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Bowen & Duke family connections.

William M.Bowen (1836-1915) married Mahala Duke (1850-1928) in Guadalupe County Texas on October 12, 1868.Mahala is the daughter of David Dukes & Matilda Killingworth. [ William & Mahala fact sheet ]

Information provided by
Pat Jenkins Hartman [notes] Compiled February 11, 2003
Partly from 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. As well as other contributors listed below.


Bowen &  Duke
family connections.

William Duke

William Allen Duke sheriff of
Seguin,
Guadalupe Co.,Texas
about 1900

 

View pages from
the Duke family Bible

 

R.I.P.
W.G. "Bill" Duke
1917-2003

 

Descendants of David Dukes

Page 1

1. David Dukes (b.1826-,TN;d.16 Jun 1855-,AL)
blanton3@foothills.net
sp: Matilda Killingworth (b.14 Jun 1828-,AL;m.1847;d.12 May 1885 buried in May, TX)
daughter of Mathew Killingsworth and Frankie Eliot. Frankie was dau of Old Joseph Eliot who is named in Indian Rolls and The American Papers.
Killingsworth researcher: bkb@wcc.net 1851 Siler Roll: Matilda Dukes, age 22.
1852 Chapman Roll Matilda Killingworth, page? 27 (I don't have copy)
1854 Act of Congress Roll: #7664 Matilda Dukes $278.46

CENSUS 1850 Jackson Co., AL District #20 November 1850 p. 363

Dukes, David 24 M TN farmer cannot read or write

Matilda 22 F AL cannot read or write

William 2 M AL

CENSUS 1860 Cass Co., TX Unionville PO, Oct 16th page 65
Duke, Matilda 33 F b.AL seamstress

W.A. 13 M

M 11 F
Matilda remarried 22 Dec 1861 in Cass County, TX.
1870 Guadalupe Co., TX pages 46,47 Precinct #1 July

Davidson, D.M. 56 Farmer b.TN
bjhillin@hotmail.com [ Read a note from Betty Joe Hillin Durrenberger ]

Matilda 43 F b.AL

Tasmasia 20 F b.TX [by Davidson's previous marriage]

Eliza 17 F b.TX "

James 13 M b.TX "

Texanna 10 F b.TX "

Henrietta 8 F b.TX [by Matilta]

George 6 M b.TX "

David 4 M b.TX "

Joseph 2/12 M b.TX "

2. William Allen Duke (b.16 Oct 1848-,Jackson,AL;d.12 Dec 1922-San Antonio,Bexar,TX)

sp: Margaret Mollissia "Maggie" Williams (b.28 Nov 1858-,Guadalupe,TX;

m.30 May 1877; d.19 Jun 1939-Waring,,TX)

3. Andrew Oscar Duke (b.15 Mar 1878-,Guadalupe,TX;d.27 Apr 1940-Houston,Harris,TX)

sp: Nora Sternkalb

sp: Dora Duffy (b.25 Nov 1893;m.12 Aug 1913)

3. Caroline Matilda "Carrie" Duke (b.20 Oct 1879-,Guadalupe,TX;d.29 Dec 1964-,,CA)

sp: Robert John Selkirk (b.31 Jan 1866-Park Hill,,Ontario,Canada;m.9 May 1909;d.19 Jul 1950- San Luis Obispo,,CA)

3. Octavia Zenobia Duke (b.23 Jul 1881-,Guadalupe,TX;d.17 Jan 1964-San Antonio,Bexar,TX)

sp: Robert Morriss Dayhoff (b.25 Aug 1875;m.22 Sep 1906;

d.1 Jan 1946- San Antonio,Bexar,TX)

3. Alice Armina Duke (b.24 Jan 1883-,Guadalupe,TX;d.4 Mar 1976-San Antonio,Bexar,TX)

sp: Robert George Chambers (b.20 Feb 1885-,,KS;m.24 Feb 1909;d.6 Nov 1939-San

Antonio,Bexar,TX)

3. Oliver Cromwell Duke (b.29 Apr 1884-,Guadalupe,TX;d.15 Nov 1963)

sp: Coran Haverkorn (b.Abt 1885)

sp: Ellen Mary Lahrmann (b.22 Jan 1892-Bellville,,TX;m.11 Nov 1911)

3. Charles Austin Duke (b.20 Jan 1886-,Guadalupe,TX;d.28 Nov 1963)

sp: Edith Mae Downum (b.24 Feb 1895-Rogers,,AR;m.25 May 1918;d.29 Apr 1983)

3. Mahala Elizabeth "Lizzy" Duke (b.17 Jul 1888-,Guadalupe,TX;d.6 Jul 1978-San

Antonio,Bexar,TX)

sp: Albany Hodgson "Alby" Hunnam (b.5 Nov 1877-S,,,England;m.4 Sep 1911;d.12 Apr 1963-

San Antonio,Bexar,TX)

3. Jesse Bowen Duke (b.30 May 1890-,Guadalupe,TX;d.24 May 1940)

sp: Augusta Hermina Wille (b.2 Sep 1890-Waring,,TX;m.Jun 1916;d.14 Jan)

3. William Henry Duke (b.31 Dec 1892-Seguin,Guadalupe,TX;d.10 Feb 1982-Ft.

Worth,Tarrant,TX)

sp: Annie Seay (b.22 Feb 1894-,,AL;m.12 Apr 1915;d.15 May 1950-Ft. Worth,Tarrant,TX)

sp: Wilma Slaven (b.9 Dec 1901-McAlester,,OK)

3. Robert Emmett Duke (b.22 Nov 1895-,Guadalupe,TX;d.25 Feb 1980-San Antonio,Bexar,TX)

sp: Elizabeth Louise Brown (b.25 Sep 1901-San Diego,,CA;m.28 Apr 1923;d.6 Dec 1991-New

Braunfels,Comal,TX)
patsy4107@yahoo.com

3. Burford Allen Duke (b. 14 Sept 1898 Guadalupe,TX)
snowballduke@earthlink.net

sp: Mary Jane Blanford (b.21 Aug 1901;m.4 Nov 1922;d.26 Sep 1946-,Bexar,TX)

2. Mahalia Duke (b.21 Dec 1850-,Jackson,AL;d.11 Apr 1928)

sp: William (Bill) Bowen (b.4 Dec 1836-,,IL;m.12 Oct 1868;d.25 Aug 1915)

3. Green Bowen (b.28 Mar 1870;d.6 Mar 1886)
buried Smith Cemetery, Luling, Texas, no stone

3. William Henry Bowen (b.27 Sep 1872;d.17 Nov 1938)


> Thought to be buried at Smith Cemetery, Luling, TX

> sp: Sarah Bartlett
buried in Grayson County

>
had son William Ben Bowen

> sp: Rachel Florence Enscore Bartlett (d.4 Apr 1931)

>
had dau. Florence Marie Bowen (she married Manford Jeffers

3. James Lawrence "Lonnie" Bowen (b.Abt 1874;d.3 Oct 1934)

sp: Dora Bowen

3. Ithama / Ithamar ( I.T. ) Bowen

>
born Jan 15th 1877, d. 2 July 1959 and is buried at City Cemetery in Luling.

3. John Davis Bowen (b.12 Oct 1879;d.12 Apr 1901)

3. Josephus Bowen (b.22 Mar 1883;d.28 Dec 1945)

sp: Clara Pettus

sp: Julia Carter

3. Eliza Mahala Bowen (b.9 Aug 1886;d.27 Jul 1905)
 buried at Old Prarie Lee cemetery


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