City: McMinnville
COWDEN, John B., minister of the gospel; Irish-English descent; son of John and Mary Hannah (Leonard) COWDEN; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents William and Rhoda (Davis) COWDEN; maternal grandparents Griffith and Nancy (Porter) LEONARD; educated at Petersburg, Tenn., Nashville, Tenn., and Lexington, Ky.; graduated from University of Nashville, A.B., June, 1905; Peabody College, L.I., 1901; took post-graduate course at University of Kentucky, 1903-1904; in early life he was instructor in Latin and Greek Potter Bible College, Bowling Green, Ky., and Hawkins Training School, Gallatin, Tenn.; married Lillian SMALLMAN, Oct. 26, 1910; Democrat (independent); member of Christian church; pastor of Church of Christ, Detroit, Mich., 1905-1907; at present is pastor of Christian church, McMinnville, Tenn.
