Born ‎21 Oct 1873 Germany, died ‎20 Sep 1916‎, age 42 years, buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Watertown, Jefferson County, Wisconsin

Born ‎12 Dec 1869 Horicon, Dodge County, Wisconsin, died ‎1 Feb 1942 Jefferson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin Event Description: Lutheran Cemetery‎, age 72 years, buried Watertown, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, ‎1st marriage to: Bridget Stella Rooney, ‎2nd married/ related to: Martha Behling
Frank was a stone mason and contractor who built two local dams, many of the walls along Rock River, and numerous other buildings. Building concrete bridges was another one of Frank's specialties. Some years ago, Mr. Frank Cowen attracted nation-wide attention with the story of "singing mice" at his home. The Milwaukee Journal sent it's music critic, Richard S. Davis to Watertown to investigate and he wrote a feature story for the Sunday paper about the singing mice. The Cowen's had their picture in the newspaper.

Watertown has the corner of Jefferson, Dodge and Rock counties.

Addresses for Frank and Stella:

308 E. Water Street, Watertown, WI
312 North Monroe St., Watertown, WI (This is the stone house that Frank build.)
137 Jackson St., Sun Prairie, WI
430 Concord Ave., Watertown, WI
198 Farwel Ave., Milwaukee,WI
245 9th St., Watertown, WI