Re: Ross S. McCown of Tennessee/Beatrice, Nebraska
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Re: Ross S. McCown of Tennessee/Beatrice, Nebraska
Wilma High 3/13/12
Ross McCown was my great-grandmother Agnes McCown Hamilton's sister.
Like you, I have been unable to find a maiden name for Katherine.(Katherine is the spelling on the tombstone: you can find a photo of the stone on Find-A-Grave, at the Due West ARP Cemetery).I would not be surprised if it were Pressly, because if you look at the children of Joseph Irwin McCown (the son), most of the middle names are family names--either Christian names or surnames.He and wife Mary Bryson named their son James Pressly McCown--and I can't otherwise find a spot for a Pressly name in the tree.Also, we know that Joseph McCown was a proponent of E. E. Presley as the pastor of the Due West ARP church. Still, I have not seen any record (will, church record, etc.) that suggests a maiden name for Katherine.