Reese Bowen / Martha Elizabeth Blassingame


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	Family Sheet HUSBAND Name: Reese BowenMale Note Born: 31 Oct 18141814-10-31 at Pickens Co., SCPickens Co., SC Married: 1 Aug 18391839-8-1 Died: 7 Jul 19001900-7-7 at Pickens Co., SCPickens Co., SC Father: John Bowen Mother: Martha Elizabeth Hallum WIFE Name: Martha Elizabeth Blassingame Note Born: 18 Oct 1822 at Pickens Co., SC Died: 7 Apr 1905 at Pickens Co., SC Father: Samuel Easley Blassingame Mother: Mary Bowen CHILDREN Name: Mary Elvira Bowen Born: 2 Jun 1840 at Pickens Co., SC Died: 8 May 1855 at Pickens Co., SC Name: John Yokely Bowen Born: 18 Aug 1841 at Pickens Co., SC Died: 4 Mar 1926 at Scurry, TX Wife: Emily Chapman Name: William Thomas Bowen Born: 7 May 1843 at Pickens Co., SC Died: 19 Mar 1922 at Callatta, Pickens Co., SC Wife: Rebecca Amelia Allgood Name: Robert Asbury Bowen Born: 7 Jun 1844 at Pickens Co., SC Died: 1 Jul 1927 at Pickens Co., SC Wife: Nancy Elizabeth Morgan Name: Martha Elizabeth Bowen Born: 25 Jul 1846 at Pickens Co., SC Died: 25 Jan 1929 at Oconee Co., SC Husband: William Elliott Nimmons Name: Nancy Jane Bowen Born: 10 May 1848 at Pickens Co., SC Died: 8 Mar 1932 at Pickens Co., SC Husband: Isaac Orr Nimmons Name: George Washington Bowen Born: 28 Oct 1849 at Pickens Co., SC Died: 11 Oct 1934 at Seneca, Oconee Co., SC Name: Reese Bowen Jr Born: 18 Apr 1851 at Pickens Co., SC Died: 22 Apr 1921 at Pickens Co., SC Wife: Martha Elizabeth Steele Name: Lawrence O Bowen Born: 15 Dec 1852 at Pickens Co., SC Died: Nov 1930 at Howe, TX Name: Pickens "pick" Bowen Born: 1 Dec 1854 at Pickens Co., SC Died: 29 Jan 1941 at Sherman, TX Wife: Betty Whittaker Name: Martin Hunt Bowen Born: 10 Dec 1856 at Pickens Co., SC Died: 11 Sep 1931 at Dacusville, Pickens Co., SC Wife: Mellie Elizabeth Williams Name: Sarah Ann Rebecca "annie" Bowen Born: 2 Mar 1860 at Pickens Co., SC Died: 23 Nov 1933 at Pickens Co., SC Husband: Deforest Alexander Allgood NOTES 1). 1868 Pioneer citizen, commissioned by the Confederacy to supplyprovisions. Also served with the commission that selected the site ofthe town of Pickens in 1868. 1896 19 Mar Laurence Bowen of Grayson Co, Texas is visiting hisbrothers Postmaster R A Bowen, Hon T W Bowen and G W Bowen. He went toTexas about 20 years ago. Mr Bowen will remain in this area to regainhis health. The Peoples Journal p 921900 12 July Reese Bowen died the 7 at his home. He was 86 yearsold and leaves a wife and 11 children. Burial was at Tabor MethodistChurch. The service was conducted by Rev J M Stewart, Rev B EGrandyand Rev R R Dagnall. The Peoples Journal page 215 1902 6 Nov R A Bowen, administrator of the estate of Reese Bowen,Sr vs John Y Bowen, et al. 222 acres known as the Reese Bowen homeplace to be sold. The Peoples Journal p 295 2). Lived four miles east of Pickens, South Carolina. She raised her brothers, Winn Gowen and John David, when they were orphaned in 1842. She was blind a number of years before she died. Source The Blassingame Families by W. Doak Blassingame, The University Press, Wolfe City, Texas, 1973. If you want me to let you know when I change the website, please signup here (no more then once a quarter!)

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