FamilySearch ID: KWZJ-2X5
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William Edward Cowley

Birth	6 August 1838	Kirk German, Isle of Man	Citation(s) Birth Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Edward Cowley (1838-1901), memorial #14354663. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Edward Cowley, ID: KWZJ-2X5.
Death	6 April 1901	Helper, Carbon, Utah, United States	Citation(s) Death Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Edward Cowley (1838-1901), memorial #14354663. Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946, Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database with images, FamilySearch, Wm E Cowley, 6 April 1901; citing Emery County, Utah, United States, p. 31, no 16; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 7579268. Salt Lake Herald-Republican, Salt Lake Herald-Republican (Salt Lake City, Utah: Herald-Republican Pub. Co., 1909-1918), "Wm E Cowley Slain by Helper Thugs," 8 April 1901, p. 1, column 4.
Burial	9 April 1901	Cleveland Cemetery, Cleveland, Emery, Utah, United States	Citation(s) Burial Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Edward Cowley (1838-1901), memorial #14354663. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Edward Cowley, ID: KWZJ-2X5.

Father	Mathias Cowley
Mother	Ann Quayle

Marriages Label

• Sarah Ann Alger

Married

11 January 1863

Beaver, Beaver, Utah Territory, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
"FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Edward Cowley and Sarah Ann Alger, ID: KWZJ-2X5 and ID: KWZJ-2XR.

          Children:
               William Elroy Cowley
               Lafayette Cowley
               Adella Cowley
               John Mathias Cowley
               Charles Zera Cowley
               Don Carlos Cowley
               Adeliza Cowley
               Andrew Bird Cowley
               Joseph Alger Cowley
               Samuel Nelson Cowley
               Raymond Edgar Cowley
               Claude Quayle Cowley

Residences Label

• 1846	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850	St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, United States
• 1860	Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870	St George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880	Leeds, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
• 1900	Cleveland, Emery, Utah, United States

Death & Burial Records Label

• Death Record	View Source	Image(s)
• Grave Marker	View Source

Census Records Label

• 1850 Population Census	5th Ward St Louis City, St Louis, Missouri	Extract	Image	1850 Population Census Citation(s) SOURCE GOES HERE
• 1860 Population Census	7th Ward Gt Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
• 1870 Population Census	St George, Washington, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
• 1880 Population Census	Leeds Precinct, Washington, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
• 1900 Population Census	Cleveland Precinct, Emery, Utah	Extract	Image

Migration Records Label

Crossing the Plains

• William Field Company		View Source	Citation(s) Crossing the Plains Citation(s) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Departure	21 Jun 1854
Arrival	19, 21 Sept, early Oct 1854
• Rescue Companies		View Source	Citation(s) Crossing the Plains Citation(s) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Departure	7 Oct 1856
Arrival	15 Dec 1856

Nauvoo Community Project

Nauvoo Community Project

William Edward Cowley

Crossing the Plains