Patrick
County was organized in 1790-91 with land from Henry County. Henry County was organized in 1776-77 with
land from Pittsylvania County.
Pittsylvania County was organized in 1766-67 with land from Halifax
County. Halifax County was organized in
1752 with land from Lunenburg County.
Lunenburg County was organized in 1746 with land from Brunswick
County. Brunswick County was organized
in 1720 and in 1732 with land from Prince George County, Isle of Wight County
and Surry County. Prince George County
was organized in 1702-03 with land from Charles City County. Researchers must keep in mind that an
individual could have lived in several of the above counties without ever
having moved.
==O==
Frederick
Gowen and Jonathan Henry Gowen, regarded as kinsmen, were born in the Patrick
County, Virginia area and became patriarchs of Kentucky families that, in two
centuries, have spread throughout the nation.
Frederick Gowen was enumerated as "free colored" in Virginia,
but was reported as "white" in the Kentucky census. Jonathan Henry Gowen was the father of 13
children. This genetic influence is
apparent in 1990 in the descendants of both men--even eight generations later.
Frederick
Gowen is regarded by some researchers as a Melungeon [a recent appellation
preferred by some whose ancestors were labeled "Mulatto"] because
census enumerator recorded him as a "free colored male." In many enumerations in the area individuals
were listed as "mulatto," "colored," or "Indian"
by the censustakers who had no other latitude in recording a dark-skinned
person. He was born about 1797 in
Virginia, according to the federal census of 1850.
Jonathan
Henry Gowen was a son of William Gowen and Betsey Moss Gowen, according to the
research of Clara Jean Grider Fry, a descendant of Cave City, Kentucky.
"Frederick
Going" was married December 10, 1818, to Nancy Coomer [Comer?] in
adjoining Surry County, North Carolina, according to "Surry County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1780-1868." "William Going" thought to be his
father, was the bondsman. Nancy Coomer
Gowen was born in North Carolina about 1798, according to the 1850 census. Their first child was born in Patrick County
about 1819.
A son
was born to them there about 1822, and was followed by a daughter about
1824. "Frederick Going"
appeared as the head of a "free colored" household in the 1830 census
of Patrick County, page 154.
"Going, Frederick free colored male
24-36
free colored female 24-36
free colored male
0-10
free colored female 0-10
free colored male
0-10"
They
continued in Patrick County about 1831 when another son was born to them
there. About 1833, they lived in Lee
County, Virginia, in the extreme western tip of the state, where their fifth
child was born.
About
1835, Frederick Gowen was living near Somerset, Kentucky in Pulaski
County. No members of the Gowen [nor
spelling variations] family were recorded in the 1830 census of Pulaski County
which showed a population of 9,521 at that time. Frederick Gowen purchased land in Pulaski County for $225 in
1838, according to the research of Steve Gowen.
Frederick
Gowen was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1840 census of Pulaski
County, page 320:
"Gowen, Frederick
white male 40-50
white female 30-40
white male 15-20
white female 10-15
white male 10-15
white male 5-10
white female 0-5"
Three
members of the family were engaged in agriculture.
Also
enumerated in the 1840 census of Pulaski County, page 294 was the household of
Henry Gowen, unidentified:
"Gowen, Henry
white male 40-50
white female 30-40
white male 15-20
white male 10-15
white female 10-15
white male 10-15
white male 5-10
white female 0-5"
white male 0-5"
Frederick
Gowen sold his property March 2, 1848 for $150, according to Pulaski County
Deed Book 13, page 520. Apparently he
removed to nearby Adair County at that time.
On October 1, 1849 he was paid "$1 for work on road,"
according to Adair County Court Order Book H, page 9.
In
1850, the household of Frederick Gowen was recorded in Adair County, First
Civil District, Household 603-603:
"Gowen, Frederick 53, born in Virginia, farmer, $200
real
estate
Nancy
52, born
in North Carolina, illiterate
Allen
20, born
in Virginia, illiterate
Larkin
18, born
in Virginia, illiterate, farmer
Elizabeth 15, born in Kentucky
Frederick 8,
born in Kentucky
Hignight, Mary
40, born
in Virginia"
The
fact that he named a son "Allen" suggests a relationship to other
branches of the family who used the name "Allen" as well. Mary Hignight was possibly related to the
householders.
Frederick
Gowen reappeared in the 1860 census of Adair County in the First Civil District
as the head of Household 242-242:
"Going, Fredrick 62, farmer, $600 real estate, $540
personal
property, born in
Patrick County, VA
Nancy
61,
housekeeping, born in Stokes
County, NC
Elizabeth 22, housekeeping, born in Pulaski
County, KY
Fredrick 18, farmer, born in Pulaski County,
KY"
Adjoining
were the households of "William Going," his son, No. 243-243;
"Allan Going," a son, Household No. 244-244 and William Chadowick
[Chadwick?] and Mary "Polly" Gowen Chadowick, his daughter, Household
No. 245-245.
During
the Civil War, Frederick Gowen removed to Crawford County in extreme southern
Indiana. He removed shortly afterward
to nearby Gibson County, Indiana where his son, Larkin Gowen had located. "He died intestate, but did leave a
treasure trove of information in Gibson County Court records when his heirs
divided the estate," according to a letter written by August 13, 1990 by
Steve Gowen, a descendant of Lexington, Kentucky.
Children
born to Frederick Gowen and Nancy Coomer Gowen include:
William R. Gowen
born about 1819
Mary "Polly" Gowen
born about 1824
Allen Gowen
born
about 1830
Larkin Gowen
born about 1833
Elizabeth G. Gowen
born about 1835
Frederick Gowen, Jr.
born October 9, 1841
Initially
it was thought that Jonathan Gowen was a son of Frederick Gowen and Nancy Coomer
Gowen because of his close relationship with them, however a letter written
February 23, 1987 by Clara Jean Grider Sexton Fry seems to refute this
speculation. She wrote:
"Sometime back I got a letter from a
lady [unnamed] in Adair County who said that the parents of Jonathan Gowen were
William Gowen and Betsy Moss Gowen. I
have lost the letter, but some credence can be given to this statement because
Jonathan wasn't listed in the probate of Frederick Gowen in Gibson County,
Indiana. In his probate heirs were
listed as William R. Gowen, Polly Chadwick, Allen Gowen, Larkin Gowen,
Elizabeth G. Gowen and Frederick Gowen."
William
R. Gowen, son of Frederick Gowen and Nancy Gowen, was born in Patrick County
about 1821, according to the 1860 census of Adair County. In 1833 he lived in Lee County and in 1835
in Pulaski County. He received a land
grant of 30 acres located on Big Creek in Adair County February 9, 1837 by
county court order, according to Adair County Deed Book 40, page 213.
On
October 21, 1841, at age 20, he was married to Amanda B. Hinton, according to
Pulaski County Marriage Book B-1, page 57.
She was born in Pulaski County in 1820.
It is possible that they lived for a short time in Green County in 1849;
their fourth child was born there.
The
household of William R. Gowen was enumerated August 22, 1850, First Civil
District, page 42:
"Gowen,
William 30, born in VA, farmer, illiterate
Amanda 27, born in KY, illiterate
Thomas 8,
born in KY
Eli
7,
born in KY
Gailen
5, born in KY
L. A.
2, born in KY, female
Cornelia 1,
born in KY"
William
R. Gowen received a land grant of 93 acres on Big Creek February 16, 1852 by
county court order, according to Adair County Deed Book 37, page 248.
His
family reappeared in the 1860 census of Adair County, First Civil District as
Household 243-243:
"Going, William
39, born
in Patrick County, VA,
farmer, owns $200 in personal
property, owns $200 real
estate
Amanda
40, born
in Pulaski County, KY
Thomas F.
17, born
in Pulaski County, KY
Eli
15, born
in Pulaski County, KY
Galin
13, born in Pulaski County, KY
Lydia A.
11, born
in Green County, KY
Cornelia
9, born in Adair County, KY
John
7,
born in Adair County, KY
William
5, born in Adair County, KY
Amanda J.
4, born in Adair County, KY
Permilia
2, born in Adair County, KY"
Amanda
B. Hinton Gowen died during the decade, and William R. Gowen, at age 47, was
remarried to Polly Brock, according to Adair County Marriage Book 5, page 235.
William
R. Gowen was shown as a resident of Adair County in 1872 when his father died,
according to the probate records of Frederick Gowen in Gibson County, Indiana.
In
the 1880 enumeration of Adair County, Enumeration District 4, page 30 the
family reappeared at Gradyville, Kentucky:
"Gowen, William
59, born
in VA, father born in
VA, mother born in VA,
farmer
Polley
56, born in TN, father born
[blank], mother born [blank]
James W.
12, born
in KY, father born in
VA, mother born in TN, son,
farm laborer
Gowen,
Thomas
38, born
in KY, father born in
VA, mother born in TN, son,
farm laborer
Ketty A.
40, born
in KY, father born in
KY, mother born in KY,
daughter
in-law
Gowen,
William
R. 26, born in KY, father born in
VA, mother born in TN, farm
laborer, son
Martha
26, born
in KY, father born in
KY, mother born in KY,
daughter-in-law
Liza A.
3, born in KY, father born in
KY, mother born in KY,
granddaughter
Wilfred
3/12,
born in KY, father born in
KY, mother born in KY,
grandson"
It
is believed that the enumerator falsely assumed that Polly Brock Gowen was the
mother of the older sons in the household when he showed "Tennessee"
as the birthplace of their mother. The
name "Wilfred Gowen" suggests a relationship with the family of John
Gowen in Davidson County, Tennessee.
Polly
Brock Gowen died January 8, 1885, according to James O. Gowen.
Children
born to William R. Gowen and Amanda B. Gowen include:
Thomas F. Gowen
born in
1842
Eli Gowen
born in 1843
Gailen Gowen
born in 1845
Lydia A. Gowen
born in 1848
Cornelia Gowen
born in 1849
John Gowen
born in
1852
William R. Gowen, Jr.
born August 13, 1853
Amanda J. Gowen
born in
1856
Permilia Gowen
born in 1858
Children
born to William R. Gowen and Polly Brock Gowen include:
James Wiley Gowen
born in 1868
Thomas
F. Gowen, son of William R. Gowen and Amanda Gowen, was born in Pulaski County
in 1842, according to the 1860 census enumeration. He appeared as an eight-year-old in the 1850 census of his
father's household. He reappeared at
age 17 in 1860. He, a 38-year-old farm
laborer, continued in his father's household in the 1880 census of Adair
County. He was married by this time,
wife's name "Ketty" [Kitty?, Hetty?], age 40. He was remarried in 1914 to Mary Coomer,
according to Adair County Marriage Book 23, page 497. Thomas F. Gowen died in Adair County October 5, 1918. Children born Thomas F. Gowen, Ketty Gowen
and Mary Coomer Gowen are unknown.
Eli
Gowen, son of William R. Gowen and Amanda B. Hinton Gowen, was born in Pulaski
County in 1843, according to the 1860 census.
He appeared at age seven in the 1850 census and at 15 in the 1860
census. He was married December 20,
1877 to Lucy England in Adair County.
Children born to Eli Gowen and Lucy England Gowen are unknown.
Galin
Gowen, son of William R. Gowen and Amanda B. Hinton Gowen, was born in Pulaski
County in 1845, according to the 1860 census.
