James W. McCown

James W. McCown[1]

Male 1836 - 1917  (81 years)

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  • Name James W. McCown 
    Born 3 Apr 1836  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Residence Whitney, Hill Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 22 Jun 1917  Whitney, Hill Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Covington Cemetery, Covington, Hill Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID P18383  Robert Jackson
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2020 

    Family 1 Martha Wall Texana 'Mattie' Gathings,   b. 5 Jan 1853, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1876, Hill Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years) 
    Married 25 Apr 1872  [3
    Children 
     1. Martha Jane 'Jennie' McCown,   b. 31 Jan 1873,   d. date unknown  [natural]
     2. Margery Mary McCown,   b. 27 Oct 1874, Hill Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. date unknown  [natural]
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2020 
    Family ID F5318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Emma Davis Gathings,   b. 28 Mar 1861, Covington, Hill Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1938, Whitney, Hill Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 18 Jul 1878  [4
    Children 
     1. Emma Cornelia McCown,   b. 8 Jun 1879,   d. Oct 1879  (Age 0 years)  [natural]
     2. Lottie McCown,   b. 31 Mar 1881, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1959, Austin, Travis Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)  [natural]
     3. Clara McCown,   b. 2 Oct 1883, Hill Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1957, Waco, McLennan, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)  [natural]
     4. James Wilson McCown,   b. 21 Apr 1886, McCown Valley, Hill Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1956, Clifton, Bosque Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)  [natural]
     5. Thomas Payne Shapard McCown,   b. 10 Oct 1888,   d. 13 Dec 1957, Hill Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)  [natural]
     6. William Harmon McCown,   b. 27 Dec 1890, Whitney, Hill Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1973  (Age 82 years)  [natural]
     7. Erwin Gathings McCown,   b. 29 Sep 1896,   d. 15 Nov 1900  (Age 4 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2020 
    Family ID F5319  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • This surname has been spelled both McKown and McCown. But a recent email adds the following "James McCown was my great-grandfthaer, and it is a matter of pride within the family that the name was spelled "McCown", not McKown. Those were fighting words among my uncles. The 'K' spelling variation did occur in the mid 1700s in Pennsylvania, from where they came, but through the years, and certainly since they settled in Kentucky, the family has always used the 'C' spelling."

      James Poole's History of the McCown Family inclludes the following: "After the death of his wife, Mattie, in 1876, James McCown filed in Hill County Probate Court for guardianship of Jennie and Margery. On 26 August 1890, he was required to post a $20,000 bond. In this proceedings he listed their assets as “½ interest in 840 acres in Hill County... a part of the L. A. Reynolds & John M. Carter survey [value $8,800]... also 106 2/3 acres of Nathan Henderson survey [value $2,000] .. also $100 money retained for said minors in the hands of W. C. Smith, administrator of the estate of J. J. Gathings, decd... Surities: T.P.S. McCown, Emma D. McCown, C. C. Wicks....”. (Hill County Probate Minutes Book #9, p. 387.)

      His Texas death record names his parents as Wilson McCown and Martha Sheppard, both born in Tennessee.

  • Sources 
    1. [S347985674] Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Texas, Hill and Johnson Counties, Goodspeed, (1892).

    2. [S347984674] Find A Grave Website, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi), Memorial# 67298863.

    3. [S347985695] Research of John Wier, (JohnW AT WierAssociates DOT com).

    4. [S347985684] Notations of Gathings Family Records, (Contributed by Desiree McDonough).



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