GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA--A

 

Goochland County was named for Sir William Gooch, lieutenant-governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749.  Goochland County was formed in 1727 from the western portion of Henrico County.  At the time of its creation, the land of Goochland County included all or part of the present counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Albermarle, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Nelson and Powhatan.  In 1744, the western portion of Goochland County was detached to form Albemarle County.  In 1749, Cumberland County was created out of the part of Goochland County south of the James River.

 

William Henry Gowan was born in Goochland County June 10, 1789, according to the research of Forrest Bruce Gowan, a great-great-grandson who lived in Jackson, Tennessee in 1991 and in 1998.  In a letter of October 24, 1991 he was advised by a cousin that Joseph Henry Gowan was the father of William Henry Gowan.  Other children of Joseph Henry Gowan were identified as John Gowan, Johnson Gowan, Joseph Gowan and an unnamed daughter.

 

Pleasant Andrew Gowan, a son of William Henry Gowan, re­ported to the 1880 census enumerator of Carroll County, Ten­nessee that his father was born in the "District of Columbia."  The District of Columbia was surveyed in 1791 and dedicated in 1800 with land from Fairfax County, Virginia and Prince George County, Maryland.  On the basis of this evidence, re­searchers should be on the lookout for the family of William Henry Gowan in Fairfax County around the turn of the century.

 

He was married in Goochland County December 17, 1810 [pension record shows 1812] to Judith Harriet "Juda" Atkinson who was also born in Virginia May 3, 1791, according to family historians.  "William Henry Gowens" was married December 14, 1812 to "Judith Atkinson." according to "Goochland County, Virginia Marriages, 1721-1850."

 

He served in the War of 1812 in Capt. William Holman's Com­pany, Virginia Militia.  In 1813 they were residents of adjacent Buckingham County, Virginia.  In 1815 they were residents of Madison County, Tennessee

 

They were enumerated in the 1850 census of Madison County as Household 537-653:

 

    "Gowan,  Wm. H.           58, born in VA

               Judith              60, born in VA

               David C. H.         17"

 

He died September 9, 1870 at Spring Creek, Tennessee, ac­cording to "War of 1812 Pensioners" by Virgil D. White.  Ju­dith Harriett "Juda" Atkinson Gowan received Widow's Certifi­cate and Pension No. 5127 for his service in the War of 1812.  Both died in Madison County and were buried in Lebanon Church Cemetery.

 

Children born to William Henry Gowan and Judith Harriet Atkinson Gowan include:

 

    Richard Marcellus Gowan          born Dec. 31, 1813

    William Granville Gowan            born Sept. 20 1815

    Archibald Beauregard Gowan     born May 8, 1818

    David Crawford Harris Gowan       born Sept. 4, 1821

    Pleasant Andrew Gowan             born August 29, 1822

    Mary Thompson Gowan            born June 12, 1824

    May Susan Gowan                 born April 16, 1827

    Martha Gowan                    born Jan. 10, 1830

    Jennie Gowan                         born Aug. 7, 1831

 

Richard Marcellus Gowan, son of William Henry Gowan and Judith Harriet Atkinson Gowan, was born December 31, 1813 in Buckingham County.  His tombstone show his date of birth as November 19, 1818.  He was born in Hanover County, Vir­ginia, according to the death certificate of a son, Marcus Virgil Gowan.  He was married about 1830, wife's name unknown.  He was remarried in 1831 to May Malvina Childress.  It is be­lieved that May Malvina Childress Gowan died about two years later.

 

He was married for the third time to Sousan McFarlin, who was born in 1821 to John McFarlin and Mary Brad­bury Mc­Farlin.  They were named as defendants in January 1847 in a land dispute in Madison County, according to Madison County Court Minute Book 1, page 17.. 

 

In 1852 they lived in Carroll County.  Sousan McFarlin Gowan died there September 4, 1854.  He was married for the fourth time to Mary Jane McFarlin.  She was born April 19, 1832 in Madison County.

