Background
Gowan, John Encil Mac was born on September 30, 1831 in in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. Son of Samuel MacGowan.
Gowan, John Encil Mac was born on September 30, 1831 in in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. Son of Samuel MacGowan.
Educational public schools, Mahoning County, O., and Mount Union and Hiram colls.
Entered United States of America, 1861, as private and was mustered out as colonel 1st United States artillery vols. at Chattanooga, March 31, 1866. Read law and practiced in Ohio and Indiana before war, and in Tennessee after war. Then engaged in newspaper work.
Address: Chattanooga, Tenn.
Married Maria Malvina Johnson, 1854 (died 1896).