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� 2008, Mount Mora Burial Records |
| Record Last Updated On:
9/27/2016 |
| Name: JUDGE SAMUEL DYSART COWAN |
| Death Date: SEP/26/1903 |
Interment Date:
SEP/28/1903 |
Birth Date: JAN//1825 |
| Age at Death: 78 |
Cause of Death:
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE |
| Location at Death:
Chicago, Illinois |
| Physical Location at Death:
at his home |
| Sex: M |
Nativity: AMERICAN |
Ethnicity: WHITE |
| Occupation:RETIRED JUDGE |
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Military Rank:Second Lieutenant |
War Service:Second Lieutenant in Company H, Fourth Kentucky Volunteers, Mexican American War |
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| Child of: John W Cowan & Frances Dysart |
| Spouse of: Elizabeth Lankford |
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| Father of: Nannie Cowan, Ella D Cowan, Alice Cowan, Henry L Cowan, Frances Cowan, Clarence Andrew Cowan |
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| Brief Biography: JUDGE SAMUEL D. COWAN since 1878 has been clerk of the Circuit and Criminal Courts of Buchanan County. He is one of the early settlers, having resided in the county since 1853. His home is in St. Joseph, where he is well known and highly esteemed. His birth occurred in Pulaski County, Ky., in 1825.
His father, Hon. John W., who was born in Virginia, was reared to agricultural pursuits and early settled in Pulaski County, Ky. For two terms he was a member of the Kentucky Legislature and also served as justice of the peace and sheriff of Pulaski County. In the War of 1812 he was* actively engaged, as was also the father of his wife, whose maiden name was Fannie Dysart, a native Kentuckian. Her father, James Dysart, was one of the early settlers of Rock Castle County, where he owned large tracts of land. Our subject is one of eleven children, being one of the seven born of his father's first marriage. Three of each family are yet living.
As have been so many of our great American statesmen and professional men, Judge Cowan was reared on a farm. He became deputy clerk of the Pulaski County Court, when still quite young, and in 1846, entered the service in the war with Mexico He became Second Lieutenant in Company H, Fourth Kentucky Volunteers. He was in the city of Mexico when the news reached the army that peace had been declared. In 1848, after being mustered out at Louisville, Ky., he returned home, where he remained about two years. In 1850 he started for California, going by boat and other means of conveyance to Arrow Rock, Saline County, Mo., where he fitted up ox teams and started on the overland route by the old California trail, touching Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, etc. On landing at Hangtown he engaged in prospecting and mining on the middle fork of the American River, remaining until 1853, when he started for home by way of the Isthmus.
In the fall of 1853 Judge Cowan came to Buchanan County, locating in Washington Township, where he purchased and improved a farm. He was Deputy-sheriff under Morgan and Ainsworth, and as such was acting when the war came on. During that time of business uncertainty he engaged in freighting across the plains to Colorado and Montana. At this time the Indians proved very troublesome as they took advantage of the fact that the soldiers were employed on southern battle fields and had little time to keep them in check. The dusky foes were a constant annoyance to the unlucky freighters, and like all who ventured to cross the plains, Judge Cowan had some very narrow and wonderful escapes.
In 1865 Judge Cowan returned to his farm in this county which he operated for nearly ten years. In November, 1874, he was elected a member of the County Court and served for two terms of two years each. In 1878 he was made clerk of the courts and has held that position continuously since. The Judge and his accomplished wife, who was formerly Miss Bettie Langford, have long moved in the best social circles of the city and are highly esteemed.
(Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Buchanan and Clinton Counties, Missouri. Publ. 1893.) |
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Burial Number: 5147 |
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| Other Relatives in Plot: Ella D Cowan,Elizabeth Frances Langford Cowan, Frances E Cowan, Judge Samuel Dysart Cowan, Nannie Cowan |
| Lot Owner: B.COWAN |
| Lot Location: NW1/2 4 |
| Block Location: 1 |
| Section/Range Location: B |
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| Cost of Interment: $6.00 |
Date Paid: 10/09/03 |
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