 

Richard Marcellus Gowan died there November 19, 1873 and was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery.  She died June 7, 1881 and was buried beside her husband.  Forrest Bruce Gowan wrote February 18, 1998, "Richard Marcellus Gowan was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery between Susan and Mary Jane.  His stone, although present on my first visit, accompanied by Beatrice Gowan, his granddaughter, disappeared.  It was no longer there on a subsequent visit I made to the Cemetery.  I have made several inquiries, but no one seems to one what happened to the stone.  Most of his family are buried there.

 

Children born to Richard Marcellus Gowan and May Malvina Childress Gowan include:

 

    Bill Gowan                     born about 1831

    Lum Gowan                   born about 1833

    Sophia Gowan                born about 1834

 

Children born to Richard Marcellus Gowan and Sousan Mc­Farlin Gowan include:

 

    Thomas Franklin Gowan         born September 28, 1843

    John Milton Gowan            born January 27, 1852

    Amanda Emily Gowan        born August 31, 1854

 

Children born to Richard Marcellus Gowan and Mary Jane McFarlin Gowan include:

 

    Virginia Ann "Jennie" Gowan  born about 1855

    Mattie H. Gowan                born June 26, 1857

    Emma J. Martha Gowan          born about 1859

    Ellar Gowan                    born January 2, 1862

    Fannie Gowan                born June 27, 1864

    Ada Gowan                    born about 1867

    Bert Gowan                    born about 1868

    Marcus Virgil Gowan          born June 27, 1870

    Luther Marcellus Gowan         born September 16, 1872

   

Bill Gowan, son of Richard Marcellus Gowan and May Mal-vina Childress Gowan, was born about 1831.  He was married about 1847 to Dicey Ledbetter.  He died August 21, 1851, ac­cording to Forrest Bruce Gowan.

 

One son and four daughters were born to Bill Gowan and Dicey Ledbetter Gowan, including John Franklin Gowan and Louisa J. Gowan, according to Forrest Bruce Gowan.  Louisa J. Gowan Gowan who was born about 1851, was married about 1868 to a cousin, George H. Gowan, son of William Granville Gowan.  Louisa J. Gowan Gowan lived to be 107.  For details of her life and descendants, see George H. Gowan's section.

 

Lum Gowan, son of Richard Marcellus Gowan and May Malvina Childress Gowan, was born about 1833.  He was killed and did not marry, according to Forrest Bruce Gowan.

 

Sophia Gowan, daughter of Richard Marcellus Gowan and May Malvina Childress Gowan, was born about 1834.  She was mar­ried about 1852 to Brodie Taylor.  They lived in Arkansas.

 

Thomas Franklin Gowan, son of Richard Marcellus Gowan and Sousan McFarlin Gowan, was born September 28, 1843 in Car­roll County.  "Pvt. T. F. Gowan" served as a teenager in Com­pany D, 20th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War.  He was married about 1866 to Susan Frances Debnam who was born in Maury County, Tennessee. 

 

Thomas. Franklin Gowan, appeared in the 1880 census of Car­roll County, Enumeration District 8, page 12, Civil Dis­trict, as the head of a household.  The family was enumerated as:

 

    "Gowan,  T. F.        35, born in TN, father born in TN,

                              mother born in TN

               Susan F.  32, born in TN, father born in TN,

                              mother born in North Carolina

               Sallie S.   12, born in TN, father born in TN,

                              mother born in TN

               Annie J.   10, born in TN, father born in TN,

                              mother born in TN

               Flora S.     8, born in TN, father born in TN,

                              mother born in TN

               Otho T.     6, born in TN, father born in TN,

                              mother born in TN

               Robert L.   3, born in TN, father born in TN,

                              mother born in TN

               Richard E.     10/12, born in July in TN, father

                              born in TN, mother born in TN

    Debnam,  L. J.     23, born in TN, father born in TN,

                              mother born in TN, sister-in-law,

                               single

               Robert 19, born in TN, father born in TN,

                               mother born in TN, farm laborer,

                              brother-in-law, single"

 

Thomas Franklin Gowan was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1900 census of Carroll County, Enumera­tion District 122, page 6, Civil District 1:

 

    "Gowan   Thomas       56, born in September 1843 in TN

               Susan F.     52, born in November 1847 in TN

               Othar F.      25, born in September 1874 in TN

               Robert L.    23, born in March 1877 in TN

               Richard E.   20, born in July 1879 in TN

               Maud O.      17, born in July 1881 in TN

               John        14, born in July 1885 in TN

               Samuel V.    11, born in April 1889 in TN"

 

Susan Frances Debnam Gowan died November 24, 1910 at age 63 of "near Lavinia of heart trouble," according to Ten­nessee State Board of Health Death Certificate No. 6260 signed by Dr. J. P. Adams.  She was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery.

