Looking for parents of John Lowery Cowden. I strongly believe John's parents were NOT James Cowden/Henrietta Chilcutt OR Thomas Cowden/Cattern Walker.
Thomas/Cattern are likely grandparents, and James/Henrietta were an uncle/aunt relationship to John.
John had a sibling, James M. Cowden born 1820, who married Elizabeth Smith (sister to John's wife Martha Linn Smith).