Mary V. Rue was the daughter of Joseph Rue and Mehetable Vaughn.

     Ernest Rue was the son of Joseph Rue and Mehetable Vaughn.

     Benjamin Rue died in 1838. He was born in 1838. He was the son of Lewis Rue and Mary A. Baker.

      Harriet Rue was born in 1843. She was the daughter of Lewis Rue and Mary A. Baker. Harriet Rue died in 1845.

     James L. Rue was the son of Lewis Rue and Mary A. Baker. James married Matilda Vaughn, daughter of Samuel Vaughn.

     Matilda Vaughn was the daughter of Samuel Vaughn. Matilda married James L. Rue, son of Lewis Rue and Mary A. Baker.

     Jacob V. Rue was the son of James L. Rue and Matilda Vaughn.

     Ethel Rue was the daughter of James L. Rue and Matilda Vaughn.

      Ada Rue Conover was born on 29-Sep-1871. She was the daughter of William G. Conover and Mary E. Rue. Ada married Luther M. Keith on 24-May-1893.

      Mary Lewis Conover was born on 18-Jul-1873. She was the daughter of William G. Conover and Mary E. Rue. Mary married William Augustus Thompson on 17-Jun-1903.

      Ella Craig Conover was born on 26-May-1882. She was the daughter of William G. Conover and Mary E. Rue. Ella married John Mount Laird on 12-Jan-1902. Ella Craig Conover died on 16-Sep-1917 at age 35.

      Teressa Reid Conover was born on 7-Feb-1884. She was the daughter of William G. Conover and Mary E. Rue. Teressa married Clarence D. Wall on 12-Feb-1910.

     William Howard Rue was the son of Lewis Rue and Mary A. Baker. William married Emma Jenkins.

     Emma married William Howard Rue, son of Lewis Rue and Mary A. Baker.

     Anna J. Rue was the daughter of William Howard Rue and Emma Jenkins.

     Mabel Rue was the daughter of William Howard Rue and Emma Jenkins.

      Lester C. Rue was born circa 1870 at New Jersey. He was the son of Charles H. Rue and Jullietta R. Johnson.

      Frank Rue was born circa 1874 at New Jersey. He was the son of Charles H. Rue and Jullietta R. Johnson.

      Edna Rue was born circa 1878 at New Jersey. She was the daughter of Charles H. Rue and Jullietta R. Johnson.

     Bessis Rue was the daughter of Charles H. Rue and Jullietta R. Johnson.

      Tunis Denise DuBois was born on 19-Jun-1842. He was the son of David DuBois and Rachel Rue.

      Catherine Ann DuBois was born on 31-Aug-1839. She was the daughter of David DuBois and Rachel Rue.

     Julia DuBois was the daughter of David DuBois and Rachel Rue.

      Joseph Rue DuBois was born on 6-May-1837. He was the son of David DuBois and Rachel Rue.

     Ella DuBois was the daughter of David DuBois and Rachel Rue.

     (Unknown) DuBois was the daughter of David DuBois and Rachel Rue.

     Eunice Jewell was the daughter of John Jewell and (Unknown) West. Eunice married Samuel Conover.

     Samuel married Eunice Jewell, daughter of John Jewell and (Unknown) West.

     David married Jane Robinson.

     Jane married David English.

      David English was born in 1792 at Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of James Robinson English and Alice Conover. David married Mary Otis Slade on 3-Dec-1816 at Washington, District of Columbia; by Rev. Waters. David married Alcinda B. Fechtig on 18-Sep-1830. David English died on 4-Sep-1862 at Washington, District of Columbia.

      Mary Otis Slade was born on 20-Feb-1798 at Yorkshire, England. Mary married David English, son of James Robinson English and Alice Conover, on 3-Dec-1816 at Washington, District of Columbia; by Rev. Waters. Mary Otis Slade died on 2-May-1826 at Washington, District of Columbia, at age 28.

     Alcinda married David English, son of James Robinson English and Alice Conover, on 18-Sep-1830. Alcinda B. Fechtig died on 31-Jan-1860.

     Mary English was the daughter of David English and Mary Otis Slade.

     Alice English was the daughter of David English and Mary Otis Slade.

