​COWDERY, Jonathan, surgeon, b. in Sandisfield, Mass., 22 April, 1767; d. in Norfolk, Va., 20 Nov., 1852. He was appointed assistant surgeon, 1 Jan., 1800, and surgeon, 27 Nov., 1804. He served in the frigate “Philadelphia,” which was stranded on the coast of Tripoli, 31 Oct., 1803, and was a prisoner in the hands of the Turks nearly two years. In 1806 he published a journal of his captivity.