Re: Alexander Richard Bowen born 1774 MD
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Re: Alexander Richard Bowen born 1774 MD
Charles Bowen 5/13/12
I have two Bowen men that I am researching. I have a JOHN WESLEY BOWEN Born 1798-1804 in Winchester Frederick Co Virgina and an ELIAS H. BOWEN born 1819 Columbus, Ohio. In the 1856 census they are both in the same househole in Iowa and list their parents as being born in Maryland. There is also an 89 year old woman named ELIZABETH in the same household that lists her birthplace as Maryland. She is not found in any subsequent census records and I cannot find a death record for her.
In an 1889 biography for JOHN WESLEY BOWEN it says that when he was 4 years of age he moved with his parents to Ohio and lived there for 20 years and then moved to Indiana and lived there for 20 years before moving to Iowa in 1852. If I work it backwards that would put JOHN WESLEY BOWEN in Indiana in 1832, Ohio in 1812 and a birth of 1808 in Virginia.
I have found JOHN WESLEY BOWEN in the 1850 Boone County Indiana Census and ELIAS H BOWEN in the 1850 Carrol County Indiana Census. I also have a marriage record for ELIAS H BOWEN to a MARGARET HARMON/HARMAN/HANNAN in Carroll County Indiana.
John was married twice (first wife died, I have no name) I only know of one daughter from his first marriage and her name is Mariah Elizabeth.
He then married Eliza Gardner and had the following,
Eliza Ellen
Martha
John Gardner
Chester Edson
Russell B (who moved his family to ND).
Elias was also married twice. His first wife Margaret died in 1852 in Indiana. They had the following children
David
Wiliam Henry
Caroline
John W
Minerva Jane
His second marriage to Elizabeth Powell produced the following children
Alice D
Helena May
Frank
Rose
Charles
Harrison Berry
Lillian
Walter
Gertrude
This is where I get stuck! I have compared many census records and searched many sites and looked at many family trees for clues.
Does any of this follow a same/similar timeline to your folks?
Amazingly enough I have not found any other descendants researching this family
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Re: Alexander Richard Bowen born 1774 MD
Duane Boggs 11/18/12
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Re: Alexander Richard Bowen born 1774 MD