Arkansas Family Group Sheet for the Newton E. Bowden Family *********************************************** Copyright Lina Boyd. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Lina Boyd Email address: Husband: Newton E. Bowden Birthdate: April 1820 Birthplace: either Maury Co or Lawrence Co. Tennessee Death date: 1902 Place of death: Pope County, Arkansas Burial: Bowden Cemetery on Crow Mountain at Pottsville, Arkansas Father: John Bowden Mother: Anna Blackburn Marriage date: 13 Aug 1839 Marriage place: Lawrence County, Tennessee (name spelled Boudin) Wife: Marry Ann Pollock Birthdate: July 1822 Birthplace: Tennessee Death date: about 1901 Place of death: Pope County, Arkansas Burial: Bowden Cemetery on Crow Mountain Father: John Pollock Mother: Elizabeth Jennings CHILDREN Child No. 1: John Harrison Bowden Sex: M Birthdate: June 1839 Birthplace: Tennessee Death date: unknown Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: 23 May 1861 Marriage place: Pope County, Arkansas Book D page 59 Spouse's name: Winnie S. Brewer ( Jan 1843- ?) Child No. 2: Eliza J. Bowden Sex: F Birthdate: 27 Feb 1843 Birthplace: Lawrence County, Tennessee Death date: 23 January 1919 Place of death: Pope County, Arkansas Burial: Bowden Cemetery on Crow Mountain Marriage date: 16 Aug 1962 Marriage place: unknown Spouse's name: Robert P. Rackley (1845-1911) Child No. 3: Mary L. Bowden Sex: F Birthdate: 1845 Birthplace: Lawrence County, Tennessee Death date: Between May and Sep 1873 Place of death: Probably Pope County, Arkansas Burial: unknown Marriage date: 10 Jun 1864 Marriage place: Pope County, Arkansas Book D page 98 Spouse's name: Walter m. Parrish (1822-?) Child No. 4: William Jasper Bowden Sex: M Birthdate: 22 November 1847 Birthplace: Lawrence County, Arkansas Death date: 05 May 1925 Place of death: Pope County, Arkansas Burial: Hoskins Cemetery on Crow Mountain at Pottsville, AR. Marriage date: 11 May 1863 Marriage place: Pope County, Arkansas Book D page 90 Spouse's name: Lucy Ann Kendrick (1st wife, 1846-1920) Child No. 5: Joseph R. Bowden Sex: M Birthdate: 1848 Birthplace: Lawrence County, Tennessee Death date: before 1860 census Place of death: Pope County, Arkansas? Marriage date: Burial: unknown Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 6: James "Frank" Bowden Sex: M Birthdate: July 1849 Birthplace: Lawrence County, Tennessee Death date: unknown Place of death: Burial: unknown Marriage date: unknown about 1870-71 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Frances Adeline Kyle (1852-1936) Child No. 7: Lafayette T. Bowden Sex: M Birthdate: February 1850 Birthplace: Lawrence County, Tennessee Death date: 1931 Place of death: Pope County, Arkansas Burial: Bowden Cemetery on Crow Mountain (he donated the land for this cemetery) Marriage date: 06 Dec 1868, divorced, remarried 01 Mar 1899 Marriage place: Pope County, AR !st Book D page 195, 2nd Book G page 491 Spouse's name: Sarah Eliza Ann Jobe (1st wife, 2nd wife, 1848-1814) Child No. 8: Newton Bowden Sex: M Birthdate: 09 October 1851 Birthplace: Lawrence County, Tennesssee Death date: 22 May 1902 Place of death: Pope County, Arkansas Burial: Bowden Cemetery on Crow Mountain Marriage date: 16 December 1875 Marriage place: Pope County, Arkansas Book D page 430 Spouse's name: Mary Robinson (1854-1934) Child No. 9: Elizabeth Bowden Sex: F Birthdate: 1853 Birthplace: Lawrence County, Tennessee Death date: before 1870 census Place of death: unknown Burial: unknown Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 10: Columbus Washington Bowden Sex: M Birthdate: March 1856 Birthplace: Lawrence County, Tennessee Death date: