August 23, 1998
Decendants of John H. Cowsert
Some information furnished by Hilda Cowsert and Joseph Stegall.
1A JOHN H. COWSERT
b. About 1745 maybe Augusta Co. VA.
d. Sept. 29, 1817 Chester Co., South Carolina
m. MARGARET ? about 1781
b. About 1745
d. 1818 or 1819
6 Children: James, Mary, Margaret, John, Richard, Joseph
1B JAMES COWSERT
2B MARY COWSERT
3B MARGARET COWSERT
b. 1781 Chester Co., South Carolina
4B JOHN H. COWSERT JR.
b. Oct. 20, 1785 Chester Co., South Carolina
d. Aug. 29, 1843 Pickens Co., AL. buried at Upper Bethany Cemetery
m. ELIZABETH ?
1 Child: Richard
1C RICHARD D. COWSERT
b. Sept. 16, 1818 Chester Co., South Carolina
d. April 23, 1853 Pickens Co., AL. buried at Upper Bethany
Cemetery
m. ELLEN ADELINE COWSERT about 1847
Ellen in daughter of JOSEPH COWSERT and SARAH STEPHENS
(*** See this family info below ***)
5B RICHARD COWSERT
b. 1787 Chester Co., South Carolina
6B JOESPH COWSERT
b. Jan. 27, 1796 Chester Co., South Carolina
d. 1861 Holmes Co., Mississippi
m. SARAH STEPHENS
b. March 21, 1798
d. Aug. 3, 1852
14 Children: John, Ellen, Sarah, Mary, Thomas, Joseph, Nancy, G.A.,
William, Eleanor, R.L., David, Richard, Margaret
1c JOHN JIMMERSON COWSERT
b. March 29, 1819 South Carolina
d. July 15, 1890 Goodman, Holmes Co., Mississippi
m. DORCAS MALVINA HARBEN (or HARBIN) Feb. 5, 1846
b. 1822
d. 1894
There is a street named J.J. Cowsert, named for John Jimmerson
Cowsert, in Goodman, Mississippi.
13 Children: Mary, Infant ?, Sara, George, Martha, Peter, Joseph,
John, Albert, Eliza, Ella, John, Vernon
1d MARY MELISA ADELINE COWSERT
b. 1846
d. 1934
2d Infant (Unnamed)
b. 1848
d. 1848
3d SARA LUISE COWSERT
b. 1849
d. 1911
m. ? MOORE
4d GEORGE LEVERETTE COWSERT
b. 1850
d. 1935
m. ELIZABETH T. MAYS (BETTIE)
b. 1855
d. 1930
6 Children: Jack, Earl, Hugh, Edna, Robert, Garrett
1e JACK JIMMERSON COWSERT
b. 1890
d. 1966
m. GRACE TRUMAN BAGBY
b. 1888
d. 1972
Jack and Grace were Southern Baptist missionaries to Brazil
for 40 years.
3 Children: Helen, Esther, George
1f HELEN ELIZABETH COWSERT
b. 1919
2f ESTHER RUTH COWSERT
b. 1922
m. JAMES OTTO MORSE
b. 1927
2 Children: Martha, Robin
1g MARTHA RUTH MORSE
b. 1954
m(1) ROY N. POWELL
b. 1948
m(2) BRENT SHOFFNER
1 Child: (m)1 Andrew
1h ANDREW NATHAN POWELL-MORSE
b. 1989
2g ROBIN ELIZABETH MORSE
b. 1961
m(1) CURTIS JOE POSTELTHWAIT
b. 1960
m(2) STEVE LEFFORGE
2 Children: m(1) Callie m(2) Ashley
1h CALLIE JANINE MORSE
b. 1979
2h ASHLEY ELIZABETH LEFFORGE
b. 1986
3f GEORGE BAGBY COWSERT
b. 1924
d. 1986
m. HILDA KATHRYN BEAN
b. 1928
George and Hilda served as missionaries in Brazil until
George's death in 1986. Hilda wend back and served a
total of 41 years.
