Arkansas Family Group Sheet for the John S. Bowden Family *********************************************** Copyright Lina Boyd. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Lina Boyd Email address: Husband: John S. Bowden Birthdate: 08 September 1812 Birthplace: Georgia Death date: 28 May 1865 Place of death: Pope County, Arkansas Burial: Old Baptist Cemetery at Center Valley in Pope County, Arkansas Father: John Bowden Mother: Anna Blackburn Marriage date: about 1835 Marriage place: Tennessee Wife: Elizabeth Reynolds Birthdate: 20 June 1816 Birthplace: Tennessee Death date: 02 May 1892 Place of death: Pope County, Arkansas Burial: Old Baptist Cemetery at Center Valley in Pope County, Arkansas Father: William Reynolds (Runnels) Mother: Candis Unknown CHILDREN Child No. 1: William Bowden Sex: m Birthdate: 11 July 1835 Birthplace: Tennessee Death date: 1858 Place of death: Pope County, Arkansas Burial: Old Baptist Cemetery at Center Valley (Rock crypt on his grave) Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: never married Child No. 2: Sarah Ann Bowden Sex: F Birthdate: 02 August 1837 Birthplace: Lawrence County, Tennessee Death date: 15 November 1898 Place of death: Pope County, Arkansas Burial: Old Baptist Cemetery at Center Valley Marriage date: 08 October 1861 Marriage place: Pope County, Arkansas Book D page 68 Spouse's name: George W. Mullins (1832-1873) Child No. 3: Mary Carolina Bowden Sex: F Birthdate: 11 November 1839 Birthplace: Lawrence County, Tennessee Death date: 04 February 1920 Place of death: Pope County, Arkansas Burial: Old Baptist Cemetery at Center Valley Marriage date: 09 October 1861 Marriage place: Pope County, Arkansas Book D page 47 Spouse's name: Lafayette Brashear (1840-1922) Child No. 4: James H. Bowden Sex: M Birthdate: 31 January 1842 Birthplace: Pope County, Arkansas Death date: 27 January 1904 Place of death: ?Pope County, Arkansas Burial: Old Baptist Cemetery at Center Valley Marriage date: 06 January 1870 Marriage place: Pope County, Arkansas (Found in loose paper in the vault at Pope Co. Courthouse) Spouse's name: Mary Louisa Ashmore Child No. 5: John W. Bowden Sex: M Birthdate: 07 January 1844 Birthplace: Pope County, Arkansas Death date: 27 January 1863 Place of death: Pope County, Arkansas Marriage date: Burial: Old Bapthis Cemetery at Center Valley (Rock Marker) Marriage place: Spouse's name: never married Child No. 6: Eliza J. Bowden Sex: F Birthdate: 28 February 1846 Birthplace: Pope County, Arkansas Death date: unknown Place of death: Burial: (never found any other information on her) Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 7: Allen B. Bowden Sex: M Birthdate: 14 February 1848 Birthplace: Pope County, Arkansas Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: 13 February 1870 Marriage place: Pope County, Arkansas Book D page 222 Spouse's name: Nancy Jane O'Barr (1st wife) Child No. 8: Charles S. L. Bowden Sex: M Birthdate: 29 January 1850 Birthplace: Pope County, Arkansas Death date: 04 June 1933 Place of death: Pope County, Arkansas Burial: Old Baptist Cemetery at Center Valley Marriage date: 24 December 1869 Marriage place: Pope County, Arkansas Book D page 197 Spouse's name: Margaret A. Ashmore (1853-1935) Child No. 9: Wiley Franklin Bowden Sex: M Birthdate: 15 November 1852 Birthplace: Pope County, Arkansas Death date: unknown Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 10: Isabell Bowden Sex: F Birthdate: 29 January 1855 Birthplace: Pope County, Arkansas Death date: 29 November 1912 Place of death: Arkansas Burial: Unknown Marriage date: 12 November 1872 Marriage place: Pope County, Arkansas Book D page 302 Spouse's name: William Andrew Douthitt (1848-1917) Child No. 11: Margaret L. "Maggie" Bowden Sex: F Birthdate: 21 Feb 1857 (bible has o1 June 1857) Birthplace: Pope County, Arkansas Death date: 14 December 1932 Place of death: Pope County, Arkansas Burial: Delphia Cemetery in western Russellville, AR Marriage date: 31 July 1898 Marriage place: Pope County, Arkansas Book G page 447 Spouse's name: J. Wat McFarland (1st husband) Child No. 12: Martha A. Bowden Sex: F Birthdate: 06 August 1860 Birthplace: Pope County, Arkansas Death date: Unknown Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Documentation: Goodspeed's History of Pope County, Arkansas article on Charles L. Bowden, son of John S. Bowden. According to this article, the family was in Marion County, Arkansas by 1840 and moved to Pope County, Arkansas in 1842. I have a copy of the will of William Reynolds from Lawrence County, Tennessee. John S. Bowden is listed as his son-in-law and was one of three executors for this will. William's wife Candice was another and the third was his son, William Reynolds. John S. Bowden served Pope County as a representative to the legislature on three occasions: 1852-53; 1856-57; and during the time Arkansas seceded from the union March 1860 to March 1862. There is a bible record for this family given to Reva Housley of Atkins, Arkansas by T. L. Bowden of Hutsville, Alabama, a great great grandson. Reva gave me a copy of it. It is very poor quality, but between the bible record and the tombstones in Pope County, we were able to complete many of the dates for this family. Other sources were census, marriages and cemetery records of Pope County, Arkansas. Allen B. Bowden's second wife was Mrs. Malissa Robinson Butler who he married on 27 December 1882 Book F page 29 Pope Co. AR. Margaret L. Bowden's second husband was William M. Johnson who she married on 27 January 1916 Book L page 5 Pope County, AR. Three children in this family I found no other information that the birthdate in the bible: Eliza J, Wiley Franklin, and Martha A. James H. Bowden's marriage to Mary Louisa Ashmore was never recorded in the marriage books at the county courthouse. It was found in loose papers in the vault and was a handwritten record turned in to the county clerk by the person who performed the marriage.