Details: Footnote: Arty's date of birth was given as 1824 in narrative ofMinerva Cowan by Dr. Bennett Y. Cowan-this appears to be not correct since she had her first child in 1876 and had 7 children total...would make her very old mother ! Footnote: Arty's date of birth was given as 1824 in narrative of Minerva Cowanby Dr. Bennett Y. Cowan-this appears to be not correct since she had her first child in 1876 and had 7 children total...would make her very old mother !