December 1837 Place of death: Pope County, Arkansas Burial: Hoskins Cemetery on Crown Mountain Marriage date: 16 Aug 1877 Marriage place: Pope County, Arkansas Book E pae 57 Spouse's name: Rhoda Ann Scott (1857-1937) Child No. 11: Medora Alice Bowden Sex: F Birthdate: 24 March 1858 Birthplace: Lawrence County, Arkansas Death date: 17 November 1952 Place of death: Pope County, Arkansas Burial: Bowden Cemetery on Crow Mountain Marriage date: 29 March 1876 Marriage place: Pope County, Arkansas Book E page 32 Spouse's name: John Wesley Morphis (1857-1945) Child No. 12: Henry Benjamin Bowden Sex: M Birthdate: October 1860 Birthplace: Atkins, Pope County, Arkansas Death date: 22 Aug 1936 Place of death: Atkins, Pope County, Arkansas Burial: Bowden Cemetery on Crow Mountain Marriage date: 29 August 1880 Marriage place: Pope County, Arkansas Book D page 432 Spouse's name: Lucinda Scott (1865-1939) Child No. 13: Charles Went Bowden Sex: M Birthdate: 15 October 1863 Birthplace: Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas Death date: 28 September 1939 Place of death: Hector, Pope County, Arkansas Burial: Walnut Grove Cemetery east of Hector, AR Marriage date: 15 January 1882 Marriage place: Pope County, Arkansas Book F page 2 Spouse's name: Mary J. Morphis(1st wife, 1865- ?) Documentation: His marriage license in Lawrence County, TN has his name as Newton E. Boudin. In the 1850 Lawrence County, TN census he is listed as Newton N. Bowden; in the 1860 Lawrence Co. TN census he is Newton Bowden. The only place I have found his name listed as James Newton is on a new tombstone in Bowden Cemetery. He had an older brother named James Bowden, so I don't believe his name in James. Newton served in Co. A, 15th Arkansas Militia during teh Civil War in the Confederate Army as a 1st Lieutenant. I have placed the daughter, Mary L. who married Walter Parrish, in this family by process of eliminating all other Mary Bowden's who were near the same age. The Mary Bowden, who was the daughter of Jackson J. Bowden, was listed as Mary Reynolds in his obituary in 1896, so she was still alive. Many researchers have this Mary listed as Jackson's daughter, but she is not his. Walter Parrish remarried to Rebecca E. Kendrick on 25 Sep 1873 in Pope Co. AR. She was the widow of Ebenezer Kendrick. So Walter's wife would have died between the time their son Solomon Monroe Parris was born in May 1873 and when he remarried in Sep 1873. William Jasper Bowden married 2nd to Leanna Berry on 13 Dec 1921 Book M page 442. Believe her maiden name ws Scott. William Jasper has a will filed in Pope County, Arkansas. Lafayette T. Bowden and Sarah Eliza Ann Jobe were married twice. They divorced and then remarried. After she died he married 3rd to Eva Watkins on 08 Jul 1914 Book K page 332 in Pope County, Arkansas. Charles Went Bowden was married four times in Pope County, Arkansas. Second to Ellie (Elzady) McIntire on 19 December 1894 Book G page 599 Third to Kansas McAdams on 14 November 1921 Book M page 456 Fourth to Lucy Harris on 11 November 1933 Book R page 421 Information on Charles Went Bowden from Legrand Bowden and Garry Brewer. Information on Eliza Bowden and Robert P. Rackley from Milton Tucker, a grandson. Information on the Walter Parrish family from Charlene Allison of Hector, Arkansas. Information on William Jasper Bowden family from Erma Lee Judkins Masters of Dardanelle, AR and Reva Housley of Atkins, Arkansas. Information of John Harrison Bowden family from William Kiehl Russellville, Arkansas. Pope County, Arkansas census, marriage records and cemetery records. Pope County History Books Volume I and II.