BIOGRAPHY: Bowen, Hugh
From the A.T. Andreas Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Iowa, 1875

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   HUGH BOWEN came from Ohio to Jones County in 1836, and settled 
at a place which he named "Bowen's Prairie."
   He was a bachelor, and erected his cabin in the edge of the timber, near 
where Barrett Whittemore now lives.
   He took the first census of Jones County in 1839--40, was the first 
sheriff of said county, and afterwards held the office of assessor.
   At the beginning of his political career he was a whig, but afterwards 
became a democrat.
   He finally went to Colorado, where he died about 1869.