Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Cowdrick, Stedman
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Solebury Township


   STEDMAN COWDRICK farmer, P.O. Carversville, was born in 
Hunterdon county, N. J., December 19, 1816, and is a son of 
John and Elizabeth (Hall) Cowdrick.  His paternal 
grandfather was John Cowdrick, a native of Germany, who came 
to New Jersey in his boyhood.  His maternal grandfather, 
Jacob Hall, was of English descent.  He was a stone mason by 
trade, but for many years was a farmer in Hunterdon county, 
N. J.  Stedman Cowdrick resided principally in Bucks county 
since 1833, and located on the farm he now occupies in 1858. 
His wife was Martha, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Paxson) 
Dilworth, of Solebury, by whom he had two children, Beulah 
and Austin (both deceased).  Mrs. Cowdrick is a 
granddaughter of Moses Paxson, who formerly lived in 
Solebury, and is a member of the Orthodox Society of 
Friends.