Mrs. Carrie Cowan Endean

According to the June 10, 1972 issue of the Sandusky Register, Mrs. Carrie Cowan Endean passed away on June 1, 1972 in Carbondale, Illinois. Funeral services for Mrs. Endean were held in Sandusky on June 11, 1972, with the Rev. James Baldwin from the the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Mrs. Endean was buried at Oakland Cemetery. She was the mother of Mrs. William F. Burger, the wife of a longtime physician in Sandusky, Ohio. A marker from the Daughters of the American Revolution adorns the tombstone of Mrs. Carrie Cowan Endean.


















By performing a search in the Descendants Database of the D.A.R. Genealogical Research System, I was able to learn a great deal of family history information related to Mrs. Endean. She was born on January 27, 1884 at Crawfordsville, Indiana. She married Frederick Endean on September 11, 1907. Mrs. Endean's Revolutionary ancestor was James Cowing, a native of Virgina. James Cowing furnished supplies to the American troops during the Revolutionary War, according to the VIRGINIA PUBLIC SERVICE CLAIMS INDEX.

Mrs. Hannah Cowan

Mrs. Hannah Cowan was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania on March 4, 1803. She moved to Bellefontaine, Ohio in 1839. By 1844, her husband had died, leaving her to care for two young children on her own.

According to the November 28, 1882 issue of the Sandusky Register, Mrs. Cowan "was a woman of superior education and strong mind,and taking on her own shoulders the burden of life, she became a school teacher, a profession she followed for twelve years. Among her pupils were boys who have since become famous soldiers and public men, and often in the past twenty years she has been the recipient of personal attention from men who regarded her as their wise instructor in their boyhood."

Mrs. Hannah Cowan passed away on November 24, 1882. She was the mother of Mrs. Clark Center. For many years Mrs. Cowan had made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Clark. Hannah Cowan was buried in Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery. Shortly after her death, General Robert P. Kennedy wrote a letter to Rev. D. J. Meese, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Sandusky, which was reprinted in the Sandusky Register. General Kennedy stated about Mrs. Cowan, "...her patience, her piety and Christian character are still imprinted upon my memory..." He continued, pointing out that Mrs. Cown had laid the foundation for the superstructure of an education.