Person:Thomas Bowen (22)

Sketch of Thomas Bowen, Jr., Audrain County, Missouri

>From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876.

Thomas Bowen, of Virginia, married Mary Stone, and removed to Kentucky, where they lived and died. Their children were: Benjamin, John, Reece, George, Lorenzo, Thomas Jr., Sarah, Polly, Elizabeth, Anna and Delilah. Thomas is a Baptist preacher, and lives in Mexico, MO. He was born in Madison County, KY., in 1796, and he and his brother Reece belonged to Nathan Boone's company of rangers during the Indian War in Missouri. Mr. Bowen married a daughter of Adam Zumwalt. He was very fond of dan- cing when he was a young man, and was present at Peter Yater's house warming, in Warren County, when the floor fell through. Mr. Bowen had the misfortune to get caught under Mrs. Yater in the fall, and she left an impression on him that he never forgot, for she weighed 250 pounds.

1. ↑ Missouri Marriages to 1850.

   Dodd, Jordan. Missouri Marriages to 1850. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1997. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Missouri.