death_date children nationality birth_date residence term_end alma_mater constituency death_place title term_start spouse image name occupation relations predecessor birth_place alongside office successor religion article_title
21 july 1890 7 sons and 1 daughter british 21 april 1848 north adelaide , two wells , norwood , burnside 21 jul 1890 north adelaide grammar school yatala dry creek , south australia member for yalata 23 apr 1890 sarah ann warren james cowan -lrb- 1848-90 -rrb- . png james cowan farmer , flour miller , investor thomas cowan -lrb- brother -rrb- josiah bagster ireland -lrb- now northern ireland -rrb- william gilbert member of the south australian house of assembly richard butler protestant james cowan -lrb- south australian politician -rrb-

james cowan -lrb- south australian politician -rrb-

james cowan -lrb- 21 april 1848 -- 21 july 1890 -rrb- , flour miller and investor , had been a member of the south australian house of assembly for the electoral district of yatala for only 2 months when he was killed in an accident at a railway crossing .
cowan was an early investor in broken hill proprietary company ltd. .
two of his children are notable in their own right - darcy warren rivers cowan as a medical practitioner and gladys rosalind cowan as the spouse of essington lewis and for community service .
the property associated with `` erindale '' , cowan 's residence at burnside , was sub-divided after his death into a new suburb which was also named erindale .