 

He died January 11, 1922 at age 78 of stomach cancer, ac­cording to Tennessee BVS Death Certificate No. 98 signed by G. W. Brasher, M.D.  He was buried at Hope Hill Ceme­tery, ac­cording to Rudolph Gowan of Lavinia, Tennessee.

 

Children born to Thomas Franklin Gowan and Susan F. Deb­nam Gowan include:

 

    Sallie S. Gowan              born about 1868

    Annie J. Gowan              born about 1870

    Flaudia S. Gowan               born May 30, 1872

    Thomas Otha Gowan          born September 7, 1875

    Robert Lee Gowan         born about 1877

    Richard Edgar Gowan     born July 26, 1879

    Maude O. Gowan               born in July 1881

    John Rudolph Gowan     born in July 1885

    Samuel V. Gowan           born in April 1889

 

Sallie S. Gowan, daughter of Thomas Franklin Gowan and Su­san F. Debnam Gowan, was born about 1868 in Ten­nessee.  She appeared as a 12-year-old in the 1880 census.  She was married about 1888 to A. H. McLemore

 

Annie J. Gowan, daughter of Thomas Franklin Gowan and Su­san F. Debnam Gowan, was born in Tennessee about 1870  She was recorded at age 10 in the 1880 census.  She was married about 1898 to John Cotton.

 

Flaudia S. Gowan, of Thomas Franklin Gowan and Susan F. Deb­nam Gowan, was born May 30, 1872 in Tennessee.  She appeared as an eight-year-old in the 1880 census.  She was married about 1890 to William Alvin Augustus Rollins.

 

Children born to them include:

 

    James Alvin Rollins                born June 19, 1906

 

James Alvin Rollins, son of William Alvin Augustus Rollins and Flaudia S. Gowan Rollins, was born June 19, 1906 in Gibson County, Tennessee.  He was married March 21, 1930 to Rubye Lee Strayhorn.  She was born April 13, 1906 at Lavinia, Tennessee to Mallie Panza Strayhorn and Mattie Elizabeth Alexander Strayhorn.

 

Children born to them include:

 

    Janice Rollins                         born October 7, 1938

    Carol Sue Rollins                   born March 13, 1943

    Katherine Faye Rollins            born April 12, 1945

 

Thomas Otha Gowan, son of Thomas Franklin Gowan and Susan F. Debnam Gowan, was born September 7, 1875 in Spring Creek, Tennessee.  He appeared as a six-year-old in the 1880 census and at age 25 in the 1900 census of his father's household.  He was married December 29, 1907 to Mrs. Roma Enloe Askew Haddock, the widow of Marvin F. Haddock.  She was born April 25, 1892 at Spring Creek to Joseph Augustus Askew and Amanda Emily Chestnut Gowan Askew.

 

He died February 18, 1943 and was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery.  She died May 6, 1966 at Jackson and was buried in Antioch Cemetery at Humboldt, Tennessee.

 

Children born to Thomas Otha Gowan and Roma Enloe Askew Gowan include:

 

    Joseph Hollye Gowan             born March 8, 1904

    Carl Thomas Gowan                  born December 4, 1910

    James Coy Gowan                 born September 1, 1910

 

Joseph Hollye Gowan, son of Thomas Otha Gowan and Roma Enloe Askew Gowan, was born March 8, 1904 at Spring Creek.  He did not marry.  He died May 31, 1978.

 

Carl Thomas Gowan, son of Thomas Otha Gowan and Roma Enloe Askew Gowan, was born December 4, 1910 at Spring Creek.  He died June 20, 1911 and was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery..

