Husband: Thomas Hudson Bowen
Census name: Hudson Bowen
Born: May-16-1835 in Greene Co, PA 1,2
Died: Mar-26-1909 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2
Buried: in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 3,4
Resided: 1890 at Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Census: 1880 in Elk Co, Kansas
Census: 1870 in Greene Co, PA
Occupation: farmer 6,7
Military: Mar-30-1864 - Aug- 2-1865 Pvt, Co E & D, 14th Pa. Cav, Civil War 5,8
Father: Corbley Bowen (1794 - 1853)
Mother: Joanna Garrison (1798 - 1866)
Wife: Mary Lynch Married: Mar-12-1855 in Greene Co, PA 2
Born: Jun-12-1839 in Greene Co, PA 1,2 Died: Jul-19-1897 at Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 9,1 Buried: in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 3,4 Census: 1880 in Elk Co, Kansas Census: 1870 in Greene Co, PA Father: Mother:
F Child 1: Sarah Emily Bowen Also known as: Emily Bowen 10 Born: Apr-19-1859 in Greene Co, PA 11 Resided: 1915 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 10 Resided: 1881 in Doddridge Co, WV 11 Husband: Monticue A. Meek b. Oct-15-1859 Married: Jan- 1-1881 in Doddridge Co, WV 11
M Child 2: Walter Wesley Bowen 12 Also known as: Wesley W. Bowen 13 Born: 1866 in Greene Co, PA 14,15 (see note 1) Died: Apr- 2-1915 in Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 16,14 Buried: in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 3,1 Cause of death: killed in workplace accident on drilling rig at Standing Stone 16 Census: 1900, 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1898 in Doddridge Co, WV 17 Census: 1880 in Elk Co, Kansas Wife: Alice Cora VanScoy b. 1877 d. Sep- 9-1963 Also known as: Cora Alice Vanscoy 18 Married: Mar-10-1898 in Doddridge Co, WV 19
M Child 3: William Elmer Bowen Born: Jan- -1872 in Greene Co, PA 20,17 Died: Dec-16-1948 in Doddridge Co, WV Buried: in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1915 at Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Census: 1900, 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1899 in Doddridge Co, WV 17 Census: 1880 in Elk Co, Kansas Occupation: farmer 21 Wife: Lola M. Davis b. Feb-23-1882 d. Jun-30-1932 Census name: Golda 22 Married: Jan-19-1899 in Doddridge Co, WV 17
M Child 4: Lee Bowen
M Child 5: Z. B. Bowen
M Child 6: Milton Bowen
M Child 7: Pierce Bowen
F Child 8: Della Bowen Husband: Living
F Child 9: Josie Bowen Husband: Living
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (3) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (4) Findagrave.com. (5) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (6) 1880 Census. (7) 1870 Census. (8) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (9) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (10) Obituary of brother. (11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (12) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 199. (13) Obituary of son. (14) Headstone (year only) (15) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) (16) Obituary. (17) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (18) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >. (19) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as W. W. Bowen, 28, b. Greene Co PA, res. Doddridge Co; and Alice Vanscoy, 20, of Doddridge Co. Married Mar 10 1898. (20) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (21) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (22) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District). Event Notes Note (1) 1900 Census states age as 31, with birth date Aug 1868. But headstone shows it as 1866.