Rowan Descendants - Part Two

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        Stella F. Bell, daughter of Jefferson Bell Jr and Anna M Marks, was born 3 May 1885 in the Belltown community near Buford, Ohio Co KY. She died on 14 January 1888 and was buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Ohio Co.

        Stella M. Bell, daughter of Samuel William Bell and Laura Shown, was born October 1897 in Ohio Co, KY

      Virgie Lee Bell, daughter of Jefferson Bell Jr and Dolly D. Richeson, was born 21 June 1920 in Ohio Co, KY. She never married and lived at Hartford in 2006.

      Virginia Baird Bell, daughter of Alexander Thomas Bell and Sarah Maria Lindley, was born 12 December 1893 in Ohio Co KY. She married Robert Carr Williams, a farmer, in Hartford, KY on 30 August 1936. He was born in Daviess Co on 22 March 1880, son of Raleigh T Williams and Elizabeth Amelia Stone, and lived in Daviess Co in 1918. Robert died in Daviess Co on 10 March 1952 and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Owensboro. Virginia died at Hartford on 1 November 1985. They had a daughter-

a.     Katheryn McKay Williams, b 1 Nov 1939

        William Arthur Bell, son of Samuel William Bell and Laura Shown, was born 25 September 1894 at Buford, Ohio Co, KY. He died 5 September 1970 in Ohio Co.

        William R. Bell, son of Jefferson Bell Jr and Dolly D. Richeson, was born 24 December 1912 in Ohio Co, KY. He never married. William enlisted in the US Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison in IN on 24 March 1942. He died at Owensboro on 17 January 1997. 

        Avis Nadine Boyd, daughter of Mary Belle Pirtle and Everett Boyd, was born 1 November 1933 at No Creek in Ohio Co, KY. She married Curtis Grider on 1 June 1952. 

        Madelyn Beverly Boyd, daughter of Mary Belle Pirtle and Everett Boyd, was born 31 December 1925 at No Creek in Ohio Co, KY. She married Rolly C. Tichenor on 31 December 1948. 

      Alice Powell Cooper, daughter of Lorenzo Dow Cooper and Mary P Bennett, was born 3 September 1851 in Ohio Co, KY. She married William Jasper Riley on 21 October 1869 at her parents' home in Ohio Co. William was born in Ohio Co on 6 February 1848, son of Benjamin Franklin Riley and Mariah Moseley. Alice died 9 April 1914 and William on 13 June 1932; both are buried in Rose Hill Cemetery at Owensboro. They had six children-

a.     Marion Calhoun Riley, b 1 Aug 1870

b.     John Robert Riley, b 26 Nov 1872

c.     Wade Hamilton Riley, b 20 Jul 1877

d.     Lora Pearl Riley, b 14 Sep 1882

e.     Flora Belle Riley, b Apr 1884

f.     Mary Lee Riley, b Sep 1898 

        Dewitt T. Cooper, probably a son of Samuel O Cooper and Lucy Belle Hix, was born on 8 April 1886 in Ohio Co, KY. He died on 12 April 1886 and is buried in Ohio Co KY. 

        Frances M. Cooper, daughter of Lorenzo Dow Cooper and Mary P Bennett, was born 23 March 1845 in Ohio Co, KY. She married Monroe Tinsley at her father's home on 28 January 1866. He was born about 1840 in Ohio Co, son of Joshua Tinsley and Martha Sledd, both from VA. Monroe, a farmer in Ohio Co near Hartford, was a Civil War veteran. Frances died on 13 December 1871, probably in Ohio Co, and was buried in New Bethel Cemetery. After her death, Monroe married Mattie Combs in McLean Co on 20 January 1876. Frances and Monroe had three children-

a.     Simon B B Tinsley, b 1867

b.     Mary M Tinsley, b 24 Apr 1869

c.     Effie Lee Tinsley, b 9 Mar 1870

Monroe and Mattie Combs had a daughter Henrietta F Tinsley, born in Ohio Co in 1877.

        John D. Cooper, son of Lorenzo Dow Cooper and Mary P. Bennett, was born 25 August 1846 in Ohio Co KY, and died 3 January 1869; he is buried in New Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery in Ohio Co. John probably never married.

