Background
MACCOWAN, David Bell was born on June 5, 1870 in Shelby Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of Evander Locke and Mary Jane (Burrowe) Macgowan.
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David Bell MACCOWAN
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Wash, and Lee University, Bachelor of Arts. University of Halle and Berlin, Postgraduate Study.
Career
Appointed American Consul, 1915. Detailed as V. Consul at Moscow', 1915. Opened American Consulate at Irkutsk, Siberia.
1918; appointed Consul of class six. 1919; assigned to Vladivostok. Detailed to the American Legation at Riga, 1922, with the rank of First Secretary.
Appointed Foreign Service Officer, 1924. Secy, in the diplomatic service, 1927. Foreign service officer of class 4, 1929.
Membership
Member: American Geographical. Society of New York.
Connections
Spouse Emma Birkhead Woods, April 5, 1894, Memphis, Tennessee.
