Robert Haughey Cowan Jr.
Born: August 23, 1824
Birthplace: Wilmington, North Carolina
Father: Robert Haughey Cowan Sr. 1801 – 1845
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)
Mother: Sarah Turner “Sallie” Stone 1807 – 1872
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)
Wife: Elizabeth Jane “Eliza” Dickinson 1823 – 1893
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)
Children:
Robert Haughey Cowan III 1847 – 1893
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)
Jane Dickinson Cowan DeRosset 1848 – 1922
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)
Cornelia Frothingham Cowan Metts 1850 – 1907
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)
Samuel Person Cowan 1852 – 1918
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)
Mary Walker Cowan Davis 1859 – 1930
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)
James McRee Cowan 1862 – 1894
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)
Education:
1844: Graduated from University of North Carolina
Occupation before War:
Businessman in Wilmington, North Carolina
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel 3rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1862: Colonel of 18th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded during the Seven Days Campaign in Virginia
1862: Resigned as Colonel on November 11, 1862
Occupation after War:
North Carolina State Representative
1871 – 1872: President of Washington Life Insurance Company
Died: November 11, 1872
Place of Death: Wilmington, North Carolina
Age at time of Death: 48 years old
Burial Place: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina
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