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Submitted: 2/17/16 • Approved: 2/26/16 • Last Updated: 2/29/16 • R1122992-G0-S3
April 18, 1874 - April 7, 1889
Age 14 Y 11 M 20 D
*Obituary
Fayetteville Democrat
Friday, April 12, 1889
COWAN, Zeke - Zeke Cowan, son of Scuyler Cowan, and Ed Ezell, son of W.F. Ezell, were drowned in Illinois river near Alex Rickert's last Sunday. The boys were 12 or 14 years old and with some other small boys went in swimming when young Cowan and Ezell got into a washout and were drowned, their companions being unable to render any assistance. They were both of good families and the Democrat deeply sympathizes with the bereaved parents.
Contributed on 2/17/16 by wfields55
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