J7x ^ui . <, generally 

 Known as a. u. Cowan, was born in 

 1650 on a fa.rm c~t Jew i'oint, iiea.r 

 Oregon, Holt County, ^issouri. His 

 father, J vj-. wowan, was a ohor thorn 

 breeaer, ana j. o., after gr ng 

 from Princeton, continuea in the worx 

 of breeuing pedigreea ohortnorn Cattle. 

 through this activity he become employed 

 by the American ohorthorn ^reeaers Asso- 

 ciation and ra r noved to opringfield, 

 Illinois, and snortly tnereafter, in 

 1S03, to the Association's nonu office 

 -;^go as assistant secretary, m 

 the following years he was in constant demand 

 u.s a juage of pedigreea cattle at fairs 

 ana exhibitions country wide. otriCKen 

 with paralysis in 1910, he never recovered 

 sufficiently to continue his wor/c with 

 the association. He removea to oanta 



GuJiiornia, in the winter of 

 ana passea away there in 



