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WILLIAM COWAN, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio in 1831, where he was reared; he followed farming until 1853; he was married to Sarah A. Sharron, March 24,1853; then moved to Fulton County, Ind., where he followed farming; his daughter Mary J., was born here December 25, 1853; then moved back to Guernsey County, Ohio, and continued farming here. John T. Cowan was born May 23, 1856. In 1857, moved back to Fulton County, Ind., to his old home place, where Robert A. Cowan was born June 4, 1858. He remained there farming until 1862, and then moved to Marshal County, Ind., where William H. Cowan was born April 6, 1862, and remained there until Nancy E. Cowan was born August 31, 1864; he was then drafted and hired a substitute for $1,000; he then sold out and moved to Atchison County, Mo., where James A. Cowan was born September 15, 1867. He then moved from there to Gentry County, Mo., where James A. Cowan died August 1, 1870, and Ruth A. Cowan was born December 22, 1871; then moved from there to Kansas where Mary J. Cowan was married to Even Owens September 16,1875, a stock dealer; John F. Cowan was married to Miss Emma Spinning, a school teacher, February 15, 1881; his occupation is farming; Robert A. Cowan was married to Miss Mits, a farmer’s daughter, in May, 1882; his occupation is mining. He has two daughters and one son at home yet.