Daniel Bowen’s biography, Kalamo Township, Eaton County, Michigan

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A HISTORY OF KALAMO TOWNSHIP
KALAMO TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY-1989
Page 3
DANIEL B BOWEN

In September 1836, Daniel B. Bowen was married at Shelby, New York, to 
Miss Beulah D. Cox, and in less than three weeks the newlyweds started for 
Michigan. They arrived in November and settled in the southwest part of 
the township, in the Evans district. Daniel's brother, Hiram, came at the 
same time with his wife and four children. The Bowens had previously been 
here and had purchased land. It took them about a week to build shanties 
on their property. The day after their arrival, Daniel planted apple seeds 
in a sap trough, and from them he raised a fine orchard. The trees bore 
fruit six years later. In those days the Bowens furnished accommodations 
for numerous land hunters and for travelers en route to Vermontville. 
Harvey Wilson of Orleans County, New York, married a sister to Mrs. Daniel 
Bowen, and they moved to Kalamo in 1838. Wilson's brother, Peter, came 
later.