• Born: 22 Jan 1826, Trevorian, Camborne, Cornwall
• Christened: 11 Mar 1826, Camborne, Cornwall ¹
• Married: Abt 1855
• Died: 4 Feb 1901, Calumet, Houghton, MI, USA ^{2 3}
• Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Calumet, Houghton, MI, USA ³

  Research Notes:

James son of John Sowden of Trevorian, miner, and Anne (baptismal record)

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In 1851 James Sowden, aged 25, born in Camborne Cornwall, copper miner, was with his parents in Trevorian, Camborne.

At the time of the 1860 U.S. Federal Census James Sowden, aged 33, born in England, mining captain, and wife Phillipa Sowden, aged 36, born in England, were living in Houghton, Houghton county, Michigan. With them were sons (born in Michigan) John (3) and William (1).

In 1880 James Sowden, aged 52, born in England, miner, and wife Philippa Sowden, aged 55, born in England, keeping house, were living in Calumet, Houghton, Michigan. Present were children (born in Michigan) Mary (14), Annie (14), John (20), at school.

In 1900 James Sowden, aged 74 (b. Jan 1826 in England), was living in Red Jacket, Calumet, Houghton, Michigan.