James Gowans

21 November 1860 — 15 February 1930

James Gowans was born in Tooele, Utah Territory, on 21 November 1860 to Hugh S. Gowans and Betsy Gowans. He married Alice DeLaMare in 1885. He was a lumber yard manager and postmaster; he served two terms on the Tooele City Council and one term as city marshal. He died on 15 February 1930 in Tooele.[1]

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Hugh Sidley Gowans,” in History of Tooele County (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Tooele County, 1961), 477; “James Gowans,” 1910 U.S. Census, 5A; “James Gowans Dies Suddenly,” Transcript-Bulletin (Tooele, UT), 21 Feb. 1930, 1.