He appeared as a five-year-old in the 1850 census and at age 13 in 1860. He was married in 1874 to Mary Jane
Fletcher. She was born in 1852. The couple moved from Edmonton, Kentucky to
Alvarado, Texas about 1902. Later they
lived in Ft. Worth, Texas, and Gailen Gowen died there prior to 1911. In the 1911 city directory of Ft. Worth Jane
Gowen was shown living in the home of her son, Culmer Fred Gowen at 1125 Stella
Avenue. In 1914 she moved to Dallas,
Texas where she made her home at 4312 Junius Street. In 1918 she was back in Ft. Worth living with her son at 1125
Stella Avenue.
"Jane
Gowen, widow of Tarrant County" gave a warranty deed to J. S. Williams
January 17, 1921 [five days after her death] to Lot 14, Block 20, Union Depot
Addition, Ft. Worth for $1,000, according to Tarrant County Deed Book 692, page
343. Jane Gowen died January 12, 1921,
according to Texas BVS File 825, at age 57 and was buried at Oaklawn Cemetery
in Dallas.
Children
born to Galin Gowen and Jane Gowen include:
Etta Gowen
born in 1882
Emma L. Gowen
born in
1884
Culmer Fred Gowen
born in 1886
Etta
Gowen, daughter of Galin Gowen and Jane Gowen, was born in 1882 in
Edmonton. She was married about 1902 to
Frank Williams and lived at Celeste, Texas.
She died about 1911. Names of
children are unknown.
Emma
L. Gowen, daughter of Galin Gowen and Jane Gowen, was born in 1884 in
Edmonton. She did not marry.
She
appeared in the 1911 Ft. Worth city directory as an employee of King Candy
Company living at 1125 Stella Avenue with her brother and her mother. In the 1912-13 edition of the directory she
was listed as "Emma L. Going, trained nurse, residence at 1502 Alston,
telephone Rosedale 753." She reappeared
there in the 1914 edition. In 1916 "Emma Going, Nurse," was living at
1900 College Avenue.
In
the 1912, 1913 and 1914 "Miss H. Kearney Going" also "boarded at
1513 Alston Avenue. In 1918 she was
rooming at 1610 Washington; in 1920 at 1401 Washington." In 1922 and 1923 "Kearney H.
Going" continued "boarding at 1401 Washington. In 1925 she was living at 1313 Alston. From 1926 to 1931 she lived at 1605 Fairmont
Avenue. Of this individual nothing
more is known.
Culmer
Fred Gowen, son of Galin Gowen and Jane Gowen and namesake of his
great-grandfather, was born in Edmonton in 1886. In 1905, at age 19, he was married, perhaps in Alvarado, to
Lillie G. Walker, "age 15, born in Texas." She was a daughter of
Allen Walker, a Tennesseean.
Shortly
afterward they were living in Alvarado.
In the 1909-10 Ft. Worth city directory Culmer Fred Gowen was shown in
residence at 2317 Vickery Boulevard.
Included in the household were his wife, Lillie G. Walker Gowen; his
mother, Jane Gowen and his sister, Emma L. Gowen. At that time he was listed as a "fireman." In 1911 he was living at 1125 Stella Avenue
and was shown as an "engineer."
In 1913 he removed to 1502 Mays Avenue, Dallas and was included in the
1914 Dallas city directory as an engineer for Cliff Ice & Cold Storage
Company.
In
the 1916 and 1918 editions of the Ft. Worth city directory he was back at 1125
Stella Avenue. He was employed as a machinist
by Waples-Platter Grocery Company. Lillie G. Walker Gowen was employed by King
Candy Company.
In
1919 Culmer Fred Gowen returned to Dallas and lived at 1804 Spencer
Street. He was listed in the Dallas
city directory as an engineer for Central Ice & Cold Storage, living at
1410 McKell.
Culmer
Fred Gowen and Lillie G. Walker Gowen "of Dallas" gave a warranty
deed to Paul Longeway to Lot 14, Block 20, Union Depot Addition, Ft. Worth for
$1,275 March 29, 1921, according to Tarrant County Deed Book 701, page 68.
Culmer
Fred Gowen died October 20, 1924 and was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery. Lillie G. Walker Gowen survived her husband
for 48 years.
When
she was interviewed in 1960 she reported that the Gowens who remained at
Edmonton operated a hotel there. A
visit there in 1971 turned up no members of the Gowen family and none were
listed in area telephone directories.
Lillie
G. Walker Gowen in 1960 lived at 5503 Vanderbilt in Dallas. When she died August 4, 1972 she lived on
Seagoville Road in Dallas. She was
buried beside her husband.
Children
born to Culmer Fred Gowen and Lillie G. Walker Gowen include:
Darrell Cecil Gowen
born March 22, 1907
Evelyn Louise Gowen
born in 1909
William Edward Gowen
born May 1, 1911
Marshall Raymond Gowen
born December 24, 1913
Culmer Fred Gowen, Jr.
born February 8, 1916
Darrell
Cecil Gowen, son of Culmer Fred Gowen and Lillie G. Walker Gowen, was born
March 22, 1907 at Alvarado, according to Texas BVS File 219932. In 1942 he was married to Mildred Carter,
and they lived in the Dallas area. He
died May 1, 1963 at Houston, Texas, according to Texas BVS File 31375. He was buried in Calvary Hill Cemetery in
north Dallas.
A
daughter was born to Darrell Cecil Gowen and Mildred Carter Gowen:
Evelyn Jean Gowen
born November 10, 1942
Evelyn
Jean Gowen, daughter of Darrell Cecil Gowen and Mildred Carter Gowen, was born
November 10, 1942 in Dallas. In 1957
she was married to William Seifert. In
1972 they lived in Dallas.
Evelyn
Louise Gowen, daughter of Culmer Fred Gowen and Lillie G. Walker Gowen, was
born in 1909 at Alvarado. She was
married about 1929 to James F. Snyder.
They lived in Dallas where she died in 1942. She was buried in Calvary Hill Cemetery.
William
Edward Gowen, son of Culmer Fred Gowen and Lillie G. Walker Gowen, was born May
12, 1911 in Ft. Worth, according to Tarrant County Birth Book 11, page
302. Texas State Bureau of Vital
Statistics files show his date of birthe as May 1, 1912. He died unmarried August 3, 1969 in Dallas
and was buried in Restland Military Cemetery.
Marshall
Raymond Gowen, son of Culmer Fred Gowen and Lillie G. Walker Gowen, was born
December 24, 1913 in Dallas, according to Texas BVS File 41083. On March 28, 1944 he was married to Ruby
Lucille Clarkston who was born in Hunt County, Texas. In October 1972 Marshall Raymond Gowen, a switchman for Southern
Pacific Railroad, lived on Seagoville Road in Dallas.
One
daughter was born to this union:
Neva Fay Gowen
born
March 20, 1945
Neva
Fay Gowen, daughter of Marshall Raymond Gowen and Ruby Lucille Clarkston Gowen,
was born March 20, 1945. She was
married January 20, 1962 to Jerry Wayne Campbell. The couple and their three sons continued to live in Dallas in
October 1972.
Culmer
Fred Gowen, Jr., son of Culmer Fred Gowen and Lillie G. Walker Gowen, was born
at Ft. Worth, according to Tarrant County Birth Book 14, page 768. While serving aboard the U.S.S. Honolulu
during World War II he was killed by enemy action and buried at sea, leaving no
descendants.
Lydia
A. Gowen, daughter of William R. Gowen and Amanda B. Hinton Gowen, was born in
Green County, Kentucky in 1848, according to the 1860 Adair County census. She
appeared as a two-year-old in the 1850 census and as an 11-year-old in the
1860 census. Of this individual
nothing more is known.
Cornelia
Gowen, daughter of William R. Gowen and Amanda B. Hinton Gowen, was born in
Adair County in 1849. She appeared in
her father's household in the 1850 census as a one-year-old. She reappeared in 1860 as a
nine-year-old. Of this individual
nothing more is known.
John
Gowen, son of William R. Gowen and Amanda B. Hinton Gowen, was born in 1852 in
Adair County. He appeared as a
seven-year-old in the 1860 census of Adair County. Of this individual nothing
more is known.
William
R. Gowen, Jr, son of William R. Gowen and Amanda B. Hinton Gowen, was born
August 13, 1853 in Adair County, according to James O. Gowen, Foundation member
of Tennyson, Indiana. He appeared in
the 1860 enumeration of his father's household as a five-year-old. He was married in 1876 to Martha An Hill, a
native of Kentucky.
In
the 1880 census of Adair County they were recorded in his father's household:
"Gowen, William
R. 26, born in KY, father born in
VA, mother born in TN, farm
laborer
Martha
26, born
in KY, father born in
KY, mother born in KY
Liza A.
3, born in KY, father born in
KY, mother born in KY
Wilfred
3/12, born in KY, father born in
KY, mother born in KY"
He
died September 10, 1927, according to the research of James O. Gowen.
Children
born to William R. Gowen, Jr. and Martha Ann Hill Gowen include:
Liza A. Gowen
born in 1877
Wilfred Gowen
born in 1880
Liza
A. Gowen, daughter of William R. Gowen and Martha Gowen, was born in 1877 in
Adair County. She appeared in the 1880
census of her grandfather's household as a three-year-old. Of this individual nothing more is known.
Wilfred
Gowen, son of William R. Gowen and Martha Gowen, was born in 1880 in Adair
County and was enumerated that year as a three-month-old infant in his
grandfather's household.
Although
nothing more is known of Wilfred Gowen, his name suggested a slender thread
linking his family with that of Wilfred Burleson Gowen of Davidson County,
Tennessee and Holmes County, Mississippi.
This unusual name was handed down in the Gowen family and indicates a
possible relationship between the Kentucky and Tennessee branches of the Gowen
family.
Amanda
J. Gowen, daughter of William R. Gowen and Amanda B. Hinton Gowen, was born in
Adair County in 1856. She appeared as
a four-year-old in the 1860 enumeration of her father's household. She was married in 1876 to William R.
Singleton.
Permilia
Gowen, daughter of William R. Gowen and Amanda B. Hinton Gowen, was born in
Adair County in 1858. She appeared as
a two-year-old in the 1860 census of that county. Of this individual nothing more is known.
James
Wiley Gowen, son of William R. Gowen and Polly Brock Gowen, was born in Adair
County in 1868. He appeared in his
father's household in the 1880 census of Adair County as a 12-year-old. He was married August 10, 1904 to Alva
Maupin in Metcalfe County, Kentucky. He
was 36, and she was 18.
Mary
"Polly" Gowen, daughter of Frederick Gowen and Nancy Coomer Gowen,
was born in 1824 in Patrick County, Virginia, according to her 1860 census
enumeration. In 1833 she lived in Lee
County, Virginia, and in 1835 she was in Pulaski County, Kentucky. About 1845, at age 21, she was married,
probably in Pulaski County, to William Chadowick, a farmer who was born in
Buncombe County, North Carolina. In
1850 the family was living in Adair County.
In
1860 the household of William Chadowick was enumerated in the federal census of
Adair County as Household 245-245, very near that of his brother-in-law,
William R. Gowen, Household No. 243-243:
Chadowick, William
37, born
in Buncombe Co,
NC,
farmer, $150
personal
property
Polly
36, born
in Patrick Co, VA
John
14, born
in Pulaski Co, KY
David
12, born
in Pulaski Co, KY
Nancy
10, born
in Adair Co, KY
Frederick
8,
born in Adair Co, KY
Elizabeth D. 6, born in Adair Co, KY
Harriett
4,
born in Adair Co, KY"
They
removed to Gibson County, Indiana along with their Gowen relatives.
