Dwight Henry COWAN

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28 August 1831 , Hadley, Massachusetts, USA

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19 May 1854 , Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 28 August 1831 in Hadley, Massachusetts, USA

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Dwight Henry COWAN died 19 May 1854 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA .

Father: Hiram Cowan
Mother: Joanna Reynolds

m. Mary Spear

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Birth — 1831
28 August 1831
Hadley, Massachusetts, USA

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

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Name: Dwight H. Cowan
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 19 May 1854
Death Place: Amherst, Hampshire, Mass.
Age: 23
Birth Date: 1831
Birth Place: Hadley
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Marital Status: Married
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Father's Name: Hiram Cowan
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Mother's Name: Joanna Cowan
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B50119-3
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 186126
Reference ID: v 2 p 60

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH1C-GYH : 10 December 2014), Dwight H. Cowan, 19 May 1854; citing Amherst, Hampshire, Mass., reference v 2 p 60; FHL microfilm 186,126.'