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File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
First Name:
John
Last Name:
Cowan
Type: Light Keeper
Image Source:
National Archives
Collection / Donor:
Middle Initial:
M.
Born:
1862
Died:
1934
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred and Promoted
Year Started:
1894
Year Departed:
1896
Begin Salary:
550
End Salary:
550
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred and Promoted
Year Started:
1896
Year Departed:
1900
Begin Salary:
600
End Salary:
600
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Retired
Year Started:
1900
Year Departed:
1932
Begin Salary:
900
End Salary:
1320
Source:
Register of Lighthouse Keepers, Arthur J. Woods OPF
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Entered Date:
Nov 09, 2018


Father of Keeper Shirley F. Cowan and Keeper Forrest S. Cowan.
Mandatory retirement at age 70 in 1932.