William Walter Bowen and Lydia Francis

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Husband William Walter Bowen ¹

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           Born: 11 Aug 1830 - Greenfield, Saratoga Co, NY 1
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           Died: 2 Jul 1904 - Chicora, Donegal Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Bowen (1779-1874) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Page (1800-      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1851 1

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Wife Lydia Francis ¹

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           Born: 12 Dec 1830 - Covington, Genesee Co, NY 1
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           Died: 15 Nov 1865 - Jamestown, Chautauqua Co, NY 2
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Children

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1 M Frank William Bowen ²

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           Born: 27 May 1852 - Portland, Chautauqua Co, NY 2
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         Spouse: Annie Irene Scribner (      -      )
           Marr: 22 Feb 1879 - Wellsburg, Chemung Co, NY 2

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2 M John Burdette Bowen ²

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           Born: 20 Aug 1854 2
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         Spouse: Hattie Hazeltine (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 4 Jul 1876 2

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General Notes: Husband - William Walter Bowen

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He was, first a farmer and later a merchant in Millertown, Butler County, Pennsylvania. Shortly after 1851 he moved to where Corry, Pennsylvania, is now located, and purchased a two-hundred-acre farm; but returned soon to Portland, New York, where he had lived for some years as a boy. Here he continued as a farmer until 1859, when disastrous frosts ruined many farms in that section. He then moved to Jamestown, New York, where he lived for ten years. Being attracted then by the oil country he moved to Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, and finally to Chicora, then called Millerstown, where he remained until his death. On his death the paper said of him: "An industrious, conscientious man and straightforward citizen, he was known for his rugged honesty and tenacity of purpose, and won the respect and esteem of all with whom he was associated, in business or otherwise."

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 462.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 463.