"Mrs. Cowen was one of two daughters in a large family, the oldest son being Thomas Ijams Dent, a prominent lawyer of Chicago. She was a distant relative of Mrs. Julia (Dent) Grant, the wife of General U. S. Grant. She was educated at the Rock River Seminary in Mount Morris, Illinois, and was a lady of culture and refinement, as well as a devout and earnest Christian worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1869 Dr. Cowen and, his wife, removed to Hennepin, Illinois, which was the old historic French trading post in the west and is today one of the quaint old towns of the State, being without railroad, telegraph or other connection with the outside world, although it was formerly during steamboat days, one of the busy towns of the State. Mrs. Cowen died there of rheumatism of the heart when only thirty-six years of age, leaving many friends as well as relatives to mourn her loss."
Past and Present of the City of Decatur and Macon County, Illinois, S. J. Clark Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill, 1903, pages 423-427.
Past and Present of the City of Decatur and Macon County, Illinois, S. J. Clark Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill, 1903, pages 423-427.
"Mrs. Cowen was one of two daughters in a large family, the oldest son being Thomas Ijams Dent, a prominent lawyer of Chicago. She was a distant relative of Mrs. Julia (Dent) Grant, the wife of General U. S. Grant. She was educated at the Rock River Seminary in Mount Morris, Illinois, and was a lady of culture and refinement, as well as a devout and earnest Christian worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1869 Dr. Cowen and, his wife, removed to Hennepin, Illinois, which was the old historic French trading post in the west and is today one of the quaint old towns of the State, being without railroad, telegraph or other connection with the outside world, although it was formerly during steamboat days, one of the busy towns of the State. Mrs. Cowen died there of rheumatism of the heart when only thirty-six years of age, leaving many friends as well as relatives to mourn her loss."
Past and Present of the City of Decatur and Macon County, Illinois, S. J. Clark Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill, 1903, pages 423-427.
Past and Present of the City of Decatur and Macon County, Illinois, S. J. Clark Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill, 1903, pages 423-427.
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