TOWN RECORDS - Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts:
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6 March 1824 - John Emery Gowen was born,
son of James and Sally N. Gowen.
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Occupations - Commercial merchant;
Submarine contractor.
John and Mary married on 4 February 1847
at Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
They were the parents of;
Sarah, Mary Elizabeth, Fanny Garese,
Caleb Emery, Constantine.
The family is recorded on the 1850 census
at Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
LYNN HISTORICAL SOCIETY:
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'Colonel' John Gowen was one of the most eminent civil engineers that this county
has ever produced. He was an engineer of distinguished ability; it was he who raised the Russian Fleet, sunk in the harbor of Sevastopol after the Crimean War.
From Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, he received the order of Commander of St. Stanislaus; the Star of the Medjedi from the Sultan of Turkey; Chevalier of St. Maurice and St. Lazare from Victor Emanuel, King of Italy; Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur from the Emperor Napolean III of France; and from Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, a valuable gold snuffbox surrounded with diamonds, appropriately inscribed.
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NEW YORK TIMES - 8 May 1895:
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Colonel John E. Gowen died yesterday
at Paris, France after an illness of 3 days.
His wife died on May 7, 1894 just a year prior.
He leaves two daughters and two sons; Mrs. Edwin J. Witthay of New York; Mrs. Joseph Mourilyan of Paris; Caleb E. Gowen of Cleveland in Ohio; Constantine of Paris, France.
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6 March 1824 - John Emery Gowen was born,
son of James and Sally N. Gowen.
**************************************
Occupations - Commercial merchant;
Submarine contractor.
John and Mary married on 4 February 1847
at Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
They were the parents of;
Sarah, Mary Elizabeth, Fanny Garese,
Caleb Emery, Constantine.
The family is recorded on the 1850 census
at Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
LYNN HISTORICAL SOCIETY:
***********************
'Colonel' John Gowen was one of the most eminent civil engineers that this county
has ever produced. He was an engineer of distinguished ability; it was he who raised the Russian Fleet, sunk in the harbor of Sevastopol after the Crimean War.
From Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, he received the order of Commander of St. Stanislaus; the Star of the Medjedi from the Sultan of Turkey; Chevalier of St. Maurice and St. Lazare from Victor Emanuel, King of Italy; Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur from the Emperor Napolean III of France; and from Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, a valuable gold snuffbox surrounded with diamonds, appropriately inscribed.
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NEW YORK TIMES - 8 May 1895:
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Colonel John E. Gowen died yesterday
at Paris, France after an illness of 3 days.
His wife died on May 7, 1894 just a year prior.
He leaves two daughters and two sons; Mrs. Edwin J. Witthay of New York; Mrs. Joseph Mourilyan of Paris; Caleb E. Gowen of Cleveland in Ohio; Constantine of Paris, France.
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TOWN RECORDS - Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts:
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6 March 1824 - John Emery Gowen was born,
son of James and Sally N. Gowen.
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Occupations - Commercial merchant;
Submarine contractor.
John and Mary married on 4 February 1847
at Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
They were the parents of;
Sarah, Mary Elizabeth, Fanny Garese,
Caleb Emery, Constantine.
The family is recorded on the 1850 census
at Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
LYNN HISTORICAL SOCIETY:
***********************
'Colonel' John Gowen was one of the most eminent civil engineers that this county
has ever produced. He was an engineer of distinguished ability; it was he who raised the Russian Fleet, sunk in the harbor of Sevastopol after the Crimean War.
From Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, he received the order of Commander of St. Stanislaus; the Star of the Medjedi from the Sultan of Turkey; Chevalier of St. Maurice and St. Lazare from Victor Emanuel, King of Italy; Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur from the Emperor Napolean III of France; and from Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, a valuable gold snuffbox surrounded with diamonds, appropriately inscribed.
***********************
NEW YORK TIMES - 8 May 1895:
****************************
Colonel John E. Gowen died yesterday
at Paris, France after an illness of 3 days.
His wife died on May 7, 1894 just a year prior.
He leaves two daughters and two sons; Mrs. Edwin J. Witthay of New York; Mrs. Joseph Mourilyan of Paris; Caleb E. Gowen of Cleveland in Ohio; Constantine of Paris, France.
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6 March 1824 - John Emery Gowen was born,
son of James and Sally N. Gowen.
**************************************
Occupations - Commercial merchant;
Submarine contractor.
John and Mary married on 4 February 1847
at Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
They were the parents of;
Sarah, Mary Elizabeth, Fanny Garese,
Caleb Emery, Constantine.
The family is recorded on the 1850 census
at Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
LYNN HISTORICAL SOCIETY:
***********************
'Colonel' John Gowen was one of the most eminent civil engineers that this county
has ever produced. He was an engineer of distinguished ability; it was he who raised the Russian Fleet, sunk in the harbor of Sevastopol after the Crimean War.
From Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, he received the order of Commander of St. Stanislaus; the Star of the Medjedi from the Sultan of Turkey; Chevalier of St. Maurice and St. Lazare from Victor Emanuel, King of Italy; Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur from the Emperor Napolean III of France; and from Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, a valuable gold snuffbox surrounded with diamonds, appropriately inscribed.
***********************
NEW YORK TIMES - 8 May 1895:
****************************
Colonel John E. Gowen died yesterday
at Paris, France after an illness of 3 days.
His wife died on May 7, 1894 just a year prior.
He leaves two daughters and two sons; Mrs. Edwin J. Witthay of New York; Mrs. Joseph Mourilyan of Paris; Caleb E. Gowen of Cleveland in Ohio; Constantine of Paris, France.
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