Branch Co births, Book A. p. 21, and also State records for Branch, p. 184, #301, on familysearch.org.
From the Coldwater Republican 5 Sep 1874: "Sammie. - We were shocked on Sabbath morning last about 10 o'clock to learn that little Sammie McGowan was dead. So young, so good, so bright, with all the joyous gaiety of a happy childhood, the news came hardly less sudden to the stricken household than to the many friends who have offered their sympathy to the bereaved ones and mingled their tears with those who are especially called to mourn. We cannot forget that Sabbath morning. While all nature seemed rejoicing in a beautiful sunlight death came and laid low our little friend whom we had learned to love. Then came the sad, the bitter tears which none but those how have drank from the same cup can fully realize. He was an only child. As the father said to us, "Here lies all that I had build my hopes upon. It takes the heart out of me." It is a bitter cup which we all desire should pass from us; but we know it cannot be as we in our finite comprehension would wish. - Sammie was like the flowers he so much loved. The bud had begun to open into a beautiful delicate bloom which spreads its brightness and fragrance all around. It gave joy and happiness not only to the parents but to all who came within the circle of its brief life. We buried him with the flowers, spotless white, so significant of the child-life which finds its home with the Savior who calls the little ones to him. While we weep the little life shall not be forgotten. The lives of many will be better, purer and holier for the love which so short a life developed."
The Coldwater Republican 31 August 1875: "Samuel McGowan (August 30 1874 - 1875) By S. Gordon Jones.
"Where?"
Where stars sweep onward through the spheres,
Where souls grew great through endless years,
Beyond the realms, of grief and tears.
"Where?"
An angel touched me on the hand,
and said, "one year within this land
Expands the mind to problems grand."
"Where?"
Where time and distance are not known,
Such mists and shadows having flown;
And God's all-presence given his own.
"Where"
Where joy supreme forevermore
Fills HIM with its unmeasured store
and tills the millions gone before.
The Coldwater Republican 24 Sep 1875: "An Excellent Portrait. - We had the pleasure the other evening of examining a very fine crayon portrait of Sammie McGowan, executed by Mr. H. Buckland, of Troy, NY It is copied from a tin type taken about a year and a half before Sammie died; and the artist has certainly caught the expression in a most marked degree. The lights and shades are as near perfect as one could well wish, and the general character of the whole portrait certainly exhibits the skill of an artist of high attainments. We congratulate our friend in securing so fine a portrait of their beloved boy. As Mr. Buckland, the artist, was formerly a resident here the following from the Troy (NY)....[goes on about the artist]" Bradley A. Bucklin may have been the artist, 1824 - 1915 of Troy, NY.
The present whereabouts of this portrait is unknown to submitter.
From the Coldwater Republican 5 Sep 1874: "Sammie. - We were shocked on Sabbath morning last about 10 o'clock to learn that little Sammie McGowan was dead. So young, so good, so bright, with all the joyous gaiety of a happy childhood, the news came hardly less sudden to the stricken household than to the many friends who have offered their sympathy to the bereaved ones and mingled their tears with those who are especially called to mourn. We cannot forget that Sabbath morning. While all nature seemed rejoicing in a beautiful sunlight death came and laid low our little friend whom we had learned to love. Then came the sad, the bitter tears which none but those how have drank from the same cup can fully realize. He was an only child. As the father said to us, "Here lies all that I had build my hopes upon. It takes the heart out of me." It is a bitter cup which we all desire should pass from us; but we know it cannot be as we in our finite comprehension would wish. - Sammie was like the flowers he so much loved. The bud had begun to open into a beautiful delicate bloom which spreads its brightness and fragrance all around. It gave joy and happiness not only to the parents but to all who came within the circle of its brief life. We buried him with the flowers, spotless white, so significant of the child-life which finds its home with the Savior who calls the little ones to him. While we weep the little life shall not be forgotten. The lives of many will be better, purer and holier for the love which so short a life developed."
The Coldwater Republican 31 August 1875: "Samuel McGowan (August 30 1874 - 1875) By S. Gordon Jones.
"Where?"
Where stars sweep onward through the spheres,
Where souls grew great through endless years,
Beyond the realms, of grief and tears.
"Where?"
An angel touched me on the hand,
and said, "one year within this land
Expands the mind to problems grand."
"Where?"
Where time and distance are not known,
Such mists and shadows having flown;
And God's all-presence given his own.
"Where"
Where joy supreme forevermore
Fills HIM with its unmeasured store
and tills the millions gone before.
The Coldwater Republican 24 Sep 1875: "An Excellent Portrait. - We had the pleasure the other evening of examining a very fine crayon portrait of Sammie McGowan, executed by Mr. H. Buckland, of Troy, NY It is copied from a tin type taken about a year and a half before Sammie died; and the artist has certainly caught the expression in a most marked degree. The lights and shades are as near perfect as one could well wish, and the general character of the whole portrait certainly exhibits the skill of an artist of high attainments. We congratulate our friend in securing so fine a portrait of their beloved boy. As Mr. Buckland, the artist, was formerly a resident here the following from the Troy (NY)....[goes on about the artist]" Bradley A. Bucklin may have been the artist, 1824 - 1915 of Troy, NY.
The present whereabouts of this portrait is unknown to submitter.