      Henry Foxall English was born on 26-Dec-1817 at Georgetown, District of Columbia. He was the son of David English and Mary Otis Slade. Henry married Elizabeth Virginia Van Doren, daughter of Capt. Jacob Van Doren and Rachel Eoff, on 9-Apr-1849 at Presbyterian Church, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Virgina. Henry Foxall English died on 9-Jun-1858 at Georgetown, District of Columbia, at age 40. Henry was buried on 19-Jun-1858 at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia.

      Charles Slade English was born on 30-Jun-1825. He was the son of David English and Mary Otis Slade. Charles Slade English died on 19-Mar-1900 at age 74.

     Ann Virginia English was the daughter of David English and Alcinda B. Fechtig. Ann Virginia English died on 15-Apr-1903.

     Sarah Frances English was the daughter of David English and Alcinda B. Fechtig. Sarah Frances English died on 16-Feb-1917.
     She was also known as Fanny English.

      Jane English was born on 15-Nov-1793. She was the daughter of James Robinson English and Alice Conover. Jane married Dr. Woodhull Hedges on 15-Jan-1813.

     Woodhull married Jane English, daughter of James Robinson English and Alice Conover, on 15-Jan-1813.
     Dr. Woodhull Hedges was also known as Dr. William W. Hedges. He was also known as Dr. D. W. Hedges.

      Margaret Ann Hedges was born on 8-Sep-1815. She was the daughter of Dr. Woodhull Hedges and Jane English. Margaret married Robert Miller Honeyman, son of James Honeyman and Mary Miller, on 24-Jul-1838; seven children. Margaret Ann Hedges died on 26-May-1839 at age 23.
     She was also known as Margaret Foxhall Hedges.

      Joseph Hedges was born on 27-Aug-1817. He was the son of Dr. Woodhull Hedges and Jane English.

      Caroline Matilda Hedges was born on 27-Mar-1822. She was the daughter of Dr. Woodhull Hedges and Jane English. Caroline Matilda Hedges died on 20-Mar-1853 at age 30.

      Mary Ann McKinney Hedges was born on 13-Apr-1826. She was the daughter of Dr. Woodhull Hedges and Jane English. Mary married John A. Todd. Mary Ann McKinney Hedges died on 2-Aug-1883 at age 57.

     Sarah Jane Hedges was the daughter of Dr. Woodhull Hedges and Jane English.

      James English Hedges was born on 6-May-1824. He was the son of Dr. Woodhull Hedges and Jane English.

     Alice Hedges was the son of Dr. Woodhull Hedges and Jane English.

      Dr. Smith English Hedges was born on 20-Nov-1830. He was the son of Dr. Woodhull Hedges and Jane English. Smith married Ann Eliza Lyrtle Van Doren, daughter of Benjamin Van Doren and Aletta Kline, on 13-Nov-1856. Dr. Smith English Hedges died on 1-Apr-1892 at age 61.

     William Conover English was the son of James Robinson English and Alice Conover. William married Meriba Chandler.

     Meriba married William Conover English, son of James Robinson English and Alice Conover.

     Mary English was the daughter of William Conover English and Meriba Chandler.

     Jeremiah Smith English was the son of James Robinson English and Alice Conover. Jeremiah married Rebecca Cooper.

     Rebecca married Jeremiah Smith English, son of James Robinson English and Alice Conover.

     Ellen Wyckoff English was the daughter of Jeremiah Smith English and Rebecca Cooper. Ellen married Thomas E. Morris.

     Jenny Lind English was the daughter of Jeremiah Smith English and Rebecca Cooper.

     Caroline English was the daughter of James Robinson English and Alice Conover. Caroline married Amos Shaw.

     Amos married Caroline English, daughter of James Robinson English and Alice Conover.

     Mary Alice Shaw was the daughter of Amos Shaw and Caroline English.

     Henry Marten Shaw was the son of Amos Shaw and Caroline English.

     Caroline Shaw was the daughter of Amos Shaw and Caroline English.

     Smith Shaw was the son of Amos Shaw and Caroline English.

     Laura Victoria Shaw was the daughter of Amos Shaw and Caroline English.

     Daniel McLean Shaw was the son of Amos Shaw and Caroline English.

     Amos Shaw was the son of Amos Shaw and Caroline English.

     Craig English was the son of James Robinson English and Alice Conover. Craig married Adelia Morgan.

     Adelia married Craig English, son of James Robinson English and Alice Conover.

