Ephraim Cowan and Melvina Tamar King

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Husband Ephraim Cowan ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1821 - Wales, Erie Co, NY 3
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           Died: 23 Jan 1894 - Washington, D. C. 4
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         Father: Robert Cowan (1794-1873) 3
         Mother: Abigail Sabin (1800-1848) 3

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       Marriage: 18 Apr 1850 5

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   Other Spouse: Julia Frances Camp (      -1887) 4 - 12 Oct 1870 4

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Wife Melvina Tamar King ⁴

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            AKA: Malvina King 1 6
           Born: 14 Feb 1823 6
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           Died: 22 Apr 1868 4
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         Father: Col. John King (1787-1842) 1 6 7
         Mother: Betsey Gilson (1791-1873) 1 6

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Children

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1 M Willis Cowan ⁸

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           Born: 14 Aug 1851 - Warren, Warren Co, PA 9
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         Spouse: Lucy Marie Davis (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 24 Sep 1878 9

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2 M Dwight Cowan ⁴

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           Born: 21 Sep 1853 - Warren, Warren Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Peoria Anna Thomas (1858-      ) 4
           Marr: 2 Oct 1878 4

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3 F Clara Belle Cowan ⁴

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         Spouse: George P. Orr (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 30 Jan 1879 4

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General Notes: Husband - Ephraim Cowan

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When twen­ty-one years of age he attended the Fredonia Academy for a term, then entered the James­town Academy, where he graduated after four years with the highest honors. He then read law for a year, after which he entered the office of the Jamestown Journal. In July, 1848, he came to Warren, Pennsylvania, in company with Mr. Warren Fletcher, and started the publication of the Mail, as an organ of the Whig party; in 1849 he bought the office and good will of the business and con­tinued in the ownership of the paper, with his sons, Willis and Dwight, as partners, until his death. In 1856 Mr. Cowan was dele­gate to the convention which nominated Gen­eral Fremont as president, and was subse­quently elected county treasurer, an office which he held two years. From 1861 until 1862 he represented Warren and Crawford counties in the assembly at Harrisburg, and from 1862 until 1865 he was clerk in the De­partment of the Interior at Washington, D. C., and clerk in the house of representatives. He served several winters as clerk of the Penn­sylvania state senate, and in 1874 was appoint­ed deputy collector of internal revenue for Warren, McKean, Elk and Cameron counties, Pennsylvania, serving in this capacity for eleven years. For more than four years he acted in the capacity of private secretary to the public printer, Mr. Palmer, and died in Washington, D. C., January 23, 1894. He was a lifelong member of the First Congregational Church of Jamestown, New York, and one of the founders of the Sabbath school of the First Presbyterian Church of Warren, sustaining it until it became an established branch of the church.

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General Notes: Wife - Melvina Tamar King

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She was a granddaughter of Tamar Putnam, whose father, Nathan Putnam, was a field officer in the American revolution, and a great-granddaugh­ter of Lieutenant John King, who served in the revolution. The line of Na­than Putnam has been traced back as far as Pepin of Heristal, in France.

1 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 330.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 380, 906.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 380.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 381.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 381, 906.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 906.

7 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 399.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 381, 382.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 382.