 

James Coy Gowan, son of Thomas Otha Gowan and Roma Enloe Askew Gowan, was born September 1, 1910 at Spring Creek.  He was married August 20, 1938 to Alliene Smith who was born November 23, 1915.  She was the daughter of Henry Douglas Smith and Laura Elizabeth Smith.

 

James Coy Gowan died June 6, 1960 at Humboldt and was buried at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery.  She was remarried, husband's name Cunningham.

 

Children born to James Coy Gowan and Alliene Smith Gowan include: 

 

    Nancy Carolyn Gowan               born January 22, 1941

    Robert Glenn Gowan                 born April 21, 1943

 

Nancy Carolyn Gowan, daughter of James Coy Gowan and Alliene Smith Gowan, was born January 22, 1941 at Jackson.  She was married April 20, 1962 to William Luke Trice.  He was born February 2, 1939 to William Lee Trice and Zelda Opal Allen Trice.  In 1966 they lived in Memphis, Tennessee.

 

Children born to William Luke Trice and Nancy Carolyn Gowan Trice include:

 

    William Luke Trice, Jr.               born April 28, 1966

    Lee Allen Trice                       born August 9, 1968

 

Robert Glenn Gowan, son of James Coy Gowan and Alliene Smith Gowan, was born April 21, 1943 at Jackson.  He was married February 11, 1972 to Mrs. Barbara Ann Casey Keltner, widow of Earl Wilson Keltner, at East Chester Church of Christ in Jackson.

 

Children reared by Robert Glenn Gowan and Barbara Ann Casey Keltner Gowan include:

 

    Earl Glenn Gowan              born December 30, 1969

    James Robert Gowan             born January 8, 1977

    Robin Michelle Gowan           born September 27, 1978

 

Earl Glenn Gowan, son of Earl Wilson Keltner and Barbara Ann Casey Keltner, was born December 30, 1969 in Jackson.  His name was originally Earl Wilson Keltner, Jr.

 

Robert Lee Gowan, son of Thomas Franklin Gowan and Susan F. Debnam Gowan, was born about 1877.  He appeared as a three-year-old in the 1880 census and at age 23 in the 1900 census.  He did not marry.  He died in 1943 and was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery.   

 

Richard Edgar Gowan, son of Thomas Franklin Gowan and Su­san F. Debnam Gowan, was born July 26, 1879 in Ten­nessee.  He appeared at age 10 months in the 1880 census and at age 20 in the father's household in 1900.  He was married about 1902 to Lyn Edna Jacobs.  Children born to Richard Edgar Gowan and Lynn Edna Jacobs Gowan are unknown.

 

Maude O. Gowan, daughter of Thomas Franklin Gowan and Susan F. Debnam Gowan, was born in July 1881 in Tennes­see.  She appeared at age 17 in the 1900 census of Carroll County.  She was married about 1902 to Vester Wells.

 

John Rudolph Gowan, son of Thomas Franklin Gowan and Susan F. Debnam Gowan, was born in Tennessee in July 1885.  He ap­peared as a 14-year-old in the 1900 census.  He was married about 1908 to Maude Wells.  John Rudolph Gowan died in 1951 and was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery.  Children born to John Rudolph Gowan and Maude Wells Gowan are unknown.

 

Samuel V. Gowan, son of Thomas Franklin Gowan and Su­san F. Debnam Gowan, was born in April 1889.  He ap­peared at age 11 in the 1900 census.  He was married about 1912 to Mamie E. Adams.  He died in 1928, according to his tombstone in Lavinia Cemetery.  She died in 1973 and was buried beside her husband. Children born to Samuel V. Gowan and Mamie E. Adams Gowan are unknown.

 

John Milton Gowan, son of Richard Marcellus Gowan and Su­san McFarlin Gowin, was born at Cedar Grove, Tennessee in Carroll County January 27, 1852.  His tombstone shows "January 24, 1852."  He was married there De­cember 18, 1873 to Sarah Virginia Gowan, his cousin and daughter of his father's brother.  She was born in Carroll County April 4, 1856.  John Milton Gowan became a car­penter.