     Alice Craig English was the daughter of Craig English and Adelia Morgan.

     Morgan English was the son of Craig English and Adelia Morgan.

     Adelia Penelope English was the daughter of Craig English and Adelia Morgan.

     George Henry English was the son of James Robinson English and Alice Conover. George married Mary Mount.

     Mary married George Henry English, son of James Robinson English and Alice Conover.

     Hannah Matilda English was the daughter of George Henry English and Mary Mount.

     George Henry English was the son of George Henry English and Mary Mount.

     Elizabeth Alice Cowan was the daughter of Rev. John Fleming Cowan and Mary English. Elizabeth Alice Cowan died in 1849 at Saint Louis, Missouri.

     James English Cowan was the son of Rev. John Fleming Cowan and Mary English.
     James English Cowan resided at at Saint Louis, Missouri.

     William Milam Cowan was the son of Rev. John Fleming Cowan and Mary English.
      Died at the age of 14.

      Rev. Edward Payson Cowan DD was born on 31-Mar-1840 at Potosi, Washington County, Missouri. He was the son of Rev. John Fleming Cowan and Mary English. Edward married Anna M. Baldwin, daughter of George D. Baldwin and Emmeline Fisher, on 7-Aug-1872.
     

REV. EDWARD P. COWAN, D.D.,
the corresponding secretary of the
Board of Missions for, the Freed-men of the United States of America, was born at Potosi, Mo., March 31, 1840, son of the Rev. John F. and Mary (English) Cowan. Dr. Cowan's family is of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and 'all its members have been Presbyterians. The great-grandfather was Hugh Cowan, of Chester County, Pennsylvania, who lived to be eighty years of age. His son, Adam Cowan, who died at the age of forty years, was a soldier in the Revolution.
The Rev. John F. Cowan, who was born in Chester County in 1801, graduated from Jefferson College, Washington County, and subsequently, in 1828, from Princeton (N. J.) Theological Seminary. In 1829 he was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry, and went as home missionary to Missouri, where he spent the rest of his life engaged in his sacred calling, a period of thirty-three years. In connection with his last pastorate, which was at Carondelet, St. Louis, he was commissioned by President Lincoln as Post Chaplain to the House of Refuge Hospital; and he was Army Chaplain at the time of his death in 1862. He was own cousin of Senator Edgar Cowan. His wife, Mary, was a daughter of James R. and Alice (Conover) English, and a descendant of the family that settled in Englishtown, N. J. Mr. English was a stanch Presbyterian and an Elder in the old Tenant Church. When a boy he was captured by the British, and was threatened with hanging if he would not tell where the Americans were keeping their powder. Though but sixteen years old at the time, he allowed his captors to string him up without flinching. He was afterward set free, and the British were no wiser for having met him. Of his family of nine children Mary was next to the youngest. Having survived her husband twenty-five years, she died in 1887 at Pittsburg, being then eighty-one years old. She had five children, namely: James, who is in business in St. Louis; John F. Cowan, D.D., who is the Professor of Modern Languages in Westminster College, Missouri ; Alice, the eldest, who died in St. Louis in 1849; William, who died at the age of fourteen; and Edward P., the subject of this sketch.
Edward P. Cowan, the youngest of his parents' children, attended Westminster College in Missouri, and graduated there with honors in 1860, taking the degree of Bachelor of Arts. After teaching school for a year he entered Princeton Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1864. He was shortly afterward ordained by the Presbytery of St. Louis, and began his first pastorate at Washington, Pa., in one of the churches which his father had formerly served. He remained at Washington for three years, and subsequently preached for a year at St. Joseph, Mo., and for a year and a half in St. Louis. He was then called to the pastorate of Market Square Presbyterian Church at Germantown, Pa., and remained there for more than twelve years. In 1882 he was invited to preach in the Third Church in Pittsburg, with the prospect of a call to a probable vacancy in its pulpit ; and on September 13, 1882, the night on which the previous pastoral relations were dissolved, he was unanimously called to that church. He remained pastor of the 'Third Church for ten years. .He is a trustee of the West-ern University of Pennsylvania, of Pennsylvania College for Women, a .trustee and the secretary of the directors of the Western Theological Seminary, and a trustee of the Pittsburg Presbytery, an incorporated body. He is also a member of the Board of Colportage and of the Executive Committee. While Dr. Cowan was pastor of the Third Church, an average of ten members were added to the' church at each communion, giving a total of over four hundred, and the annual amount of contributions increased from twenty-three thousand, six hundred and twenty-five dollars in 1882-83 to fifty-four thousand, three hundred and eighty-three dollars in 1891-92. During this time Dr. Cowan had become a member of the Freed-men's Board, and had been for four years its .president.
On the death of Dr. Allen, the former corresponding secretary, Dr. Cowan was elected to that position. Thereupon he re-signed his pastorate, in order to devote him-self to his new duties. At the next annual meeting of the Third Church congregation the following resolutions were adopted :
"Whereas the Rev. E. P. Cowan, D.D., our beloved pastor, has tendered his resignation, and has asked the congregation to join with him in consenting that the Presbytery shall dissolve the pastoral relations now existing, and, having heard and considered his reasons for this request, and believing that our Lord is leading the way, therefore resolved, That, expressing our affection for and confidence in our pastor, and in gratitude for his faithful labors in the congregation and his tender pastoral care for us individually, we consent to his request that the pastoral relations may be dissolved by the Presbytery, to take effect January 1, 1893." Commendatory resolutions were also passed by the Presbytery. Since ceasing his official relations with the Third Church, Dr. Cowan has given his whole time to his work for the Freedmen. He has the oversight of three hundred churches, one hundred and eighty ministers, and from fifty to sixty schools, twenty of which are boarding-schools, including Biddle University at Charlotte, N.C.
On August 7, 1872, Dr. Cowan was united in marriage with Miss Anna M., daughter of George D. and Emmeline (Fisher) Baldwin, of New York City. Mrs. Cowan's family settled originally in Milford, Conn., in 1639, and all its descendants have been stanch Presbyterians. . Her great-grandfather was a prominent member of the church at Connecticut Farms, N. J. Her grandfather was a member of the First Church at Newark, and her father, George D., was a Presbyterian Elder for forty years in New York City. George D. Baldwin had one other child, Joseph T., who is now cashier of Manhattan Bank in Wall Street, New York. Mrs. Cowan's maternal great-grandfather was Colonel David Chambers, who served throughout the whole of the Revolutionary War, and who fought with Washington at Trenton and Monmouth. Mrs. Cowan was educated by the best instructors and in the best schools that New York City afforded. She was a lady of unusual refinement and of noble character. She died July 24, 1896. Her three children were: Emelie, Elaine, and Irene, the last two being twins.