4 Children: Naomi, Norma, Elena, Jack
1g NAOMI GRACE COWSERT
b. 1954
m. MICHAEL JAY KEY
b. 1953
2g NORMA LEE COWSERT
b. 1956
m. ROY WESLEY ANDERSON
b. 1949
2 Children: Elaine, Wesley
1h ELAINE REBECCA ANDERSON
b. 1981
2h WESLEY JAMES ANDERSON
b. 1984
3g ELENA CATHERINE COWSERT
b. 1958
m. JOHATHAN GUY KEY
b. 1958
Elena is a third generation missionary and her husband
is a second generation missionary.
3 Children: Jonathan, Cristina, Vanessa
1h JONATHAN WESLEY KEY
b. 1982
2h CRISTINA ELENA KEY
b. 1985
3h VANESSA GRACE KEY
b. 1993
4g JACK EDGAR COWSERT
b. 1959
m. KIMBERLY JO HARRIS (KIM)
b. 1962
2e EARL W. COWSERT
b. 1877
d. 1958
3e HUGH I. COWSERT
b. 1880
d. 1933
m. BERTHA GULLEGE
b. 1885
d. 1962
2 Children: Hugh, Mary
1f HUGH COWSERT JR.
m. RUBY NELL GOUCH
3 Children: Hugh, Betty, Mary
1g HUGH I. COWSERT III
b. 1948
m. DARLENE Y. ?
1 Child: ? (adopted)
1h ? (adopted)
2g BETTY COWSERT
b. 1951
m. WILLIAM SIMMONS
b. 1950
2 Children: Laura, Margaret
1h LAURA INGRAM SIMMONS
b. 1981
2h MARGARET S. SIMMONS
b. 1985
3g MARY NELLE COWSERT
b. 1954
m. GENE WILCOX VAUSE
b. 1954
2 Children: Edward, Mary
1h EDWARD MCNEIL VAUSE
b. 1984
2h MARY ELIZABETH VAUSE
b. 1985
2f MARY ELIAZBETH COWSERT
m. JOSE SANCHEZ
2 Children: ?, ? (both boys)
1g ?
2g ?
4e EDNA COWSERT
b. 1883
d. 1954
m. RUFUS K. DERRICK
b. 1881
d. 1936
5e ROBERT COWSERT
6e GARRETT DOUGLAS COWSERT
m. MAE DAVIS
1 Child: Garrett
1f GARRETT DOUGLAS COWSERT JR.
5d MARTHA ELEANOR ANGELINE COWSERT
b. 1852
d. 1925
m. ? BEAN
6d PETER STEVEN COWSERT
b. 1854
d. 1935
7d JOSEPH BEAUREGARD COWSERT
b. 1855
8d JOHN BRITON COWSERT
b. 1858
d. about 1864
9d ALBERT JEFFERSON COWSERT
b. 1860
d. about 1865
10d ELIZA JANE SELMA COWSERT
b. 1860
d. 1896
m. ? WILLIAMS
11d ELLA AMELIA COWSERT
b. 1862
d. about 1865
12d JOHN BRITON COWSERT II
b. 1865
d. 1927
13d VERNON HAYS COWSERT
b. 1866
d. 1953
2c ELLEN ADELINE COWSERT
b. May 26, 1827 AL.
d. Feb. 23, 1889 Pickens Co., AL. buried New Bethany Cemetery
m(1) RICHARD D. COWSERT about 1847 (a first cousin)
m(2) SAMUEL BENJAMIN KING about 1857 (killed in the Civil War)
Son of WILLIAMSON KING and MARTHA ?
m(3) J.A. MABRY about 1865 in Pickens Co., AL.
Son of JOHN MABRY
Richard was son of JOHN H. COWSERT JR. and his wife ELIZABETH.
(*** See info above ***)
11 Children: m(1) Richard, Sarah, Mary, Ellen
m(2) Samuel, Alice, Adeline, John, Joe
m(3) Emma, John
1D RICHARD COWSERT
2D SARAH M. COWSERT
b. July 12, 1849 Pickens Co., AL.
d. Aug. 10, 1899 Scott Co., AR.
m. JAMES GRAY SANDERS
Son of RICHARD SANDERS and MARY STRICKLAND
2 Children: Bonnie, "Bat"
1E BONNIE MACK SANDERS
b. Jan. 19, 1899 Waldron, AR.
