Graduate of Ohio State & Union Law College, Cleveland, Ohio (1867)
District Attorney, Omaha, Nebraska (1868-?)
Omaha Medical College, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence (1880-85)
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M'KINLEY'S FRIEND, JUDGE COWIN DIES
Former Cleveland Attorney Passes Away in Home in Omaha.
Judge John C. Cowin, former Cleveland lawyer and for several months a tentmate of the late President William McKinley in Civil War days, died yesterday of pneumonia at his home in Omaha, according to a telegram to relatives yesterday.
Judge Cowin was a student at Oberlin college when he answered a call of President Lincoln for volunteers at the start of the Civil War. As a soldier in the union army, Judge Cowin became a comrade of many man, who afterward became famous as soldiers and statesmen.
He and William McKinley formed a friendship in the days they ate, slept and marched together that lasted until the death of the former president.
Judge Cowin advanced rapidly in the army. Col. Rutherford B. Hayes, afterward governor and resident, handed him his commission as captain and while serving in this rank be made the acquaintance of President James A. Garfield, then a general.
Col. John Young Seammon, publisher of a newspaper at Columbus, was his first regimental commander.
After retiring from the army, Judge Cowin practiced law in Cleveland for a year after being admitted to the bar in 1867, and then he went to Omaha, where he had a long and distinguished career as a practitioner and jurist. He never lost interest in Cleveland and he kept alive many old friendships beside making new ones here on many visits.
With former Gov. Hoadley of Ohio, Judge Cowin served as special attorney for the government in the fore-closer case against the Union Pacific railroad, and the two lawyers obtained a verdict that saved the United States $68,000,000, which had been declared lost by congress.
Judge Cowin was born on the Isle of Man seventy-two years ago. He came with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Cowin to Euclid township, where the family settled on a farm many years ago. Later they moved near Warrensville, where the Cowins tilled a large tract of land.
Judge Cowin was educated in the Warrensville public schools, in Oberlin college and in the Union Law college here.
He was a brother of the late Mrs. N. C. Worley, prominent in Cleveland women's club circles for many years. Mrs. R. J. Oshsmer, 10515 Grantwood avenue, N. E. was a niece, and Frank C. Worley, 2357 Bellfield avenue, Cleveland Heights, and Dr. N. J. Worley, 976 the Areade, were nephews, and Mrs. F. H. Cowin, 1822 Garfield road, East Cleveland, was a sister-in-law.
23 Dec 1918, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, pg 6
District Attorney, Omaha, Nebraska (1868-?)
Omaha Medical College, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence (1880-85)
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M'KINLEY'S FRIEND, JUDGE COWIN DIES
Former Cleveland Attorney Passes Away in Home in Omaha.
Judge John C. Cowin, former Cleveland lawyer and for several months a tentmate of the late President William McKinley in Civil War days, died yesterday of pneumonia at his home in Omaha, according to a telegram to relatives yesterday.
Judge Cowin was a student at Oberlin college when he answered a call of President Lincoln for volunteers at the start of the Civil War. As a soldier in the union army, Judge Cowin became a comrade of many man, who afterward became famous as soldiers and statesmen.
He and William McKinley formed a friendship in the days they ate, slept and marched together that lasted until the death of the former president.
Judge Cowin advanced rapidly in the army. Col. Rutherford B. Hayes, afterward governor and resident, handed him his commission as captain and while serving in this rank be made the acquaintance of President James A. Garfield, then a general.
Col. John Young Seammon, publisher of a newspaper at Columbus, was his first regimental commander.
After retiring from the army, Judge Cowin practiced law in Cleveland for a year after being admitted to the bar in 1867, and then he went to Omaha, where he had a long and distinguished career as a practitioner and jurist. He never lost interest in Cleveland and he kept alive many old friendships beside making new ones here on many visits.
With former Gov. Hoadley of Ohio, Judge Cowin served as special attorney for the government in the fore-closer case against the Union Pacific railroad, and the two lawyers obtained a verdict that saved the United States $68,000,000, which had been declared lost by congress.
Judge Cowin was born on the Isle of Man seventy-two years ago. He came with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Cowin to Euclid township, where the family settled on a farm many years ago. Later they moved near Warrensville, where the Cowins tilled a large tract of land.
Judge Cowin was educated in the Warrensville public schools, in Oberlin college and in the Union Law college here.
He was a brother of the late Mrs. N. C. Worley, prominent in Cleveland women's club circles for many years. Mrs. R. J. Oshsmer, 10515 Grantwood avenue, N. E. was a niece, and Frank C. Worley, 2357 Bellfield avenue, Cleveland Heights, and Dr. N. J. Worley, 976 the Areade, were nephews, and Mrs. F. H. Cowin, 1822 Garfield road, East Cleveland, was a sister-in-law.
23 Dec 1918, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, pg 6
Graduate of Ohio State & Union Law College, Cleveland, Ohio (1867)
District Attorney, Omaha, Nebraska (1868-?)