Branch Co births, Book A. p. 21, and also State records for Branch, p. 184, #301, on familysearch.org.
From the Coldwater Republican 5 Sep 1874: "Sammie. - We were shocked on Sabbath morning last about 10 o'clock to learn that little Sammie McGowan was dead. So young, so good, so bright, with all the joyous gaiety of a happy childhood, the news came hardly less sudden to the stricken household than to the many friends who have offered their sympathy to the bereaved ones and mingled their tears with those who are especially called to mourn. We cannot forget that Sabbath morning. While all nature seemed rejoicing in a beautiful sunlight death came and laid low our little friend whom we had learned to love. Then came the sad, the bitter tears which none but those how have drank from the same cup can fully realize. He was an only child. As the father said to us, "Here lies all that I had build my hopes upon. It takes the heart out of me." It is a bitter cup which we all desire should pass from us; but we know it cannot be as we in our finite comprehension would wish. - Sammie was like the flowers he so much loved. The bud had begun to open into a beautiful delicate bloom which spreads its brightness and fragrance all around. It gave joy and happiness not only to the parents but to all who came within the circle of its brief life. We buried him with the flowers, spotless white, so significant of the child-life which finds its home with the Savior who calls the little ones to him. While we weep the little life shall not be forgotten. The lives of many will be better, purer and holier for the love which so short a life developed."
The Coldwater Republican 31 August 1875: "Samuel McGowan (August 30 1874 - 1875) By S. Gordon Jones.
"Where?"
Where stars sweep onward through the spheres,
Where souls grew great through endless years,
Beyond the realms, of grief and tears.
"Where?"
An angel touched me on the hand,
and said, "one year within this land
Expands the mind to problems grand."
"Where?"
Where time and distance are not known,
Such mists and shadows having flown;
And God's all-presence given his own.
"Where"
Where joy supreme forevermore
Fills HIM with its unmeasured store
and tills the millions gone before.
The Coldwater Republican 24 Sep 1875: "An Excellent Portrait. - We had the pleasure the other evening of examining a very fine crayon portrait of Sammie McGowan, executed by Mr. H. Buckland, of Troy, NY It is copied from a tin type taken about a year and a half before Sammie died; and the artist has certainly caught the expression in a most marked degree. The lights and shades are as near perfect as one could well wish, and the general character of the whole portrait certainly exhibits the skill of an artist of high attainments. We congratulate our friend in securing so fine a portrait of their beloved boy. As Mr. Buckland, the artist, was formerly a resident here the following from the Troy (NY)....[goes on about the artist]" Bradley A. Bucklin may have been the artist, 1824 - 1915 of Troy, NY.
The present whereabouts of this portrait is unknown to submitter.
From the Coldwater Republican 5 Sep 1874: "Sammie. - We were shocked on Sabbath morning last about 10 o'clock to learn that little Sammie McGowan was dead. So young, so good, so bright, with all the joyous gaiety of a happy childhood, the news came hardly less sudden to the stricken household than to the many friends who have offered their sympathy to the bereaved ones and mingled their tears with those who are especially called to mourn. We cannot forget that Sabbath morning. While all nature seemed rejoicing in a beautiful sunlight death came and laid low our little friend whom we had learned to love. Then came the sad, the bitter tears which none but those how have drank from the same cup can fully realize. He was an only child. As the father said to us, "Here lies all that I had build my hopes upon. It takes the heart out of me." It is a bitter cup which we all desire should pass from us; but we know it cannot be as we in our finite comprehension would wish. - Sammie was like the flowers he so much loved. The bud had begun to open into a beautiful delicate bloom which spreads its brightness and fragrance all around. It gave joy and happiness not only to the parents but to all who came within the circle of its brief life. We buried him with the flowers, spotless white, so significant of the child-life which finds its home with the Savior who calls the little ones to him. While we weep the little life shall not be forgotten. The lives of many will be better, purer and holier for the love which so short a life developed."
The Coldwater Republican 31 August 1875: "Samuel McGowan (August 30 1874 - 1875) By S. Gordon Jones.
"Where?"
Where stars sweep onward through the spheres,
Where souls grew great through endless years,
Beyond the realms, of grief and tears.
"Where?"
An angel touched me on the hand,
and said, "one year within this land
Expands the mind to problems grand."
"Where?"
Where time and distance are not known,
Such mists and shadows having flown;
And God's all-presence given his own.
"Where"
Where joy supreme forevermore
Fills HIM with its unmeasured store
and tills the millions gone before.
The Coldwater Republican 24 Sep 1875: "An Excellent Portrait. - We had the pleasure the other evening of examining a very fine crayon portrait of Sammie McGowan, executed by Mr. H. Buckland, of Troy, NY It is copied from a tin type taken about a year and a half before Sammie died; and the artist has certainly caught the expression in a most marked degree. The lights and shades are as near perfect as one could well wish, and the general character of the whole portrait certainly exhibits the skill of an artist of high attainments. We congratulate our friend in securing so fine a portrait of their beloved boy. As Mr. Buckland, the artist, was formerly a resident here the following from the Troy (NY)....[goes on about the artist]" Bradley A. Bucklin may have been the artist, 1824 - 1915 of Troy, NY.
The present whereabouts of this portrait is unknown to submitter.
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