2E ? SANDERS "BAT" (daughter)
m. FANT MAYBRY
Fant is ELLEN "CRICKET" COWSERT and ? MABRY son.
(*** see this family info below ***)
3D MARY COWSERT
b. about 1850
4D ELLEN COWSERT "CRICKET"
b. about 1852
m. ? MAYBRY
1 Child: Fant
1E FANT MABRY (son)
b. 1878
d. ?
m. "BAT" SANDERS
"BAT" is the daughter of SARAH M. COWSERT and JAMES GRAY
SANDERS (*** see info abover ***)
3 Children: Nina, Lillian, Mable
1F NINA MABRY
2F LILLIAN MABRY
3F MABLE MABRY
5D SAMUEL KING
b. about 1857
6D ALICE EUGENIA KING
b. May 16, 1859 Pickens Co., AL.
d. June 21, 1928 Pickens Co., AL.
m. JOHN WESLEY HANSON JR. Feb. 11, 1879 in Olney, Pickens
Co., AL.
Son of JOHN HANSON and ELIZABETH BEST
b. March 10, 1856 Pickens Co., AL.
d. May 20, 1909 Carrollton, AL.
9 Children: John, Martha, Emma, Robert, Lena, Edward, Hugh,
Nina, Ruth
1E JOHN SAMUEL HANSON
b. Dec. 29, 1879 Olney, AL.
d. July 13, 1947
m. LEATHE JONES Dec. 24, 1903
3 Children: Margaret, Alice, Lillian
1F MARGARET HANSON
2F ALICE EUGENIA HANSON
3F LILLIAN HANSON
2E MARTHA ALICE HANSON
b. June 7, 1881 (or June 6, 1881) Olney, Pickens Co., AL.
d. November 14, 1958 Pickens Co., AL. (Franconia)
m. JOHN WILLIAMS BELL Sept. 6, 1905 Olney, AL.
Son of GEORGE BELL and ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
b. Sept. 13, 1879 Pickens Co., AL.
d. May 2, 1972 Vernon, AL.
5 Children: Alice, Lillian, Thelma, John, George
1F ALICE ELIZABETH BELL
b. Aug. 5, 1906 Pickens Co., AL.
m. FRANCIS SOLOMON STEGALL Jan. 26, 1929 Gainesville,
Alabama
Francis is son of JAMES STEGALL and MATILDA DANIEL
5 Children: Joseph, Hugh, John, Karl, William
1G JOSEPH FRANCIS STEGALL
b. Dec. 11, 1930 Emelle, AL.
m. ELEANOR LEONE ALLEN Sept. 21, 1952 Demopolis, AL.
Eleanor is daughter of WILLIAM ALLEN and SUSAN
MCDANIEL
5 Children: Joseph, William, Walter, Bryan, Jeffrey
1H JOSEPH FRANCIS STEGALL JR.
b. Oct. 20, 1953 York, AL.
m(1) KIMBERLY SWINNEY Burlington, North Carolina
m(2) JANET ELIZABETH MCGAHEY June 13, 1987 in
Stewart, AL.
Janet is daughter of JOHNNY MCGAHEY and JOANNE
TISDALE
2 Children: m(2) Hunter, Grayson
1I HUNTER MCGAHEY STEGALL
b. March 26, 1990 Tuscoloosa, AL.
2I GRAYSON HENLEY STEGALL
b. Oct. 15, 1997
2H WILLIAM ALLEN STEGALL
b. Feb. 22, 1957 Craig AFB, AL.
m(1) DEBORAH HENDRICKS June 25, 1983 Crown
Point, IN.
m(2) DEBBIE AMONS 1998 Lake Tahoe, NV.
