Person:Elmer Cowan (1)

Elmer Wayne Cowan
m. 15 Feb 1890
  1. Henry Hardin Cowan1891 - 1947
  2. Eula V Cowan1893 - 1984
  3. Elmer Wayne Cowan1895 - 1954
  4. Hester E Cowan1896 -
  5. Infant Cowan1898 - 1898
  6. Clarence W CowanAbt 1902 -
  7. Watt O CowanAbt 1904 -
  1. Effie Iona Cowan1921 - 1995
Facts and Events
Name Elmer Wayne Cowan
Gender Male
Birth[1][6] 5 Jan 1895 Cedar, Missouri, United States
Census[7] 1 Jun 1900 Cedar, Cedar, Missouri, United States
Census[5] 15 Apr 1910 Cedar, Cedar, Missouri, United States
Marriage to Lageta Clara Neely
Census[3] 1 Apr 1930 Cedar, Cedar, Missouri, United States
Census[4] 1 Apr 1940 Cedar, Cedar, Missouri, United States
Residence? Bef 12 Jun 1954 El Dorado Springs, Cedar, Missouri, United States
Death[1] 12 Jun 1954 Cedar, Cedar, Missouri, United StatesCause: Unknown. Found dead near a farm tractor after a storm
Burial[1][2] 14 Jun 1954 Hackleman Cemetery, Cedar, Cedar, Missouri, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Missouri, United States. Death Certificates. (Missouri State Archives)
    http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1954/1954_00018273.PDF.

    File No: 18274, Filed: 28 Jun 1954, Informant: wife, Leota(sp?) Cowan

  2. Elmer Wayne Cowan, in Find A Grave.
  3. Cedar, Missouri, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T626)
    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHX6-GM3 : accessed 24 August 2018), Elmer W Cowan, Cedar, Cedar, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 6B, line 76, family 149.
  4. Cedar, Missouri, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T627)
    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K73Y-QDZ : accessed 24 August 2018), Elmer W Cowan, Cedar Township, Cedar, Cedar, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20-7, sheet 8A, line 25, family 158.
  5. Cedar, Missouri, United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T624)
    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2T3-PCP : accessed 24 August 2018), Elmer W Cowan in household of Wade M Cowan, North Cedar, Cedar, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 5B, family 109.
  6. United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988)
    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3RC-V3D : 13 March 2018), Elmer Wayne Cowan, 1917-1918; citing Cedar County, Missouri, United States.
  7. Cedar, Missouri, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T623)
    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3CQ-8X2 : accessed 24 August 2018), E W Cowan in household of W M Cowan, Cedar Township, Cedar, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 49, sheet 45A, family 88.

    The census taker recorded Elmer as a "daughter" born "Feb 1895". This isn't the only error that was recorded for this family, yet for all the errors, this is still the correct family.