Martha Elizabeth Frances COWLING

  General Notes:

Born most likely in 1791, based on her parents, Benjamin Cox and Susannah North, marrying 27 February 1790 and her marrying 8 July 1805, making her 14 or younger at time of marriage. Place of birth most likely Campbell Co., VA, but her parents were married in Charlotte Co., VA, so it's possible they were still living there at the time of her birth. Probably buried in the Opossum Creek or Rustburg areas of Campbell Co., VA. First wife of Stephen Perrow, Jr., and mother of his first 9 or 10 children.

From the "Lynchburg Press": "Departed this life on Tuesday the 29th inst. after a long and painful illness, Mrs. Dolly Perrow, wife of Mr. Stephen Perrow of this County. Mrs. Perrow naturally possessed an amiable temper and disposition, and was respected by all who knew her and has left behind her numerous friends with a husband and 10 children to be-moan her loss."

Martha married John Flemming PERROW, son of Stephen PERROW Jr and Dorothea "Dolly" COX. (John Flemming PERROW was born in 1815 in Campbell County, Virginia, died on 18 Jul 1883 in Rustburg, Campbell County, Virginia and was buried in Perrow-Merryman Family Cemetery, Campbell County, Virginia.)