Person:Aurelius Bowen (1)

Facts and Events
Name Dr. Aurelius Bowen
Gender Male
Birth[1] 30 Jan 1817 Reading, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Marriage to Arabella Forbes
Education[2][3] 1852 Castleton, Rutland, Vermont, United States
Living[2][4] 1855 Big Springs, Douglas, Kansas, United StatesEarly Settlers
Military[2][5] 1861 Civil War
Military[2][6] Sep 1863 Dickey, North Dakota, United StatesSioux War
Occupation[2][7] From 1873 to 1874 Nebraska, United StatesState Senator
Death[1] 4 Aug 1895 Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska, United States
Burial[1] Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wyuka Cemetery , in Find A Grave
    Dr Aurelius Bowen .

    Parents:
    Silas Bowen (1744 - 1857)
    Polly Chandler Bowen (1786 - 1853)

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Silas Bowen, M. D., in Davis, Gilbert A. (Gilbert Asa). History of Reading, Windsor County, Vermont : vol. II. (Windsor, Vermont: s.n., 1903?)
    Vol 2, Pg. 203.
  3. Castleton Medical College
  4. At the Big Spring's Convention Sept. 4, 1855, he was on a committee of 13, and in a minority of one, in favor of an immediate state (Kansas) organization.
  5. Surgeon of the 2nd Neb. Cavalry in the Civil War,
  6. Battle of White Stone Hills in the Sioux War of 1863, under Gen. Sully and received honorable mention.
  7. In 1873—4, he was State Senator and drew up and introduced the bill for the first Institute in Nebraska for the blind, and was director of the Deaf Mutes' Institute of Nebraska for the first seven years, and has been the Otoe County Superintendent of Schools.