TX Family Group Sheet for the Thomas B. BOWDEN Family

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Submitted by: Ellen Nelson
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Husband: Thomas B. BOWDEN
Birthdate:1810
Birthplace: Rowan County, North Carolina
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Marriage date: March 08, 1843
Marriage place: Hardeman County, Tennessee

Wife: Elizabeth Z. MCKINNIE
Birthdate:1824
Birthplace: Tennessee
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CHILDREN

Child No. 1: John T. BOWDEN
Sex: m
Birthdate: 1844
Birthplace: near Saulisbury, Tennessee
Death date: October 21, 1907
Place of death: Austin, Travis County, Texas
Burial: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas
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Spouse's name: C. J. , Wife of John T. Bowden

Child No. 2: Martha J. BOWDEN
Sex: f
Birthdate: 1847
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Death date: July 14, 1865
Place of death: Hardeman County, Tennessee
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Child No. 3: William BOWDEN
Sex: m
Birthdate: 1850
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Death date: bef 1860 Census where he was listed as 6 months
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Child No. 4: Redrick A. BOWDEN
Sex: m
Birthdate: October 21, 1852
Birthplace: Saulsbury, Hardeman County, Tennessee
Death date: September 10, 1913
Place of death: Navarro County, Texas
Burial: Rice Cemetery, Navarro County, Texas
Marriage date: November 21, 1871
Marriage place: Hardeman County, Tennessee
Spouse's name: Viola Josephine TODD

Child No. 5: Susan C. BOWDEN
Sex: f
Birthdate: January 26, 1855
Birthplace: North Carolina
Death date: September 21, 1920
Place of death: Kaufman County, Texas
Burial: Rice Cemetery, Navarro County, Texas
Marriage date: before 1875
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Spouse's name: David A. QUEEN

Child No. 6: Sallie E. BOWDEN
Sex: f
Birthdate: 1856
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Child No. 7: Woodard BOWDEN
Sex: m
Birthdate: 1858
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Documentation: 

1850 BOWDEN THOMAS Hardeman County TN 137 
The 1850 TN Hardeman County census page 137 lists Thomas Bowden followed by his
wife Elizabeth Mckinney Or McKinne\'s parents. Thomas BOWDEN, 40 farmer $2000 NC
Elizabeth 25 TN John 6 TN Martha 3 TN William 6/12 TN William P. MCKINNIE 47
Methodist Minister and farmer NC Lucy 43 NC Mary 16 TN Sally 12 TN John 11 TN
Martha 8 TN David 6 TN William 19 TN John 16 TN Mary E Kenedy 18 Tn Enoch 16 TN
Robert H Moore 11 TN Martha 12 NC Jessie m. 10 GA 

1860 TN Hardeman County Census, District 1, Post Office Junction and Salisbury
page. 355 online 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 or 53) Susan C 5 (1855) Sallie E 4 (1856)
Woodard 2 (1858) Jemima Webb 56 (1804) 

About John BOWDEN............................... 
1870 TN Census, Hardeman County, District 1 page 8 
Bowden, J T. age 25 farming born in TN $4000, $800 TN wife. C L, 20 age 20 Tn v 
Please check the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Travis County, Texas for
records about the Civil War record of John T Bowden and the circumstances that
caused John's father to be imprisoned. Amazing story!