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300 Years in America,
"Marj." (as she wrote her name) was born April 11, 1913, in Meadow Creek (later McAllister), Madison County, Montana, and died June 20, 1994, in Livingston, Park County, Montana. She graduated from Whatcom High School, Bellingham, Washington, class of 1930, after which she worked as a legal secretary at a law firm in Bellingham. She married Robert Lee Cowan on December 6, 1932, in Butte, Montana. Lee Cowan was born July 6, 1911, in Park County, Montana, and died July 13, 1994, in Livingston, Park County, Montana. Marj. and Lee were ranchers in the Shields Valley, Park County, Montana, from their marriage until 1949. Thereafter, they lived in Livingston, Montana, for some years, during which Lee worked for the Park Electric Coop. Next, they returned to ranching, in the Yellowstone Valley, Park County, Montana, and (briefly) in the Madison Valley, Madison County, Montana. In 1964, Marj. and Lee bought a small house on 5 acres in the Yellowstone Valley, Park County, Montana. By then, Lee was working seasonally for the National Park Service, and Marj. and Lee spent summers first at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana, and afterwards in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. Marj. and Lee were the parents of Gary (1934 - ), Deane (1941 - 2004), and Lexi (1953 - ).