Children
born to William Chadowick and Polly Gowen Chadowick include:
John Chadowick
born in 1846
David Chadowick
born in
1848
Nancy Chadowick
born in
1850
Frederick Chadowick
born July 27, 1851
Elizabeth D. Chadowick
born in 1854
Harriett Chadowick
born in 1856
John
Chadowick, son of William Chadowick and Polly Gowen Chadowick, was born in
Adair County in 1846. He appeared there
as a 14-year old in the 1860 census. He
was married about 1867 in Gibson County, Indiana to Indiana Hartley.
David
Chadowick, son of William Chadowick and Polly Gowen Chadowick, was born in 1848
in Adair County. He was married about
1869 in Gibson County , wife's name Lucy Ann.
Nancy
Chadowick, daughter of William Chadowick and Polly Gowen Chadowick, was born in
Adair County in 1850. She appeared
there as a 10-year-old in the 1860 census.
Frederick
Chadowick, son of William Chadowick and Polly Gowen Chadowick, was born July
27, 1851 in Adair County, according to Norma Florence Walton Jolly, a
descendant of Malakoff, Texas in 1993.
He appeared there in the 1860 census as an eight-year-old. He was married December 13, 1874 to Mary E.
Owens in Gibson County. He died in 1925
and was buried in Davidson Cemetery, Pike County, Indiana.
Children
born to Frederick Chadowick and Mary E. Owens Chadowick include:
William Thomas Chadowick
born April 3. 1879
William
Thomas Chadowick, son of Frederick Chadowick and Mrs. E. Owens Chadowick, was
born in Henderson County, Kentucky April 3, 1879. In 1905 he lived in Pike County.
Children
born to him include:
Lillie F. Chadowick
born December 23, 1905
Lillie
F. Chadowick, daughter of William Thomas Chadowick, was born December 23, 1905
in Pike County. She was married about
1922, husband's name Walton.
Children
born to them include:
Norma Florence Walton
born March 3, 1924
Norma
Florence Walton, daughter of Lillie F. Chadowick Walton, was born March 3, 1924
in Pike County. She was married about
1946 to R. Jolly. In 1993 they lived on
Cedar Creek Lake at Malakoff, Texas.
Elizabeth
D. Chadowick, daughter of William Chadowick and Polly Gowen Chadowick, was born
in Adair County in 1852. She was
recorded as a six-year-old in the 1860 census there. She was married about 1870 to Arthur Moore.
Harriett
Chadowick, daughter of William Chadowick and Polly Gowen Chadowick, was born in
1856. She was reported as a
four-year-old in the 1860 census of Adair County. She was married August 19, 1875 in Gibson County to James D.
Crow.
Allen
Gowen, son of Frederick Gowen and Nancy Coomer Gowen, was born in 1830 in
Patrick County, Virginia. His name
suggests a link between his family and that of William Gowen and Sarah Allen
Gowen. In the 1850 census of Adair
County he appeared in his father's household as "age 20, born in Virginia,
illiterate." He was married in
1851 to Janettie J. Tarter, according to Adair County Marriage Book 2-6, page
150. He was recorded at age 21; she was
17.
His
household, No. 244-244, appeared in the 1860 census of Adair County adjoining
that of his father and William R. Gowen and William Chadowick:
"Going,
Allen
28, born in Patrick County, VA,
farmer, $200 real estate, $300
personal property
Jane
26, born in Pulaski County, KY
Eliza Ann
7, born in Adair County, KY
Albert T.
5, born in Adair County, KY
Milford
E.
2, born in Adair County, KY"
His
household was recorded a second time [as No. 278-278] in the 1860 census of
Adair County, according to the research of Steve Gowen:
"Going,
Allen
27, born in Patrick County, VA,
farmer, $200 real estate, $300
personal property
Jane
24, born in Pulaski County, KY
Eliza Ann
6, born in Adair County, KY
Albert T.
4, born in Adair County, KY
Milford
E.
2, born in Adair County, KY"
Allen
Gowen and Janettie J. Tarter Gowen did not appear in subsequent census returns
of Adair County.
Children
born to them include:
Hugh M. Gowen
born
October 12, 1852
Eliza Ann Gowen
born in
1853
Albert T. Gowen
born in
1855
Milford E. Gowen
born in 1858
William R. Gowen
born December 19, 1861
Cornelius D. Gowen
born February 14, 1867
Hugh
M. Gowen, son of Allen Gowen and Janettie J. Tarter Gowen, was born October 12,
1852 in Adair County. He died there
"of the flux" in 1856.
Eliza
Ann Gowen, daughter of Allen Gowen and Janettie J. Tarter Gowen, was born in
1853 in Adair County. She appeared
there in the 1860 census as a seven-year-old.
She was married September 2, 1875 to David Evans.
Albert
T. Gowen, son of Allen Gowen and Janettie J. Tarter Gowen, was born in 1855 in
Adair County. He reappeared there as a
five-year-old in the 1860 census.
Larkin Gowen, son of
Frederick Gowen and Nancy Coomer Gowen, was born April 15, 1833 in Lee County,
Virginia. Two years later his family
lived in Pulaski County. In 1849 they
removed to Green County, and in 1850 he appeared in Adair County in his
father's household as an 18-year-old illiterate farmer.
According to the
family bible, he was married December 14, 1854 to Louisa C. Coffey who was born
May 26, 1827 in Adair County. In 1857
the couple lived in Carroll County, Virginia, adjoining Patrick County where he
must have still had relatives. One of
their sons was born there. By 1859 they
had returned to Adair County.
In 1860 the family
appeared in Adair County, Civil District 1 in the federal census as:
Going,
Larkin
27, born
in Lee County, VA,
farmer, $200 real estate
Louisa C.
31, born
in Adair County, KY
Matthew
W.
4, born in Adair County, KY
Frederick
D.
3, born in Carroll County, KY
Larkin L.
11/12,
born in Adair Co, KY"
Larkin Gowen and
Louisa C. Coffey Gowen did not appear in subsequent enumerations of Adair
County. He was a resident of Gibson
County, Indiana when his father died there in 1872, according to Gibson County
Probate Book S, page 284.
Apparently Louisa C. Coffey Gowen died, [error] and Larkin Gowen was
remarried about 1879, wife's name unknown.
His wife and their baby were burned to death at Midway, Indiana in
Spencer County. A news story about
their deaths appeared in the April 25, 1881 edition of the
"New Albany Ledger-Standard:"
"The details of a most horrible calamity
that occurred near the little town of Midway, in Spencer County, a few days
ago, have been related to a Ledger-Standard reporter by a gentleman who today
returned to this city from a business trip to that part of the state. Mr. Larkin Gowen is a farmer who resides
near Midway. His wife, while he was out
at the barn at work, was engaged in her domestic duties, her infant lying
asleep on the bed nearby. Mrs. Gowen,
in passing near the open fire place, accidentally set fire to her dress, and
the inflammable material was speedily in a blaze.
The unfortunate woman in her fright, leaped into the bed where her infant
lay, intending to smother out the flames by covering herself with the bed
clothing. Her blazing garments,
however, set fire to the bed clothes, and the wretched woman leaped from the
bed to the floor where she fell in a swoon, overcome by her fright and the
intense pain that she suffered. She was
literally roasted, all of her clothing having burned from her body.
Her screams were heard by her husband who hastened to the house. His first care was to snatch the infant from
the burning bed; but it had already been fatally burned. The poor mother lay in an insensible
condition on the floor, but the agony of her suffering was not of long endurance,
for death came to her relief. The calamity
is one of the saddest that ever occurred in that part of the state. Mr. Gowen had a severe struggle with the
flames ignited by the burning bed before he got them suppressed. He is an excellent citizen and has the
sympathy of all who know him.”
Larkin Gowen died
April 3, 1895 and Louisa C. Coffey Gowen died August 11, 1897, according to the
family bible.
Recorded in the bible
of Larkin Gowen which was printed in Philadelphia in 1868 by William W.
Harding, were many marriages, births and deaths.
The following
marriages were recorded:
“Larkin Gowen
L. C.
Coffey
December 14, 1854
Matthew
M. Gowen
Pharilla Frederick
March 18, 1880
Frederick
D. Gowen
Tilla
Wilkerson
January 30, 1881
Daisy
Mae Gowen
John Franklin Douthitt September 8, 1901
Katie
Ethel Gowen
Della F. Roberts
June 16,
1907
Claud
Gowen
Flora
Scala
May
1901
Laura
Myrtle Gowen
Frank Byers
December
24, 1910
Flossie
Irene Gowen
Lester J. Skelton
June 28, 1919
The following births
were recorded
Quin Tillia Wilkerson
October 13, 1860
Matthew M. Gowen
October 27, 1855
Frederick D. Gowen
April 14, 1857
Larkin L. Gowen
August 7, 1859
Nancy J. Gowen
May 9, 1862
Thomas G. Gowen
November
21, 1864
William M. Gowen
October 25, 1868
Larkin Gowen
April 15, 1833
Louisa C. Gowen
May 26, 1827
Daisy Mae Gowen
January
10, 1882
Edith Gowen
September
8, 1882
Claud Gowen
December
9, 1884
Otis Orval Gowen
October 8, 1886
Katie Ethel Gowen
March 7, 1888
Laura Myrtle Gowen
February 17, 1891
Harry Otto Gowen
October 24, 1892
Flossie Irene Gowen
October 20, 1895
Robert Ruffus Gowen
May 27, 1902
The
following deaths were recorded:
Nancy J. Gowen
April 16, 1863
William M. Gowen
February 10, 1884
Age 15
years, 3 months, 15 days
Larkin Gowen
April 3, 1895
Louisa C. Gowen
August 11, 1897
Tilla Gowen
April 1927
Frederick Gowen
Polly Gowen
January
8, 1855
Wife of
William R. Gowen
Children born to Larkin
Gowen and Louisa C. Coffee Gowen include:
Matthew Melvin Gowen
born October 27, 1855
Frederick Dempsey Gowen
born April 14, 1857
Larkin Luther Gowen
born August 7, 1859
Nancy J. Gowen
born May
9, 1862
Thomas G. Gowen
born November 21, 1864
William M. Gowen
born October 25, 1868
Matthew Melvin Gowen,
son of Larkin Gowen and Louisa C. Coffee Gowen, was born October 17, 1855. He was married March 18, 1880 to Pharilla
Frederick. He died November 14, 1905 in
Pike County, Indiana. Children born to
Matthew Melvin Gowen and Pharilla Frederick Gowen are unknown.
Frederick Dempsey
Gowen, son of Larkin Gowen and Louisa C. Coffee Gowen, was born April 14, 1857
in Carroll County, Missouri. He was
married January 30, 1881 to Quintilla Wilkinson. He died in 1940 in Warwick County, Indiana. Children born to Frederick Dempsey Gowen and
Quintilla Wilkinson Gowen are unknown.
Larkin Luther Gowen,
son of Larkin Gowen and Louisa C. Coffee Gowen, was born August 7, 1859 at Big
Creek, Kentucky in Adair County. He
was married June 16, 1885 to Annie Donahoo.
In 1888 they were living in Evansville, Indiana when a son was
born. She died in April 1927. He died in 1935 in Evansville and was buried
in Warwick County. Children born to
Larkin Luther Gowen and Annie Donahoo Gowen include:
Frank Florian Gowen
born January 5, 1888
Frank Florian Gowen,
only known child born of Luther L. Gowen and Anne Donohue Gowen was born
January 5, 1888 in Evansville, Indiana.
