The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., August 22, 1918, page 5

OBITUARY

     Elizabeth Blackburn was born at Dayton, O., April 6, 1834. She died at her home in Pleasant Valley, Wn., August 16, 1918, at the age of 84 years, 4 months and 10 days.
     She was married to Joel Cowles at Bradford, Iowa, December 16, 1865. To this union were born ten children, five of whom, together with her husband, preceded her to the other world. Those left are: Mrs. Rachel Shank of Beech Creek, Ore.; John Cowles of Long Creek, Ore.; Mrs. N. Shank of Damascus, Ore.; Mrs. Alice Schuster and Mrs. Emma Brownlee of Pleasant Valley. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Smith and Mrs. Francis Metcalf of Iowa, and a nephew, Winifred Cowles, all of whom deeply mourn her loss. But they sorrow not, even as others who have no hope, for in 1861, together with her husband, she obeyed the gospel and thereby became a Christian, which profession she maintained till the time of her death. There are 18 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren left to mourn and follow her example.
     In 1880 Mr. and Mrs. Cowles left Iowa and crossed the plains with an emigrant party, the journey taking exactly three months. They arrived in Klickitat county, Wash., November 11, 1880, and located on the farm where they lived until death overtook them.

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