Shannon Wilson Cowden

b. 18 October 1854, d. 8 September 1940
  • Shannon Wilson Cowden was born on 18 October 1854 in Alabama.
  • He married Fannie (?) circa 1880.
  • Shannon Wilson Cowden appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Jefferson County, Alabama.
  • Shannon Wilson Cowden became a widower at the between 1880 and 1889 death of his wife.
  • He married Bettie Pattan, daughter of Joseph Pattan and Mary McKinzie, circa 1889.
  • Shannon Wilson Cowden and Bettie Pattan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Morris, Jefferson County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Edwin B. Cowden and Lillian Ethel Cowden.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
  • His wife Maclin Alice Caldwell became a widow at his death.
  • Shannon Wilson Cowden and Bettie Pattan appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Morris, Jefferson County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Edwin B. Cowden and Lillian Ethel Cowden.
  • He was working on the county roads, according to the 1910 census.
  • Shannon Wilson Cowden and Bettie Pattan appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Jefferson County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Moody Paul Rose, Lillian Ethel Cowden and Robert Harold Rose.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1920 census.
  • Shannon Wilson Cowden became a widower at the 17 January 1928 death of his wife Bettie Pattan.
  • Shannon Wilson Cowden died on 8 September 1940 at age 85 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, or possibly the 18th.
  • He was interred at Morris Cemetery, Morris, Jefferson County, Alabama.
  • Last Edited: 13 Oct 2009

Family 1: Fannie (?) b. circa 1862, d. between 1880 and 1889

Family 2: Bettie Pattan b. 6 May 1861, d. 17 January 1928