He arrived in El Paso, Texas in 1905.
On
October 6, 1917 he was married to Vera Werle, age 19, who was born in St.
Louis, Missouri. Frank Florian Gowen
lived at the Elks Club at that time.
He
received an assignment from S. G. Vidler September 1, 1928 to mineral rights on
40 acres of land located in Section 162, Block 32 near Monahans, Texas,
according to Ward County Deed Book 45, page 45.
No
children were born to Frank Florian Gowen and Vera Werle Gowen, however on
September 10, 1930 they adopted Lorena Griggs in Dallas, Texas, according to
Dallas County Deed Book 1650, page 110.
She was renamed Jo Ann Lyn Gowen, according to Lyn Ann Edens Harris, her
daughter of Lubbock, Texas.
Frank
Florian Gowen was the owner of the Smoke Shop in El Paso. He died August 27, 1948 and was buried in
Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso.
Vera
Werle Gowen continued to live in El Paso and in 1971 was listed in the city
directory as a nursery helper employed by the First Baptist Church. In 1975 she lived at 2930 Frankford Avenue,
according to the El Paso telephone directory.
Children
reared by Frank Florian Gowen and Vera Werle Gowen include:
Jo Ann Lynn Gowen
born about 1928
Jo
Ann Lynn Gowen, only child of Frank Florian Gowen and Vera Werle Gowen, was
born in Dallas, Texas about 1928. She
was married about 1948, husband's name Edens.
In 1975 Jo Ann Lynn Gowen Edens lived in El Paso, Texas
Children
born to Jo Ann Lyn Gowen Edens include:
Frank Gowen Edens
born about 1949
Cheryl Virginia Edens
born about 1950
Lyn Ann Edens
born about 1952
Gary Charles Edens
born about 1955
Kenneth Roy Edens
born about 1958
Nancy
J. Gowen, daughter of Larkin Gowen and Louisa C. Coffee Gowen, was born May 9,
1862. She died April 16, 1863.
Thomas G. Gowen, son of Larkin Gowen and Louisa C. Coffee
Gowen, was born November 21, 1864 in Pike County, Indiana. He was married November 16, 1892 to La Dora
Davis. He died February 14, 1937 in
Warwick County, Indiana. Children born
to Thomas G. Gowen and La Dora Davis Gowen are unknown.
William
M. Gowen, son of Larkin Gowen and Louisa C. Coffee Gowen, was born October 25,
1868 in Pike County, Indiana. He died
February 10, 1884 in Warwick County “at the age of 15 years, 3 months, 15
days,” according to the family bible..
Elizabeth
G. Gowen, daughter of Frederick Gowen and Nancy Coomer Gowen, was born in 1835
in Pulaski County. She appeared in the
1850 census of her father's household as a 15-year-old. She was still listed by her maiden name in
the will of her father written in 1872.
She was married at age 42 August 30, 1877 to Enoch Noland, age 48,
according to Gibson County Marriage Book 4, page 213. He died January 30, 1901 in Gibson County. She died February 12, 1901, according to
James O. Gowen.
Frederick
Gowen, Jr, son of Frederick Gowen and Nancy Coomer Gowen, was born October 9,
1941 in Pulaski County. He appeared in
the 1850 census of his father's household as an eight-year-old. Fredrick Gowen married about 1871 to Mary
Jane Sullivan Phillips, a widow, after his arrival in Indiana. She was born March 18, 1838 in Gibson
County, Indiana to Henry S. Sullivan, a native of Kentucky and Nancy Phillips
Sullivan. Her first husband was John G.
Phillips, according to the research of Clara Jean Grider Sexton Fry.
Frederick
Gowen was mentioned in the probate of his father's estate in 1873 as a resident
of Pike County, Indiana.
Frederick
Gowen, Jr. was enumerated in the 1880 census of Gibson County. The family appeared in Enumeration District
104, page 11 as:
"Gowen, Frederick 38, born in KY
Mary J. 41, born in IN, wife
Mina
7, born in IN, daughter
Elmer
5, born in IN, son
Phillips, Nancy
17, born
in IN, step-daughter
Payton
15, born
in IN, step-son"
Frederick
Gowen, Jr. died at age 76 December 30, 1917 in Washington township, according
to Gibson County Death Book H40. Mary
Jane Sullivan Phillips Gowen died February 18, 1918 in Wabash township and was
buried at Hazelton, Indiana, according to Gibson County Death Book H40. Both may have died in the influenza epidemic.
Children
born to them included:
Elmina Gowen
born October 30, 1872
Elmer Gowen
born in
1875
Elmina
Gowen, daughter of Frederick Gowen, Jr. and Mary Jane Sullivan Phillips Gowen,
was born October 30, 1872 in Indiana.
She appeared as a seven-year-old in the 1880 census of Gibson
County. She was married October 3, 1894
to Clarence Davidson. She died March 8,
1955 in Pike County.
Elmer
Gowen, son of Frederick Gowen, Jr. and Mary Jane Sullivan Phillips Gowen, was
born in Indiana in 1875. He appeared
as a five-year-old in the 1880 census of Gibson County. He was married April 6, 1904 to Florence
Hornbrock. He died in Detroit,
Michigan. Children born to Elmer Gowen
and Florence Hornbrock Gowen are unknown.
==O==
Jonathan
Henry Gowen was a son of William Gowen and Betsey Moss Gowen, according to the
research of Clara Jean Grider Sexton Fry.
It is suggested that he was a kinsman of Frederick Gowen because he
appears to be closely associated with him.
Melungeon characteristics are also found among his descendants. He was born in 1822 in Patrick County,
Virginia, according to the 1860 census of Adair County, Kentucky. He was born in 1827, according to the
research of Jessie Gowen Thompson. On
February 6, 1846 "Jonathan Goen" was married to Hannah J. Beasley,
according to "Surry County, North Carolina
Marriage Bonds, 1780-1868."
She
was also born in Patrick County about 1826, and both of her parents were born
in Virginia, according to the census enumeration. She was born August 15, 1829, according to the research of
Jessie Gowen Thompson. J. Allen
Berryman was the bondsman for the marriage.
Later that year "James Goen" was married to Elizabeth Beasley,
according to the Surry County volume.
Eli Crouk was bondsman.
"Morgan Goin" was married April 5, 1862 by J. Gray, J.P. William Gilmer was bondsman.
An
interesting court record was found in
an old book found at Patrick County Library
and given to the Historical Museum in 1987.
On page 17 appeared an entry: “Dec. 1836 [The following entry was
crossed out]: Elizabeth Beazly v. Thomas Tatum, Executor of Thomas Beazly,
deceased, Hannah Going, alias Beazly, Thomas Going alias Beazly, Hardin Going,
alias Beazly, Seaton Chandler and Hannah Chandler, his wife, formerlyHannah
Going, alias Beazly, Benjamin Harris and Catherine Harris, his wife, formerly
Catherine Going, alias Beazly, Polly Beazly, Mary Chandler, James [or Jane]
Chandler, Lucinda Chandler, Priscilla Chandler and Judith Chandler. Spa in
Chancery- No Spa.”
Jonathan
Henry Gowen and Hannah J. Beasley Gowen were enumerated in the 1850 census of
Stokes County, North Carolina, along with "James Going and Betsy
[Beasley?] Going and their children next door, with a Beasley household between
them and John Going, his wife, Margaret and a 15-year-old boy, LeRoy
Going," according to the research of Steve Gowen.
From
1844 until 1855 Jonathan Henry Gowen lived in Stokes County, just across the
state line from Patrick County. By
1857, he had removed to join Frederick Gowen in Adair County. A photograph of Jonathan Henry Gowen
indicates him to be a tall, lean, stern man with a full growth of neck
whiskers. He was a hunting dog fancier,
and descendants "swore that he loved his dogs more than his
children." Consequently, none of
his children would tolerate a dog on his homestead after he was grown.
His
household appeared in the 1860 census of Adair County. Fortunately for genealogists, the enumerator
saw fit to include the county of birth for each individual:
"Going, Jonathan
38, born in Patrick Co, VA,
farmer
Hannah
34, born in Patrick Co, VA
Mary F.
15, born in Stokes Co, NC
Sarah J.
13, born in Stokes Co, NC
John
11, born
in Stokes Co, NC
Fanny
9, born in Stokes Co, NC
Thomas J.
[twin]
5, born in Stokes Co, NC
Henry C.
[twin]
5, born in Stokes Co, NC
Susan E.
3,
born in Adair Co, KY
Frederick
3/12, born in Adair Co, KY"
He
served as a private during the Civil War in Co. G, Thirty-seventh Kentucky
Infantry Regiment. His household reappeared
June 22, 1870 located seven miles west of Columbia, Kentucky as Household
119-119:
"Gowen, Jonathan
46, born
in VA, farmer, $300 per
sonal prop, $3,000 real estate
Hannah
44, born
in VA
Andrew J.
18, born
in NC, farmer
Thomas J.
14, born
in NC, farmer
Henry C.
14, born
in NC, farmer
Susan E.
12, born
in KY
Jonathan
10, born
in KY
Nancy M.
8, born in KY
Martha A.
6, born in KY
Cornelius
3, born in KY
Emily
2/12, born in KY”
On
June 10, 1880 the household of Jonathan Henry Gowen appeared in Adair County
at Gradyville, Kentucky, Civil District 5, Enumeration District 4, page 19:
Gowen,
Jonathan 55, born in VA, father born in
[blank],
mother born in NC,
farmer
Hannah 53, born in VA, father born in VA,
mother
born in VA, wife
Elizabeth 21, born in KY, father born in VA,
mother
born in VA, daughter
Nancy M.
17, born in KY, father born in VA,
mother
born in VA, daughter
Cornelius 15, born in KY, father born in VA,
mother
born in VA, son, farmer
Emley
9, born in KY, father born in VA
mother
born in VA, daughter"
According
to the family bible owned in 1972 by Martha Ann Gowen McGrath, a descendant of
Louisville, Kentucky, children born to them include:
Mary Frances Gowen
born January 23, 1848
Sarah Jane Gowen
born May 4, 1849
John Gowen
born in 1850
Andrew Jackson Gowen
born February 2, 1851
Fanny Gowen
born February 2, 1853
Thomas Jefferson Gowen
born June 12, 1855
Henry Clay Gowen
born June 12, 1855
Susan Elizabeth Gowen
born in 1858
Jonathan Frederick Gowen
born January 10, 1859
Nancy M. Gowen
born
April 20, 1962
Martha Alice Gowen
born in 1864
Cornelius C. Gowen
born February 14, 1867
Emily Gowen
born in April 1870
Mary
Frances Gowen, daughter of Jonathan Henry Gowen and Hannah J. Beasley Gowen,
was born January 23, 1848 in Stokes County, according to the family bible. She appeared as a 15-year-old in the 1860
enumeration of her father's household in Adair County. She was married there about 1866 to Jonathan
Moore.
Children
born to them include:
Willie Lee Moore
born about 1868
John Wess Moore
born
about 1870
Warren Moore
born about 1872
Polly Ann Moore
born about 1874
Charlie Best Moore
born about 1875
Andrew Moore
born about 1877
Luther Thomas Moore
born about 1879
Clay Moore
born about
1882
Willie
Lee Moore, child of Jonathan Moore and Mary Frances Gowen Moore, was born about
1868.
