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Matthias Cain Cowley


Birth2 December 1829Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Matthias Cowley (1829–1864), memorial #21499382.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Matthias Cowley (5 June 1864); citing Salt Lake County Management and Archives, “Death records, numbers: 0001-7960, 1847-1884,” image 105, FHL microfilm 4139616.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 246, n. 10; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.
Death5 June 1864Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Matthias Cowley, 5 June 1864; citing Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States, p. 52, no. 2045; Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 4,139,616.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Drowned," 8 June 1864, p. 4, column 2.

    Union Vedette (Camp Douglas, 1863 - 1867), "Drowned," 7 June 1864, p. 2, column 2.
Burial12 June 1864Salt Lake City Cemetery, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Matthias Cowley, 5 June 1864; citing Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States, p. 52, no. 2045; Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 4,139,616.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Found," 15 June 1864, p. 4, column 3.
FatherJames Cowley
MotherIsabelle Ann Cain
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   • Sarah Elizabeth Foss
Married17 October 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946, Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), Deseret News, "Married," 21 October 1857, p. 8, column 4.
          Children:
               Matthias Foss Cowley
               Sarah Isabella Cowley
               Ezra Carter Cowley
               Ann Elizabeth Cowley

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• 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1850 Population Censusthe District No 21, Pottawattamie, IowaExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census14th Ward Gt Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Henry W. Miller CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure8 Jul 1852
       Arrival10 Sept 1852
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure15 Jun 1857
       Arrival13-15 Sept 1857

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