Omaha Medical College, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence (1880-85)
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M'KINLEY'S FRIEND, JUDGE COWIN DIES
Former Cleveland Attorney Passes Away in Home in Omaha.
Judge John C. Cowin, former Cleveland lawyer and for several months a tentmate of the late President William McKinley in Civil War days, died yesterday of pneumonia at his home in Omaha, according to a telegram to relatives yesterday.
Judge Cowin was a student at Oberlin college when he answered a call of President Lincoln for volunteers at the start of the Civil War. As a soldier in the union army, Judge Cowin became a comrade of many man, who afterward became famous as soldiers and statesmen.
He and William McKinley formed a friendship in the days they ate, slept and marched together that lasted until the death of the former president.
Judge Cowin advanced rapidly in the army. Col. Rutherford B. Hayes, afterward governor and resident, handed him his commission as captain and while serving in this rank be made the acquaintance of President James A. Garfield, then a general.
Col. John Young Seammon, publisher of a newspaper at Columbus, was his first regimental commander.
After retiring from the army, Judge Cowin practiced law in Cleveland for a year after being admitted to the bar in 1867, and then he went to Omaha, where he had a long and distinguished career as a practitioner and jurist. He never lost interest in Cleveland and he kept alive many old friendships beside making new ones here on many visits.
With former Gov. Hoadley of Ohio, Judge Cowin served as special attorney for the government in the fore-closer case against the Union Pacific railroad, and the two lawyers obtained a verdict that saved the United States $68,000,000, which had been declared lost by congress.
Judge Cowin was born on the Isle of Man seventy-two years ago. He came with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Cowin to Euclid township, where the family settled on a farm many years ago. Later they moved near Warrensville, where the Cowins tilled a large tract of land.
Judge Cowin was educated in the Warrensville public schools, in Oberlin college and in the Union Law college here.
He was a brother of the late Mrs. N. C. Worley, prominent in Cleveland women's club circles for many years. Mrs. R. J. Oshsmer, 10515 Grantwood avenue, N. E. was a niece, and Frank C. Worley, 2357 Bellfield avenue, Cleveland Heights, and Dr. N. J. Worley, 976 the Areade, were nephews, and Mrs. F. H. Cowin, 1822 Garfield road, East Cleveland, was a sister-in-law.
23 Dec 1918, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, pg 6
District Attorney, Omaha, Nebraska (1868-?)
Omaha Medical College, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence (1880-85)
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M'KINLEY'S FRIEND, JUDGE COWIN DIES
Former Cleveland Attorney Passes Away in Home in Omaha.
Judge John C. Cowin, former Cleveland lawyer and for several months a tentmate of the late President William McKinley in Civil War days, died yesterday of pneumonia at his home in Omaha, according to a telegram to relatives yesterday.
Judge Cowin was a student at Oberlin college when he answered a call of President Lincoln for volunteers at the start of the Civil War. As a soldier in the union army, Judge Cowin became a comrade of many man, who afterward became famous as soldiers and statesmen.
He and William McKinley formed a friendship in the days they ate, slept and marched together that lasted until the death of the former president.
Judge Cowin advanced rapidly in the army. Col. Rutherford B. Hayes, afterward governor and resident, handed him his commission as captain and while serving in this rank be made the acquaintance of President James A. Garfield, then a general.
Col. John Young Seammon, publisher of a newspaper at Columbus, was his first regimental commander.
After retiring from the army, Judge Cowin practiced law in Cleveland for a year after being admitted to the bar in 1867, and then he went to Omaha, where he had a long and distinguished career as a practitioner and jurist. He never lost interest in Cleveland and he kept alive many old friendships beside making new ones here on many visits.
With former Gov. Hoadley of Ohio, Judge Cowin served as special attorney for the government in the fore-closer case against the Union Pacific railroad, and the two lawyers obtained a verdict that saved the United States $68,000,000, which had been declared lost by congress.
Judge Cowin was born on the Isle of Man seventy-two years ago. He came with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Cowin to Euclid township, where the family settled on a farm many years ago. Later they moved near Warrensville, where the Cowins tilled a large tract of land.
Judge Cowin was educated in the Warrensville public schools, in Oberlin college and in the Union Law college here.
He was a brother of the late Mrs. N. C. Worley, prominent in Cleveland women's club circles for many years. Mrs. R. J. Oshsmer, 10515 Grantwood avenue, N. E. was a niece, and Frank C. Worley, 2357 Bellfield avenue, Cleveland Heights, and Dr. N. J. Worley, 976 the Areade, were nephews, and Mrs. F. H. Cowin, 1822 Garfield road, East Cleveland, was a sister-in-law.
23 Dec 1918, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, pg 6
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John was initially buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Nebraska. After his wife, Ella, died, John and daughter May's remains were moved to Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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