Sketch of Thomas Bowen, Jr., Audrain County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** Thomas Bowen, of Virginia, married Mary Stone, and removed to Kentucky, where they lived and died. Their children were: Benjamin, John, Reece, George, Lorenzo, Thomas Jr., Sarah, Polly, Elizabeth, Anna and Delilah. Thomas is a Baptist preacher, and lives in Mexico, MO. He was born in Madison County, KY., in 1796, and he and his brother Reece belonged to Nathan Boone's company of rangers during the Indian War in Missouri. Mr. Bowen married a daughter of Adam Zumwalt. He was very fond of dan- cing when he was a young man, and was present at Peter Yater's house warming, in Warren County, when the floor fell through. Mr. Bowen had the misfortune to get caught under Mrs. Yater in the fall, and she left an impression on him that he never forgot, for she weighed 250 pounds. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================