Family History
Our family history focuses on Henry Cowley and his many descendants. Henry Cowley was born sometime around 1849 or 1851 in Mississippi in the Monroe county area. Henry Cowley later met his first wife Hannah Lyles and they married most probably in 1870 and unto this union 9 children were born. Their first child Lucy was born in 1872; their other children were Fannie, George, Noah, Henry clay, Rosetta, Josie, Aaron and Alvin. A few children later and within the next 16 years, some events occurred between Henry and his first wife Hannah; he then married his second wife Mary E. Jones on December 21, 1886 in Itawamba county Mississippi. Henry and Mary became the parents of several children; some of the children were in her last name of Jones. Years later they had a rocky marriage and by June 1900, some 14 years after getting married; they were separated and living in separate households. Some of the known children associated with Henry and Mary are James A. Cowley Jones, Richard B. Cowley Jones, Cass H. Cowley Jones, Gue Shumpert, Pearl Estes and Elbert Estes. With more than 2,000 names entered into our family tree project as Henry Cowley descendants, ours is one of the largest in the United States. Take a look at the family tree and see where you are. We update the family tree periodically.