Dr. William Brown Cowan

1840 - 1902  (62 years)

• Name	William Brown Cowan
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	13 Mar 1840	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229902693
  Residence	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Church of Scotland
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	United Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-234718
  Died	4 Oct 1902	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I234718	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	James Scott Cowan,   b. 18 Aug 1809, , Scotland ,   d. 29 Sep 1893, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Ann Mathison,   b. 22 Jun 1810, Yarrow, , Selkirk, Scotland ,   d. 18 May 1879, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F34994	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Euphemia "Effie" Simpson,   b. 1847, , Scotland ,   d. 10 Mar 1907, Arthur, Arthur Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario  (Age 60 years)
  Married	8 Aug 1876	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F49102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Dr. William B. Cowan The Canadian Album - Men of Canada or Success by Example (Brantford, Ontario, Canada: Bradley Garretson & Co., 1891)

  
  

• Notes

  WILLIAM B. COWAN. M.D., homeopathic physician, Guelph, Ont., was born on the 13th of March, 1840, at North Dumfries township, County of Waterloo. He was educated at the public schools, and at the Galt Grammar School, and afterwards began the study of medicine under Dr. Husband, of Galt, now of Hamilton. In 1863 he entered the Homeopathic College, New York, and graduated in 1866. Returning to Canada, he was licensed by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, and began the practice of his profession in Stratford. He then removed to Guelph, where he has practiced for twenty-five years. Dr. Cowan has been most successful in his profession, and has patented several medical and mechanical contrivances, by which he is widely known in Ontario. He is an elder of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, a member of the Board of Management, and deeply interested in the denomination. He is a member of the A.O.U.W., C.O.F., Select Knights, and other organizations. In politics he is a Liberal. He was married on the 8th of August, 1871, to Effie, daughter of William Simpson, Guelph. William Cochrane Rev., The Canadian Album - Men of Canada or Success by Example (Brantford, Ontario, Canada: Bradley Garretson & Co., 1891), 455. 1901 pg 136

  
  

• Sources

  [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 14. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 10 Page 74.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Mar 1840 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of Scotland - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Presbyterian - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 8 Aug 1876 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 4 Oct 1902 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth