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Forum for descendants of this Tennessee > North Carolina > Illinois > Texas specific line of Bowen's
The descendants of Joshua Bowen & Margaret CobbCousins :
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Other Bowen lines submitted to the Bowen family web.
[ History ][ Biographies ]
Read a bio of : Seymour Courtney Bowen
Clarence's Chronicles from Uncle Bubba's Bowen family notebook ; Edited by Benjamin Bowen:
".....Our claim to fame is through Adeline Courtney Bowen, her grandfather was Seymour Garey who came to Texas in 1839 and received a land grant in Gonzales...... " Uncle C.
Read ; Of Seymour Garey, Salado Creek, General Adrian Woll, The Dawson Massacre, The Mier Expedition and the Black Bean Episode.
Bowen family : A Timeline
This latest feature to the Bowen family web lays out my Bowen lineage in a timeline fashion. It includes historical events to give some perspective to the life and times of our Bowen ancestors.This is, as all genealogical work a continuing and frequently updated work.Photo Album & Document Archives
The photo album contains photos with a great series from Vietnam 1966. Also try the Documents Archive. With images of 1920's pay cards from The Guadalupe valley cotton mill & Green Bowen's Cattle Brand & Ear mark notches from 1871 Texas.Sample of what's in the archives
Item 37 [Transcription : History of Bowen- Green families 1793-1928 ]
This history,contributed to the Bowen family Web by JoAnn Osborn of Michigan, USA was written by Addison Theodarus Green in approx. 1928. Mrs Osborn received this from from an unknown contributor, who himself had recieved it from an unknown and unnamed contributor.Item 38 [ Mack Bowen of Wichita County,Texas c 1865 ]
This story, garnered from the collection at the American Memories collection, library of Congress is from from the Wichita Daily Times, Sept. 18, 1938.And tells the story as recounted by Mrs. Quisenberry of the years around from ca.1861-1865 "at the close of the civil war". In the story Mrs. Quisenberry tells of the Death of Mack Bowen at the hands of the local native Indians.And refers to the general conditions of the day.
Item 39 [ This story contains an account of "Ole Bill Bowen"]
Also from the American memories collection.
"In the spring of 1855, my father, W. M. Dickson was a home guard at Kerrville. Old Bill Bowen was a home guard in Atascosa County. The Indians came, to steal whatever they could get away with. They got two women, a boy, and many horses. Bill Bowen and his men set out after the Indians"....Item 40 [ Jefferson Davis' account of the circumstances of the battle of Vicksburg ]
This article written by Jefferson Davis, President of The Confederate States of America has contained in it references to..... " I refer to Major General John S. Bowen "....
A great story with Bill Bowen from 1870's Texas.
A classic look into the past, a story about buffalo,wolves & American indians. A true window to history. And 'ole Bill Bowen rides in to help save the day. From the Library of Congress and the American Memory writers project.Newspaper Article fromMay 18, 1878 telling of the hanging of Brown Bowen :
Brown Bowen was hung in Texas, his involvement with the Infamous gunslinger John Wesley Hardin led to the day when he was hung for the murder of Thomas Holderman.
Brown was the cousin of Jane Bowen. Jane married John Wesley Hardin in 1873 in Dewitt County, Texas and stuck with him till the end. Take a glimpse through this portal to the past.
John Wesley Hardin biography .One of the most prolific killers of his day, John Wesley Hardin was Ill tempered,bad mannered and just plain mean.One of the famous tales is that "he once killed a man for snorin'" John Corder ,a living descendent of John Wesley wrote me, "JWH wasn't too well thought of according to my mom..her grandmother would only rarely speak of JWH, but she left many letters etc. to my grandfather Elmer Spellmann who in turn ..."
An interesting article found on the web concerning John Wesly Hardin ( Billings family connections)
Has a few Bowen References, and interesting revelations.
Index of letters in the Spellman collection related to John Wesley Hardin and the Bowen connection. This is a partial listing of the index of the Hardin letters That Mr. Corder referred to.There are many references to Bowen's in the index. I am planning in the summer of 1999 to visit the library and hopefully discover some treasures.
The Bowens of Tazewell (Reece Bowen) : An excerpt from;
A History of the Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory
By David E. Johnson (1906)
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