John
Wess Moore, son of Jonathan Moore and Mary Frances Gowen Moore, was born about
1870. He was married about 1893 to Eva
Coomer.
Warren
Moore, son of Jonathan Moore and Mary Frances Gowen Moore, was born about
1872. He was married about 1895 to
Delie Sneed, according to Clara Jean Grider Sexton Fry. Later he was remarried, wife's name
Mary. He was married a third time to
Emma Tucker.
Polly
Ann Moore, daughter of Jonathan Moore and Mary Frances Gowen Moore, was born
about 1874. She was married about 1889
to Randal Cole.
Children
born to them include:
Walter Cole
born December 29, 1890
Felix Cole
born
about 1894
Lawrence Cole
born
about 1898
Allen Cole
born September 16, 1906
Nellie Cole
born June 3, 1913
Opal Cole [twin]
born February 3, 1920
Bea Cole [twin]
born
February 3, 1920
Walter
Cole, son of Randal Cole and Polly Ann Moore Cole, was born December 29,
1890. He was married about 1913, wife's
name Aurora. She was born in 1893. She died in 1970, and he died August 21,
1974.
Felix
Cole, son of Randal Cole and Polly Ann Moore Cole , was born about 1894.
Lawrence
Cole, son of Randal Cole and Polly Ann Moore Cole, was born about 1898.
Allen
Cole, son of Randal Cole and Polly Ann Moore Cole, was born September 16, 1906,
according to Clara Jean Grider Sexton Fry.
He was married about 1929, wife's name Hallie. He died July 23, 1975.
Nellie
Cole, daughter of Randal Cole and Polly Ann Moore Cole, was born June 3, 1913.
Opal
Cole, twin daughter of Randal Cole and Polly Ann Moore Cole, was born February
3, 1920.
Bea
Cole, twin daughter of Randal Cole and Polly Ann Moore Cole, was born February
3, 1920. She is believed to have been
married about 1937, husband's name Taylor.
Charlie
Best Moore, son of Jonathan Moore and Mary Frances Gowen Moore, was born about
1875. He was married about 1898 to
Sally Coomer.
Andrew
Moore, son of Jonathan Moore and Mary Frances Gowen Moore, was born about
1877. He was married about 1900 to
Carrie Compton.
Luther
Thomas Moore, son of Jonathan Moore and Mary Frances Gowen Moore, was born
about 1879. He did not marry.
Clay
Moore, son of Jonathan Moore and Mary Frances Gowen Moore, was born about
1882. He was married about 1905 to Edna
Wilcox.
Sarah
Jane Gowen, daughter of Jonathan Henry Gowen and Hannah J. Beasley Gowen, was
born May 5, 1849 in Stokes County. She
appeared as 13-year-old in the 1860 census of Adair County. She was married about 1867 to Ulysses Pike
and moved to Missouri the following year, according to Clara Jean Grider Sexton
Fry.
A
son was born to them:
Ulysses Pike, Jr.
born about 1869
John
Gowen, son of Jonathan Henry Gowen and Hannah J. Beasley Gowen, was born in
1849 in Stokes County. He appeared in
the 1860 census of Adair County as an 11-year-old, but did not reappear in the
1870 and 1880 enumerations. He was
married in 1877 to Harriett Coomer, daughter of William R. Coomer and Delilah
Coomer, according to Adair County Marriage Book 9, page 126. Harriett Coomer Gowen died, and he moved
"out west," according to Clara Jean Grider Sexton Fry. Children born to John Gowen and Harriett
Coomer Gowen are unknown.
Andrew
Jackson Gowen, son of Jonathan Henry Gowen and Hannah J. Beasley Gowen, was
born February 2, 1851 in Stokes County.
He did not appear in his father's household in the 1860 census, but did
appear as an 18-year-old farmer in the 1870 enumeration of Adair County. He was married October 28, 1873 to Nancy
Adeline Rowe "at Preston B. Rowe's", according to Clara Jean Grider
Sexton Fry.
He
appeared as the head of a household in the 1880 census of Adair County,
Enumeration District 4, page 20, two households removed from that of his
father:
"Gowen, Andy
J. 28, born in NC, father born in VA,
mother
born in VA, farm laborer
Nancy A. 25, born in KY, father born in KY,
mother
born in KY, wife"
He
operated a store and a sawmill in Adair County. Andrew Jackson Gowen appeared in the 1903 city directory of
Dallas, Texas as a driver for Henry T. Pollock Trunk Company and lived at 370
Williams, the address of his brother, Thomas Jefferson Gowen who was also
employed by the same firm. In the 1904
city directory Andrew Jackson Gowen was listed as a salesman for L. B. Price
Mercantile Company and was "boarding at 152 Motley." It is believed that they returned to Adair
County shortly afterward. He died at
age 71 September 24, 1922, according to Jessie Gowen Thompson. His death was recorded in Kentucky Death
Records, Vol. 39, Certificate No. 19148.
They were buried in "the old Moss Cemetery," according to
Clara Jean Grider Sexton Fry. No
children were born to Andrew Jackson Gowen and Nancy Adeline Roe Gowen, but
they reared three children by the name of Taylor.
Fanny
Gowen, daughter of Jonathan Henry Gowen and Hannah J. Beasley Gowen, was born
February 2, 1853 in Stokes County. She
appeared in her father's household in the 1870 census of Adair County as a
nine-year-old. She was married in 1869
to Meredith J. Harper who was born December 27, 1852. He died September 28, 1912, and she was
remarried to Peter Compton. She died
June 11, 1937 and was buried in the Moss Cemetery beside her first husband.
Children
born to Meredith Harper and Fanny Gowen Harper include:
Nancy Margaret Harper
born about 1870
William Riley Harper
born in 1871
Joe Taylor Harper
born about 1873
Laura Ann Harper
born in 1875
Henry Martin Harper
born about 1878
Claudius Harper
born
February 14, 1880
Bert Harper
born about 1883
Nancy
Margaret Harper, daughter of Meredith Harper and Fanny Gowen Harper, was born
about 1870. She was married about 1878
to Clarence Coomer.
William
Riley Harper, son of Meredith Harper and Fanny Gowen Harper, was born in 1871
in Adair County. He was married about
1894 to Cena Bloyd. They moved to Texas
about 1896.
Children
born to them include:
Otis Harper
born in
1896
Waldo Harper
born
about 1897
Johnny Harper
born in 1898
Fannie Harper
born in
1900
Mary Harper
born in
1902
Porter Harper
born in
1906
Cena Harper
born in
1908
William H. Harper
born in 1910
Earl Harper
born in
1914
Paul Harper
born in
1915
William Riley Harper, Jr.
born in 1918
Otis
Harper, son of William Riley Harper and Cena Boyd Harper, was born in
1896. He died in Texas in 1910.
Waldo
Harper, son of William Riley Harper and Cena Boyd Harper, was born about
1897. He died when five days old.
Johnny
Harper, son of William Riley Harper and Cena Boyd Harper, was born in
1898. Two sons and two daughters were
born to him.
Fannie
Harper, daughter of William Riley Harper and Cena Boyd Harper, was born in
1900. She was married about 1918,
husband's name Sluder.
Children
born to them include:
John Sluder
born
about 1920
Lounett Sluder
born about 1924
Herman Sluder
born about 1926
Ruth Sluder
born
about 1929
Wanda Sluder
born
about 1932
David Sluder
born
about 1936
Mary
Harper, daughter of William Riley Harper and Cena Boyd Harper, was born in
1902. She was married about 1920, husband's
name Kretzschman.
Children
born to them include:
Claire Kretzschman
born about 1922
Samuel Lee Kretzschman
born about 1924
Daniel Kretzschman
born about 1926
Bobby Ray Kretzschman
born about 1929
Porter
Harper, son of William Riley Harper and Cena Boyd Harper, was born in
1906. He died in 1981.
Children
born to him include:
Johnny Harper
born about 1930
Martha Harper
born about 1932
Glendon Harper
born about 1935
Kenneth Harper
born about 1938
Cena
Harper, daughter of William Riley Harper and Cena Boyd Harper, was born in
1908. She was married about 1926, husband's
name Pierce. Later she was remarried,
husband's name Durham.
Children
born to her include:
George Pierce
born
about 1928
Katherine Pierce
born about 1931
Clifford Pierce
born about 1934
William
H. Harper, son of William Riley Harper and Cena Boyd Harper, was born in
1910.
Children
born to him include:
Benny Harper
born
about 1935
Lanier Harper
born
about 1937
William Douglas Harper
born about 1941
Donald Keith Harper
born about 1947
Earl
Harper, son of William Riley Harper and Cena Boyd Harper, was born in 1914.
Children
born to him include:
Earl Gene Harper
born about 1940
Charles Harper
born about 1942
Jerry Harper
born
about 1947
Paul
Harper, son of William Riley Harper and Cena Boyd Harper, was born in
1915.
Children
born to him include:
Betty Harper
born
about 1946
Leroy Harper
born
about 1950
William
Riley Harper, Jr., son of William Riley Harper and Cena Boyd Harper, was born
in 1918.
Children
born to him include:
Sandra Kay Harper
born about 1948
Joe
Taylor Harper, son of Meredith Harper and Fanny Gowen Harper, was born about
1873. He was married about 1896 to
Callie Wilcox.
Children
born to them include:
Henry Harper
born
about 1898
Charlie Harper
born about 1900
Connie Harper
born about 1903
Mary Harper
born
about 1906
Flora Harper
born
about 1910
Laura
Ann Harper, daughter of Meredith Harper and Fanny Gowen Harper, was born in
1875. She was married about 1896 to
William Herbert Bennett, who was born in 1873.
She died in 1951, and he died in 1961.
Children
born to them include:
Lawrence Bennett
born in 1898
Lawrence
Bennett, son of William Herbert Bennett and Laura Ann Harper Bennett, was born
in 1898. He was married about 1921 to
Nellie Pearl Franklin who was born in 1900.
He died in 1962, and she died in 1986.
Children
born to them include:
Thomas Bennett
born about 1923
Chlotile Bennett
born about 1925
May Ola Bennett
born about 1928
Opal Bennett
born
about 1932
Jean Bennett
born
about 1935
Laurence Bennett
`
born about 1938
Murrell Bennett
born about 1942
Gerald Bennett
born about 1946
Henry
Martin Harper, son of Meredith Harper and Fanny Gowen Harper, was born about
1878. He was married about 1900 to Mary
Alice Kessler.
Children
born to them include:
John Henry Harper
born about 1902
Claudius
Harpers, son of Meredith Harper and Fanny Gowen Harper, was born February 14,
1880. He was married about 1902 to
Mary Barley. Later he was remarried to
Rebecca Coomer who was born January 1, 1877 to Floyd Coomer and Rachel Roach
Coomer. Rebecca Coomer Harper died in
1943 and was buried in Moss Cemetery.
Children
born to them include:
Edward Harper
born in 1903
Beulah Harper
born in 1905
Willie Clarence Harper
born in 1906
[child]
born about 1907
Jessie Harper
born June
1, 1909
Hallie Harper
born in
1911
Jimmie Johnson Harper
born in 1913
Donnie Harper
born 1915
Callie Elizabeth Donna Harper
born in
1917
Claudis Harper
born in 1921
Claudia Harper
born April 1, 1924
Lillian Harper
born in
1927
Flora Bell Harper
born Dec. 25, 1920
Bert
Harper, son of Meredith Harper and Fanny Gowen Harper, was born about
1883. He was married about 1906 to
Montra Yarberry.
