Could it have been John's second marriage which you found?
There is a marriage in Maughold registers:
4 Aug 1877
John COWELL Full age Bachelor Miner Lonan [father] John Cowell (Decsd), Miner
Eliza UNWIN Full age Widow Maughold [father] Sampson Daniel (Dec), Potter
Sue
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