Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== SOURCE: History of St. Clair County, Mich. A. T. Andreas & Co., Chicago - 1883 [566] CAPT. THOMAS COWAN, master steam barge Ira B. Chaffee, is a native of Canada, and was born at Port Rowan, Ontario, March 18, 1840; he began sailing on the scow Royal Oak when only sixteen years of age, and afterward sailed as mate for some years; in 1870, was master of the barge Norway, and sailed her for seven years, and the Susan Ward two seasons, and since 1880 has sailed as master of the steam barge Ira B. Chaffee. Capt. COWAN has been in the marine service twenty- five years. He married Miss ELEANOR ELLIS, a native of Port Rowan, Canada, February 25, 1863; they have two children, MINNIE M. and PERELY. ===========================================================================