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.