Brief Life History of John Andrew Jackson
John Andrew Jackson Cowan was born in 1839, in Georgia, United States. He married Sarah Elizabeth Coon about 1869, in Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Ouachita, Louisiana, United States for about 30 years. He died on 9 June 1887, in West Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in West Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, United States.
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- John A Cowan, "United States Census, 1880"
- John A. Cowan, "Find A Grave Index"
- J A Cowan in entry for Sarah E, "Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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