        Joseph A. Cooper, son of Lorenzo Dow Cooper and Mary P Bennett, was born about 1853 in Ohio Co, KY. He died on 20 September 1855 of “flux.” 

        Joshua H. Cooper, son of Lorenzo Dow Cooper and Mary P Bennett, was born 18 December 1843 in Ohio Co, KY. He married Emma Marsh in 1870 in Washington Co TX, and died in TX on 25 January 1879.

         Lorenzo Dow Cooper, son of Alice Rowan and Joshua G Cooper, was born 31 March 1819 in Ohio Co. He married Mary P. Bennett in Ohio Co on 27 October 1842. She was born at No Creek on 20 September 1821, daughter of Joseph Bennett and Frances H Chapman, and died 24 March 1865. Lorenzo then married Elizabeth Polly, who was born 28 May 1819 and died 21 May 1899. Her father was Peter Polly. Lorenzo was a farmer and lived in the New Bethel area. He died on 27 August 1887 in Ohio Co and had eleven children, all born in Ohio Co-

1.     Joshua H Cooper, b 18 Dec 1843

2.     Frances M Cooper, b 23 Mar 1845

3.     John D Cooper, b 25 Aug 1846

4.     Mary Delila Cooper, b 25 Nov 1849

5.     Alice Powell Cooper, b 3 Sep 1851

6.     Joseph A Cooper, b c1853

7.     Sarah A Cooper, b 27 Mar 1853

8.     Samuel O Cooper, b 22 Aug 1857

9.     girl Cooper, born 3 February 1861, died the same day.

10.   Ruth A Cooper, b 14 Sep 1862

11.   girl Cooper, b 3 Feb 1865, died the same day; she is buried in New Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery.

Elizabeth Polly first married Mr Henry. Elizabeth had a sister named Mary M. Polly who married a Mr. Hudson. 

        M. Ernestine Cooper, probably a daughter of Samuel O. Cooper and Belle Hicks, was born on 1 January 1887 in Ohio Co, KY. She died on 1 November 1889 and is buried in Ohio Co, KY.

        Mary Delila Cooper, daughter of Lorenzo Dow Cooper and Mary P. Bennett, was born 25 November 1849 in Ohio Co, KY. On 21 October 1869 in a double wedding with her sister Alice, Mary married William V Crow at her father's home. He was born in Ohio Co in June 1848, son of Wesley Crow and Delila Dexter. Witnesses at the marriage were Monroe Tinsley and Peter Smith. William was Mary's neighbor in 1860 and was a farmer. Mary died 17 March 1873 and William later married Lucy E. _____, who was born 5 July 1859 in KY and died 1 September 1885, and was buried in New Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery in Ohio Co. They lived at Livermore, McLean Co in 1880 and he was a dry goods merchant. In 1900 he lived at Vanover, Daviess Co. Mary is also buried in New Bethel Cemetery. She and William had two children-

a.     Amy Crow, b 1871

b.     Mary Cecelia Crow, b 13 Feb 1872

William's second wife Lucy is buried with her two infant children Herschell O Crow and Louise E Crow. Lucy also had two other sons: Homer M Crow, born February 1879; and Clovis O Crow, born July 1884. 

       Noel H. Cooper, son of Samuel O Cooper and Lucy Belle Hix, was born 1 January 1883 in Ohio Co, KY. He lived at San Diego, CA in September 1918 and in 1930. He died there on 10 March 1944. Noel was a laundry proprietor, and married Dorothy M. “Dora” Wheeler in 1911. She was born in OR in 1885. They had a daughter-

1.     Dorothy Geraldine Cooper, b 15 Jun 1912

         Ruth A. Cooper, daughter of Lorenzo Dow Cooper and Mary P. Bennett, was born 14 September 1862 in Ohio Co, KY. She died 26 August 1864; she is buried in New Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery. 