 

John Milton Gowan was enumerated in a location adjoining that of his father-in-law and uncle, William Granville Gowan in the 1880 census of Carroll County, Enumera­tion District 13, page 13, Household 95-95:

 

    "Gowan,  John M.   27, born in TN, father born in VA,

                              mother born in TN

               Sarah V.  24, born in TN, father born in VA,

                              mother born in TN

               William      5, born in TN, father born in TN,

                              mother born in TN

               James        4, born in TN, father born in TN,

                              mother born in TN

               Laudie       1, born in TN, father born in TN,

                               mother born in TN"

 

John Milton Gowan was enumerated as the head of a house­hold in the 1900 census of Carroll County, Enumeration District 127, page 10, Civil District 6:

 

    "Gowan, John M.       48, born in January 1852 in TN

               Sallie V.       44, born in April 1856 in TN, wife

               Edward B.       19, born in May 1881 in TN

               Emly F.       17, born in March 1883 in TN

               Joseph A.        15, born in January 1885 in TN

               Richard E.       13, born in November 1886 in TN

               Ethel M.      11, born in September 1888 in TN

               Earl V.           7, born in November 1892 in TN

               John M.         5, born in Nov. 1894 in TN"

 

John Milton Gowan and Sarah Virginia Gowan Gowan re­moved in 1904 to Be­mis, Tennessee, a cottonmill town in Madison County where their eighth son was born.

 

During the depression John Milton Gowan removed to Shreve­port, Louisiana, being influenced there by his sons.  He re­turned to Bemis in 1935 and died there April 29, 1935 at age 83 "of apoplexy and senility," according to Tennessee DVS Death Certificate No. 20506 signed by J. G. Cottingin, M.D.  He was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery near Medina, Tennessee.  He was a member of the Methodist Church, ac­cording to his obituary which reported that he was survived by his wife and nine chil­dren.

 

In 1936 city directory of Shreveport, Louisiana was listed "Sarah V. Gowan, widow of John M. Gowan, 2920 West Col­lege Av­enue."  She died there September 29, 1943 and was buried beside her husband.  She was "survived by eight sons and one brother, Luther Gowan of Bemis," according to her obituary.  Her pall bearers were "W. M. Gowan, J. T. Gowan, E. B. Gowan, L. L. Gowan, G. E. Gowan and Edgar Gowan."

 

Children born to John Milton Gowan and Sarah Virginia Gowan Gowan include:

 

    William Morris Gowan            born February 12, 1875

    James Thomas Gowan            born October 20, 1876

    Luther Lawton "Laudie" Gowan  born October 22, 1878

    Edwin Bruce Gowan               born May 3, 1881

    Emily Frances "Emma" Gowan   born March 13, 1883

    Joseph Augustus Gowan        born January 25, 1885

    Richard Ester Gowan             born Nov. 20, 1886

    Ethel May Gowan               born August 25, 1889

    Earl Vance Gowan              born September 20, 1892

    John Milton Gowan, Jr.           born Nov. 20, 1894

 

William Morris Gowan, son of John Milton Gowan and Sarah Vir­ginia Gowan Gowan was born February 12, 1875 in Carroll County.  He ap­peared in the 1880 census of Carroll County as a five year-old living in the house­hold of his par­ents.  He reap­peared in the 1900 census of Car­roll County, Enumeration Dis­trict 122, page 9 as a "servant of Abner F. Burns." 

 

He was married April 19, 1908 to Eva Lavinia John­son, who was born in Madison County January 20, 1887 to John Mar­tin Johnson and Margaret Elizabeth Johnson.  He worked for 18 years at Bemis Bag Company and then operated a grocery store in Bemis.  During World War II, at the age of 70, he was again employed at the bag company, retiring nine years later.  He was a charter member, a steward and a bible school teacher of Be­mis Methodist Church.

 

William Morris Gowan died at Bemis at age 92 Novem­ber 14, 1967 and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Jackson.  Later Eva Lavinia Johnson Gowan lived at Hillcrest Conva­lescent Home.  She died there at age 88, March 15, 1975 at Bemis and was buried be­side her husband.

