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The Family group of :
William M.( Bill ) Bowen & Mahala Duke Bowen ( Ben's direct line > )

 

Husband : William M.(Bill) Bowen

 Birthdate **1836 Place of Birth  Illinois
 Occupation  Farmer / Freighter Place  Illinois & Texas
 Marriage  10-12-1868 Place  Guadalupe County, Texas
 Death 8-25-1915
DeWitt County, Texas 
Death Certificate
Place  DeWitt County, Texas
 Burial  8-28-1915 Place  He Is buried without a permanent marker at Alexander Cemetery in Stratton Texas.
 Father Green Bowen Mother  Mary Elizabeth Fobar
Military Service

William's records show that he served in The War of northern aggression with Wauls Texas Legion as well as service in 1861 with the Texas Militia Precinct # 4 Goliad County,Texas

See Benjamin L. Bowen's :
The Exploits of Waul's Texas Legion Table of Contents.

Jack Box advises us the following :

" Any American with active service in the US Armed Forces is entitled to a headstone from the US Dept of Veterans' Affairs if their grave is not already marked by a headstone.
Further, there is a particular style for Confederate soldiers."

http://www.cem.va.gov/burial.htm

regards, Jack R. Box

Read a bio of Mr. Box's G grand dad ; Sqt. James Robert Box, Company D, 14th Texas Cavalry, CSA at Mr. Box's web site : http://www.cemeteryworks.com/other.html

Other
Marriages
Notes & Comments
 ** Death certificate lists William as born in 1836,
The 1850 Illinois census below shows William Boen at age 6 in 1850.

Wife : Mahala Duke Bowen

 Birthdate  December, 1850 Place of Birth Jackson Alabama, U.S.A.
 Occupation   Place  
 Death  4-11-1928 Place  Luling, Texas
 Burial  4-12-1928 Place   Prarie Lea Cemetery, Texas
 Father  David Duke Mother  Matilda Killingsworth
Other
Marriages Notes & Comments

View pages from the Duke family Bible

Mahala Duke Bowen was sister to William Allen Duke.

William Allen Duke had son Emmett Duke.

Emmett Duke's daughter Louise [Duke] Hartman is my husband's mother.

:) Pat

patsy4107@yahoo.com

Mahala Duke Bowen's
Guion Miller Roll,
Application # 11726.

Contributed by :
Betty Joe Hillin Durrenberger

See note from Betty

Mahala Duke Bowen's

Altered version
( Image was "re-centered" )

Children

No.  Sex  Names  Group sheet  Date & Place of Birth  Marriages Spouse , Date & Place  Death
 1 M Green Bowen   fs3d1 March 28, 1870
DeWitt County Texas 
  Death 6 Mar 1886, buried
Smith Cemetery,
Luling,Tx,
no stone  
 2 M William Henry Bowen  fs3d2 Sept 27,1872    Nov 17, 1938 
 3 M James Lawrence Bowen 
Ben's direct line >
 fs3d3 11-18-1874  Dora Alice Bowen 3-19-1896  Prarie Lea public cemetery
10-3-1934 
 4 Ithama ( I.T.) Bowen  fs3d4 January15,1877   

July 2,1959
Luling, Texas 

Buried Luling Texas
city cemetery

 5 M John Davis Bowen  fs3d5 Oct. 12, 1879  - April 12, 1901 
Prarie Lee Cemetery 
 6 Josephus  Bowen  fs3d6 March22, 1883    12-28-1945
Luling, Texas 
 7 F Eliza Mahala Bowen  fs3d7 August 9, 1877    July 27 1905
Buried at old
Prarie Lee 
Notes: * Spelled as Ellas on James Bowen's death certificae.

Census Information

 Date & Place

 Date & Place

 1850
Jefferson County, Illinois 
The 1850 Illinois census shows William Boen at age 6 in 1850. 
 1860  
 1870
Dewitt Cty.Texas
 
 1880 
Guadalupe Cty.Texas

District 72, Guadalupe, Texas Family History Library Film 1255308

NA Film Number T9-1308

Page Number 218D 

 1890  
 1900
Grayson County Texas
 
   1910
Caldwell County Texas
 
   

Free inhabitants in District number ten
in the County of Jefferson State of Illinois enumerated by me,
on the 19th day of Aug. 1850 Robert Wingate
Page 365

Microfilm roll M432-110

see image

 Name Age   Sex  Occupation From  Line 
 Boen, Green 35 Farmer  Tn.  26 
Boen, Mary  36   Ill.  27 
Boen, Eliza  16  F   Ill.  28
 Boen , Elizabeth  11  F   Ill.   29
Boen, Mary A.    Ill.   30
Boen,William  6   Ill.  31 
Boen, John 3 M   Ill.  32 
 Boen, Abraham 2 Months    Ill.  33 
 Also listed in the household are :
Elizabeth Whelip age 15, Hezekiah Whelip age 16, Sarah E. Whelip age 10 and Nancy Whelip age 8 all list places of birth as Illinois.

 

Census Place District 72, Guadalupe, Texas 1880

Family History Library Film   1255308

NA Film Number   T9-1308

Page Number   218D

Household:

 Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace

Wm. BOWEN   Self   M   Male   W   36   IL   Farming   TN   TN 

Mahaly BOWEN   Wife   M   Female   W   28   AL   Keeping House   TN   AL 

Green BOWEN   Son   S   Male   W   10   TX   At Home   IL   AL 

Wm. H. BOWEN   Son   S   Male   W   8   TX      IL   AL 

James L. BOWEN  Son   S   Male   W   6   TX      IL   AL 

Ithamer BOWEN   Son   S   Male   W   3   TX      IL   AL 

John D. BOWEN   Son    S male W 8/12      TX      IL   AL 

 

 

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Bibliography :
Materials source index :


Notes of Marlene Bowen Fruth
Notes of Benjamin Bowen
Pat Jenkins Hartman [notes]
Recollections of William Ben Bowen and from his Grandmother's Bible, Mahalia Duke Bowen, on a visit made by Robert Emmett Duke and Louise Duke Hartman on Sept. 5, 1973. William Ben Bowen lived at 302 Elm St., Luling, TX. Some of the dates are from Mahala Bowen Gentry's family Bible.Marriage certificate of William Bowen& Mahala Duke.
Marriages White County Illinois
Texas Milita Muster rolls
Goliad County Texas,1861
Confederate Pension applications
William Bowen & Mahala Duke Bowen
1880 Guadalupe county Texas census
Mahala Duke Bowen'sGuion Miller Roll, Application # 11726.Contributed by :Betty Joe Hillin Durrenberger

 

 

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