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Joshua Bowen & Margaret Cobb
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Green Bowen of Tennessee & Elizabeth Fobar
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William M. Bowen & Mahala Duke Bowen AND Abraham Bowen & Adeline Courtney Rice Bowen

And then those Wild & Crazy Bowen cousins James "Lonnie" and Dora Alice married up

James Lawrence "Lonnie" Bowen & Dora Alice Bowen
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Seymour Courtney Bowen & Bessie Myrtle Philips Bowen
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Wayne Lanier Bowen & Ruth Agnes Inez Romanos Chapa Bowen
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The Bowen-Rice Connection

Abraham Bowen married Adeline Prudence Courtney Rice on May 16th, 1870 in Dewitt County,Texas.
This page contains the information on that marriage as well as Adelines previous Marriage to Oliver Hugh Rice

The Rice family group

Information is provided by
Anita Cooper 409-945-6849
3001 15th Avenue North
Texas City, Texas 77590-5022

For more information concerning the Rice's clan contact Anita at
[ Anita Cooper's homepage ] [ ajcooper@cybergal.com ]

Transcribed by : Ben Bowen for the Bowen family web on 6-5-99

 

Subject: Adeline Prudence COURTNEY

Birth: Jun 21, 1839 in New York.

Death: Jun 23, 1909 in DeWitt County, Texas.
Note:
Father: Truman COURTNEY (b. circa 1816, d. circa 1851)
Mother: Amanda GEARY (b. circa 1819, d. after 1880) ( reference: )

 

Marriage: Mar 23, 1854 in DeWitt County, Texas.

Spouse: Oliver Hugh RICE
Birth: Aug. 01, 1830 in Steubenville,Ohio.
Death: c 1867 in DeWitt County, Texas.

 

Sister : Mary Courtney b1842 Illinois
( Adelines son Orien / Oren Adelbert Rice, married her sister Mary Courtney's daughter, Mary Alice Hodges.)

 

Five Known Children

Oren Adelbert RICE
Name-Var: Orrin
Birth: Jul 08, 1855 DeWitt County, Texas.
Marriage: May 13, 1875 Mary Alice HODGES (b. Dec 16, 1859 Helena, Texas, d. Jan 12, 1931); DeWitt County, Texas.
Note: 1885 DeWitt County, Texas.
Death: Jan 25, 1925 DeWitt County, Texas.
[ Child: Mary Adeline " Addie" Rice b March, 28th.,1876 Houston, Texas d Feb. 26th., 1945 Houston, Texas
[ Addie married Marshall Jerome Cooper 8-23-1872 in McDade, Texas.
They had a child, Lee Daniel Cooper 2-13-1908 Fordtran Texas ]


William Henry RICE
Name-Nick: Roane or Bill
Birth: Apr 07, 1857 Texas.
Marriage: Nov 13, 1882 Mary Elizabeth KARL (b. Aug 04, 1858, d. Jun 18, 1940)
Note: 1885 DeWitt County, Texas.
Death: May 23, 1923 Yoakum, Texas.


Oliver Hugh RICE Jr
Birth: b Jul.1859 Stratton, DeWitt County, Texas.
Death: c 1870 DeWitt County, Texas.


Amanda Elizabeth RICE
Name-Marr: WOOD
Birth: Mar 24, 1861 Stratton, DeWitt County, Texas.
Marriage: Sep 20, 1877 James Madison WOOD (b. Nov 02, 1858, d. Jan 06, 1948); Yoakum, DeWitt
County, Texas.
Death: Jan 25, 1906 Stratton, DeWitt County, Texas.
Burial: Alexander Cemetery,, DeWitt County, Texas.


Mary Elizabeth RICE
Name-Marr: NEWMAN
Birth: c 1866 DeWitt County, Texas.
Marriage: Dec 13, 1881 James Milton NEWMAN (b. Oct 06, 1858, d. Mar 20, 1938); DeWitt County, Texas.
Death: Sep 06, 1897 DeWitt County, Texas.

 

 

They had four children.
William Henry born 1857 at Crossingville, married Mary E. Karl in 1883, died 1923.
Orien Adelbert born in 1855 at Stratton married Mary A. Hodges in 1875, died 1925.
Oliver Jr. born 1859 at Stratton, believed to have died young.
Amanda Elizabeth born 1861 at Stratton, married James M. Newman, died 1897.

 

 

Adeline and Abraham

Subject: Adeline Prudence Courtney Rice

Birth: Jun 21, 1839 in New York.

Death: Jun 23, 1909 in DeWitt County, Texas.
Note:
Father: Truman COURTNEY (b. circa 1816, d. circa 1851)
Mother: Amanda GEARY (b. circa 1819, d. after 1880)


Marriage: May 16, 1870 Abraham BOWEN (b. Mar 14, 1850, d. Feb 27, 1923); DeWitt County, Texas.

Spouse: Abraham BOWEN
Birth: Mar 14, 1850 Illinois.
Note: 1900 Stratton, DeWitt County, Texas.

Father: Green Bowen (b. circa 1812 in Tennessee)(ref)

Mother: Mary Elizabeth Fabor
Marriage: Dec 23, 1909 Nancy MCNICHOLS (b. circa 1856, ); DeWitt County, Texas.
Death: Feb 27, 1923 Yoakum, DeWitt County, Texas.



Three Known Children

Daniel Hodge BOWEN
Birth: 1871 DeWitt County, Texas.

Death: 1935 Luling,Texas (ref.)