Children
born to them include:
Anna Harper
born
about 1908
Louis Harper
born
about 1910
Thelma Harper
born about 1913
Alfred Harper
born
about 1916
J. D. Harper
born
about 1920
Bert Harper, Jr.
born about 1924
Alfred
Harper, son of Bert Harper and Montra Yarberry Harper, was born about
1916. He was killed at Pearl Harbor in
1941, leaving a widow and one son.
Thomas
Jefferson Gowen, twin son of Jonathan Henry Gowen and Hannah J. Beasley Gowen,
was born June 12, 1855 in Stokes County, according to the family bible. He appeared in his father's household in the
1860 census at Summersville, Kentucky as a five-year-old and again in the 1870
census as a 14-year-old farm laborer.
He
was married in 1875 to Lucinda Margaret Floyd, daughter of James Floyd and
Margaret Ann Bryant Floyd, according to Clara Jean Grider Sexton Fry. She was born in Kentucky August 11, 1858,
and both of her parents were born in Kentucky, according to Pearl Elmore Gowen
Wheeler. However, in the census of 1880
Lucinda Margaret Floyd Gowen advised the enumerator that she and both of her
parents were born in North Carolina.
Thomas
Jefferson Gowen appeared as the head of a household adjacent to that of his
twin brother in Green County, Enumeration District 56, page 3:
"Gowin, Thomas
J. 23, born in KY, father born in KY,
mother
born in KY [errors],
laborer
Elizabeth 22, born in NC, father born in NC,
mother
born in NC
Mary
3, born in KY, father born in KY,
mother
born in KY
John 6/12,
born in KY, father born in KY,
mother
born in KY, born in
January
1880"
After
killing two men in an 1887 [1897?] dancehall shootout in Green County,
Kentucky, Thomas Jefferson Gowen kissed his wife and children goodbye and lit
out for St. Louis. The sheriff,
meanwhile, was searching for his twin brother, Henry Clay Gowen who was
originally suspected in the crime. In
St. Louis the 31-year-old fugitive bought a ticket on the St. Louis, San
Francisco & Texas Railway. At
Frisco, Texas, he stepped off the train to an uncertain freedom, according to
Jessie Morgan Gowen, his daughter-in-law.
Sarah
B. Wheeler Welch, a descendant of Thomas Jefferson Gowen wrote February 12,
2001 that she questioned the date of the reported dance hall shooting. She stated that she possessed a letter
written by Hannah J. Beasley Gowen written March 21, 1890 addressed to her son
Thomas Jefferson Gowen in “Sumersville, Kentucky.”
The
letter, postmarked April 1, 1890 at Greensburg, Kentucky read:
“
Adair
County
March the
21st 1890
Dear
sun an dauter,
I
seat mysrlf one time more to drop you a few lines to let you no that we are not
well. I am right pourley my self. Nobody knows how mutch I suffered an no body
don’t care. I don’t think I will be in
the way mutch longer. I hope this will
find you all well an doing.
Cat
Cumton an Role Cofey is married an it looky like we cant get a girl to stay
with us more than 4 or 5 weeks at a time an I don’t know what we will do with
out we brake up an live a bout with the children.
Lucinday,
emily has a girl bornd the 29th of December. Me and your pap an Mr. Beson was aming to
cum down thair the 2 day of January, but it was a raining that morning. I want to see you all awful bad, but I don’t
know whether I every will see you all any more or not. If I live I want to cum down thair one time
more before I die.
Lucinda,
I will send that hair in this letter fears I wont get to cum.
Tommy,
I think you might cum to see your poor old father and mother. If Lucinda an the children cant cum I want
you to rigt and let us hear from you.
Mary
Hopper died the other day an was buried at Maris Chjapel. The house is burnt down. Thair is a heap of murders. Sun, a man got shot night before last at
Gradyville. An one was shot over in
Green the other week an a negro was shot at Gradyville at Christmas. Fouse Comton has got his pention, 6 hundred
an 70. Emily call her baby Matty.
We
had a bad storm through hear the other week.
A heap of people lost thair meat.
The Jints we cild Monday before Christmas we did not lose any as we no
of. Nase lost 4 Joints. Every body I can hear of is going for the
burley tobacco.
So I
will close for this time. Right sure an
don’t fail for I want to hear from you all.
If I cant see you, [it] does me good to hear from you.
When
this you see, think of poor me.
From
Hannah Gowen to Tomas J. Gowen an family.”
She
also wrote, “I also have in my possession a letter from Margaret A. Floyd Gowen
written to her daughter Lucinda Gowen dated March 30, 1884 from Monroe,
Kentucky. In both letters, the parents
of each, Thomas J. Gowen and Lucinda Floyd Gowen, were urging them to come for
a visit. They have heard that they were
moving to Kansas and wanted to see them before they go and urged them ‘to suit
yourselves closer to home.’”
The
letter written by Margaret A. Floyd reads:
“
Monroe,
Kentucky
March 30, 1884
Mrs.
Lucinda Goins & Family,
Dear
Friends,
I
seat my self to write you a few lines in answer to your kind and welcome letter
which has just come to hand.
This
leaves us all tolerable well, except my self.
I have not been able to do a day’s work since I was at your house last
March.
Well,
you wrote in your letter that you were a going to Kansas and wanted us to come
and see you before you went. I am not
able to ride horse back, and the river is too deep to cross in a wagon. So I cannot come to see you, but I would
like for you all to come and see me before you go.
I
was sorry to hear that you were going so far away. You had better suit your selves closer by, but if you go, I want
you to rite to me often and tell me how you are getting along, and tell little
Mary to learn how to rite and write to her Grandma.
You
said you wanted to see Betsy Ann. Well,
Betsy is sick in bed. She has another
son, it is two weeks old and her little Charley has been sick form a month or
two. He has been like to die, but has
made a start to get well the last we heard from him about a week ago.
Well,
Tomy, I reckon you have heard Flourishing news from Kansas. I am sorry to think that you believe any
such tales for the truth cannot be carried a half mile without being changed.
I
will close for the present, hoping you will [write] soon and often to me. So, fare you well to you all.
From
Margaret A. Floyd
Write
often, to Lucinda Goins and Family.”
At
Frisco, Thomas Jefferson Gowen got a job on a farm, stayed out of town and kept
a low profile. Months later, when he
thought it was safe, he got word to his older brother, Andrew Jackson Gowen of
his whereabouts. He requested him to
bring his wife, Lucinda Margaret Floyd Gowen and their three children to Frisco.
By
1903 they had removed 20 miles south to Dallas where both brothers were
employed as "trunkmakers" by Henry Pollock Trunk Company, according
to the city directory. Thomas Jefferson
Gowen, a clerk, was boarding at 370 Williams, according to the 1903 Dallas city
directory. Lucinda Margaret Floyd
Gowen appeared as a grocer in the 1903 directory, living and working at 370
Williams. On June 3, 1903 he received a
warranty deed from W. C. Ray for Lot 12, Block 1, Motley Addition, according to
Dallas County Deed Book 303, page 146.
Andrew
Jackson Gowen returned to Kentucky, but Thomas Jefferson Gowen remained in
Dallas, opened a grocery in 1911 and became a successful merchant. He never went back to Kentucky, and many of
his Gowen family had no inkling of his whereabouts.
In
1904 and 1905, he was listed in the city directory as a "trunkmaker"
employed by Henry Pollock Trunk Company.
In 1905 he lived at 317 San Jacinto.
On October 9, 1905 he received a warranty deed from W. A. Hazlip for lot
12, Block 23, Caldwell Addition, according to Dallas County Deed Book 373, page
97. In the 1905, 1906 and 1907
directories she was listed as a seamstress employed by Rose Manufacturing Company
and living at 210 South Fitzhugh. A
release was given on this property September 19, 1907 as recorded in Dallas
County Deed Book 411, page 287.
From
1906 through 1910 he was employed as a trunkmaker by Wilkins Trunk
Manufacturing Company and lived at 210 South Fitzhugh during this period.
From
1911 through 1919 Thomas Jefferson Gowen appeared in the Dallas city directory
as a grocer operating a business at 4900 Terry. He continued to live on Fitzhugh until 1915 and afterwards showed
his address as 5909 Santa Fe Avenue. In
1919 he went into the poultry and produce business, operating a store at the
same address as his residence.
Sarah
B. Wheeler Welch wrote March 7, 2001 that she had in her possession a
photograph of Thomas Jefferson Gowen and Lucinda Margaret Floyd Gowen taken in
1925 on their 50th wedding anniversary. Another photograph was taken on that date of them and their
family in their store
He
died November 26, 1935 at age 81, according to Texas BVS File 50703. His will, dated September 9, 1935, was probated
December 17, 1935, and John Lemuel Gowen, 5907 Santa Fe Avenue, was named
executor, according to Dallas County Probate File 14950. His estate, valued at $4,456. went to his
widow. Included in the assets of the
estate was a note from Edwin Wheeler and Pearl Elmore Gowen Wheeler for $2,000
and a note from M. Sherman Gumm and Mary Alice Gowen Gumm for $300. Fixtures and inventory in the grocery store
at 5911 Santa Fe Avenue were valued at $300.
Half interest in two trucks total $200, and cash in the bank totaled
$1,030.
Lucinda
Margaret Floyd Gowen died October 22, 1941 at age 83 years and 11 days,
according to Dallas County Death Book 7, page 526. She had lived in Dallas County 38 years and was residing at 2011
Michigan Avenue at the time of her death which was attributed to acute
meningitis and a fractured femur. She
was buried in Restland Memorial Cemetery, according to Pearl Elmore Gowen
Wheeler, informant.
Lucinda
Margaret Floyd Gowen had written her will April 29, 1939 at age 80, and it was
probated January 20, 1942, according to Dallas County Probate File 18869.
Pearl Elmore Gowen Wheeler "of Allen, Texas" was named
executrix. The will named legatees:
daughters, Pearl Elmore Gowen Wheeler, Mary Alice Gowen Gumm and
daughter-in-law Jessie Morgan Gowen to receive the estate valued at $10,000.
When
Pearl Elmore Gowen Wheeler delayed in administering the estate Jessie Morgan
Gowen through Attorney William Timothy Whitehurst requested a court order
demanding that Pearl Elmore Gowen Wheeler produce the will of Lucinda Margaret
Floyd Gowen. The accounting of the
estate showed a residence on Santa Fe Avenue valued at $5,000, a lot valued at
$2,500, store fixtures valued at $20 and $20.18 in a bank account.
Children
born to Thomas Jefferson Gowen and Lucinda Margaret Floyd Gowen include:
Mary Alice Gowen
born October 31, 1878
John Lemuel Gowen
born February 3, 1880
Pearl Elmore Gowen
born December 29, 1881
Mary
Alice Gowen, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Gowen and Lucinda Margaret Floyd
Gowen, was born October 31, 1878 at Summersville, Kentucky. She was married to
M. Sherman Gumm about 1900 in Dallas.
She continued to live there in 1942.
John
Lemuel Gowen, son of Thomas Jefferson Gowen and Lucinda Margaret Floyd Gowen,
was born February 3, 1880 in Summersville.