        Samuel O. Cooper, son of Lorenzo Dow Cooper and Mary P. Bennett, was born 22 August 1857 in Ohio Co, KY. He married Lucy Belle Hix in Daviess Co on 19 May 1881. Her name was Hicks in the KY record, and spelled Hix on her children’s CA records. She was born in Daviess Co in August 1858. Samuel and Belle moved to San Diego, CA after 1900; they were in Daviess Co in 1900, and he was then a dairyman. In 1910 they were in Inyo Co, CA and he was a farmer there. They died in San Diego Co, she in November 1916 and Samuel in January 1937. After Lucy died, Sam married Mary J. _____ and they lived at San Bernardino where Sam worked for a creamery. Mary J was born in KS in 1872 and this was their second marriage. In 1930 Sam lived with his son Samuel Rowan Cooper at Los Angeles, and Sam was again a widower. He and Lucy had six children with four still living in 1900 and 1910; all were born in KY-

a.     Noel H. Cooper, b 1 Jan 1883

b.     Dewitt T. Cooper, b 8 Apr 1886

c.     M. Ernestine Cooper, b 1 Jan 1887

d.     Robert Lorenzo Cooper, b 31 Mar 1888

e.     Samuel Rowan Cooper, b 6 Feb 1895

f.     Nina M. Cooper, b Sep 1896

         Sarah A Cooper, daughter of Lorenzo Dow Cooper and Mary P. Bennett, was born 27 March 1853 in Ohio Co, KY. She died on 20 September 1855 of “flux.” 

       Anna Katherine Cox, daughter of Rowan Paul Cox and Bevvie Harl, was born 1 December 1907 at Heflin, Ohio Co, KY. She lived for a while in Polk Co, FL where her parents bought a citrus farm, and never married. Anna was a stenographer. She died on 20 October 1968 at Livermore and was buried in Woodward's Valley Church Cemetery at Heflin. 

        Eden Cox, daughter of James Roy Cox and Sallie Atherton, was born in February 1899 in Ohio Co, KY and died in 1901. 

        James Cox, son of James Roy Cox and Sallie Atherton, was born in 1901 in Ohio Co, KY and died as an infant. 

        James Roy Cox, son of Sarah Isabelle Rowan and James Phillip Cox, was born 25 March 1873 in Ohio Co, KY. He was a farmer and postmaster at Livermore and married Sallie Atherton in McLean Co on 3 February 1898. She was born in McLean Co on 18 January 1881, daughter of William C Atherton and Susan Skillman. Sallie died 17 February 1964 at Livermore, and James died at Owensboro on 16 March 1949 but lived in McLean Co then. They are buried in Oak Hill Cemetery at Livermore. They had nine children-

1.     Eden Cox, b Feb 1899

2.     James Cox, b 1901

3.     Neff Cox, b 19 May 1902

4.     Sam Herr Cox, b 13 Feb 1906

5.     William Cooper Cox, b 25 Oct 1908

6.     Marietta Cox, b 9 Feb 1912

7.     Frances Noel Cox, b 14 Oct 1914

8.     Anna Sue Cox, b 10 Jul 1919

9.     Nancy M Cox, b Apr 1924

A close neighbor of James and Sallie in 1920 was Charles Cephas Atherton and wife Julia Flint Rowan [R2b1b4c]. Julia was James R. Cox’s first cousin.

        Lucinda Abigail “Lula” Cox, daughter of Sarah Isabelle Rowan and James Phillip Cox, was born 21 September 1866 in Ohio Co, KY. She was a farmer near Heflin in 1920, living alone, and she owned her own farm. She never married and died on 21 March 1945 in Ohio Co but lived in McLean Co then. Lula is buried in Woodward's Valley Church Cemetery at Heflin. 

