Back Row, left to right: Jair COWELL (1870-1949), Wayne COWELL (1972-1911), Clyde COWELL (1885-1963), Frank COWELL (1882-1916), and Alvin M. "Allie" COWELL (1874-1949)

Front Row, left to right: Sudie COWELL, Elias COWELL (1841-1927), Mary (WILDMAN) COWELL (1847-1942), and Artie (COWELL) MATTHEWS (1878-1917)

NOTE: Jair COWELL was interred at Platte River Cemetery near Maloy, Ringgold County, Iowa. Wayne COWELL, Frank COWELL, Clyde COWELL, and Artie (COWELL) MATTHEWS were interred at Platte River Cemetery, Benton Township near Maloy, Ringgold County, Iowa. Alvin M. "Allie" COWELL was interred at Clearfield Cemetery, Ringgold County, Iowa.

Mary (WILDMAN) COWELL, the daughter of Manassah and Rachael WILDMAN, married Elias COWELL on October 20, 1867, Davistown, Pennsylvania. They were the parents of eight children; William is not in the photograph. Mary and Elias, who ran the hotel in Maloy, were interred at Platte River Cemetery near Maloy, Iowa.

SOURCES: Deaths A-M, Ringgold County Vital Statistics
WPA Cemetery Transcriptions "C" Surnames, Ringgold County

Contribution by Sharon Lafferty, August of 2009