In
1906 he appeared in the Dallas city directory as a clerk employed by
Schoellkopf Saddlery Company and living in the residence of his father. In 1903 John Lemuel Gowen was listed as a farmer. It is believed that John Lemuel Gowen was
married about 1905 to Viola Katherine Townsend who was born in Dallas in
1885. It is believed that several
children were born to this union before Viola Katherine Townsend Gowen
"ran away with a drummer," according to a story told by members of
the family.
In
1907 and 1908 he continued with the saddlery company and lived at 210 South
Fitzhugh, the home of his parents. In 1909 he was employed by J. I. Case
Threshing Machine Company and boarded at 222 Garland. From 1910 through 1919 he was employed by Huey & Philp
Hardware Company. In 1910 he lived at
118 Sim Avenue. From 1911 through 1916
he lived at 502 South Fitzhugh. In 1917
he showed his address at 5909 Santa Fe Avenue. He was also listed as a clerk for MKT Railway and lived at 5425
Santa Fe Avenue, according to the city directory. "John Gowen, carpenter" lived at 5125 Santa Fe Avenue,
according to the 1919 city directory.
"Kate
Gowan, widow of John Gowan" was a seamstress living at 152 Race Street,
according to the 1909 Dallas city directory.
In 1910, she was listed as an "operator, M. Tent & Awning
Company. In 1911 she was shown
"boarding at Mrs. M. F. McMillon's," working as a seamstress at
Dallas Tent & Awning Company and living at 4537 Santa Fe Avenue. Her address and employment remained the same
in 1912, 1913 and 1914.
"Mrs.
Kate Gowen" was listed in the Dallas city directory in the 1915, 1916 and
1917 editions. She was listed as a seamstress
employed by Texas Tent & Awning Company and lived at 4537 Santa Fe
Avenue. "Mrs. Viola K. Gowen"
was married to A. J. Payne November 12, 1917, according to Dallas County Marriage
Book 23, page 445.
"John
L. Gowen" was married to Alburtie Champion January 8, 1909, according to
Dallas County Marriage Book 5, page 297.
They were the parents of a daughter, name unknown, born December 2,
1909, according to Dallas County Birth Book 6, page 97. Apparently the couple divorced because on
September 26, 1910 "Alberta Gowan" received a warranty deed from
"John L. Gowen." "Bertie
Gowan" was married to Joll W. Jones June 28, 1916, according to Dallas
County Marriage Book 286, page 628.
On
January 22, 1912 John Lemuel Gowen "of Tom Green County, Texas"
bought land there from Ed Wheeler and wife for $2,000, according to Tom Green
County Deed Book 79, page 411.
"John
L. Gowen" was married to Miss Blessie Willis May 19, 1912, according to
Dallas County Marriage Book 14, page 141.
It is believed that no children were born to John Lemuel Gowen and
Blessie Willis Gowen. On December 4,
1912 John Lemuel Gowen received a sheriff's deed to Lot 9, Block B, Robertson
Addition, according to Dallas County Deed Book 578, page 4.
On
January 4, 1913 John Lemuel Gowen was married to Jessie Morgan, according to
Collin County, Texas Marriage Book 16, page 618. She was born December 10, 1894 in Van Zandt County, Texas. Family members relate that while Jessie Morgan
Gowen was preparing supper on their wedding night John Lemuel Gowen instructed
her to "set four more plates."
Thus she learned for the first time that she was the "mother of
four."
On
August 14, 1913 John Lemuel Gowen and Jessie Morgan Gowen "of Dallas
County" sold their land in Tom Green County back to Ed Wheeler and wife
for $2,000, according to Tom Green County Deed Book 85, page 100.
John
Lemuel Gowen in 1914 was a stenographer for Huey & Philp Hardware Company
living in the home of his father at 502 South Fitzhugh Avenue, according to the
Dallas city directory.
John
Lemuel Gowen and Jessie Morgan Gowen had 19 real estate transactions recorded
in Dallas County deed books between 1914 and 1935. Jessie Morgan Gowen appeared in the 1918 city directory as a
clerk in the grocery store owned by her father-in-law and residing at 5909
Santa Fe Avenue.
John
Lemuel Gowen wrote his will January 29, 1937.
He died about two weeks later February 13, 1937, at age 57, according
to Texas BVS File 7566. Jessie Morgan
Gowen was named administrator. His
estate consisted of 266.4 acres of land in Denton County, 15 miles east of
Denton, valued at $10,000; 38.8 acres of land in Dallas County valued at
$2,500; 80 acres of land in Hunt County valued at $4,000 and Lot 12, Block 3,
Bergfeld Place Addition, Dallas, valued at $2,000. Value of his estate was $8,432.38, according to Dallas County
Probate File No. 15882.
Children
born to John Lemuel Gowen and Viola Katherine Townsend Gowen include:
[daughter]
born about 1901
Jack Lemuel Gowen
born January 31, 1903
Children
born to John Lemuel Gowen and Alburtie Champion Gowen include:
[daughter]
born December 2, 1909
Children
born to John Lemuel Gowen and Jessie Morgan Gowen include:
Thelma Gowen
born
December 3, 1913
Mary Catherine Gowen
born July 17, 1915
Evelyn Gowen
born June
14, 1918
John Lemuel Gowen, Jr.
born October 20, 1919
Thomas Jefferson Gowen
born May 13, 1926
Elsie Mae Gowen
born
November 8, 1928
Joan Gowen
born August 8, 1931
William Timothy Gowen
born December 17, 1933
It
is believed a daughter, name unknown, was born to John Lemuel Gowen and Viola
Katherine Townsend Gowen about 1901. Of
this individual nothing more is known.
Jack
Lemuel Gowens, believed to be a son of John Lemuel Gowen and Viola Katherine
Townsend Gowen, was born January 31, 1903, according to Dallas County Birth
Book 25, page 545. A corroborating
birth certificate was filed in Dallas County Delayed Birth Book 6, page 371
February 2, 1942 by order of the Dallas County judge.
On
November 5, 1923 Jack Lemuel Gowen was married to Mary Elizabeth Abernathy,
according to Dallas County Marriage Book 37, page 141. On August 8, 1931 they gave a deed to
National Standard Life Insurance Company to Lot 9, Block 2, Lovelace Addition,
Dallas, according to Dallas County Deed Book 1705, page 628.
Jack
Lemuel Gowen died December 13, 1967 in Dallas, and Mary Elizabeth Abernathy
Gowen was named executrix by the terms of his will. He left his home at 6474 Royal Lane and $21,000 cash to his
widow. Rosemary Gowen Payne and her
husband Robert Benson Payne, witnessed the will. In the 1972 city directory of Dallas Mary Elizabeth Abernathy
Gowen, "widow of Jack L. Gowen," was listed as a saleswoman for
Flower-A-Day Shop and continued to live at 6474 Royal Lane. She remained there in 1979.
Children
born to Jack Lemuel Gowen and Mary Elizabeth Abernathy Gowen include:
Rosemary Gowen
born May 29, 1931
Rosemary
Gowen, daughter of Jack Lemuel Gowen and Mary Elizabeth Abernathy Gowen, was
born May 29, 1931, according to Texas BVS File 38540. She was married December
3, 1953 to Robert Benson Payne, according to Dallas County Marriage Book 123,
page 187.
A
daughter, name unknown, was born to John Lemuel Gowen and Albertie Champion
Gowen, according to Dallas County Birth Book 6, page 97. Of this individual
nothing more is known.
Thelma
Gowen, daughter of John Lemuel Gowen and Jessie Morgan Gowen, was born December
3, 1913 in Dallas. She was married July
1, 1933 to Jefferson Brim Crow, Jr, according to Dallas County Marriage Book
55, page 31. Thelma Gowen Crow died
July 14, 1985 at age 81, according to Lisa Marie Jones, Foundation member of
Mesquite, Texas, in a letter written November 16, 1995.
Children
born to Jefferson Brim Crow, Jr. and Thelma Gowen Crow include:
Jefferson Brim Crow III
born about 1936
Mary Evelyn Crow
born about 1939
Ruth Crow
born
about 1942
Judy Crow
born
about 1947
Charles Crow
born
about 1950
Mary
Katherine Gowen, daughter of John Lemuel Gowen and Jessie Morgan Gowen, was
born July 17, 1915 in Dallas, according to Texas BVS File 25959. She was married to William Henry Meadows of
Ft. Worth, Texas April 17, 1937, according to Dallas County Marriage Book 63,
page 125. She died in 1940.
Children
born to them include:
Clifford Meadows
born about 1939
Clifford
Thomas Meadows, son of William Henry Meadows and Mary Katherine Gowen Meadows,
was born about 1939 in Ft. Worth. He
continued there in March 1972.
Evelyn
Gowen, daughter of John Lemuel Gowen and Jessie Morgan Gowen, was born June 14,
1918 in Dallas. She was married April
5, 1938 to Homer H. Massey, according to Dallas County Marriage Book 65, page
367. He was killed in the crash of an
U.S. Army Air Corps AT-6 trainer plane at Paris, Texas. Evelyn Gowen Massey was
later remarried to John Rodegherio and in March 1972 lived in Big Spring,
Texas.
One son,
Homer H. Massey, Jr. was born to Homer H. Massey and Evelyn Gowen Massey in
1939. No children were born to John
Rodegherio and Evelyn Gowen Massey Rodegherio.
John
Lemuel Gowen, Jr, son of John Lemuel Gowen and Jessie Morgan Gowen, was born
October 20, 1919 in Dallas. Apparently
he was married about 1939, wife's name Addie Marie, and apparently they were
divorced, but on March 26, 1941 John Lemuel Gowen, Jr. and Addie Marie Gowen
were remarried by John T. Price, pastor, Presbyterian Church, Rockwall, Texas,
according to Rockwall County Marriage Book 18, page 272. John Lemuel Gowen, Jr. was listed as a clerk
for a drug corporation in the 1941 city directory of Dallas. Later the couple was divorced again, and
Addie Marie Gowen on May 18, 1945 was remarried to Harvey N. Smith, according
to Rockwall County Marriage Book 24, page 239.
John
Lemuel Gowen, Jr. had been remarried April 23, 1945 to Miss Audrey Juanita
Morrison who was born in Texas in 1924, according to Rockwall County Marriage
Book 24, page 188.
In
March 1972 he was vice-president of Southern Drugs and lived on Tripp Road, Garland,
Texas, according to the telephone directory.
In 1979 he continued to live there.
Children
born to John Lemuel Gowen, Jr. and Addie Marie Gowen include:
Wylie Gene Gowen
born August 2, 1941
Carol Ann Gowen
born
October 25, 1942
Children
born to John Lemuel Gowen, Jr. and Audrey Juanita Morrison Gowen include:
John Lemuel Gowen III
born February 11, 1949
Mary Catherine Gowen
born about 1953
Karen Gowen
born
about 1955
Wylie
Gene Gowen, believed to be the son of John Lemuel Gowen, Jr. and Addie Marie
Gowen, was born August 2, 1941 in Dallas County. However Audrey Juanita Morrison Gowen stated in an affidavit
dated August 5, 1958 that she was the mother of Wylie Gene Gowen, according to
Dallas County Birth Book 64, page 483.
In 1964 he was a freshman at East Texas State University, Commerce,
Texas. His home address was shown as
Route 2, Box 48, Mesquite, Texas. He
was married February 15, 1966 to Dorothea Adams at Dallas. Children born to Wylie Gene Gowen and
Dorothea Adams Gowen are unknown.