        Neff Cox, son of James Roy Cox and Sallie Atherton, was born 19 May 1902 in Ohio Co, KY and grew up in McLean Co. His name in 1910 was Nefferson Cox. He married Pauline _____ about 1926 and they lived at Louisville at first in a rooming house while he was beginning his pharmacy career. Family records state that Neff married Mary Jacqueline Usrey, but his wife in 1930 was Pauline. He and his wife (wives?) lived at Evansville, IN for most of the remainder of their lives after Louisville. Pauline was born in 1903 in KY. Mary J. was born in 1903 at Red Boiling, TN and died in Evansville on 23 December 1970. She was buried in Livermore with Neff. He died at home in Evansville on 6 June 1970 and was buried at Livermore, KY. His wife when he died was Mary J. He and Mary had two sons-

a.     Neff Cox, Jr

b.     Roy Usrey Cox, b May 1941

         Orien Noel Cox, son of Sarah Isabelle Rowan and James Phillip Cox, was born 26 December 1878 in Ohio Co, KY, and grew up in Daviess Co. In 1910 he lived at Hartford, Ohio Co with James Reid Atherton and wife Minnie E _____. Orien died in Ohio Co on 8 March 1914. He never married and was buried in Woodward's Valley Church Cemetery at Heflin. James Reid Atherton was born 1 Sep 1877 in Daviess Co KY, and lived at Evansville, IN from 1920. His wife Minnie E. was born in KY in 1883, and married James about 1903. James R Atherton was a son of James Monroe Atherton and Lydia Jane Tichenor. 

          Rowan Paul Cox, son of Sarah Isabelle Rowan and James Phillip Cox, was born 19 May 1883 in Ohio Co, KY. He married Bevvie Harl on 31 January 1907. She was born at Pettit in Daviess Co on 20 January 1882, daughter of James S. Harl and Katherine Cummings. Rowan was a farmer, and Bevvie was a school teacher. In 1918 they lived at Livermore, and in the 1920s they moved to Winter Haven, Polk Co FL and bought a citrus tree farm. Bevvie’s father went with them. They didn’t stay there long because the whole family died in KY. Rowan died 14 February 1970 and Bevvie on 25 April 1977, both in Ohio Co. They were buried in Woodward's Valley Church Cemetery at Heflin. They had three children, all born in Ohio Co KY-

1.     Anna Katherine Cox, b 1 Dec 1907

2.     Sarah Isabelle Cox, b 7 Sep 1909

3.     Joseph Rowan Cox, b 3 Oct 1914

In 1910 their hired farm hand was Ollie Atherton, future husband of Rowan Cox’s cousin Georgia Adena Bell

        Sally Atherton Cox, daughter of Samuel Cox and Mary Edyth Lyons, was born 27 January 1926 in Ohio Co, KY. She married Patrick Kehoe and they had a son-

1.     Michael K. Kehoe, b 11 Aug 1949 in Daviess Co.  He may be the Michael K. Kehoe who married Kathy C _____, born in November 1954, and lived at Strasburg, Shenandoah Co VA in 2007. 

        Samuel Herr Cox, son of James Roy Cox and Sallie Atherton, was born 13 February 1906 in Ohio Co, KY. He married Mary Edyth Lyons on 14 November 1925 in Daviess Co and they lived at Nuckols. She was born in Ohio Co on 2 April 1902, daughter of Ollie Lyons and Inez Phillips, and died on 25 March 1976 at Calhoun, McLean Co. In 1970 when his brother Neff died, Sam lived at Nuckols. Sam died in Daviess Co on 19 May 1984 but lived at Livermore, McLean Co then. They had four children-

a.     Sally Atherton Cox, b 27 Jan 1926

b.     Orion Lyons Cox, b 8 Aug 1928

c.     Ruth Christine Cox, b 15 Jan 1930

d.     Frank Smith Cox, b 15 Aug 1932

        William Bemiss Cox, son of Sarah Isabelle Rowan and James Phillip Cox, was born in 1864 in Ohio Co, KY. He married G. V. Brent and died on 5 March 1902, probably in Evansville, IN. They had a daughter-

1.     Inez E. Cox, b 18 Sep 1900 

         Amy Crow, daughter of Mary Delila Cooper and William V. Crow, was born in 1871 in Ohio Co, KY. 

        Mary Cecelia Crow, daughter of Mary Delila Cooper and William V. Crow, was born on 13 February 1872 and died 12 May 1872. She is buried in Ohio Co, KY at New Bethel Church Cemetery. 

