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From: "Bill Blevins" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Cowart and Gist
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 04:35:57 +0000


A Cowart was the defense attorney for Lela Sinor Melton.

Bill Blevins

" We don't fully understand who we are - until we know the roots from which
we came."



>From: "Vera Reeves" <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: [ARIZARD-L] Cowart and Gist
>Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 19:52:12 -0600
>
> > It seems that I have heard you Baxter Co. folks talk about this Cowart
> > before or a Cowart. Did it have to do with Lela Sinor Melton's murder
> > trial? Was he the sheriff or the defense attorney?
>
>If you remember that far back you're better than I. I do remember who ever
>it was they were kin to her.
>
>BACK to the Jonathon Cowart. I found info that he died in 1890. In the
>notes
>it says "probabley from exhaustion" he fathered a total of 16 children.
>First wife 6, second wife 10. When he married his second wife, Nancy his
>youngerest was 4 years younger than she. Nancy was 19.
>
> > The only Cowart that I knew of really was the one called Shug that
>married
>a
> > Gist. I had a couple of Gist sisters marry a couple of my Sinor
>brothers.
>
>The Cowart - Gist line is my Uncle's family (uncle by marriage)
>
>William Johnathan Cowart
>Aug 24, 1864 - Oct 14, 1925
>
>m 17 Mar 1889
>
>Mattie C. (Gist) Cowart
>Mar 11, 1890 - Aug 6, 1960
>
>Children:
>1. Don Cowart
>Mar 11, 1890 - Aug 6, 1960
>m. Margaret Rebecca Riley
>Mar 27, 1912
>have more on this family
>
>2. Claude Cowart
>Apr 20, 1897
>
>3. Perry Cowart
>Apr 28, 1905
>Apr 27, 1985
>
>Come on girl keep them coming I'll try to keep up.
>
>Which I had as much material on the Izard County side of the line.
>
>Vera
>
>
>
>
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