Brief Life History of John Borden
When John Borden Cowan was born in 1823, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Samuel Cowan, was 46 and his mother, Sarah Margaret Keith, was 45. He married Rebecca P. Hayes on 5 September 1858, in Johnson, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Johnson, Arkansas, United States in 1860. He died about 1898, in Newton, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Case Cemetery, Fallsville, Newton, Arkansas, United States.
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- John Coven, "United States Census, 1870"
- John B Cowan, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- John Cowan in entry for Sarah Jane Wheeler, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Manx: shortened form of McOwen and McKeown . See also McEwen .
Sottish and Manx: from a shortened form of Irish Ó Comhdhain and Mac Comhdhain ‘descendant or son of Comhdan’ or Gaelic Mac Comhghain ‘son of Comhghan (‘the twin’). Pronounced to rhyme with Owen, the name sometimes appears as Coan and Cohen in Down, and has been used interchangeably with Irish Coyne in Connacht and McIlhone in Tyrone. In the Isle of Man the name is pronounced /'kauən/ (with Cow- as in English cow).
Scottish and Manx: sometimes a variant of Colquhoun , pronounced Cohoon in Scotland and Cahoon in Ulster.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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