 

Children born to William Morris Gowan and Eva Lavinia John­son Gowan include:

 

    Bertha Opal Gowan            born February 26, 1911

    Elsie Marie Gowan              born May 9, 1916

    Irma Gowan                   born about 1919

    William Morris Gowan, Jr.      born December 21, 1923

 

Bertha Opal Gowan, daughter of William Morris Gowan and Eva Lavinia Johnson Gowan, was born February 26, 1911 at Bemis.  She was married about 1930 to Raymond Horry Tap­ley.  She was a beautician.  They continued in Bemis in 1975.  She died in 1992, at age 81 and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery.

 

Children born to Raymond Horry Tapley and Bertha Opal Gowan Tapley include:

 

    Raymond Horry Tapley, Jr.    born July 11, 1930

    Katherine Juanita Tapley         born November 1, 1931

    Bobby Hugh Tapley               born June 16, 1934

    Margaret Elizabeth Tapley       born November 14, 1938

    Mary Jane Tapley                   born January 1, 1945

 

Elsie Marie Gowan, daughter of William Morris Gowan and Eva Lavinia Johnson Gowan, was born May 16, 1916 at Be­mis.  She was married July 14, 1934 to William Beecher Rus­sell.  He was employed by Hays Freight Lines of Memphis.  They re­moved to Memphis from Jackson in 1957, and she died there in 1962 survived by her husband and children.

 

Children born to William Beecher Russell and Elsie Marie Gowan Russell include:

 

    William Beecher Russell, Jr.        born February 14, 1935

    Marjorie Carolyn Russell     born October 29, 1937

    Charles Robert Russell           born September 2, 1939

 

Irma Gowan, daughter of William Morris Gowan and Eva Lavinia Johnson Gowan, was born about 1919.  She was mar­ried about 1940 to George Christian Core.  In 1963, in 1975 and in 1992 she lived in Portland, Oregon.

 

William Morris Gowan, Jr, son of William Morris Gowan and Eva Lavinia Johnson Gowan, was born December 21, 1923.  He was married May 4, 1946 in Corinth, Mississippi to Gladys Venera Hilliard, daughter of Gould Vanderbildt Hilliard and Lacy Delene Holladay Hilliard.  He continued at Bemis in 1975.

 

Children born to William Morris Gowan, Jr. and Gladys Venera Hilliard Gowan include:

 

    Dennis Earl Gowan             born May 14, 1950

    Beverly Ann Gowan               born September 9, 1953

    Teresa Lynn Gowan               born November 12, 1963

 

Dennis Earl Gowan, son of William Morris Gowan, Jr. and Gladys Venera Hilliard Gowan, was born May 14, 1950 in Jackson.  He was married in Jefferson City, Tennessee April 2, 1978 to Bethann Gentry.  She was born February 8, 1951 to Thomas Gentry and Ellen Gentry.  In 1981 and 1985 they lived at Jasper, Tennessee.

 

Children born to Dennis Earl Gowan and Bethann Gentry Gowan include:

   

    Erin Elizabeth Gowan          born in September 1981

    Ann Marie Gowan              born June 28, 1885

 

Teresa Lynn Gowan, daughter of William Morris Gowan, Jr. and Gladys Venera Hilliard Gowan, was born November 12, 1963 at Jackson.  She was married September 11, 1981 at Jack­son to Stanley Brian Mitchell.  He was born October 28, 1959 at Tacoma, Washington to  Roy Neal Mitchell and Delinda Frances Miller Mitchell.  In 1985 they lived in Mesquite, Texas, and in 1986 they were back in Jackson.

 

Children born to them include:

 

    Corey Brian Mitchell               born August 13, 1985

    Cody Lynn Mitchell            born September 27, 1986

 

James Thomas Gowan, son of John Milton Gowan and Sarah Virginia Gowan Gowan, was born in Carroll County, Octo­ber 20, 1876.  He ap­peared in the 1880 census of Carroll County as a 4 year-old.  On July 13, 1905 he was married to Maude Man­ning Zachary.  She was born June 15, 1887 in Hays County, Texas to Joseph Hampton Zachary and Euge­nia Atkinson Zachary.  Later he lived at Cedar Grove, Ten­nessee, near Be­mis, where his parents had moved in 1904.

