have been
endured so patiently by a true christian who looked beyond this world,
and with an eye of faith, beheld a world where all is peace and no
dread disease can ever come. She often talked about dying, but evidenced
not the least fear -- talked as calmly as if she was only going on a
journey to a distant country. She regretted leaving her family, all
of whom are girls, four in number; but rejoiced in being reunited with
her two sons who had gone on before, whose deaths seemed to haster her
departure.
Deceased leaves a grief-stricken husband, four daughters, one sister,
three brothers and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her
death.
(HCC BK, Stone Church Cem., Geo. W. Cowsert, Sgt., Co. G, 6th
Regt. Ill. Cav. Civil War, died August 11, 1911).
"Hardin County Obituaries"
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MINNIE COWSERT
(daughter of Lucien McDaniel and Clara Stone)
Minnie Cowsert, age 50, of Garden Grove, passed away May 14, 1974.
Survived by [mother, Clara McDaniel,] husband Ray, son Larry, daughters
Judy Stevens and Nancy Lewis, brothers Nolan, Clifford and Donald,
sisters Millie Flood, June Gill, Betty Schumacher and Verna Pratt,
grandchildren Christopher Lewis and Carrie Stevens.
Services will be held on Friday at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church
of Westminster. Family suggests donations to the Minnie Cowsert
Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Westminster.
Interment at Harbor Rest Memorial Park, Costa Mesa; directed by
Westminster Memorial Park.
Garden Grove Daily News
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MARGARET ELIZABETH RODGERS COWSERT
Hardin County, Illinois, Deaths 1884-1919, Compiled by Marion Lavender Reynolds, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1995.
MARY E. WILLIAMS COWSERT
At Rest
At Rest
We believe this can be no more truthfully said of any one than of
Mrs. Mary E. Cowsert, who departed this life August 17, 1891, aged
42 years, 3 months and 22 days, after many months of suffering of that dreaded disease consumption.
Mary E. Williams was born April 25, 1849, and was married to George
W. Cowsert, September 20, 1866. She became a member of the church of
Christ about year 1877, in which she lived a useful, earnest christian
life until her death. Such suffering as hers could only have been
endured so patiently by a true christian who looked beyond this world,
and with an eye of faith, beheld a world where all is peace and no
dread disease can ever come. She often talked about dying, but evidenced
not the least fear -- talked as calmly as if she was only going on a
journey to a distant country. She regretted leaving her family, all
of whom are girls, four in number; but rejoiced in being reunited with
her two sons who had gone on before, whose deaths seemed to haster her
departure.
Deceased leaves a grief-stricken husband, four daughters, one sister,
three brothers and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her
death.
(HCC BK, Stone Church Cem., Geo. W. Cowsert, Sgt., Co. G, 6th
Regt. Ill. Cav. Civil War, died August 11, 1911).
"Hardin County Obituaries"
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MINNIE COWSERT
(daughter of Lucien McDaniel and Clara Stone)
Minnie Cowsert, age 50, of Garden Grove, passed away May 14, 1974.
Survived by [mother, Clara McDaniel,] husband Ray, son Larry, daughters
Judy Stevens and Nancy Lewis, brothers Nolan, Clifford and Donald,
sisters Millie Flood, June Gill, Betty Schumacher and Verna Pratt,
grandchildren Christopher Lewis and Carrie Stevens.
Services will be held on Friday at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church
of Westminster. Family suggests donations to the Minnie Cowsert
Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Westminster.
Interment at Harbor Rest Memorial Park, Costa Mesa; directed by
Westminster Memorial Park.
Garden Grove Daily News
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"Hardin County Obituaries"
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MINNIE COWSERT
(daughter of Lucien McDaniel and Clara Stone)
Minnie Cowsert, age 50, of Garden Grove, passed away May 14, 1974.
Survived by [mother, Clara McDaniel,] husband Ray, son Larry, daughters
Judy Stevens and Nancy Lewis, brothers Nolan, Clifford and Donald,
sisters Millie Flood, June Gill, Betty Schumacher and Verna Pratt,
grandchildren Christopher Lewis and Carrie Stevens.
Services will be held on Friday at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church
of Westminster. Family suggests donations to the Minnie Cowsert
Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Westminster.
Interment at Harbor Rest Memorial Park, Costa Mesa; directed by
Westminster Memorial Park.
Garden Grove Daily News
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MINNIE COWSERT
(daughter of Lucien McDaniel and Clara Stone)
Services will be held on Friday at 12 noon in the First Baptist Church of Westminster. Family suggests donations to the Minnie Cowsert Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Westminster.
Interment at Harbor Rest Memorial Park, Costa Mesa; directed by Westminster Memorial Park.
Garden Grove Daily News
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