       James Rowan Crowe, son of Lillah Gertrude Pirtle and James Franklin Crowe, was born 4 November 1931 in Ohio Co, KY. He married Faye Edmonson on 20 January 1956 and they live in Owensboro. Faye was born 17 June 1934, probably in Owensboro. They have two children-

1.     James Michael Crowe, b 1 Sep 1956

2.     Debbie Gale Crowe, b 3 Nov 1957 

        Marjorie Allene Crowe, daughter of Lillah Gertrude Pirtle and James Franklin Crowe, was born 6 May 1934 in Ohio Co, KY, and died on 24 June 1934. She is buried in Woodward's Valley Cemetery. 

        Mary Lou Crowe, daughter of Lillah Gertrude Pirtle and James Franklin Crowe, was born 11 October 1927 in Ohio Co, KY. She married Medley Ling on 14 January 1956. He was born on 3 April 1925 in Owensboro. They live in Owensboro and have two children-

1.     Medley Stefon Ling, b 15 Mar 1959

2.     Eric Jonathan Ling, b 30 Jun 1961 

        Wilda Jean Crowe, daughter of Lillah Gertrude Pirtle and James Franklin Crowe, was born 26 October 1924 in Ohio Co, KY. 1930 census says her name is Amelda; birth parents for her children show Wilda. She married Tullis O. Baird at No Creek in Ohio Co on 20 February 1945. He was born on 28 December 1914 at Beda, son of Andrew L Baird and Martha Ann McMillion. Wilda and Tullis lived in Hartford and had two children, both born in Daviess Co-

1.     Dennis Okla Baird, b 9 Jul 1953

2.     Barbara Jean Baird, b 30 Oct 1955

         John Lee Daniel, son of Hannah Bell Shown and Albert Carlton Daniel, was born 9 July 1940 at Beaver Dam, KY. On 12 May 1962 he married Carole Ann Barrass in Ohio Co. She was born on 14 May 1939, daughter of Maurice Barrass and Marian Turner. They were divorced in 1995. John is an electrician and lives at Beaver Dam. They have two daughters-

1.     Sheree Dee Ann Daniel, b 21 Dec 1958

2.     Marian Elizabeth Daniel, b 13 Oct 1962

Carole first married Willis Grey Miller. Their daughter was adopted by John.

        Ruth Davidson, daughter of Minnie Rowan and Daniel Davidson, was born 29 March 1892 in Daviess Co, KY (she was age 8 in 1900, 18 in 1910, and 26 in 1920). Ruth married Clarence Willingham about 1913 and they lived at Owensboro. She worked in a tobacco drying plant in 1920. Ruth died of spinal meningitis on 13 June 1920, just west of Owensboro, and was buried in Pettit Cemetery. Clarence was born 15 July 1889 in KY, son of Silas Willingham and Minnie Winstead (see note following). After Ruth died, Clarence and his children lived with his parents at Owensboro. He and Ruth had three children, all born near Owensboro, KY-

1.     Daniel C. Willingham, b Jun 1914, was named after his maternal grandfather. 

2.     David H. Willingham, b Nov 1915 

3.     Carl L. Willingham, b 12 Jul 1917, grew up in Daviess Co and died at Indianapolis, IN on 1 January 1997. 

Silas Willingham was born in 1865 in KY and died 6 Nov 1930 at Owensboro. He was a son of Frank Willingham and Sarah Cheatham, and was buried at Sorgho just west of Owensboro. Minnie was the middle of five children of Rachael Winstead and probably Thurman Burks, and was born 27 Oct 1862 at Vanover, Daviess Co, and died at Owensboro on 8 Jun 1951. In 1880 Minnie and her youngest sister Lucy and their mother Rachael Winstead lived at Oakford, Daviess Co. In 1870 Minnie and her four siblings lived with their mother at Vanover, but with no father in their home. The children were Rosa, Joseph, Minnie, John, and Lucinda Winstead; Lucinda was age 2, so Rachael’s husband must have died between 1867 and 1870. Minnie’s brother Joseph’s death record (3 Feb 1865 - 4 Feb 1917) stated that his parents were Thurman Burks and Rachael Winstead. A search of Ohio, McLean, and Daviess Counties of 1860 showed the only Burks families in those three counties were in Ohio Co, and none had a Thurman Burks. So apparently Thurman Burks was a Black slave in 1860 (and not named in the census records), and had died soon before 1870. Rachael then reverted to her maiden name. Rachael’s children all used the Winstead family name. Silas Willingham and Minnie were both buried at Sorgho.

