BIO: John Wallace COWDEN, Dauphin County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, pages 238-239.
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  COWDEN, JOHN WALLACE, son of Matthew Benjamin and Mary (Wallace) 
Cowden, was born on the 29th of August, 1817, in Lower Paxton township, 
Dauphin county, Pa.  His father was long in public life, and for years 
was an associate judge of the county.  John Wallace was brought up as a 
farmer, but as he grew to maturer years his attention was turned to 
surveying, and he came to Harrisburg, where his later days were passed 
as a practical surveyor, and where he died July 22, 1872.  "He was," 
writes a contemporary, "an unobtrusive, modest and estimable citizen, 
successful in his business, trustworthy in all the relations of life, 
and a sincere and earnest Christian."  Mr. Cowden married Mary E., 
daughter of Frederick and Mary (Barnett) Hatton, of Lower Paxton.  They 
left a large family.