Early Life
Matthew Cowley was the son of Matthias F. Cowley and Abbie Hyde. He was also the half-brother of FBI agent Samuel P. Cowley.
After his birth, in the same year, Cowley's father was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and they moved from Preston, Idaho to Salt Lake City, Utah. When Matthew was eight years of age, his father resigned from the quorum over the church's decision to excommunicate practitioners of plural marriage. In 1911, when Matthew was 14, his father was disciplined and had his priesthood temporarily rescinded. This did not stop Matthew from growing strong in the church.
He attended Latter-day Saints University in Salt Lake City, Utah until his call as a missionary.
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