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  Cowan, Jacob B.
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NameJacob B. Cowan
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, Ohio , United States
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Born March 20, 1823
Died July 09, 1895 (72 years)
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Dec 25, 2011 11:14pm
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InfoCOWAN, Jacob Pitzer, a Representative from Ohio; born in Florence, Washington County, Pa., March 20, 1823; attended the common schools; moved with his parents to Steubenville, Ohio, in 1835; engaged in the manufacture of woolens until 1843; studied medicine; in 1846 moved to Ashland County, Ohio, where he commenced the practice of his profession; was graduated from Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, March 6, 1855; member of the State house of representatives 1855-1857; resumed the practice of medicine in 1859; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); chairman, Committee on Militia (Forty-fourth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1876; again engaged in the practice of medicine in Ashland, Ohio, where he died July 9, 1895; interment in Ashland Cemetery.


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