TX Family Groupsheet for Redrick A. BOWDEN Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Ellen Nelson Email address: Husband: Redrick A. BOWDEN Birthdate: October 21, 1852 Birthplace: Saulsbury, Hardeman County, Tennessee Death date: September 10, 1913 Place of death: Navarro County, Texas Father: Thomas B. BOWDEN Mother: Elizabeth Z. MCKINNE Marriage date: November 21, 1871 Marriage place: Hardeman County, Tennessee Wife: Viola Josephine TODD Birthdate: December 24, 1850 Birthplace: Saulsbury, Hardeman County, Tennessee Death date: May 20, 1953 Place of death: Navarro County, Texas Father: William Henry TODD Mother: Mary Ann CARRIKER CHILDREN Child No. 1: Thomas Henry BOWDEN Sex: m Birthdate: September 29, 1872 Birthplace: Saulsbury, Hardeman County, Tennessee Death date: April 19, 1941 Place of death: Marriage date: December 16, 1896 Marriage place: Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas Spouse's name: Harriet (Hattie) MARLON Child No. 2: Sallie Jackson BOWDEN Sex: f Birthdate: November 2, 1874 Birthplace: Saulsbury, Hardeman County, Tennessee Death date: March 28, 1968 Place of death: Rice, Navarro County, Texas Marriage date: December 4, 1892 Marriage place: Tupelo, Navarro County, Texas Spouse's name: Marvin Edgar CUMMINS Child No. 3: Molly Viola BOWDEN Sex: f Birthdate: April 21, 1876 Birthplace: Saulsbury, Hardeman County, Tennessee Death date: November 22, 1959 Place of death: Marriage date: January 8, 1895 Marriage place: Spouse's name: James William (Bill) MCNUTT Child No. 4: Willie Miller (Wid) BOWDEN Sex: m Birthdate: July 15, 1879 Birthplace: Tupelo, Navarro County, Texas Death date: December 8, 1977 Place of death: Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas Marriage date: December 2, 1900 Marriage place: Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas Spouse's name: Carrie Florene SHEETS Child No. 5: Myrtle BOWDEN Sex: Birthdate: December 6, 1881 Birthplace: Tupelo, Navarro County, Texas Death date: May 4, 1947 Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Add MEADOWS Child No. 6: Grover Cleveland BOWDEN Sex: m Birthdate: March 14, 1884 Birthplace: Tupelo, Navarro County, Texas Death date: April 25, 1972 Place of death: Navarro County, Texas Marriage date: Abt. 1910 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Susie Lee DOZIER Child No. 7: Addie Ruth BOWDEN Sex: f Birthdate: June 29, 1886 Birthplace: Forney, Navarro County, Texas Death date: October 22, 1975 Place of death: Navarro County, Texas Marriage date: July 18, 1904 Marriage place: Mesquite, Texas Spouse's name: Jimmy Davis BURDINE Child No. 8: John Redrick BOWDEN Sex: m Birthdate: October 28, 1889 Birthplace: Tupelo, Navarro County, Texas Death date: May 11, 1982 Place of death: Arlington,Tarrant County, Texas Marriage date: August 17, 1913 Marriage place: Rice, Navarro County, Texas Spouse's name: Leona STEPHENSON Child No. 9: Josie May BOWDEN Sex: f Birthdate: May 1, 1896 Birthplace: Tupelo, Navarro County, Texas Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: June 22, 1919 Marriage place: Rice, Navarro County, Texas Spouse's name: Clay FLUKER Documentation: The ancestors of Redrick A Bowden were listed on the 1840 and 1850 Census in North Carolina . He can be found on the 1860 census in Hardeman County, Tennessee. After moving to Texas, about 1877, Redrick bought farmland in the Tupelo Community in Navarro County. He and his wife were active in First Baptist Church, Rice, Texas. Many of his children and grandchildren continued to live in the area. CENSUS RECORDS 1860 TN Hardeman County Census, District 1, Post Office Junction and Salisbury page. 355online p.3 of 10 at ancestry.com Thomas B. Bowden 50 (1810) NC farmer, real estate value-$2,000, personal value-$25,000 He is also listed on the slave schedule as owning 17 slaves. All of the children were born in Tennessee. Jemima Webb is a mystery, perhaps a married/widowed sister to Thomas? Eliz. Z. 34 (1826) TN John F 16 (1844) TN Martha J 12 (1848) Reddick A 8 (1852) Susan C 5 (1855) Sallie E 4 (1856) Woodard 2 (1858) Jemima Webb 56 (1804) NC --------------------------------------------------------- 1880 TX Census from Navarro County Bowden, Redick TX NAVARRO CO. E. D. 129 331 1880 page 4online Redick Bowden Farmer27 Tn Nc Tn Josie 28 Tn Tn Tn Thomas 7 Tn Tn Tn Sallie J 5 Tn Tn Tn Viola 3 Tn Tn Tn Willie 1 Tx Tn TN also Brown, Mary 11 Ms Ms Ms servant --------------------------------------------------------- 1900 TX Census from Navarro County, pct 2 ED 100 page 87 or 105 ancestry.com images, p. 21 R A Bowden, Josie, Willie, Myrtle, Grover, Addie, John, and , Josie . Mary Todd (76) and RA's niece Pearl Adams b. June 1883 (16) in TN, parents MS MS ------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 TX Census from Navarro County, PCT 2. ancestry.com images, p. 23 and p. 24 R A Bowden, Josie, Myrtle, John, Josie May and and __ Meadows, grdson, age 2 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1920 Census in Navarro County TX Josephine Bowden, age 69, head of household ------------------------------------------------------------- R. A. BOWDON Sex: M Marriage(s): Spouse: Josie TODD Marriage: 21 Nov 1871 Hardeman, Tennessee ------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER SOURCES: "Profiles: A History of the Todd and Bowden Families" by Joe Earl Murphey,1985. Copies are located in Corsicana at Navarro College Library, Corsicana Public Library, Navarro County Historical Society. There is also a copy at Texas A & M University Library in College Station, Texas. Corsicana Daily Sun, abt.1948,"Nearing Century Mark, Mrs. Josephine Bowden Enjoys Excellent Health and Is Alert to Present Day Happenings".....thoughts about the Civil War are included Cemetery Records from Rice Cemetery and Chatfield Cemetery in Navarro County, Texas