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Eli Cowan

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Eli Cowan

Birth
Sullivan, Union County, Kentucky, USA
Death
18 Jan 1929 (aged 92)
Providence, Webster County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Sullivan, Union County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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The Cowans Of Western Kentucky.

Loving Husband To Sarah Sophronia "Frannie" Moore Cowan . Son Of William & Mary Elizabeth Dickerson Cowan. Grandson Of Jeremiah & Elizabeth Hayes Cowan, My
4 X Great Grandparents........ Eli Was Hung One Night When The Black Night Riders Came To His Home To Steal Gold That Wife Sophronia Had. They Kept The Gold Under Their Feather Bed. They Tried To Get Information Out Of Sophronia, But She Would Not Tell Them Where The Gold Was. The Black Night Riders Mistakened Sophronia For A Little Girl Because She Was Such A Small Lady And Left Her Alone. The Black Night Riders Hung My 2 X Great Grandfather Eli And Moved On. As Small As Sophronia Was She Managed To Cut Eli Down. Eli Lived Through This. This Story As Told By Peyton Heady Of Morganfield, Kentucky.

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The Cowans Of Western Kentucky.

Loving Husband To Sarah Sophronia "Frannie" Moore Cowan . Son Of William & Mary Elizabeth Dickerson Cowan. Grandson Of Jeremiah & Elizabeth Hayes Cowan, My
4 X Great Grandparents........ Eli Was Hung One Night When The Black Night Riders Came To His Home To Steal Gold That Wife Sophronia Had. They Kept The Gold Under Their Feather Bed. They Tried To Get Information Out Of Sophronia, But She Would Not Tell Them Where The Gold Was. The Black Night Riders Mistakened Sophronia For A Little Girl Because She Was Such A Small Lady And Left Her Alone. The Black Night Riders Hung My 2 X Great Grandfather Eli And Moved On. As Small As Sophronia Was She Managed To Cut Eli Down. Eli Lived Through This. This Story As Told By Peyton Heady Of Morganfield, Kentucky.

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  • Maintained by: Gathering Roots
  • Originally Created by: Cowboy
  • Added: Aug 24, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15483709/eli-cowan: accessed ), memorial page for Eli Cowan (5 Sep 1836–18 Jan 1929), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15483709, citing Old Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Sullivan, Union County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Gathering Roots (contributor 47213048).