NameMelvina Cowan
Birth15 Jun 1849, Ritchie Co., West Virginia
Death15 Aug 1919
BurialWhite Oak M.E. Church Cemetery, Oxford, Ritchie Co., West Virginia
Spouses
Birth22 Oct 1834, Ritchie Co., (W) Virginia
Death5 Aug 1919, Ritchie Co., West Virginia
BurialWhite Oak M.E. Church Cemetery, Oxford, Ritchie Co., West Virginia
FatherPeter Pritchard (1798-1883)
MotherElizabeth Willis (1798-1869)
Marriage6 Jun 1867, West Virginia
ChildrenNelly (Died as Child) (1870-1878)
 Cora (1869-)
 Larua (~1871-)
 Peter L. (~1874-)
Notes for Melvina Cowan
another source says b. June 15, 1840
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/ritchie/cemetery/W300-001.txt

150Father: George Cowan
Mother: Mary M. Metheny
Notes for John (Spouse 1)
8 Listed in the 1870 Census as living in Union Township, Harrisville, West Virginia. At that time he was 36, Melvina was 30, and their daughter Cora was one. Evidently Elizabeth Willis Pritchard was no longer alive.

190another source says: b. Oct. 22, 1936
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