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Facts and Events
Information on James H. Cowan
From "Foster Genealogy, Part 2", by Frederick Clifton Pierce, pub. 1899:
The Knoxville, Tenn., paper says: "Today marks the anniversary of the birth of a man who is honored and loved by everybody in Knoxville. Four score and five years ago Perez Dickinson was born in the State of Massachusetts. When a young man, he came to Tennessee, and has since made his home in Knoxville, where by diligence in business, integrity that commands universal confidence and a high order of ability, he has succeeded in accumulating a handsome fortune. At the age of eighteen he was graduated from the old East Tennessee University, in 1831. Soon afterward he became a partner in the mercantile business with the late James H. Cowan. The firm was universally popular and prospered. Back in the 50's he, with others, organized the great wholesale firm of Cowan, McClung & Co., in which establishment he still maintains an interest
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