Thomas Prescott Cowan (1861-1923)
COWAN, HICKMAN, CORBIN, BOYD
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Date: 11/10/2020 at 18:11:14
Monticello Express Thursday May 3, 1923
Thomas Prescott Cowan, for many years a well known citizen of Jones county, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. J.B. Corbin, in Monticello, last Monday evening, April 30. His wife and daughter, sister and several of his brothers and other relatives were with him when the end came. The funeral services were held at the Methodist Episcopal church, at 10 o'clock, last Wednesday. The funeral sermon was preached by the pastor, Rev. Thomas M. Nielsen, and the music was furnished by the men's choir. Burial was made in the Marion cemetery, where the parents of Mrs. Cowan are buried.
Thomas Prescott Cowan, son of Thomas and Margaret Cowan, was born in Washington township, near Cascade, Iowa, December 29, 1861. He remained at the old homestead until 1896. For a time he was associated with his brother-in-law, J.B. Corbin, in bridge work in Jones county. In 1901, Mr. Cowan was employed by the Standard Lumber Co., of Dubuque, and later given the management of a yard at Nora, Illinois, June 8, 1904, he was united in marriage with Carrie B. Hickman, a daughter of the late Shelton Hickman, at Alburnett, Iowa. Business interests in northwestern Iowa demanding his attention, he left Nora, Illinois in 1906. In 1911, he concluded to make his home in Spirit Lake, where he had since resided, with the exception of the last two years, which were spent on the Pacific coast.
Early this year Mr. Cowan's health became impaired, and March 20th he learned that cancer had developed to a fatal degree. Always unusually rugged this information was a severe shock to him and his loved ones. Optimism was a dominant note in his life, and also an unwavering faith in God into whose keeping he gave his life in 1900. This fortified him for the ordeal through which he was called upon to pass. He became a member of the Baptist church at Jordan's Grove, after his conversion. Upon going to Spirit Lake his membership was transferred to the Methodist Episcopal church of that place.
Three weeks ago the deceased was brought to the home of his sister, Mrs. Corbin, where he was tenderly cared for by those who were dear to him until death released him from an intense weariness.
Mr. Cowan was the youngest in a family of ten children, five of whom survive. The survivors are his twin brother, Henry A. Cowan, of Cedar Falls; John Cowan of Laclede, Missouri; Alonzo Cowan, George Cowan and Mrs. Frances Corbin, of Monticello. Of his immediate family, his wife and daughter Elsie, are left to mourn the loss of a devoted husband and affectionate father.
Mr. Cowan had a great many acquaintances about Cascade and Monticello, and also in various parts of the country, where his work with Mr. Corbin had taken him. These acquaintances who knew of his worth and character were pained to know a few weeks ago, of his incurable illness. The mind of man is so constituted that it turns when dissolution is at hand, toward the scenes of childhood, and it was therefore natural when Mr. Cowan was told that he could not long survive, to express a desire to return to the neighborhood of his old home, and to the sister and brothers, where he might be blessed and comforted by their presence before he left on that long journey into the realms of eternity.
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