John Joseph McGowan (1899 - 1926)

Born 22 May 1899 in Grey Eagle, Minnesota

Ancestors

Died 9 Jan 1926 at age 26 in Douglas, Arizona

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Biography

John was the sixth of seven children in the family of Terrence and Mary O'Reilly McGowan. ^[1] He grew up on the family farm in Grey Eagle township, Todd County, Minnesota.^[2] The family moved to Redstone, Montana, by 1917, according to his brother's draft registration.

John was not living with his family in 1920. He may have been living in Cosmopolis, Washington, working as a laborer in a sawmill.^[3]

By 1926, John was identified as a rancher in Douglas, Arizona. John died of tuberculosis in Douglas at age 26.^[4] His permanent address was listed as Redstone, Montana, where his parents had been living since about 1917. He had been suffering from TB for four years according to his death certificate. The informant for his death was Mary McGowan, likely his sister, though possibly his mother, who was living in Rodeo New Mexico. He was to be buried in Douglas.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ""United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11742-12006-7?cc=1325221 : accessed 2 June 2015), Minnesota > Todd > ED 192 Grey Eagle Township Grey Eagle village > image 11 of 16; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2PT-7V8 : accessed 02 Oct 2014), Mary Mcgowan in household of Terince Mcgowan, Grey Eagle, Todd, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 176, sheet 5B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374740.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHFT-KPP : accessed 2 June 2015), John Mcgown in household of Euguine Dean, Cosmopolis, Grays Harbor, Washington, United States; citing sheet 3A, family 38, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,923.
4. ↑ "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLV5-G2P : accessed 2 June 2015), John Joseph Mcgowan, 1926; citing Douglas, Cochise, Arizona, reference , Department of Library and Archives, Phoenix, Arizona; FHL microfilm 2,114,521.
5. ↑ Arizona State Board of Health Standard Certificate of Death, 10 Jan 1926, Douglas, Cochise Co. AZ File no. 25. (See image this page.)