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Book Title: History Of Durham, Maine

BOWIE.

   George Bowie came from Scotland with a brother Alexander. He was a
Revolutionary soldier. He married in Cape Elizabeth, 20 Dec. 1775, Rachel Strout
and had children, George, Frank, Alexander, James, David, Nathaniel and Jane. He
was drowned about 1793. Of his children Frank had daus. Betsey and Rachel;
Alexander d. s. p.; James was imprisoned at Halifax in War of 1812, escaped,
married in Nova Scotia and had several children there; Nathaniel had children,
Alexander, James, Nathaniel and Rhoda.

   George Bowie Jr. was born at Cape Elizabeth 12 Dec. 1777. He came to Durham
before 1800 and settled on the east end of lot in. He married Betsey Stoddard,
who was born at Charlestown, Mass., 12 Dec. 1777 and d. 22 Sept. 1856. He died 2
April 1863. Their children were:

   ARNOLD S. b. 20 July 1800; m. 1822 Deborah Ames; (2) 31 Mch. 1833 Jane Ridlon.

   ABEL S. b. 16 July 1802; m. 1827 Rebecca Nichols; d. in Portland 16 Feb. 1874.

   DAVID b. 13 July 1804.    See below.

   DANIEL b. 24 June 1806; m. 16 Mch. 1837 Susan Turner; d. 4 June 1886. Had ch.
Daniel, Charles M., William H., d. 9 Mch. 1875, Mary J., Willard, Sidney and Emily.

   ELIZA b. 18 Aug. 1808; m. David Farr; d. 5 May 1861.

   GEORGE 3d b. 16 July 1811; m. 11 Sept. 1831 Caroline Hunnewell. Had ch. Geo.
Wesley, Edward T., Emerson, Melvin, Alonzo, James, and Eliza.

    David Bowie, born 13 July 1804, m. 1830, Betsey, dau. of William and Avis
(Cushing) Mitchell, and spent his entire life on the homestead, as a farmer. He
died 27 May 1884. He served on the Board of Selectmen and as an officer in the
militia, and was a useful and respected citizen. See portrait. His wife died 30
March 1898. Their children were:

   IVORY b. 8 Jan. 1831; m. Cordelia F. Parker. Res. Auburn.

   GEORGE W. b. 9 Oct. 1832; d. 3 June 1857.

   JAMES C. b. 16 Jan. 1834; d. 7 Oct 1853.

   ELLEN b. 2 Nov. 1836; d. 27 April 1838.

   SUSAN C. b. 5 Oct. 1838; m. Frank Bowie.

   ROYAL b. 13 Dec. 1840; m. 24 Oct., 1872 Roxana Hilton. Res. Lisbon Falls.

   RACHEL b. 19 Aug. 1842; m. Lewis C. Robinson.

   CYRUS S. b. 8 Nov. 1844; d. 30 Sept. 1866.

   LEROY S. b. 21 Sept. 1848; m. 5 April 1875 Sabie E. Sylvester. Lives on the
home farm and has five children.

   David, son of George and Rachel (Strout) Bowie, was born in March, 1787. He
had the only public bakery Durham ever had. He m. 19 Dec. 1811 Nancy Ann Becket.
He died in Danville 17 Dec. 1860. His wife died 3 Jan. 1854, aged 70 yrs. 10
mos. They had children:

   DAVID R. See below.

   ROBERT S. b. 14 Oct. 1818; m. 8 Nov. 1838 Mrs. Ann L., widow of Theophilus
Miller. Has a son and two daughters. Res. Lisbon Falls. Has been since 1842 a
licensed preacher in the Methodist and Free Baptist churches.

   SARAH, m. 17 May 1840 Wm. Wagg; lives in Lisbon.

   PAMELIA, m.  Charles Robinson.

   David R., son of David Bowie, was born in Durham 31 May 1810; m. Betsey F.,
adopted dau. of Dea. Christopher Tracy. He lived on lot 113. Moved to Phippsburg
where his wife died about 1868. He married the second time and is still living.

   ELKANAH b. 22, June 1837; d. 27 Mch. 1841.

   FRANCIS W. b. 31 Mch. 1839.

   GREENFIELD H. b. 2 Oct. 1840. See:

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   ELKANAH W. b. 28 Dec. 1842; d. 21 June 1843. GERALDINE H. b. 2S Feb. 1845.

   JOSEPHINE H. b.  10 Aug.  1848. ELERGENE b. 20 Mch. 1855; d. 1897.


Additional Comments:
Part of Chapter XII.
GENEALOGICAL NOTES

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF DURHAM, MAINE
WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES.

BY EVERETT S. STACKPOLE.

PUBLISHED BY VOTE OF TOWN.

LEWISTON: PRESS OF LEWISTON JOURNAL COMPANY. 
1899.


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