Life span: 09/19/1815 to 08/31/1885TabsLife SummaryFull name: Edgar CowanPlace of Birth: Sewickley Township, PABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Siblings: 0No. of Spouses: 1No. of Children: 3Family: Williana Cowan (single mother), Robert Cooper ("putative" father), William Cowan (grandfather), Lucetta Oliver (wife) Other Education: Franklin College (OH)Occupation: PoliticianFarmer or PlanterBusinessmanEducatorOther Occupation: keelboatmanRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: RepublicanGovernment: US Senate Events Date span begin Life span End Event 03/07/1866 03/07/1866 In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Republicans nominate former Union General John White Geary for governor Major TopicsThirty-Seventh Congress of the United StatesThirty-Eighth Congress of the United StatesThirty-Ninth Congress of the United States Documents Subject Docs Date Title 02/20/1866 Editorial, New York World, February 20, 1866 02/23/1866 "The Culprits," Chicago Tribune, February 23, 1866 03/05/1866 Resolutions, Pennsylvania Democratic Party Convention, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1866 03/07/1866 Selected Resolutions, Pennsylvania Republican Party Convention, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, March 7, 1866 Images Edgar Cowan, circa 1864 Edgar Cowan, circa 1864, detail Bibliography
