Otway Carey Cowgill
Otway Carey Cowgill was born in Logan County, Ohio, on the twenty-fifth day of September, 1846. His parents' names were Daniel and Mary (Everett) Cowgill. He received his early education in the public schools of his native county. The family came to Delaware County in the year 1859, and located on a farm in Delaware Township, where the subject of this sketch worked on his father's farm and attended the public schools. He attended the Ohio Wesleyan University for about two years and then entered the law office of Messrs. Reid and Powell, attorneys at law, where he studied for two years and in the year 1877 he was admitted to the Bar. He was elected township clerk of Delaware Township in the year 1875. and in the year 1876 was elected justice of the peace, which office he held for two terms. He opened an office in Delaware, Ohio, immediately after his admission to the Bar and began to practice his chosen profession. In the year 1883 he returned to Logan County and opened an office in Bellefontaine, the county seat, where he continued his practice for three years. He then moved to the west and located in Sterling, in the State of Kansas, where he died July 31, 1888.
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908