Carol
Ann Gowen, daughter of John Lemuel Gowen, Jr. and Addie Marie Gowen, was born
October 25, 1942 in Cooke County, Texas, according to Texas BVS File
100248. She was a student at East Texas
State University in Commerce in 1964. Her home address was shown as Route 2,
Mesquite, Texas. She was married August
19, 1969 to Melvin L. McFarling, according to Dallas County marriage records.
John
Lemuel Gowen III, son of John Lemuel Gowen, Jr. and Audrey Juanita Morrison
Gowen, was born February 11, 1949. He
was married March 28, 1969 at Mesquite to Judy Kay Bradshaw who was born July
2, 1951, according to Kaufman County Marriage Book 27, page 327. Children born to John Lemuel Gowen III and
Judy Kay Bradshaw Gowen are unknown.
Mary
Catherine Gowen, daughter of John Lemuel Gowen, Jr. and Audrey Juanita Morrison
Gowen, was born about 1953. Of this
individual nothing more is known.
Karen
Gowen, daughter of John Lemuel Gowen, Jr. and Audrey Juanita Morrison Gowen,
was born about 1955. In 1972 she was
listed in the Dallas city directory as office secretary of the American Cancer
Society with residence in Mesquite.
Thomas
Jefferson Gowen, son of John Lemuel Gowen and Jessie Morgan Gowen and namesake
of his grandfather, was born May 13, 1926 at Dallas. He was married July 10, 1946 to Fernala Ann Shaffer, according to
Rockwall County Marriage Book 26, page 565.
In March 1972 they lived at 12209 Lake June Road, Mesquite.
Children
born to Thomas Jefferson Gowen and Fernala Ann Shaffer Gowen include:
Barbara Aline Gowen
born May 11, 1947
John Thomas Gowen
born September 16, 1948
Thomas Jefferson Gowen, Jr. born about 1951
Gary Lynn Gowen
born about 1952
Ricky Wayne Gowen
born March 14, 1955
Barbara
Aline Gowen, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Gowen and Fernala Ann Shaffer Gowen,
was born May 11, 1947 in Dallas County, according to Texas BVS File 208080.
John
Thomas Gowen, son of Thomas Jefferson Gowen and Fernala Ann Shaffer Gowen, was
born September 16, 1948 in Dallas County, according to Texas BVS File 106934.
Thomas
Jefferson Gowen, Jr, son of Thomas Jefferson Gowen and Fernala Ann Shaffer
Gowen, was born in Dallas about 1951.
Gary
Lynn Gowen, son of Thomas Jefferson Gowen and Fernala Ann Shaffer Gowen, was
born about 1952 in Dallas County. He
was married February 13, 1968 to Cecilia M. Simons, according to Dallas County
marriage records. He was remarried to Debra
Jeanette Qualls October 10, 1970, according to Hopkins County, Texas Marriage
Book 22, page 368. Cecilia M. Simons
Gowen was remarried December 17, 1971 to Harold G. Manire, according to Dallas
County marriage records. Of Gary Lynn
Gowen and Debra Jeanette Qualls Gowen nothing more is known.
Ricky
Wayne Gowen, son of Thomas Jefferson Gowen and Fernala Ann Shaffer Gowen, was
born March 14, 1955 in Dallas County, according to Texas BVS files.
Elsie
Mae Gowen, daughter of John Lemuel Gowen and Jessie Morgan Gowen, was born
November 8, 1928 in Dallas. On August
29, 1947 she was married to Dr. Roy Delbert Waggoner, according to Dallas
County Marriage Book 99, page 56. The
marriage certificate recorded her name as "Ester Mae Gowen." In 1972
they lived in Mesquite.
Children
born to Dr. Roy Delbert Waggoner and Elsie Mae Gowen Waggoner include:
Barbara June Waggoner
born about 1950
Lillie Ann Waggoner
born about 1952
James Allen Waggoner
born about 1955
Nancy Lou Waggoner
born about 1958
Lisa Carol Waggoner
born about 1961
Joan
Gowen, daughter of John Lemuel Gowen and Jessie Morgan Gowen, was born August
8, 1931 in Dallas County, according to BVS File 64476. She was married about 1951 to Jeff
Rickard. About 1965 she was remarried
to Wayne Kemp. In March 1972 they made
their home in Mesquite.
Children
born to Jeff Rickard and Joan Gowen Rickard include:
Mary Jo Rickard
born about 1952
Jeff Rickard, Jr.
born about 1954
Shirl Ann Rickard
born about 1955
David Rickard
born about 1956
Jessie Annette Rickard
born about 1958
Cinda Lou Rickard
born about 1960
Roy Don Rickard
born about 1962
William
Timothy Gowen, son of John Lemuel Gowen and Jessie Morgan Gowen, was born
December 17, 1933 in Dallas County, according to Texas BVS File 98667. He was named for his mother's attorney
William Timothy Whitehurst, a Dallas attorney.
About
1954 he was married to Barbara G. Hager.
They removed to Austin, Texas about 1959, and they received a deed from
Wayne Burns Company September 18, 1969 to Lot 5, Block E, Greenwood Forest
Addition, Austin, according to Travis County Deed Book 2096, page 475. In March 1972 the couple lived at 702
Philco, Austin where he was employed as an office equipment salesman.
Barbara
G. Hager Gowen died November 29, 1972 at age 44 leaving a community estate of
$24,000, according to Travis County Probate File 35385.
She was living at 1702 Philco, Austin, at the time
of her death. Her will was dated
October 7, 1972 and was executed by William Timothy Gowen.
During the probate, William Timothy Gowen showed his address at 1707
Jennings Street, Big Spring, Texas.
Mrs. Evelyn Rodeghiero, of Big Spring, was also an executor, and was named guardian of Barbara Hagar Gowen's children:
On
January 26, 1973 William Timothy Gowen was married to Mrs. Billie Rhea Covert
in Big Spring by a Veterans Administration Hospital chaplain, according to
Howard County, Texas Marriage Book 18, page 89. William Timothy Gowen and Billie Rhea Covert Gowen gave a deed to
his Austin home to Thomas Isom Harris October 15, 1973, according to Travis
County Deed Book 4747, page 442.
Children
born to William Timothy Gowen and Barbara G. Hager Gowen include:
Patricia Gail Gowen
born January 25, 1955
William Timothy Gowen, Jr. born August 7, 1956
Mark Steven Gowen
born May 22, 1958
Barbara Dee "Deedee" Gowen born July 4, 1960
Lemuel Clifton Gowen
born November 21, 1961
Cara Lynn Gowen
born April 11, 1964
Patricia
Gail Gowen, daughter of William Timothy Gowen and Barbara G. Hager Gowen, was
born January 25, 1955 in Dallas County, according to Texas BVS File 4400. She was married April 28, 1972 to Sean Lowry
Rhodes at Austin, according to Travis County Marriage Book 99, page 96. They made their home there at 2204 Village
Way.
William Timothy Gowen, Jr., son of William Timothy Gowen and Barbara G.
Hager Gowen, was born August 7, 1956 in Dallas County, according to Texas BVS
File 135943.
Mark
Steven Gowen, son of William Timothy Gowen and Barbara G. Hager Gowen, was born
May 22, 1958 in Dallas County, according to Texas BVS File 75866.
Barbara
Dee "Deedee" Gowen, daughter of William Timothy Gowen and Barbara G.
Hager Gowen, was born July 4, 1960 in Travis County, according to Texas BVS
File No. 130324.
Lemuel
Clifton [or James Clifton] Gowen, son of William Timothy Gowen and Barbara G.
Hager Gowen, was born November 21, 1961 in Austin, according to Texas BVS File
130324.
Cara
Lynn Gowen, daughter of William Timothy Gowen and Barbara G. Hager Gowen, was
born April 1, 1964 in Austin.
Pearl
Elmore Gowen, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Gowen and Lucinda Margaret Floyd
Gowen, was born December 29, 1881 at Somerset, Kentucky. She moved with her parents to Denton County,
Texas about 1900, and in 1903 was "boarding at 370 Williams Street,"
according to the Dallas city directory.
She was married to Edwin Wheeler May 18, 1904, according to Dallas
County Marriage Book W, page 601. He
was born September, 27, 1874 in Garland, Texas. In 1941 they lived at Plano, Texas. They lived at Allen, Texas in 1942 when she was named executrix
of her mother's will.
Edwin
Wheeler died April 5, 1949 and was buried in Big Spring Cemetery near
Richardson, Texas. Pearl Elmore Gowen
Wheeler died December 29, 1969 and was buried beside her husband.
Children born to them
include:
Rowena
Travis Wheeler born April 1, 1905
John Edwin Wheeler [twin] born October 9, 1906
Pearl Wheeler [twin] born. October 9, 1906
Thomas Verdaman Wheeler born February 25, 1908
Robert
Anthony Wheeler born about 1911
Mary
Lou Wheeler born June 5, 1915
Rowena
Travis Wheeler, daughter of Edwin Wheeler and Pearl Elmore Gowen Wheeler, was
born April 1, 1905. She was married
about 1923 to Harvey O. Lawless. No
children were born to them. She died July 16, 1977.
John Edwin Wheeler, twin son of Edwin Wheeler and Pearl Elmore Gowen
Wheeler, was born October 9, 1906. He
was married about 1929 to Zella Mae "Billie" Nash He died July 17, 1971.
Children born to them include:
Gwendolyn Edene Wheeler
born June 5, 1931
Gwendolyn Edene Wheeler, daughter of John Edwin Wheeler and Zella Mae
"Billie" Nash Wheeler, was born June 5, 1931. She was married about 1950 to Arthur V.
Doble.
Pearl “Little Pearl” Wheeler, twin daughter of Edwin Wheeler and Pearl
Elmore Gowen Wheeler, was born October 9, 1906 and died 10 days later.
Thomas
Verdaman “Bill” Wheeler, son of Edwin Wheeler and Pearl Elmore Gowen Wheeler,
was born February 25, 1908.
He
was married about 1931 to Ruby Huffhines.
Later he was remarried to Mary Virginia Wells who was born March 5,
1914. He died April 13, 1988 and was
buried in Big Spring Cemetery. Mary
Virginia Wells Wheeler died November 30, 2000 and was buried in Frankford
Cemetery, Addison, Texas.
Children
born to them include:
Patsy Ann Wheeler born January 23, 1937
Sarah Beth Wheeler born September 12, 1939
Mary
Linda Wheeler born July 26, 1941
John
David Wheeler born July 25, 1945
Michael
Wells Wheeler born December 12, 1949
Deborah
Sue Wheeler born February 6, 1954.
Robert
Anthony “Jack” Wheeler, son of Edwin Wheeler and Pearl Elmore Gowen Wheeler,
was born about 1911. He was married
about 1931 to Mary Susan Cagle. He died
March 4, 1972 and was buried in Restland Cemetery.
Children
born to them include:
Robert Dudley Wheeler
born May 6, 1933
Travis Edwin Wheeler born August 28, 1935
Mary
Lou Wheeler, daughter of Edwin Wheeler and Pearl Elmore Gowen Wheeler, was born
June 5, 1911. She was married about
1937 to Lester Heller. They lived at
9822 Donegal Drive in Dallas, Texas where he died February 12, 2001.
Children born to them include:
Carleton William Heller born February 8, 1939
Arthur Eugene Heller born June 25, 1944
John Edward Heller born November 13, 1945
Leslie Jean Heller born December 9, 1947
Descendant Researchers:
Brenda
Evans, 11642 Breckenridge Drive, Evansville, IN, 47725, [email protected]
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