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Green Bowen & Elizabeth Fobar >
William M.Bowen & Mahala Duke
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Abraham Bowen & Adeline Prudence Courtney Rice

The Family group of :
James Lawrence "Lonnie" Bowen & Dora Alice Bowen ( Ben's direct line > )

 

Husband : James Lawrence Bowen

Birthdate	Nov 18, 1874	Place of Birth
Occupation	Farmer	Place	Texas
Marriage	3-19-1896	Place	DeWitt County Texas
Death	10-3-1934	Place	New Braunsfels, Texas
Burial	10-4-34	Place	Prarie Lea, Texas
Father	William M. Bowen	Mother	Mahala Duke
Military Service
Other Marriages/ Notes

Wife : Dora Alice Bowen

Birthdate	April 20,1877 * 1900 census lists dob as 1875	Place of Birth	DeWitt County, Texas
Occupation	Housewife	Place
Death	11-14-53	Place	Tucson, Arizona
Burial	11-17-53	Place	South Lawn Memorial
Father	Abraham Bowen	Mother	Adeline Prudence Courtney Rice
Other Marriages/ Notes	* Death certificate lists April 20 1877 as DOB and name as Dora A. Bowen

Children

No.	Sex	Names	Group Sheet	Date & Place of Birth	Marriages: Spouse, Date & Place	Death
1	M	Seymour Courtney Bowen Ben's direct line>	fs3d3a	2-3-1897 DeWitt Cty. Texas	Bessie Myrtle Phillips June, 5th 1920 Cuero, Texas	Oct, 29th 1965
2	M	William Abraham Bowen	fs3d3b	8-27-1898	Millie Miller (Moeller?)  Dec. 4th 19? Cuero, Texas	1952 Baytown Texas
3	F	Addie Mae Bowen	fs3d3c	Oct.6,1900 DeWitt Cty.Texas	-	California
4	F	Mahala Agnes Bowen	fs3d3d	March 1, 1903 DeWitt Cty,Texas	-	1948 Tucson, Arizona
5	M	Richard Neal Bowen	fs3d3e	March 24, 1905	Esther E. Nesloney 3-10-1934	Arizona 1975 Buried Gonzales, Texas
6	F	Edna Lea Bowen	fs3d3f	3-6-1907 DeWitt Cty. Texas	Henry Crawford	-
7	M	Andrew Bowen	fs3d3g	7-25-1909 DeWitt Cty,Texas	Ella Mae Dickerson 3-10-1935  New Braunsfels, Texas	August 11,1937
8	M	Percy  Bowen	-	1-7-1912 New Braunsfels, Texas	-	1-7-1912 New Braunsfels, Texas
Notes:

Census or Tax Roll information

Date & Place	Date & Place
1900 DeWitt County,Texas
1910 Lavaca County ,Texas
1920 316 Courthouse St. Cuero, Texas

 

 

1900 Census information recorded
Address (street and house no. in large cities); name; relationship to head of family; color or race (White, Black, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian); sex; month and year of birth; age at last birthday; marital status (single, married, divorced, widowed); number of years married to present spouse; number of children of wife; number of her children living; place of birth of person and parents; citizenship (if foreign born, year of immigration, and number of years in U.S.); citizenship status if over 21 (Alien, PA=declaration of intent filed, Naturalized); occupation for persons age 10 and over; number of months unemployed; whether attended school within the year; education (whether can read, write, and speak English); ownership of home (Owned, Rented); whether a Home or a Farm; and whether Free or Mortgaged.

1900 DeWitt County Texas

Abraham Bowen : W - M head of family dob March 1850 age 50 married 30 years, born in Illinois, Father born in Tn., Mother born in Illinois occupation farmer, lives on farm. can read, write, and speak english Adeline Bowen : W -F Wife dob June,1839 age 60 married 30 years 9 children born 6 still living ,born in New York ,Father Born in New York , Mother born in Tennessee.can read, write, and speak english James L. : son in law ; W - M dob March 1877, age 25, married 4 years born in Texas, father born in Illinois, mother born in Alabama, Occupation farm laborer, can read, write, and speak english. Dora A. : Daughter, W-F dob April 1875 age 25 married 4 years 2 children 2 still living, born in Texas, father born in Illinois, mother born in New York, can read, write, and speak english. Seymour C. Grandson, W-M dob July 1897, age 3 years , born in Texas, Father born in Texas, Mother born in Texas William A. Grandson, W-M dob August 1898 age 1 year, born in Texas, Father born in Texas, Mother born in Texas

1910 Lavaca County,Texas census

James Lawrence Bowen Dora Alice Bowen Seymour Courtney Bowen age 13 William AbrahamBowen age 12 Addie Mae Bowen age 9 Mahala Agnes Bowen age 7 Richard Neal Bowen age 5 Edna Lea Bowen age 3 Andrew Bowen age 9 months Abraham Bowen (Dora's father) Nancy McNichols Bowen (Abraham's 2nd Wife)

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notes family group record
Marlene Bowen Fruth

Marriage certificate # 668? 665?
3-19-1896 James L. Bowen & Dora Alice Bowen

1900 Census DeWitt County, Texas, Stratton District

 

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Transcribed by Ben Bowen 11-99

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