Birth Date: 1 Jan 1781

Birth Place: Greenwood Twp, Cumberland Co. PA

Death Date: 25 May 1854

Death Place: Watts Twp. Perry Co. PA

Burial Place: Hill Church Cemetery Near New Buffalo, PA

Occupation: Carpenter? And Farmer

Religion: Probably Methodist

Notes:

grave near New Buffalo Penn.

cc 974.8 H624 Vol 2 commonwealth History of Pennsylvania 1886...Janita Valley...Perry C., page 1144 assessment of 1820 shows Henry Lowden (carpenter) 84 acres...Joe Steel and Braham Steel also.

Perry County Historians note - April 1978

Hill Church Cemetery

Henry b. Jan. 1, 1771 d. May 25, 1854

Elizabeth b. 1791  d. Nov 15, 1845

his will was probated June 1 1854 and was dated 11 Nov 1853

Spouse: Elizabeth

Birth Date: 1791

Death Date: 15 Nov 1845

Henry Lowden listed in 1820 Perry Co. Assessment for Buffalo Twp. at Montgomery's Ferry - Carpenter - 84 acres ...

Except for John who predeceased his father, the names of Henry's children are listed in his will. Last Will and Testament dated 11 Nov 1853 Proved 1 Jun 1854 - Perry County Courthouse ... Henry & Elizabeth may have had another son and two daughters who haven't been traced (a young male and two females unaccounted for are shown to be residing in the household at time of the 1830 Census) ...

Henry and Elizabeth resided in Perry County on the farm he inherited from his father. Henry died at his residence in Watts Township on 25 May 1854. Estate notice in the Perry County Democrat - Thursday, 8 Jun 1854 (V 18 - 4). Elizabeth died 15 Nov 1845 in (then) Buffalo Twp., Perry Co.

From death registration book: Henry Louden, white, male, in his 74th year. Father: William Louden. Mother: Mary Louden. Occupation: Farmer. Wife: Elizabeth Louden. Living Issue: William, Mary, Elizabeth, Henry, Lydia, Frederick & Thomas. Died: 25 May 1854, palsy, Watts Twp. Buried: Watts Twp. Hill Church. Person returning certificate: Frederick Louden, Watts Twp. Date of certificate: 1 Jun 1854.

Perry County was taken from Cumberland County in 1820. Watts Township was taken from Buffalo Township in 1849 and Buffalo Township was taken from Greenwood Township in 1799. The farm was located in what is now Watts Twp., Perry Co., PA.

An email from Darlene Bieber to Betty Audet concerning a court case over a disputed loan

"1862 Newspaper article from "Perry County Democrat" 

NOTICE IN PARTITION to Elizabeth ( Louden) Liddick, intermarried with Frederick Liddick, Mary (Louden) intermarried with Jos. Hammaker. Lydia Louden, Henry Louden, Thomas Louden and William Louden. Notification of the partition and Valuation of the Real Estate of Henry Louden, deceased Watts Township., Date of article 1862. 

"What was being contested by his son-in-law (Joseph Hammaker) was a note Hammaker had signed for a loan ... Henry had written in his will that his son Frederick was to get that note since another note against an Adam Liddig (Liddick) was to be divided "amongst my other heirs" ...I'm glad you asked about Henry, because I got out the will and testimony given about the note and realized I had a few of Henry's grandchildren that I hadn't listed in our family tree ... There was testimony about the note - the gist of it was that Joseph Hammaker was drunk when he signed it .... Adam Hammaker claimed he had worked "65 days at 78 cents per day for Louden. I understood that the money for the land was all paid." Adam is probably a son of Joseph Hammaker, but it's not stated, but ... What I found interesting is that John Hammaker (Joseph Hammaker's son and Henry's grandson) testified that John Lowe (my Christianna's second husband) "told me that my father objected to signing the note and would not sign it until they got him drunk." And George Hammaker also testified "I heard father say some time before he died that he did not like to give the note, that it was unjust. He said that he would never have given the note but he was tight when he signed it" .... So we know that Frederick Hammaker (Mary Louden's husband) died before the court testimony and that, besides Susan Hammaker (already on the family tree), there was John and George Hammaker ... "