        Alice Rowan Douglass, daughter of John Douglass Jr and Sarah Hudson, was born 25 October 1849 in Ohio Co or in McLean Co, KY. She married Dr William F Gillim in McLean Co on 4 March 1875. In 1910 they lived at Owensboro. He was born in KY in 1847. Alice died at Owensboro, Daviess Co, on 14 February 1917 and William moved in with their daughter Elizabeth who was living at Evanston, Cook Co, IL. Alice was buried in Elmwood Cemetery two days later. Alice’s son-in-law Harry Campbell Bean, husband of daughter Elizabeth, supplied the personal information for Alice’s death certificate. She and William had two children still at home in 1910, but had a total of seven with six still alive in 1900 and five alive in 1910-

a.     Mary E.  Gillim, b Feb 1878

b.     Sallie Gillim, b Feb 1880

c.     Abbie Gillim, b May 1881

d.     Parvian D. Gillim, b 14 Feb 1882

e.     Frances Gillim, b Aug 1886

f.     Elizabeth Newsome Gillim, b Apr 1887

g.     Alice D. Gillim, b Dec 1889

NOTE: Over the years this family name was spelled Gillim and Gilliam, but Alice’s death record and the 1920 census (the most accurate census up to then) used the Gillim spelling.

        John Douglass, Jr, son of Alice Rowan and John Douglass, was born 4 March 1812 at No Creek in Ohio Co. He married Amanda Bennett in Ohio Co on 14 November 1837, and married Sarah Hudson about 1843. Amanda was born about 1816 in Ohio Co, daughter of Samuel Bennett and Lucretia Barnett. She died 11 August 1842. John lived next door to John W Bell and John A Rowan in Livermore. John Jr died on 18 June 1882; he is buried in Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery in McLean Co KY with Sarah. She was born 1 March 1807, and died 9 May 1886. Sarah was a daughter of Thomas Hudson of VA, and was the sister of Patsey Martha Hudson who married Charles S Simmons. Charles was a brother of America Simmons who married John Douglass Jr's first cousin Dr Alexander Rowan. Sarah was a widow of George French before her marriage with John. John had three children-

1.     Mary Jane Douglass, b c1840

2.     Lorenzo C. Douglass, b 1844

3.     Alice Rowan Douglass, b 25 Oct 1849 

        Lorenzo C. Douglass, son of John Douglass, Jr and Sarah Hudson, was born in 1844 in Ohio Co. He died of scarlet fever in Ohio Co on 3 February 1855. 

        Mary Jane Douglass, daughter of John Douglass Jr and Amanda Bennett, was born about 1840 in Ohio Co. She married Henry C. Hackett in McLean Co on 27 June 1863. He was born in Maine in 1831 and was a carpenter at Livermore. Mary died in the 1860s and had two children-

a.     Melvina D. Hackett, b 1864

b.     Arthur M. Hackett, b 1865 

        William Rowan Douglass, son of Alice Rowan and John Douglass, was born between 1801 and 1810 in Nelson or Ohio Co. He lived in St Louis Co, MO in 1832. In 1840 there was a W. R. Douglass living at St Louis. The 1840 census record shows that he was then age in his 30s (born 1801-1810) and he had a wife born in the 1810s. They had three children-

1.     boy Douglass, b 1831-1835 

2.     boy Douglass, b 1831-1835 

3.     girl Douglass, b 1836-1840

          Dorothy Nell Dunn, daughter of Anabelle Atherton and Dalton Lee Dunn, was born 5 January 1946 in Ohio Co, KY. She married Larry Eugene Kanipe on 5 June 1965. They lived in Daviess Co and had two children, both born in Daviess Co-

a.     Matthew Todd Kanipe, b 28 May 1968 

b.     Shannon Renee Kanipe, b 6 Sep 1971

Part Two of Two

The Descendants of  Andrew Rowan of York County, Pennsylvania