Patrick Cowan, born about 1820, is said to have come from Castle William, County Down. Would this actually have been Castlewellan? He immigrated to Dubuque County, Iowa, married Mary McClean in 1845 at the Catholic Cathedral of Dubuque, and was a farmer. Mary was from Killough, County Down. It appears from the Iowa census records the parents of Patrick Cowan were John and Ann Cowan. John Cowan was listed as a shoemaker. Patrick had a sister, Mary, and supposedly had twin brothers, one being Dennis Cowan.
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