3H WALTER MCDANIEL STEGALL
b. May 10, 1958 Greenville, MS.
m. DEBRA ELAINE WILKERSON July 28, 1984 in
Livingston, AL.
Debra is daughter of ROBERT WILKERSON and
DOROTHY LUKER
2 Children: Tyler, Daniel
1I TYLER MATTHEW STEGALL
b. May 1991 Meridian, Mississippi
2I DANIEL ALEXANDER STEGALL
b. Oct. 1992 Meridian, Mississippi
4H BRYAN HANSON STEGALL
b. May 10, 1961 Wright-Patterson AFB., OH.
m(1) WENDY HANSEN Jan. 21, 1983 Birmingham, AL.
m(2) BARBARA ANN MARIE MEINDL Mar. 12, 1993
Barbara is daughter of GEORGE MEINDL and MARY
WASHKO
1 Child: Thomas
1I THOMAS JOSEPH STEGALL
b. Aug. 28, 1995 Houston, Texas
5H JEFFREY WHITFIELD STEGALL
b. Feb. 7, 1963 San Jose, CA.
m. JILL YARACS Nov. 6, 1993 Memphis, TN.
2G HUGH HANSON STEGALL
b. Sept. 9, 1932 Emelle, AL.
m. CAROLE ALLISON Aug. 5, 1962 Livingston, AL.
2 Children: Lee, Rebecca
1H LEE FRANK STEGALL
2H REBECCA STEGALL
3G JOHN SOLOMON STEGALL
b. Oct. 28, 1934 Emelle, AL.
m. MARTHA ANNELLE MCELROY Sept. 9, 1956 Cuba, AL.
Martha is daughter of WILLIAM MCELROY and ANNIE
WILDER
3 Children: John, Robert, Sharon
1H JOHN KENNETH STEGALL
b. July 13, 1957 Meridian, Mississippi
m. GERRYE ELIZABETH COOKE Sept. 11, 1982 Opp,
Alabama
2H ROBERT LAMAR STEGALL
b. April 8, 1959 Jackson, Mississippi
3H SHARON STEGALL
b. Nov. 25, 1964 Ft. Jackson, S.C.
m. STANLEY PARKER BARNETT Dec. 11, 1987 in
Livingston, Alabama
3 Children: Jessica, Lorna, Audra
1I JESSICA MICHELLE BARNETT
b. Aug. 30, 1988 Birmingham, Alabama
2I LORNA RACHEL BARNETT
b. Aug. 17, 1990 Florence, Alabama
3I AUDRA CHANTAL BARNETT
b. Sept. 22, 1992
4G KARL KENNETH STEGALL
b. Feb. 4, 1937 Emelle, AL.
m. BRENDA JOYCE BETHEA Flomation, AL.
2 Children: Stacie, Carmen
1H STACIE BETHEA STEGALL
2H CARMEN ELIZABETH STEGALL
5G WILLIAM DANIEL STEGALL
b. June 28, 1947 Emelle, AL.
d. May 15, 1951 Meridian, MS.
2F LILLIAN EARNESTINE BELL
b. Feb. 25, 1908 Pickens Co., AL.
d. Sept. 13, 1979 Pickens Co., AL.
3F THELMA GRACE BELL
b. Nov. 3, 1909 Pickens Co., AL.
m. GLENN MCKEE Sept. 3, 1933
1 Child: Glenda
1G GLENDA FAYE MCKEE
4F JOHN HANSON BELL
b. Oct. 29, 1913 Pickens Co., AL.
d. June 13, 1989 Meridian, Mississippi
m. STELLA MAE BOYD April 23, 1937
2 Children: Martha, John
1G MARTHA ANN BELL
b. Dec. 27, 1941
2G JOHN H. BELL JR.
b. Oct. 20, 1946
5F GEORGE WASHINGTON (WILLIAMS) BELL
b. Oct. 16, 1918 Pickens Co., AL.
m. GLADYS ANN MILLS Dec. 22, 1941
2 Children: George, William
1G GEORGE DONALD BELL
2G WILLIAM RANDALL BELL
3E EMMA LILLIAN HANSON
b. April 21, 1884 Olney, AL.
