Person:John McGowan (17)

McGowan, J. F., 42, white male, married, mason, b. Nova Scotia, came from IL, honorable discharge from US Volunteer Service [no details given]
, M. E., 33, white male [sic], married, b. WI, came from IL
, Jennie, 8, white female, single, b. IL, came from Il, attend school
, Anna, 4, white female, single, b. KS
, Alice, 1, white female, single, b. KS
, Nella, 1 m, white female, single, b. KS

Fri, 25 Dec 1885 - Page 5
J. F. McGown of McPherson, Mason

Fri, 1 Jan 1886 - Page 3
J. F. McGowan wants a good man to run his brick yard. Must be steady and know his business.

Fri, 18 Jun 1886 – Page 3
"Mr. McGowan has burned a kiln of machine made brick that is good enough for any purpose. . . . This kiln of brick will be used on his new hotel."

Fri, 31 Dec 1886 - Page 3
Mr. McGowan has his new hotel completed and ready for business. Invitations are out for an opening supper on January 1. Mr. McGowan has named his hotel the Metropolitan."

Fri, 21 Jan 1887 - Page 3
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Mr. J. F. McGowan thanks friends who assisted during the sicness of his wife, offering sympathy and material aid, and earnestly hopes no one else will have to pass through the same trial.

Fri, 12 Aug 1887 - Page 5
John F. McGowan - Republican candidate for sheriff

Fri, 16 Sep 1887 – Page 4
J. F. McGowan sold his hotel to A. A. Chartrand for $13000, taking a farm in Spring Valley at $7000 as part pay.

Fri, 23 Sep 1887 – Page 5
John F. McGowan has purchased B. A. Alison's bakery. Mr. McGowan will erect a three story brick house on the property and will run a restaurant and hotel on the European plan.

Fri, Jan 6, 1888 – Page 8
Jonas L. Johnson has purchased McGowan's bakery and will commence to move it tomorrow. Mr. McGowan will build a two story brick on the lot in the spring.

Fri 16 Mar 1888 - Page 6
Ad for "Scott & McGowan Real Estate Agents", Fire Insurance, Life Insurance, "We Loan Money"
D. E. Scott and J. F. McGowan, Metropolitan Hotel

Fri, 13 Dec 1889- Page 7
John F. McGowan's clerk has left him and he is running the hotel alone

Fri, 4 May 1894 - Page 8
Sheriff's Sale, State of Kansas, McPerson County
The Alliance Trust Company, Plaintiff
vs
John F. McGowan, L. W. Lawrence, First National Bank of McPherson, Mrs. Sarah White, George H. Maltby, J. S. McGill, Alphonso A. Chartrand
By virtue of an order of sale ordered out of the clerk's office of the district court, sitting in and for the said McPherson county . . . I will on Monday the fourteenth day of May 1894 . . . offer for sale at public auction and sell without appraisement to the highest bidder . . . all the title and interest of the above named defendants . . . to the following described tract and parcel of land . . . at the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) subject to a prior debt for twenty-two hundred and thirty one-hundredths dollars and costs . . . .
(First published 13 April)

Sat, 11 Feb 1888 – Page 4
C. F. Freeman has taken J. F. McGowan's place in the Metropolitan Hotel signing a lease for three years. He takes possession next Thursday.

Mon, 25 Mar 1889 – Page 3
Wanted
A good woman to buy half the furniture in the Metropolitan Hotel and take charge of the House. A paying investment for the right party. Easy terms. J. F. McGown

Tue, 28 Oct 1890 – Page 3
Clearing Out Sale
. . . the entire lot of furniture belonging to the Maple Leaf Hotel . . . J. F. McGowan

Friday, 16 March 1894, - Page 3
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John F. McGowan died in Perry, Oklahoma and was buried there 11 March 1894. He was the owner and builder of the Metropolitan Hotel, and had moved with his three daughters to Carthage, Missouri after the death of his wife. His eldest daughter has since married. One of his other daughters is in Carthage, Missouri, the other in Springfield, Missouri.