      Rev. James Theodore English was born on 31-Oct-1810 at Englishtown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of James Robinson English and Alice Conover. James married Mary Elizabeth Jobs, daughter of Nicholas Conover Jobs and Margaret Castner, on 8-Jan-1840. James married Elizabeth Boyle, daughter of Robert Boyle and Lany (Unknown). Rev. James Theodore English died on 17-May-1873 at Liberty Corner, Bernard Twp., Somerset County, New Jersey, at age 62. James was buried at Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Liberty Corner, Somerset County, New Jersey.

      Mary Elizabeth Jobs was born on 29-Nov-1823 at Liberty Corner, Bernard Twp., Somerset County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Nicholas Conover Jobs and Margaret Castner. Mary married Rev. James Theodore English, son of James Robinson English and Alice Conover, on 8-Jan-1840. Mary Elizabeth Jobs died on 3-Nov-1867 at Liberty Corner, Bernard Twp., Somerset County, New Jersey, at age 43. Mary was buried at Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Liberty Corner, Somerset County, New Jersey.

      Lizzie Claire English was born circa 1854 at New Jersey. She was the daughter of Rev. James Theodore English and Mary Elizabeth Jobs.
     Lizzie Claire English was also known as Elizabeth English.

     Thomas married Ellen Wyckoff English, daughter of Jeremiah Smith English and Rebecca Cooper.

     Lyndon English Morris was the son of Thomas E. Morris and Ellen Wyckoff English. Lyndon married Mary Pickett.

     Mary married Lyndon English Morris, son of Thomas E. Morris and Ellen Wyckoff English.
     Mary Pickett resided at at Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.

     Fred Spooner Morris was the son of Thomas E. Morris and Ellen Wyckoff English.

     Bessie Dallam Morris was the daughter of Thomas E. Morris and Ellen Wyckoff English.