Willie James Cowin, b: 1929

^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1919 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}

^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}


			^{Harrison Cowin}^{b. d.}

		^Tom Cowin^{b. d.}

	^James Cowin^{b.1907 Selma, Ala. d.1966 Selma, Ala.}

		^{Maude Walker}^{b. d.}

^{Willie James Cowin}^{b.1929 Selma, Ala. d.1967 Maywood, Ill.}			^{Tom Hrobowski}^{b.1855 Lowndes, Ala. d.}

		^{Rives Hrobowski}^{b.1885 Collirene, Ala. d.1934 Collirene, Ala.}	^{Litha Oliver}^{b.1856 Lowndes, Ala. d.}

	^{Willie Mae Hrobowski}^{b.1910 Hayenville, Ala. d.1994 Birmingham, Ala.}

		^{Annie Peoples}^{b. d.}