 

James Thomas Gowan and Maude Manning Zachary Gow­an, were listed in the 1926-27 Shreveport, city directory re­siding at 3412 Mansfield Road.  In 1928 and 1929 editions he was shown as the oper­ator of Gowan Brothers Sandwich Shop, still residing at 3412 Mans­field Road.  The 1930 edition revealed that Gowan Brothers Sandwich Shop was operated by James Thomas Gowan and Richard Ester Gowan. 

 

"Mrs. Maude Gowan" was showed as a waitress in the cafe in 1931, residence at 3420 Mansfield Road.  He continued the op­eration of the Sandwich Shop in 1931, but had returned to Be­mis by 1935. 

 

He was a charter member and a steward of Bemis Methodist church.  He died March 24, 1964 at Bemis and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery.  She died January 24, 1977, at age 89 in Floridian Nursing Home in Miami, Florida and was buried be­side her husband.

 

Children born to James Thomas Gowan and Maude Man­ning Zachary Gowan include:

 

    Frances Elizabeth Gowan        born September 28, 1907

    James Curtis Gowan               born September 10, 1911

    Katherine Mable Gowan          born July 1, 1914

    Robbie Lee Gowan             born October 27, 1918

    Thomas Eugene Gowan          born June 16, 1921

 

Frances Elizabeth Gowan, daughter of James Thomas Gow­an and Maude Manning Zachary Gowan, was born Septem­ber 28, 1907 in Bemis.  "Miss Eliz Gowan" was shown as a teacher in the 1927 through 1935 editions of the Shreve­port city directo­ries, employed at the Queensborough School.  In 1927 through 1931 she was living at 3420 Mansfield Road near the residence of James Thomas Gowan.  In 1932 she was living at 1110 Prospect Avenue.  In 1933 she was living at 712 Christian and in 1934 at 230 Wall.  In 1935 she was listed at 2610 Gilbert. 

 

She was married June 16, 1936  at Jackson to James Ben­jamin Stalvey who was born December 9, 1908 in Pittsboro, North Carolina.  He was the son of Archie Boyd Stalvey and Daisy Sessions Stalvey.  No children were born to them.  In 1964 and in 1993 they lived in South Miami, Florida.

 

James Curtis Gowan, son of James Thomas Gowan and Maude Manning Zachary Gowan, was born September 10, 1911 at Bemis.  He was shown living at 3420 Mansfield Road ac­cording to the 1929 through 1931 editions of the Shreve­port city directory.  "J. C. Gowan" was shown to be a helper at Shreve­port Lamp Chimney Company during this period. 

 

In 1930 and 1931 he was employed as a helper at Gowan Brothers Sandwich Shop.  In 1932 James Curtis Gowan was shown as a helper at Joseph A. Gowan Sandwich Shop No. 2 and lived at 3415 Mansfield Road.  In 1933 he was waiter em­ployed by Joseph Augustus Gowan and was living at 3330 Mansfield Road.  James Curtis Gowan did not ap­pear in the di­rectory subsequent to that date. 

 

He was married March 15, 1946 in Corinth, Mississippi to An­nette Massenburg.  She was born July 11, 1923 at Jackson to Clyde Davis Massenburg and Constance Summer Massenburg.  She was the daughter of Clyde Davis Massenburg and Constance Summer Massenburg.  In 1957 they continued in Jackson.  In 1993 they lived in McAllen, Texas.  He died there November 6, 1994, and his body was cremated.

 

One daughter was born to James Curtis Gowan and Annette Massenburg Gowan:

 

    Jennie Elizabeth Gowan          born September 29, 1957

 

Jennie Elizabeth Gowan, daughter of James Curtis Gowan and Annette Massenburg Gowan, was born September 29, 1957 at Jackson.

 

 

Katherine Mable Gowan, daughter of James Thomas Gowan and Maude Manning Zachary Gowan, was born July 1, 1914 in Bemis.  She died January 25, 1915 at 18 months of "constipation of stomach and bowels, aggravated by an ob­struction," according to Tennessee BVS Death Certificate No. 200 signed by H. E. Brown, M.D.  She was buried in Holly­wood Cemetery, according to Mrs. E. B. Gowan, in­formant.

