 General :
 Standards For Sound Genealogical
Research
My Lineage :
Clantracker
Index of Family Group Sheets.
Benjamin
L. Bowen collateral family lines
Bowens' of Illinois
The Bowens' of Illinois
probably arrived in the early 1830's Green Bowen and his wife Elizabeth
Fabor were married in White County in1834, later his nephews, the sons of
his brother Joshua who was for a time in North carolina, can be found in
White County records
Bowin/Bowen named soldiers from White
County Illinois in the Blackhawk war of 1831-1832 ; Green ,John, and Joshua
Bowen as well as Willliam Bowin ,Thomas & John Bowen are referenced.
Census from Jefferson County Illinois 1850
showing Green Boen (Bowen) and wife Mary Boen (Bowen) and family .
Green Boen was the son of Joshua and Margaret Cobb Bowen
Roster
of Company H 48th Illinois Infantry.
Lists Andrew, John and Green Bowen of White County Illinois.
United
States Civil War Roster of the
48th Illinois Infantry, Company "H".
Information
from the Muster and Descriptive rolls
of the Illinois 48th volunteer Infantry Company "H"
from White County, Illinois.
Bowens' Green, Andrew and John all served for this company.
The following is the information from the rolls, received from the Illinois
Secretary of State and the Illinois State archives.
Adjutant
General's Report
48th Illinois union army Infantry Regimental History.
Dyer's Compendium. The history of Company H of
the 48th Illinois.
48th
Illinois Infantry Regiment : Company to County
formation.
Illinois Veteran Burials : Includes
Green Bowen
Illinois
Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900 for grooms named Bowen
Illinois
Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900 for brides named Bowen
Bowens
of Illinois : The Weddings
Illinois
Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900 For brides named Fobar
Illinois
Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900 males named Fobar.
Bowens' of
Texas
 Transcription
of Newspaper article by Bob Schieffer of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram 2-4-1966
referencing Wayne Lanier Bowen of Texas the article is entitled OLD
FRENCH FORT : Texas Pair Keeping Watch Over 'Alamo' of Viet Nam.
Uncle
Clarence's chronicles
Of Seymour Garey, Salado Creek, General
Adrian Woll, The Dawson Massacre, The Mier Expedition and the Black Bean
Episode.
from the Bowen family notebook By Clarence Neal Bowen. Associated historical
notes compiled & edited by Benjamin L. Bowen
Clarence
Chronicles 2
Bio of Seymour
& Bessie Bowen of Dewitt County, Texas.
Seymour Courtney Bowen was born in DeWitt County,
Texas on February 3, 1897. He was the first born son of James "Lonnie"
Lawrence & Dora Alice Bowen of DeWitt County Texas. Seymour Bowen's
parents were both born in Texas, the family being descendants and relatives
of a clan of hard working Texas and Illinois
farmers that migrated to the Lone Star State in
the rough and tumble times between 1839 and ca1868.
Early
Texas History and the migration of the Bowens' to Texas.
Aquilla Adams of the Texas
Frontier Regiment :Papers July 1,1862 - February 14,1863
Aquilla Adams was husband to Mary Bowen
1862
Muster Roll of Captain J.J.Dix Texas Frontier Regiment of Mounted Volunteers
listing Private Aquilla Adams of Dewitt County, Texas. Aquilla, an Englishman,
emigrated to the USA in 1852 and was the husband of Mary Bowen, the daughter
of Green Bowen and Mary Elizabeth Fobar.
The
Frontier Regiment was established on December 21, 1861, by the Texas
legislature, to replace the (Confederate) First Regiment, Texas Mounted
Riflemen. Aquilla
Adams served with the regiment.
The
Eighth Texas Infantry battalion of the Confederate States Army was organized
by Alfred Marmaduke Hobby in Refugio County on May 14, 1862. It later became
known as Hobby's Eighth Texas Infantry regiment.
Green Bowen b ca 1812 in Tennessee
appears on the Muster rolls for Company "E" of the Eighth Texas
Infantry in 1862.
William M.Bowen ,Confederate
Soldier
confirmation of service from the war Department .
List
of confederate soldiers of Caldwell County, Texas,
compiled by Donaly Brice,is in the Historical Research Center, Luling, Texas.
Information includes birthdates, places, death date, place, marriage date,
wife's data, parents, service record. It was extracted from many sources,
cited. Some have much info,others have scant.
Bowens
of Texas in the Confederacy, index of Bowen's that filed for confederate
pensions in Texas, index of indigent confederate families or persons in
Texas.
Green
Bowen
registered his cattle brand and ear notch marks in Goliad County Texas in
1871. See the digitized images of the originals.
Gravestones
found under a house in Luling, Texas 2001The engravings on the stones are
as follows:
Father W.H. Bowen Born Sept. 27. 1872 Died Nov.
17. 1938
Mother Mrs. R.F. Bowen Born Feb. 8 1869 Died Apr. 4. 1931
Obituary
of Daniel Hodge Bowen 1871-1935
Native American Bowens? : The Dawes
enrollment cards.
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
Information is provided by Anita Cooper.
Rice and Bowen / Bowen
and Rice of Southeast Texas
Seymour
Garey Bio written By Veltmon Goodman White.
Transcribed by Benjamin L. Bowen.
Monument Hill casualties
of The Dawson and Mier Expeditions.
Thomas McClure Rice Bio By Earline
Rumsey
Oliver
Hugh Rice
was the first husband of Adeline Prudence Courtney, after the death of Oliver
H. Rice c 1867 in DeWitt County, Texas, Adeline
married Abraham Bowen May 16th, 1870 in DeWitt County,
Texas.
by Geneva McCown
Garrett
Family group fact sheet
Thomas McClure Rice and Elizabeth Wilson
The Duke family file
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 ]
Collateral families or of general interest:
Obituary
of Pinky Bell Bowen Applin from the Temple Daily
Telegram, November 17, 1970
Alphabetical
list of those interred at Alexander Cemetery,Stratton Community, DeWitt
County Texas.
Digital
markers for those buried with or without markers in Alexander Cemetery in
DeWitt County, Texas
Hillside
Cemetery Cuero,DeWitt County,Texas.
This
Luling City Cemetery registry is from the Caldwell County Cemetery Book. Inventoried by Appling, Fairchild and Gray, March 1969
to September 1970.The Luling City Cemetery is located on U.S. 90, at the
Eastern boundary of Luling, Texas.
There
are two main areas in this Album & Archive, one for more recent
photos and documents relating to my immediate family(The Photos) and an
area where any Bowen's family related photos,documents or materials can
be placed to store and reference for histories sake (The Archives).
Index
of Historical Photos & Documents.
Index
of Historical Photos & Documents 2. | 
