Here is the second half of the page from "Ben Reed's History of Kossuth Co." (Iowa). Possibly written ca. 1907. James M. Cowan Mr. Cowan was married in Algona to Miss Rachel R. Foster, a native of Pannsylvania. She died in Algona in 1908 and was laid to rest in Riverview Cemetery. She was the mother of four children: Maud M., the wife of M.E. Schleicher, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who is at the head of the Twin City Realty Company; Harold R., an contractor and builder at Algona, who married Alice Smith, by whom he had three children, Harold J., Victor H. and Margaret Emma, the two last named passing away at the ages of eight and thirteen months respectively; Florence J., who is the wife of Marcus S. Norton, a hardware merchant of Virginia, Minnesota, and has one son, James Albert; and Woodson M., who is a cartoonist at Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Cowan has two grandsons living, Harold J., the son of Harold R. Cowan, and James Albert Norton, the son of Marcus S. Norton. Politically, Mr. Cowan is of the democratic faith and takes considerable interest in the affairs of his party and city. He was for ten years constable of Algona, a position which he filled with that efficiency which has characterized his business career. While acting in that capacity he necessarily paid a great deal of attention to collections and in discharging the duties thus enjoined upon him he drove all over northern Iowa. Mr. Cowan in his church relations, is a member of the Congregational denomimation. He has been active in his church relationship and was a member of its building committee when the present parsonage was built. His fraternal relations have been restricted to membership in the United Workmen, an association which he does not now continue. Mr. Cowan's lengthy public, business and social carer in Algona has made him one of its best known and most highly respected citizens. He possesses in a rare degree those traits and qualities which have eminently fitted him for the conspicuous and valuable services he has rendered. His name stands in all circles as a synonym for right dealiing and efficiency. ________ Julie (Cowan) Sergeant