Person:Daniel Bowen (8)

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 [Louisa Cox, sister of Beulah] 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.
Sources: History of the Bowen-Green Families 1793 1928: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bowen/Bowens_Greens.html
Original source: A History of Kalamo Township: Kalamo Township Historical Society-1989, Page 3.

Biography: http://www.eaton.migenweb.net/EC-Bio/Bio-Bowen-Daniel-G.htm "Daniel B. Bowen was born in Lewis county, New York, May 20, 1811, and died, in Kalamo township, on the old homestead, July 1, 1892. His wife, whose maiden name was Beulah D. Cox, was born in the state of Vermont, and passed the closing years of her life in Kalamo township, their marriage having been solemnized September 15, 1836. In the same year they took up their residence in Eaton county, the father securing eighty acres of government land in section 32, Kalamo township, his brother Hiram having previously purchased land in the same township and having come here and erected a log cabin on his land. Daniel B. and his bride lived with Hiram until Daniel could complete a log house of his own."

1860 Census:
Name: Daniel B Bowen
Age in 1860: 49, Birth Year: abt 1811, Birthplace: New York
Home in 1860: Kalamo, Eaton, Michigan
Post Office: Charlotte
Household Members:
Daniel B Bowen 49
Beulah D Bowen 47
Daniel G Bowen 16
Percy Green 14
Mary Conn 20
Charles Dean 17
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWD5-GRQ)

1870 Census:
Name: Daniel Bowen
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811, Age in 1870: 59, Birthplace: New York
Home in 1870: Kalamo, Eaton, Michigan
Post Office: Kalamo
Household Members:
Daniel Bowen 59
Beulah Bowen 57
George Bowen 25
Albert Brundige 22
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHN-KHJ)

1880 Census:
Name: Daniel B. Bowen
Home in 1880: Kalamo, Eaton, Michigan
Age: 68, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1812, Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Beulah D.
Father's birthplace: Connecticut, Mother's birthplace: Vermont
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Household Members:
Daniel B. Bowen 68
Beulah D. Bowen 67
Eliza Bowen 74 = sister-in-law
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWS3-RHQ)

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave.

   MEMORIAL ID 173476903: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173476903/daniel-b-bowen

2. ↑ Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995.

   "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHGN-G82), Daniel B Bowen, 02 Jul 1892; citing Kalamo, Mich., reference bk 2 p 476 rn 185; FHL microfilm 966,599.