Samuel Montgomery Cowan Family Information

John Cowan
[son of Samuel Cowan and Mary Campbell)
born: c1745 - Virginia
died: between 1780 and 1785 - Castle's Woods, Washington County, Virginia
married: c1768 - Virginia
wife: Mary Walker
born: c1749 - Virginia

Children of John Cowan and Mary Walker Cowan:

1. John Cowan
born: 14 December 1768 - Augusta County, Virginia
died: 17 August 1832 - Indiana

2. James Walker Cowan
born: c1770 - Augusta County, Virginia
died: September 1815 - Franklin County, Tennessee
married: 23 April 1800 - Blount County, Tennessee
wife: Mary "Polly" Weir Montgomery
[daughter of James Huston Montgomery and Margaret Elizabeth Weir]
born: 1773 - Augusta County, Virginia
1850 Census - Northern Division, DeSoto County, Mississippi
died: after 1850 - DeSoto County, Mississippi

Children of James Walker Cowan and Mary Weir Montgomery Cowan:

2.1. Samuel Montgomery Cowan
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 10 March 1801 - twelve miles south of Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee
died: 5 May 1881 - Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee
buried: Oakwood Cemetery - Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee
married: 20 July 1830
wife: Nancy Coker Clements
born: 6 December 1811 - Lincoln County, Tennessee
died: 8 August 1900 - Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee
buried: Oakwood Cemetery - Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee

Children of Samuel Montgomery Cowan and Nancy Coker Clements Cowan:

2.1.1. James Benjamin Cowan
born: 15 September 1831 - Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee
died: 27 June 1909 - Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee
buried: Oakwood Cemetery - Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee
married: 20 October 1857 - Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama
wife: Lucy C. Robinson
[daughter of James Berry Robinson and Frances Otey]
born: 5 October 1833 - Madison County, Alabama
died: 9 November 1918
buried: Oakwood Cemetery - Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee

Children of James Benjamin Cowan and Lucy C. Robinson Cowan:

2.1.1.1. James Montgomery Cowan

2.1.1.2. Mary Lou Coker Cowan

2.1.1.3. Otey Clements Cowan

2.1.1.4. Lillie Forrest Cowan

2.1.1.5. Presley Strange Cowan

2.1.1.6. Minnie Horton Cowan
born: 1 April 1869 - Franklin County, Tennessee
died: 24 July 1968
buried: Oakwood Cemetery - Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee
married:
husband: Tyree Algers Havron
[son of James P. Havron and ]
Cumberland Presbyterian Elder
born: 10 February 1860 - Georgia
died: 28 December 1939 - Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
buried: Oakwood Cemetery - Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee

2.1.1.7. Frances Robinson Cowan

 

2.2. Elizabeth McCroskey Cowan
born: 6 April 1803 - Blount County, Tennessee
died: after 1850 - Horn Lake, DeSoto County, Mississippi
married: c1823 - Franklin County, Tennessee
husband: William H. Montgomery
[he is 3.2 below]
[son of Hugh Weir Montgomery and Susan Cowan]
born: 1792 - Blount County, Tennessee
died: 1 October 1829 - Cowan, Franklin County, Tennessee
buried: Montgomery Cemetery - Blount County, Tennessee

Children listd below under 3.2.

 

2.3. Margaret Ann Cowan
born: 27 January 1806 - Tennessee
died:
married: 2 March 1826 - Blount County, Tennessee
husband: Alfred M. Cowan
[son of Andrew Cowan who was son of Robert Cowan who was son of Samuel Cowan and Mary Campbell]
Margaret and Alfred were 2nd cousins.
born: 1801 - Blount County, Tennessee

 

3. Susan Cowan
born: 1772 - Virginia
died: 1795 - Blount County, Tennessee
buried: Montgomery Cemetery - Blount County, Tennessee
married: 1789 - Blount County, Tennessee
husband: Hugh Weir Montgomery
[son of James Huston Montgomery and Margaret Elizabeth Weir]
born: 1770 - New Providence, Augusta County, Virginia
died: 1841 - Cowan, Franklin County, Tennessee
buried: Montgomery Cemetery - Blount County, Tennessee

Children of Susan Cowan Montgomery and Hugh Weir Montgomery:

3.1. James Montgomery
born: 1792 - Bakers Creek, Blount County, Tennessee
died: 1841 - Limestone County, Alabama

3.2. William H. Montgomery
born: 1792 - Blount County, Tennessee
died: 1 October 1829 - Cowan, Franklin County, Tennessee
buried: Cowan Cemetery - Cowan, Franklin County, Tennessee
1st wife: Susannah Cowan
[daughter of Robert Cowan and Nancy Weir or Nancy Martin - CHECK THIS]
[they were 2nd cousins]
born: 1799
died: 1820 - Franklin County, Tennessee

Child of William H. Montgomery and Susannah Cowan Montgomery:

3.2.1. John Cowan Montgomery
born: 24 September 1820 - Cowan, Franklin County, Tennessee
died: 28 December 1910 - Cowan, Franklin County, Tennessee
buried: Cowan Cemetery - Montgomery Cemetery - Cowan, Franklin County, Tennessee
One of the founders of the town of Cowan in 1852.
married: 15 January 1850 - Franklin County, Tennessee
wife: Nancy Agnes Cowan
[daughter of James Perkins Cowan and Mary Montgomery]
[they were first cousins]
born: 9 August 1829 - Cowan, Franklin County, Tennessee
died: 1 February 1903 - Cowan, Franklin County, Tennessee
buried: Cowan Cemetery - Montgomery Cemetery - Cowan, Franklin County, Tennessee