Marriage: Minnie Lee Downing (c.1893)




Dora Alice BOWEN
Name-Marr: BOWEN
Birth: Apr 20, 1875 DeWitt County, Texas.
Marriage: Mar 19, 1896 James Lawrence BOWEN (b. Nov 18, 1874, d. Mar 10, 1934) ,
Death: Nov 14, 1953 Tuscon, Pima County, Arizona.


David BOWEN
Birth: 1878 Yoakum,, Texas.
Marriage: Nov 22, 1899 Hermana Magdeline RICE (b. May 08, 1876, ); DeWitt County, Texas.
Death: Jan 05, 1923

Notes :

From Betsy Young ; March 16 , 2002

Good Morning Ben,

    An obituary was found at the Yoakum library yesterday for a John M. SUSTON born 8/14/1818; died 6/1908 at the home of William Rice, and buried at Alexander. 
I e-mailed Anita & she said it sure sounds like John M. RUSTON, the 2nd husband of Amanda Garey (Adeline Prudence Courtney Bowen's Mother) .  I haven't actually seen the obit - Barbara York called me from the library.  I'll pick up a copy on my next trip there.  Any idea where Amanda might be buried?

 

 

Links :

[ Rice family group sheet ] [ Rice and Bowen / Bowen and Rice of Southeast Texas]

[ Oliver H.Rice of Steubenville, Jefferson Co., Ohio > DeWitt County, Texas]

[ Seymour Garey ] [ Thomas McClure Rice Bio by Earline Rumsey ]

[ Site map and Bowen family web site search engine. ] [ Bowen family Timeline. ]

 

Bibliography

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1850 census DeWitt County.
1850 New York State.
1860 Census DeWitt County, Texas.
1870 census DeWitt County.
1880 Census, DeWitt County, Texas.
1900 Census, DeWitt County, Texas.
1910 Census, Lavaca County, Texas.
Alexander Cemetery Tombstone, n.d..
Alice K. Rice letter, 11/17.
Clarence Bowen letter, 5/15/1975.
DeWitt County Marriage Records, n.d..
DeWitt County Tax Rolls, n.d..
Geneva McCown Garrett, n.d..
H Kraig Rice, n.d..
Jim Fatheree, n.d..
Marlene Bowen Fruth, n.d..
Marriage license, n.d..
Martha Jones, April 3, 1987.
Maxie Whitley Sorenson, n.d..
obituary copy, n.d..
Sybil Northcutt, n.d..
Truman Rice letters, n.d.

Death Certificate in no series (n.p.: n.pub., n.d.).


Endnotes


Geneva McCown Garrett, n.d..
1900 Census, DeWitt County, Texas.
1860 Census DeWitt County, Texas, age 21, born NY.
1880 Census, DeWitt County, Texas.
1870 census DeWitt County, age 31, born NY.
1850 New York State.
Marriage license, n.d..
1880 Census, DeWitt County.
Marriage license, no. 957.
Sybil Northcutt, n.d..
1850 census DeWitt County, Oliver, age 20,born Ohio.
1860 Census DeWitt County, age 30, born Ohio.
Truman Rice letters, n.d..
Truman Rice letters.
Truman Rice letters.
DeWitt County Tax Rolls, n.d., 1885 Tax Rolls. Books at Cuero Municipal Library..
Truman Rice letters.
1860 Census DeWitt County, age 3, born Texas.
obituary copy, n.d..
1870 census DeWitt County, age 12, with Abraham Bowen family.
1900 Census, DeWitt County.
Geneva McCown Garrett.
DeWitt County Marriage Records, n.d., D370, certificate no 2126.
DeWitt County Tax Rolls, 1885 Tax Rolls. Books at Cuero Municipal Library..
Maxie Whitley Sorenson, n.d..
Alice K. Rice letter, 11/17.
Truman Rice letters.
H Kraig Rice, n.d..
1860 Census DeWitt County.
Geneva McCown Garrett.
1900 Census, DeWitt County.
1870 census DeWitt County, age 9, with Abraham Bowen family.
Alexander Cemetery Tombstone, n.d..
DeWitt County Marriage Records.
Alexander Cemetery Tombstone.
Alexander Cemetery Tombstone.
Geneva McCown Garrett.
1870 census DeWitt County, age 4, with Abraham Bowen family.
DeWitt County Marriage Records, certificate no 2061.
Martha Jones, April 3, 1987, copy of marriage license.
Martha Jones.
Geneva McCown Garrett.
1900 Census, DeWitt County.
1860 Census DeWitt County, age 21, born NY.
1880 Census, DeWitt County.
1870 census DeWitt County, age 31, born NY.
1850 New York State.
Marriage license.
1880 Census, DeWitt County.
Marriage license, no. 957.
Jim Fatheree, n.d., age 21.
1870 census DeWitt County, age 21, born Texas.
1910 Census, Lavaca County, Texas.
1900 Census, DeWitt County.
1900 Census, DeWitt County.
Marriage license, have copy.
1910 Census, Lavaca County.
Clarence Bowen letter, 5/15/1975.

Death Certificate in no series (n.p.: n.pub., n.d.).
Marlene Bowen Fruth, n.d.,
FAMILY GROUP SHEET.
Marlene Bowen Fruth, Family group record.
1900 Census, DeWitt County.
Marlene Bowen Fruth, Family Group Record.
Clarence Bowen letter.
Marlene Bowen Fruth, Family group record.
Clarence Bowen letter.
Jim Fatheree.
DeWitt County Tax Rolls, Probate Birth Records, Book 8, #309..
DeWitt County Marriage Records.
Jim Fatheree.

Daniel Hodge Bowen Obituary

Letter from James Bowen

 

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