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Mrs Sarah Ruth Fletcher Briscoe who was born in Cowdensville in 1907, with her daughter, Dorothy Briscoe (left) |
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David Daniel Eley, who was born in 1875. He rented a farm in Avalon, which is just a short distance from Cowdensville. He and his wife, Rosa Eley, had sixteen children, several of whom were born in Avalon and attended school in Cowdensville. |
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Cornelia Brown Matthews (right) with her mother, Betty Brown. They were from Cowdensville. Betty Brown was 100 years old when photograph was taken in 1984. |
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Margaret Williams Rose from Garrett Ave in Cowdensville. Her father. Joshua Williams hired Thurgood Marshall in 1935 to attempt to register her and fellow classmate, Lucille Scott Jones, in the White high school in Catonsville, MD without success. It is believed that this was the first case that led to the historic 1954 landmark school desegregation decision. |
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Harold Williams with his wife, Eula Cross Williams in their May 30, 1953 wedding. Harold has many ancestors from Cowdensville. He was born there. |
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Cowdensville A.M.E. Church, built during the slavery era in 1857, it’s original home was on Garrett Avenue in Cowdensville, but was moved to its current location in 1907. |
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