Person:Hiram Bowen (3)

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Hiram Bowen
b.2 Jul 1801 Guilford, Windham, Vermont, United States
d.7 Aug 1861 Kalamo, Eaton, Michigan, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 25 Mar 1798
  1. Hiram Bowen1798 - 1798
  2. Sally Sarah Bowen1799 - 1888
  3. Hiram Bowen1801 - 1861
  4. Solomon Amos Bowen1805 - 1877
  5. Asa Clark Bowen1807 - 1866
  6. Daniel Boyden Bowen1811 - 1892
  7. Willard M. Bowen1813 - 1900
  8. Lucena Bowen1815 - 1884
  9. Levi Bowen1819 - 1885
  10. Henry Octavus Bowen1821 - 1886
Spouse and Children
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m. 1828
  1. Jane B. Bowen1831 - 1888
  2. Harriet B. Bowen1833 - 1925
  3. Louisa Ann Bowen1834 - 1896
  4. William L. M. Bowen1835 - 1864
  5. Hiram Bowen1839 - 1867
  6. Edward E Bowen1847 - 1913
  7. Sarah L. Bowen1850 - 1920
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Facts and Events
Name Hiram Bowen
Gender Male
Birth[1] 2 Jul 1801 Guilford, Windham, Vermont, United States
Marriage 1828 to Louisa Ann Cox
Death[1] 7 Aug 1861 Kalamo, Eaton, Michigan, United States
Burial[1] Kalamo, Eaton, Michigan, United StatesHillside Cemetery

Hiram's parents were married in Vermont in 1798.

1850 Census:
Name: Hiram Bowen
Age: 49
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801 Birth Place: Vermont
Home in 1850: Kalamo, Eaton, Michigan
Household Members:
Edward E Bowen 2
Harriett Bowen 17
Hiram Bowen 49
Hiram Bowen 11
Jane Bowen 18
Louisa Bowen 39
Louisa A Bowen 14
Wm L M Bowen 15

1860 Census:
Name: Hiram Bowen
Age in 1860: 58
Birth Year: abt 1802
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1860: Kalamo, Eaton, Michigan
Post Office: Charlotte
Household Members:
Hiram Bowen 58
Louisa M Bowen 49
William L M Bowen 25
Edward E Bowen 12
Sarah L Bowen 9
Louisa Ann Pierce 24 = Hiram's daughter
Harriet J Pierce 2 = Hiram's granddaughter

Daniel and Hiram Bowen, nephews of George W. Bowen, were the first two white settlers with their wives, to brave the wilderness in Kalamo.

In September 1836, Daniel B. Bowen was married at Shelby, New York, to Miss Beulah D. Cox, and in less than three weeks the newlyweds started for Michigan. They arrived in November and settled in the southwest part of the township, in the Evans district. Daniel's brother, Hiram, came at the same time with his wife and four children. The Bowens had previously been here and had purchased land. It took them about a week to build shanties on their property. The day after their arrival, Daniel planted apple seeds in a sap trough, and from them he raised a fine orchard. The trees bore fruit six years later. In those days the Bowens furnished accommodations for numerous land hunters and for travelers en route to Vermontville. Harvey Wilson of Orleans County, New York, married a sister to Mrs. Daniel Bowen, and they moved to Kalamo in 1838. Wilson's brother, Peter, came later.
(History of the Bowen-Green Families 1793 1928: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bowen/Bowens_Greens.html Original: A History of Kalamo Township: Kalamo Township Historical Society-1989 Page 3

A Hiram Bowen is listed several times in the Land Records for the state of Michigan: 160 acres in Kalamazoo (record issued May 1, 1839); 80 acres and 40 acres in Ionia (issued Aug 1, 1841); 40 acres in Ionia (issued Oct 1, 1860). The last purchase may be by Hiram Jr.

See full biography at Find a Grave site.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Find A Grave.

    Tombstone shown: [1]

  2.   United States Census, 1840, 1850, 1860.

    "United States Census, 1840," FamilySearch [2]
    "United States Census, 1850," FamilySearch [3]
    "United States Census, 1860", FamilySearch [4]

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