Person:William Bowen (53)

According to WorldConnect database 'Bowen', William was the son of James Bowen and Mary Linn, and married Sarah Jane Shankland in 1852 in Nicholas Co., Kentucky.

 According to message on Ancestry.com Message board, William Bowen was born 1827 in Nicholas Co, Kentucky and died 1899. He married Sarah Jane Shankland (1832-1912) and had 4 (surviving) children: James D., 1854-  m. Josephine Nokes; Franklin (1856-1928) m. Charlotte Wilson, m2. Ellen Mullen (1858-1933); Amy Alta (1867-1940) m. James Arnolt; and Everett Crosby (1872-1930), m. Anna Lorain Bradney.  {22 June 2000, Shankland Message Board, <www.ancestry.com>, 11 Oct 2003}
  "At least three of this family [Andrew Gibbs Shankland] raised their families in Brown County. Sarah Jane who married William Bowen had three boys and one girl.  Amy married Arnie Mullen. Their children were: Mattie (Trumbold);Orville (Martha McPhail); Oral (Nina Meservey); Roy (Lisa Marshall); Ralph (Ruth Heathman); Lillian (Alvoid Edmondson); andJenny ( ). None of this family resides in the county. 
 James D. married Josephine Nokes. Their children were Bertha (died at the age of 19), Nova Marshall, Burel, and Richard Seldon (Ted). None are residents of the county.  
 E. Franklin's first wife was Carolyn Wilson. They had one daughter Sylvia (Whitesides). His second wife was Ella J. Mullen. Their children were William Harvey (Maude Shoopman); Earl (Mary Bauch Straus); Mertie (Cabbott); Edith (Harwood); and Daisy (White). 
 Everrette married Anna Bradney. They had five children: Lottie (Bowman); Lola (Alford); Florence (Sparks); and Ross, who married Mildred McCaskill & Erma Lee Garner." {'Descendants of William Shankland', by John N. Shankland, <www.shankland.name>, 1 Sept 2004, no sources cited}
 In the 1850 census for Nicholas Co., Kentucky, William Bowen is living and working in the John Stoops household.  
 In the 1860 census for Lee, Brown Co., Illinois, William Bowen is 32, born Kentucky, farmer; Mrs. S. J. is 28 KY; James B. is 16 born Indiana; E F. 3 Illinois, and A.H 1 IL. {p. 849}
 In the 1870 census for Lee, Brown Co., Illinois, William Bowen is 42, born Kentucky; Sarah J. is 38 KY; JD 6 born Indiana; Edward F. 13; Alta 3; and Elmore 1 -- all born Illinois. {p. 57}
  In the 1880 census for Buckhorn, Brown Co., Illinois, William Bowen is a farmer, age 52 from Kentucky (parents Kentucky).  His wife Sarah J. is 48, born Kentucky (father Kentucky, mother Pennsylvania) and their children are Amy A., 13, and Everet C., 7, both born Illinois.  {p.458a, NARA T9-0176}
 William, Sarah and son Elmore are buried in Buckhorn Cemetery. {<http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kenbowen/cemetery/illinois.htm>}

1.   John Bowen. Bowen WorldConnect Database. (<wc.rootsweb.com>, 1 Oct 2003).