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Edmund Wm. McGowan was born on 12/22/1869 in the now exinct community of Buford, Mississippi.He was the grandson of David McGowan Sr.,a slave born sometime duriing the lates 1700's.His grandfather Charles McGowan was also a slave.His grandmother Julia Holmes was the child of a slavemaster.Edmund was the eldest son of Charles and Julia and one of 12 children born to the couple.His siblings were Victora,Walter,Mary Magdalene,Monroe,Elnora,Ada,Ida,Lucy,Charles,John and Buford McGowan.Edmund married Alice R;Lundy and they had 5 children, Mable,Claude,Webster,Theodore and Roscoe.Edmund died on 03/22/1951.
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