Biography

1801 - 06/11/1878


COWAN, Richard, a Representative from Allegheny County; born, circa 1801 in Woodville (now Scott Township), Allegheny County, Pa.; lawyer; engaged, real estate; elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to serve the 1853 term; died, June 11, 1878 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Oaklands Cemetery, West Goshen Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. 


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