d/of John Groff* & Harriet Gard*; m: 14 Mar 1880 Wabash Francis Marion Cowling*
COWLING, Francis Marion 31 Jul 1844 - 5 Nov 1890 (OldRH SecC)
age 46y 3m 5d; s/of Benjamin Cowling (ca 1820 IL m: 1843 Edwards Co IL) & Caroline Hoffner; m1: 13 Dec 1868 Wabash Mary E Dinnell (1844 IL-1878 buried Antioch Cem); m2: 14 Mar 1880 Wabash Elmira Frances Groff*; res: 1850-60 Edwards Co IL 1870 Bon Pas pct. 1880 Coffee; ch: Benjamin J [Benny] (1869 IL 4 Jul 1871 buried Antioch Cem) & Laura Frances* (ca 1872 IL m:) & Flora May* (Mar 1874 IL-1909 m: John Bedell) & Ida A. (1876 IL-1883 buried Antioch Cem) & Willie A* (1881 IL) & Carrie* (Mar 1883 IL) & Frank John* (7 Jul 1885 IL) & Roy James* (1887 IL) & Robert Harrison* (1889 IL)
COWLING, Francis [Frank] John 7 Jul 1885 - 28 May 1941 (OldRH SecC)
b: Mt Carmel; d: St Louis MO; s/of Francis M. Cowling* & Elmira Frances Groff*; m:ca 1907 Beulah V (ca 1887 IL); res: 1920-40 Mt Carmel; no ch found
COWLING, Neva C (Ford) 29 Apr 1890 - 17 Oct 1968 (OldRH SecC)
d/of William Ford (7 Feb 1849 OH-21 May 1939) & Pocahontas Reding (5 Dec 1851 Peoria IL-2 Dec 1925 Peoria IL); m: Robert H Cowling*; res: 1900 Peoria-Peoria Co IL
COWLING, Robert Harrison 2 Aug 1889 - 1 Aug 1957 (OldRH SecC)
s/of Francis M. Cowling* & Elmira Frances Groff*; m: Neva C Ford*; res: 1920-42 Mt Carmel ; ch: Wilford M* (2 Oct 1921 IL) & Robert James (19 May 1927 IL-25 Sep 2009 Dallas TX m: Patsey P Mintor) & Ruth Ellen (ca 1929 IL; res: 1948 Greencastle IN)
COWLING, Roy James 7 Aug 1887 - 5 Feb 1959 (OldRH SecC)
Veteran WWI; age 71; b: Wabash; d: Evansville IN; s/of Francis M. Cowling* & Elmira Frances Groff*; m1: Edith Snapp (-by 1930); m2: 3 Jan 1931 Maude Schafer*; res: 1930-42 Mt Carmel; note: 1930 says widower
COWLING, Wilford M 2 Oct 1921 - 21 Nov 1978 ()
d: Evansville IN; s/of Robert Cowling* & Neva Ford*; m: Lana Joyce; death cert said buried Rose Hill
COWLING, William [Willie] A 1881 - 22 Jan 1888 (OldRH SecC)
age 6y 11m 22d; s/of Francis M Cowling* & Elmira Frances Groff*
