Rev. Albert Gallatin MCCOY was born on 7 May 1849 in Calcutta, Columbiana County, Ohio. He died on 11 Nov 1887 in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois. He was buried in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois. He married Clara Cecelia GRAHAM on 17 Oct 1877.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-
1989" pages 251 and 328-329Lived in Monmouth many years on corner near 228 So. 8th Street.
Buried in Monmouth Cemetery
Clara Cecelia GRAHAM [Parents] was born on 18 Apr 1851 in Biggsville, Henderson County, Illinois. She died on 13 Jun 1916 in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois. She was buried in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois. She married Rev. Albert Gallatin MCCOY on 17 Oct 1877.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-1989"
pages 251 and 328-329Lived in Monmouth many years on corner near 228 So. 8th Street.
Buried in Monmouth Cemetery
They had the following children:
M i Albert Gallatin MCCOY Jr. was born in Oct 1879 in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois. He died in 1921 in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois. He was buried in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-
1989" page 329
Buried in Monmouth CemeteryF ii Clara Elizabeth MCCOY was born in Jul 1882. She died in 1918. M iii James A. MCCOY was born in Mar 1885. He died in 1937. M iv Hugh W. MCCOY was born in Aug 1886 in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois. He died in 1926 in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois. He was buried in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-
1989" page 329
Buried in Monmouth Cemetery
James Andrew GRAHAM [Parents] was born on 18 May 1853 in Biggsville, Henderson County, Illinois. He died on 19 Mar 1937 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was buried in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois. He married Mary Emma MARTIN on 22 Feb 1883.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-1989"
pages 251 and 329-331Question date of birth (16 May 1853 from chart of Earl W. Cowden)
Buried Monmouth Cemetery
Mary Emma MARTIN was born on 21 Dec 1857 in New Jersey. She died on 17 Oct 1943 in Kansas City, , Missouri. She was buried in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois. She married James Andrew GRAHAM on 22 Feb 1883.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-
1989" pages 329-331Buried Monmouth Cemetery
They had the following children:
M i David GRAHAM died in 1894.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-
1989" pages 331F ii Mary Elizabeth GRAHAM was born on 16 Oct 1887. F iii Melinda GRAHAM was born on 3 Jan 1890. M iv James H. GRAHAM was born about 1896 in Biggsville, Illinois. He died in 1917.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-
1989" pages 331
William B. BRYSON was born in Aug 1854 in Xenia Twp., Green County, Ohio. He died on 17 Apr 1932. He married Mary Louisa GRAHAM on 10 Nov 1880 in , Warren Co., Illinois.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-
1989" pages 251, 331 & 332Son of James Bryson (b. PA, c. 1815) and Nancy A. __ (b. OH, c. 1828)
Graduated from Monmouth High School, 1876
Mary Louisa GRAHAM [Parents] was born on 8 Apr 1857 in Biggsville, Henderson County, Illinois. She died in 1935. She married William B. BRYSON on 10 Nov 1880 in , Warren Co., Illinois.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-
1989" pages 251 and 331332Date of birth (8 April 1857 from chart of Earl W. Cowden)
Middle name Louise (per Earl W. Cowden)
aka Minnie
They had the following children:
M i BRYSON.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-
1989" pages 331 and
Died in infancyM ii James Robert BRYSON was born in Jun 1884. He died in 1929. M iii David B. BRYSON was born in Jul 1896. M iv William Graham BRYSON was born in Nov 1881. He died about 1958.
Dr. John Bunyan HERBERT was born on 14 Sep 1852 in Cambridge, Ohio. He died on 19 May 1927 in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois. He married Francis Mable (Fannie) GRAHAM.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-
1989" pages 332-334Was a teacher and leader and song writer involved in Gospel Business.
Was also a medical doctor.
Traveled extensively to other countries, including the Orient.
No known children
Francis Mable (Fannie) GRAHAM [Parents] was born on 11 May 1867 in Biggsville, Henderson County, Illinois. She died on 11 Feb 1942 in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois. She married Dr. John Bunyan HERBERT.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-1989"
pages 251 and 332-334aka Fannie
"Quite austere and unbending". Lived in Monmouth for quite some time.
No known children
Frederick Anderson BOWEN was born on 29 Jan 1873 in Terre Haute, Illinois. He died on 20 Dec 1948 in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois. He was buried in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois. He married Clara COWDEN on 18 Jun 1902 in Biggsville, Henderson Co., Illinois.
s: Dorothy (Breiner) Bowen, 1990, & Ped. Cht. by Edithlee (Hardesty) Bowen,
1968
Clara COWDEN [Parents] was born on 3 May 1872 in Biggsville, Henderson County, Illinois. She died on 6 Aug 1946 in Peoria, , Illinois. She was buried on 8 Aug 1946 in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois. She married Frederick Anderson BOWEN on 18 Jun 1902 in Biggsville, Henderson Co., Illinois.
George Glenn COWDEN [Parents] was born in Jul 1878 in Henderson County, Illinois. He died in 1956 in Detroit, , Michigan. He married Lillian DALE.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-
1989" page 324; Earl W. Cowden notesaka Jack Worked for a Detroit, MI, newspaper
Lillian DALE was born in 1885. She died on 22 May 1975. She married George Glenn COWDEN.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-1989"
page 324
They had the following children:
M i David Graham COWDEN.
David H. COWDEN [Parents] was born in Jul 1879/1880. He died in 1956 in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois. He married Mary JONES.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-1989" page 324
Was a carpenter and painter. Probably lived on "Cowden" farm near Biggsville.
Mary JONES.Mary married David H. COWDEN.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-
1989" page 324
Ralph Waldo COWDEN [Parents] was born in Aug 1883/1884 in Henderson County, Illinois. He died in 1957 in Tucson, , Arizona. He married Elsie PARKER.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-1989" pages 324-325
aka Doc (from a school play)
Graduated from Univ. of Michigan Law School. Returned to Monmouth to practice law and became state's attorney. Retired to Tucson, AZ with wife and some children.
Elsie PARKER.Elsie married Ralph Waldo COWDEN.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-1989" pages 324-325
Robert Edgar RIEGEL was born about 1897 in Reading, , Pennsylvania. He married Mary Mabel COWDEN on 21 Jun 1922/1923 in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-1989"
page 325Professor at Dartmouth University, Hanover, NH. Wrote several history books.
Remarried twice after Mable died.
Never had children
Mary Mabel COWDEN [Parents] was born in Dec 1884/1885 in Henderson County, Illinois. She died in 1968. She married Robert Edgar RIEGEL on 21 Jun 1922/1923 in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-1989"
page 325Never had children
Lived in Hanover, N.H., where husband was Prof. at Dartmouth College
George Graham CALDWELL [Parents] was born on 16 Dec 1886 in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois. He died on 27 Nov 1960 in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois. He was buried in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois. He married Arminta Amelia COWDEN on 10 Jan 1923 in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-1989" pages 326 and 343
Buried in Monmouth Cemetery
Arminta Amelia COWDEN [Parents] was born on 15 Mar 1887 in Henderson County, Illinois. She died on 24 May 1964 in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois. She married George Graham CALDWELL on 10 Jan 1923 in Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois.
s: Book "DAVID GRAHAM OF CHESTER COUNTY, S.C., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1772-1989" pages 326-328 and 343
aka Minta
Went to Monmouth High School and Monmouth College, graduated in 1910.