This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowen Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kg.2ADI/1667 Message Board Post: Barry Adage, Barry, Pike Co. IL, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 1911: " Sudden Death of Aaron Cowen. Was a visitor in Barry last Thursday. Aaron Cowan, of Pittsfield, died very suddenly in that city Friday morning. The news of his death was a surprise to his friends here, as he was in Barry the day before. Deceased had been an inmate of the Soldiers' Home in Quincy, and came down Wednesday for a visit with friends in Pike county. He was a veteran of the civil war, having served in the Ninety-ninth Illinois infantry. While here on Thursday he seemed to be as cheerful as usual. On Thursday afternoon he took the train for Pittsfield, and on Friday morning while at the Pittsfield Steam Laundry joking with the employes he suddenly fell backward and died almost instantly. The remains were taken to Quincy for burial."