First name found on the Louisiana State Death Certificate Index.
According to Dr. E. Russ Williams' book "Founding Families of the Ouachita Valley", Sherwood was the son of Elijah and Sara Ann Cowan. His middle name was Cambell. He was a Confederate Veteran. His Booth's Records entry is as follows:
Pvt. Co. K. 31st Regt. La. Infty. En. April 14th, 1862, Monroe, La.
His widow's [Margaret A. Rawles Cowan] Confederate pension application states he died at Lapine, LA "Killed by fall from buggy". She also states they were married in Natchitoches Parish on November 12, 1871.
First name found on the Louisiana State Death Certificate Index.
According to Dr. E. Russ Williams' book "Founding Families of the Ouachita Valley", Sherwood was the son of Elijah and Sara Ann Cowan. His middle name was Cambell. He was a Confederate Veteran. His Booth's Records entry is as follows:
Pvt. Co. K. 31st Regt. La. Infty. En. April 14th, 1862, Monroe, La.
His widow's [Margaret A. Rawles Cowan] Confederate pension application states he died at Lapine, LA "Killed by fall from buggy". She also states they were married in Natchitoches Parish on November 12, 1871.
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