Edward Howard Cowan was born at Frankfort Indiana, Dec 21, 1846 and died in Dallas, Texas Aug 1, 1942. In 1862 he entered Wabash College and continued his studies there until the end of the 1864 school year, when he enlisted in the Army at President Lincoln's call for volunteers. He served in co. H, 135th Indiana Volunteers under Captain McClelland of Crawfordsville. In September of 1864 he was mustered out of service. He reentered at Wabash and graduated in 1867. In 1868, he began the study of medicine with Dr. Moses Baker of Stockwell. He later received his M.D. degree in 1873 from Miami Medical College in Cincinnati. In April 1873, he began practicing medicine in Crawfordsville and remained in this city for more than 50 years. He was the FIRST city health director and served as a member of the Crawfordsville School Board. At the time of his death, he was Surgeon General of the GAR and was Montgomery County's last surviving Civil War Veteran and was believed to be the last survivor of the Wabash college Roll of Honor of Students & Alumni who served in the union Army during the Civil War.
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