Robert Henry Cowen

1885 - 1960  (75 years)

• Name	Robert Henry Cowen
  Birth	5 Nov 1885	Yonkers, Westchester County, New York   [1]
  Gender	Male
  WW2 Draft	26 Apr 1942	225 E Edgewood Avenue, Yonkers, New York
  	Frew and Robinson, 173 Stone Avenue, Yonkers
  Death	6 Nov 1960	Yonkers, Westchester County, New York   [1]
  Obituary	8 Nov 1960	Yonkers, New York   [2]
  	Robert H. Cowen, an organizer and past president of the Mile Square Rod and Gun Gub, died Sunday afternoon after a long illness at his home at 96 Oliver Ave. He had passed his 75th birthday the previous day. He was born in Yonkers in what used to be the Valley Farm section and as a lad learned to love the woods. He was an ardent fisherman and hunter. He was the husband of the late Mary Mabie of Yonkers whom he married in 1928, and the son of the late Robert and Charlotte A. Farrington Cowen. A veteran of World War I, he was a member of the Fifth Ward Republican Club and the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, and a communicant of the Dayspring Presbyterian Church. He is survived by a niece, Miss Ruth Russell, with whom he made his home, and a son by a previous marriage, Russell, of Massachusetts, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Another son, Harold, predeceased him. He also had a sister, Mrs. Harriet A. Russell, who died last Aug. 15.
  Reference Number	33458
  Person ID	I33219	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Mary Mabie,   b. 24 May 1882, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York d. 1953 (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1928  [1]
  Family ID	F11388	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S438] Old Fulton NY Post Card Website; Url: fultonhistory.com/Fulton_New_form.html, obit in Herald Statesman, Yonkers NY, Tuesday, November 8, 1960. [S438] Old Fulton NY Post Card Website; Url: fultonhistory.com/Fulton_New_form.html, Herald Statesman, Yonkers NY, Tuesday, November 8, 1960.