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Edgar Cowan 1877 - 1972

Edgar Cowan of Atlanta, Dekalb County, Georgia was born on November 29, 1877, and died at age 94 years old in July 1972.

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Atlanta, Dekalb County, Georgia 30329
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In 1877, in the year that Edgar Cowan was born, on July 14th, strikes and resulting riots began at the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad. A sympathy strike and rioting began in Pittsburgh and a worker's rebellion began in St. Louis, then spread to other cities. 100 people were killed before the strikes ended when President Rutherford B. Hayes sent federal troops to each of the cities involved.
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In 1888, at the age of just 11 years old, Edgar was alive when on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!
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Cowan, Edgar (Mar 20, 1899 - Jan 1982) Cowan, Edgar (Mar 7, 1937 - Feb 11, 1998) Cowan, Edgar (Jan 18, 1886 - Oct 1970) Cowan, Edgar (Nov 30, 1892 - Jan 15, 1970) Cowan, Edgar (Jun 20, 1900 - May 3, 1990) Cowan, Edgar (Dec 17, 1920 - Feb 1973) Cowan, Edgar (Jul 8, 1878 - Jan 1966)
Cowan, Edgar (Jul 25, 1903 - Sep 1946) Cowan, Edgar (Jun 30, 1913 - Jul 1981) Cowan, Edgar (Apr 10, 1919 - Sep 1991) Cowan, Edgar (Jul 11, 1925 - Apr 27, 2001) Cowan, Edgar (Oct 5, 1894 - Oct 1970) Cowan, Edgar (Jun 8, 1893 - Jan 1968)

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Cowan, Billy (Born c. 1927) Harderson, Sarah Cowan, Charles (Feb 4, 1897 - Mar 1971) Cowan, Betty (Jul 11, 1910 - Feb 12, 1999) Cowan, Frances (Nov 16, 1913 - Apr 1986) Cowan, Irving (Apr 25, 1907 - Oct 18, 1998) Cowan, Dorothy (Apr 19, 1918 - Dec 25, 1994) Cowan, Everett (Jul 3, 1921 - Apr 6, 2004) Cowan, Charles (May 25, 1933 - Nov 20, 2008) Cowan, Kathleen (Nov 10, 1935 - May 30, 2005)
Cowan, Gertrude (Apr 2, 1900 - Nov 1972) Cowan, Clarence (Jul 14, 1903 - Feb 1977) Cowan, Ruth (Sep 7, 1899 - Dec 1988) Cowan, Nancy (Jun 23, 1954 - Oct 25, 2006) Cowan, Leila (Oct 30, 1881 - Mar 1976) Cowan, Evelyn (Feb 20, 1929 - Oct 18, 2000) Cowan, Robert (Aug 30, 1920 - May 21, 1987) Cowan, Persis (Mar 16, 1901 - Feb 1991) Cowan, Alison (Mar 30, 1965 - Dec 3, 2010) Cowan, Richard (Jan 11, 1919 - Jul 1982)
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