 

Robbie Lee Gowan, daughter of James Thomas Gowan and Maude Manning Zachary Gowan, was born October 27, 1918 at Bemis.  She was married October 28, 1941 to John Thornton Master­son in New York City.  He was born March 1, 1911 in Kingston, New York to William Harry Masterson and Ethelyn Thornton Masterson.  Robbie Lee Gowan Masterson became a concert pianist.  In 1964 they lived in Larchmont, New York where he died November 13, 1980.

 

Children born to them include:

 

    Sarah Eugenia Masterson    born December 15, 1942

    John Thornton Masterson, Jr. born August 1, 1946

 

Sarah Eugenia Masterson, daughter of John Thornton Masterson and Robbie Lee Gowan Masterson, was born December 15, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York.  She was married June 22, 1963 to David Clayton Daneker, son of Clayton Daneker and Mildred Ziethen Daneker.  He was born September 25, 1941 in Baltimore, Maryland.  In 1965 they lived in Boston and in 1966 in Baltimore.

 

Children born to them include:

 

    Michael David Daneker               born June 11, 1965

    Lara Daneker                          born Nov. 17, 1966

    Martha Elizabeth Daneker [twin]  born January 17, 1968

    Elaine Pamela Daneker [twin]      born January 17, 1968

    Anne Sarah Daneker                   born April 9, 1970

    Peter Benjamin Daneker              born February 27, 1973

 

John Thornton Masterson, Jr, son of John Thornton Masterson and Robbie Lee Gowan Masterson, was born August 1, 1946 in Brooklyn.  He was married April 20, 1968 to Nancy Sether, daughter of James Wendell Sether and Hallie Fairbank Sether.  She was born August 20, 1948.  In 1968 they lived at Wooster, Ohio and in 1972 at Princton, New Jersey.

 

Children born to them include:

 

    John Thornton Masterson III  born October 25, 1968

    Noah Daniel Masterson           born September 27, 1972

 

Thomas Eugene Gowan, son of James Thomas Gowan and Maude Manning Zachary Gowan, was born June 16, 1921.  He served in the U. S. Army during World War II, from 1940 to 1945, primarily in the European theatre.  He was married July 11, 1947 to Helen Raney in Bayside, New York.  She was born September 3, 1927 in Portland, Oregon to George Wil­liam Raney and Helen Louise Smith Raney.

 

They lived in Long Island, New York, and he was employed as a printing production manager in New York City and in Fair­field, New Jersey.  In 1967 they lived in North Babylon, New York.

 

Upon retirement, they removed to Grand Junction, Col­orado.  He died there February 12, 1991 of colon cancer.  In the latter part of the year Helen Raney Gowan, a member of Gowen Re­search Foundation, lived in Westminster, Col­orado.

 

Children born to them include:

 

    Michael Andrew Gowan      born June 13, 1948

    Katherine Ann Gowan     born November 21, 1949

    Peter Allen Gowan          born May 28, 1951

    James Zachary Gowan    born June 16, 1954

 

Michael Andrew Gowan, son of Thomas Eugene Gowan and Helen Raney Gowan, was born June 13, 1948 in Flushing, New York.  He was married to Katherine Marsh Dell Platt in Denver, Colorado April 26, 1987.  In 1991 they lived in Lakewood, Colorado with Aaron Platt, son by a previous marriage.

 

He was remarried June 21, 1995 to Susan R. Eisaman.  In 1997 they, members of Gowen Research Foundation, lived in Aurora, Colorado.

 

Katherine Ann Gowan, daughter of Thomas Eugene Gowan and Helen Raney Gowan, was born November 21, 1949 in Rochester, New York.  She was married June 14, 1976 in Reno, Nevada to Billy Joe Black.  In 1991 they lived in Porterville, California.

 

Children born to them include:

 

    Amelia Nicole Black                   born June 18, 1979

    Ernest Warren Black                   born April 2, 1981

 

Peter Allen Gowan, son of Thomas Eugene Gowan and He­len Raney Gowan, was born May 28, 1951 in Flushing.  He was married June 2, 1986 in Santa Fe, New Mexico to Faith Hamilton of Philadelphia.  In 1991 they lived in Boulder, Col­orado.

 

Children born to Peter Allen Gowan and Faith Hamilton Gowan include: