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Francis W. Bowen

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Francis W. Bowen
birth: 11 Nov 1780 in Faurquier County, VA to Thomas Bowen and Rebecca Green
death: 20 Aug 1867 in Boone County, IN
burial: Dover, Boone County, IN

marriage: 31 Jul 1806 in Frederick County, MD
Sarah Glascock Turley
birth: 4 Oct 1788 in Fauquier County, VA to William Turley and Margaret Glascock
death: 12 Jul 1874 in Dover, Boone County, IN
burial: Dover, Boone County, IN

Children of Sarah Glascock Turley and Francis W. Bowen:

  • John Alexander b 18 Jun 1808 d 30 Sep 1871 M Jane Wilson
  • Eliza b 23 Mar 1810 d1904 M William Andrew Harris
  • Margaret b 2 Mar 1812 d about 1885 M Henry P. Rogers
  • William Francis b 16 Jul 1814 dafter 1871
  • Elizabeth Frances b 12 Jul 1816 d 9 Apr 1874 M Wesley Wilson Beck
  • Sampson Carson b 19 Aug 1818 d 6 Dec 1899 M Mary Ann Burk
  • Matthew F. b 12 Sept 1820 d 21 Aug 1896 M Catherine Ann “Kitty” Meenach
  • Catharine b 2 May 1823 d 2 Jun 1892 M Ambrose Cox
  • James b 5 Jul 1825 d after 1871 M Margaret J Pride
  • J Jacob b 15 Oct 1827 d?
  • Nancy Jane b 16 Oct 1827 d 22 Jan 1899 M Samuel S Shreve
  • Sarah Ann b 3 Apr 1829 d 28 Nov 1890 M Lewis McKern
  • Harrison Turley b 25 Mar 1834 d 4 Mar 1917

Ancestor here lived in:

1840-1867 Boone County, IN

Ancestor also lived in:

1780-1815 Fauquier and Rockingham counties, VA
1816-1834 Bracken, Harrison, Nicholas, Bourbon counties, KY

Other Information:

Served in the 1st Regiment (Crutchfield’s) Virginia Militia during the War of 1812

Submitted by:
Sandra L Norfolk
Email: librariancr@gmail.com

Simon Peter Mason

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Simon Peter Mason
b. 7 March 1834, Dearborn County, Indiana, to Jacob Daniel and Rebecca (Showalter) Mason
d. 3 February 1901, Southeastern Woods County, Oklahoma Territory (now Major County)

m. 28 October 1852, Howard County, Indiana
Elizabeth White
b. 1 March 1834, Hendricks County, Indiana, to Jefferson and Elizabeth (Alder) White
d. 1 February 1888, Sumner County, Kansas

Children with Elizabeth White:
• Mary Jane (1853-1919) married James Henry Coy
• Jacob Harvey (1856-1903) married Madora Alice Early
• Sarah Ellen (1857/58-1894) married Samuel Charles Burchfield
• Elizabeth Ann (1861-1899) married (1) William Harrison, (2) Joseph Francis Williams
• Martha Catherine (1863-1927) married Isaac Edward Millsap
• Joseph Howard (1866-1918) married Rhoda Alice Roberts
• Thomas Jefferson (1868-1924) married (1) Elizabeth L. Young, (2) Martha Isabel Gearheart
• James Franklin (1871-1952) married (1) Clara Durfella Coy, (2) Julia Clementine Turley
• Ida Mae (1875-1947) married Alfred Lewis Rice
• Charles Nelson (1878-1956) married Martha Susan Lozier

Simon’s grandparents were born in Pennsylvania and came to Dearborn County, Indiana, in 1818 and 1822. His parents moved to Ervin Township, Howard County, in 1850. In 1879, Simon moved his family to the Oklahoma Territory. He was a true pioneer, having “broke the sod” in both Kansas and the Oklahoma Territory. He made the Great Land Run into the Cherokee Outlet in September 1893 to stake his claim.

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James M. Freed
Delaware OH
E-mail: jmfreed@midohio.net