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Margaret Caroline Bruce 1822 – 1880 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1822

Birth Location: White, Illinois, United States

Death Date: 1880

Death Location: Gallatin County, Illinois

Father: John Bruce

Mother: Mary Phipps

Spouse(s): Andrew Cowan

Children(s): Sarah Cowan, John Cowan, Tabitha Cowan, Reuben Cowan, James Cowan, Thomas Cowan, Martha Cowen

Born in 1822 in White, Illinois, United States, Margaret Caroline Bruce was the child of John N Bruce and Mary Ann Phipps. In time, Margaret Caroline Bruce married Andrew Jackson Cowan, and they raised a family that included Sarah Cowan, John W Cowan, Tabitha Jane Cowan, Reuben D Cowan, James J Cowan, Thomas G. Cowan and Martha Cowen. Margaret Caroline Bruce died in Gallatin County, Illinois in 1880.

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Parents

John Bruce
1795 – 1876
Birth Location: Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
JB
Mary Phipps
1795 – 1852
Birth Location: Calvert, Maryland, USA
MP

Spouses(s)

Andrew Cowan
1824 – 1872
Birth Location: Jersey County, Illinois, United States of America
AC

Children(s)

Sarah Cowan
1850 –
Birth Location: , Gallatin County, Illinois
SC
John Cowan
1852 – 1925
Birth Location: Illinois
JC
Tabitha Cowan
1856 – 1900
Birth Location: Gallatin County Illinois
TC
Reuben Cowan
1860 – 1870
Birth Location: Gallatin Co , Ill
RC
James Cowan
1863 – 1870
Birth Location: Gallatin County Illinois
JC
Thomas Cowan
1866 – 1930
Birth Location: Gallatin County Illinois
TC
Martha Cowen
1869 – 1905
Birth Location: Illinois
MC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1829
    Event Place: White County, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Bear Creek, Gallatin, Illinois; Roll: 208; Page: 464d; Enumeration District: 017, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: South Hampton, Gallatin, Illinois; Roll: M653_180; Page: 1055; Family His

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1822
    Event Place: White, Illinois, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: South Hampton, Buffalo, Gallatin, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: South Hampton, Gallatin, Illinois; Roll: M653_180; Page: 1055; Family His

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Bear Creek, Gallatin, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Bear Creek, Gallatin, Illinois; Roll: 208; Page: 464d; Enumeration District: 017

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1901
    Event Place: Gallatin County Illinois

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Gallatin County, Illinois

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