Children of John Cowan Montgomery and Nancy Agnes Cowan Montgomery:

3.2.1.1. William Miller Montgomery

3.2.1.2. James Cowan Montgomery

3.2.1.3. Mary Forrest Montgomery

3.2.1.4. Margaret E. Montgomery

3.2.1.5. Ellen Montgomery

3.2.1.6. Sallie Montgomery

3.2.1.7. Katherine Montgomery

 

2nd marriage of William H. Montgomery: c1823 - Franklin County, Tennessee
2nd wife: Elizabeth McCroskey Cowan
[2.2. above, they were 1st cousins]
born: 6 April 1803 - Blount County, Tennessee
died: after 1850 - Horn Lake, DeSoto County, Mississippi
December 19, 1847 - joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee
1850 Census - Northern Division, DeSoto County, Mississippi

Children of William H. Montgomery and Elizabeth McCroskey Cowan Montgomery:

3.2.2. James Chester Montgomery
born: c1824 - Cowan, Franklin County, Tennessee
died: 1860 - DeSoto County, Mississippi
January 30, 1848 - joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee
1850 Census - Northern Division, DeSoto County, Mississippi

3.2.3. Mary Ann Montgomery
born: 2 October 1826 - Cowan, Franklin County, Tennessee
died: 22 January 1893 - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
buried: 25 January 1893 - Forrest Park Cemetery - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
January 30, 1848 - joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee
March 25, 1870 - dismissed with letter, Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee
1850 Census - Northern Division, DeSoto County, Mississippi
1860 Census - Ward 3, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
1870 Census - Ward 5, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
1880 Census - Shelby County, Tennessee [widow living with her son]
married: 25 April 1845 - Hernando, DeSoto County, Mississippi
married by Rev. Samuel Montgomery Cowan, Mary Ann's uncle.
husband: Nathan Bedford Forrest
[son of William Forrest and Miriam Beck]
born: 13 July 1821 - Holt's Corner, Chapel Hill, Bedford County, Tennessee
died: 29 October 1877 - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
buried: Elmwood Cemetery - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
reburied: Forrest Park Cemetery - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
1850 Census - Northern Division, DeSoto County, Mississippi
1860 Census - Ward 3, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
1870 Census - Ward 5, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Children of Mary Ann Montgomery Forrest and Nathan Bedford Forrest:

3.2.3.1. William Montgomery Forrest
born: 26 September 1846 - Hernando, DeSoto County, Mississippi
died: 7 February 1908 - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
buried: Elmwood Cemetery - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
September 5, 1868 - joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee
March 23, 1870 - dismissed with letter, Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee
1850 Census - Northern Division, DeSoto County, Mississippi
1860 Census - Ward 3, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee [listed as Martin W. Forrest]
1870 Census - Ward 5, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
1880 Census - Shelby County, Tennessee
married: 1869 - Hernando, DeSoto County, Mississippi
wife: Taylor Jane Cook
born: 1848 - Hernando, DeSoto County, Mississippi
died:
1870 Census - Ward 5, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
1880 Census - Shelby County, Tennessee

Children of William Montgomery Forrest and Taylor Jane Cook Forrest:

3.2.3.1.1. Mary E. Forrest
born: 1869 - Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi
died: 22 October 1965
buried: 25 October 1964 - Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
1870 Census - Ward 5, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
1880 Census - Shelby County, Tennessee

3.2.3.1.2. Nathan Bedford Forrest II
born: August 1871 - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
died: 11 March 1931 - White Springs, Hamilton County, Florida
1880 Census - Shelby County, Tennessee
married: 1904
wife: Mattie Hays Patton
born: 23 September 1883 - Tennessee
died:

Children of Nathan Bedford Forrest II and Mattie Hays Patton Forrest:

3.2.3.1.2.1. Nathan Bedford Forrest III
born: 5 April 1905 - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
died: 13 June 1942 - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1st buried: 28 September 1943 in a grassy little cemetery near Wiek, Germany
moved and reburied: 15 November 1949 - Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, Virginia
married: 22 November 1930
wife: Teresa Frances Brassler
born: 1915
[after her husband's death she remarries Mr. Martin]

3.2.3.1.2.2. Mary Helen Forrest
born: 1907

3.2.3.1.2.3. Nancy Patterson Forrest
born: 1916

 

3.2.3.1.3. William Montgomery Forrest Jr.
born: c1876 - Tennessee
1880 Census - Shelby County, Tennessee

 

3.2.3.2. Frances A. Forrest
born: 1847 - Mississippi
died: 26 June 1854 - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
1850 Census - Northern Division, DeSoto County, Mississippi

 

 

3.2.4. Avarine Eva Montgomery
born: c1832 - Cowan, Franklin County, Tennessee
died: 1918 - Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee
buried: Oakwood Cemetery - Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee
January 30, 1848 - joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee
1850 Census - Northern Division, DeSoto County, Mississippi
married: 23 March 1868 - DeSoto County, Mississippi
husband: Lewis C. Taylor
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: c1823 - Alabama
died: January 28, 1892 - Meridian, Bosque County, Texas

3.2.5. William M. Montgomery
born: c1830

 

3.3. Mary Montgomery
born: 9 March 1793 - Blount County, Tennessee
died: 1 November 1851 - Cowan, Franklin County, Tennessee