d. Sept. 8, 1955
m. HEBER FRANK BALL Oct. 27, 1904
7 Children: Parks, Frank, Lillian, Eugene, Birdie, Nina,
Ruth
1F PARKS BALL
2F FRANK BALL
3F LILLIAN BALL
4F EUGENE BALL
5F BIRDIE BALL
6F NINA BALL
7F RUTH BALL
4E ROBERT WESLEY HANSON
b. July 6, 1886 Olney, AL.
d. Oct. 30, 1956
m. MATTIE COLE Jan. 26, 1908
2 Children: Robert, Martha
1F ROBERT COLE HANSON
2F MARTHA HANSON
m. WILBUR S. KILPATRICK
2 Children: Joe, Kay
1G JOE WESLEY KILPATRICK
2G KAY KILPATRICK
5E LENA MAE HANSON
b. Oct. 17, 1888 Olney, AL.
d. Oct. 17, 1965
m. EARLE V. SANDERS Feb. 13, 1907
3 Children: Hanson, Dorothy, Cecil
1F HANSON EARL SANDERS
2F DOROTHY BERNICE SANDERS
3F CECIL ELMORE SANDERS
6E EDWARD CLYDE HANSON
b. Sept. 14, 1895 Olney, AL.
d. March 18, 1965
m(1) MARY LANCASTER
m(2) MARGIE PHILLIPS 1916
2 Children: m(1) Hazel, Robert
1F HAZEL HANSON
m(1) BENNIE HALL
m(2) CHARLES MILLER
5 Children: m(1) Sandra, Susan, Alan, Jimmie, Katie
1G SANDRA HALL
2G SUSAN HALL
3G ALAN HALL
4G JIMMIE HALL
5G KATIE HALL
2F ROBERT LYNN HANSON
7E HUGH CLIFFORD HANSON
b. June 12, 1898 Olney, AL.
d. Nov. 2, 1958
m. LILLIAN CLARK July 3, 1922
2 Children: Hugh, Helen
1F HUGH THOMAS HANSON
m. MILDRED BURGESS
2 Children: Janice, Wanda
1G JANICE HANSON
2G WANDA HANSON
2F HELEN LOUISE HANSON
m. HANLY FUNDERBURK
2 Children: Debra, Kenneth
1G DEBRA FUNDERBURK
2G KENNETH FUNDERBURK
8E NINA EARLE HANSON
b. March 3, 1901 Olney, AL.
m. WALTER GRADY MULLINS June 1, 1919
4 Children: Edna, Harold, Grady, Doris
1F EDNA EARLE MULLINS
2F HAROLD HANSON MULLINS
3F GRADY EUGENE MULLINS
4F DORIS NELL MULLINS
9E RUTH ELIZABETH HANSON
b. July 4, 1905 Olney, AL.
m. OSCAR ANDERSON STAPP Sept. 1, 1923
1 Child: Dorothy
1F DOROTHY RUTH STAPP
7D ADELINE KING
b. 1860
8D JOHN KING
b. 1860
9D JOE KING
b. 1862
10D EMMA MABRY
11D JOHN H. MABRY
3c SARAH ANGELINE COWSERT
b. Aug. 11, 1835
d. Aug. 9, 1899
m. HENRY BONNER MCGEE
4c MARY COWSERT
5c THOMAS SHELTON COWSERT
b. ?
d. ? Civil War
6c JOSEPH J. COWSERT
b. May 29, 1819
d. July 15, 1890 Holmes Co., Mississippi
7c NANCY COWSERT
b. Nov. 25, 1839
d. July 29, 1848 Holmes Co., Mississippi
8c G.A. COWSERT
b. ?
d. ? maybe in Califonia
9c WILLIAM COWSERT
b. ?
d. ? maybe in Califonia
10c ELEANOR COWSERT
11c R.L. COWSERT
12c DAVID S. COWSERT
b. ?
d. ? maybe in California
13c RICHARD COWSERT
b. ?
d. ? maybe in California
14c MARGARET COWSERT
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