Thomas CowanAge: 80 years1849–1929
- Name
- Thomas Cowan
- Given names
- Thomas
- Surname
- Cowan
 Birth | February 12, 1849 23 19 |
 Census | August 27, 1850 (Age 18 months) |
 Birth of a brother | John Cowan July 5, 1853 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William A Cowan 1856 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Malinda Long July 19, 1857 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 17 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 17 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Uradice “Dicey” Shemwell July 26, 1869 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 19 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 28 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 17, 1880 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Thomas S Long June 21, 1887 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a sister | Susan Cowan March 16, 1889 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a father | Joseph Cowan February 28, 1907 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 66 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 67 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 68 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a brother | John Cowan January 30, 1923 (Age 73 years) |
 Death | April 29, 1929 (Age 80 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Blanchard Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Joseph Cowan Birth: June 20, 1825 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: February 28, 1907 — North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Mary Malinda Long Birth: January 18, 1830 31 31 — North Carolina, United States Death: July 19, 1857 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: December 9, 1845 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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15 months elder sister |
Susan Cowan Birth: February 28, 1847 21 17 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: March 16, 1889 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months himself |
Thomas Cowan Birth: February 12, 1849 23 19 — North Carolina, United States Death: April 29, 1929 |
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4 years younger brother |
John Cowan Birth: July 5, 1853 28 23 — Buncombe, North Carolina, United States Death: January 30, 1923 — Bowie, Texas, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
William A Cowan Birth: 1856 30 25 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
Thomas Cowan has 10 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (10)
Parents William Nevins Long + Clara O Melton
Parents Elisha W Long + Cynthia Baber
Parents James Graham Freeman + Nancy Jane Long
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Cowan - Household
Cain Creek, Rutherford, North Carolina
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - William A Cowan - Household
Fannin, Texas
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