Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bowden, John T., 1930 

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JOHN THOMAS BOWDEN

JOHN THOS. BOWDEN AGED CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIES AT IVOR

   John Thomas Bowden, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A.D. Hundley in 
Ivor Friday, February 14, in the 86th year of his age.  He was born Oct. 10, 
1844, in the Ivor community [sic*], and had lived in town for the past 15 
years, moving here from Smithfield.

   He married Alexina Boothe in September, 1866, who died in 1917.  He was a 
member of Ivor Baptist Church.  He first joined Mill Swamp Baptist Church at 
the age of 28, being a member at Smithfield about 25 years.  Two of his sons 
were Baptist preachers, one of whom is pastor of Pocahontas Baptist Church 
and another the pastor of a Baptist Church at Greenville, S.C.

   He was one of the few surviving Confederate soldiers and his casket was 
draped with the Confederate flag.  He was a member of Mahone’s Brigade, 16th 
Virginia Regiment, fighting under Gen. R.E. Lee the entire four years of the 
war, being wounded at Spotsylvania C.H., and was imprisoned for six months. 
During his military service he was converted to Christ and he and some of his 
comrades built a log building in which they used to hold religious services.

   He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. J.O. Cofer, Richmond; Mrs. Evy O. 
Burt, Dendron, and Mrs. Annie D. Hundley, Ivor, and three sons, Rev. R.H. 
Bowden, Pocahontas; Rev. J.T. Bowden, Greenville, S.C., and E.B. Bowden, Red 
Hill, Albemarle County, all of whom were present at the time of his death. 
There are 26 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

   The funeral services were held from the Ivor Baptist Church Sunday 
afternoon, February 16, and interment was in the Millfield Church cemetery. 
The services were conducted by his Pastor, Rev. W.M. Hall, assisted by Rev. 
Mr. Pleasants of Dendron.  The body bearers were Grover, Burrell, John and 
Leonard Boothe, Henley and Luther Presson, Henry Bowden and J. Bowden Hundley. 
The honorary pallbearers were: T.A. Saunders, G.C. Niblett, W.C. Rawls, W.T. 
Bain, R.E. Stewart, E.H. Stephenson, A.B. Clayton, T.O. Camp, Billy Pittman, 
L.T. Saunders, W.E. Mayton, H.S. Boone, L.C. Pulley and W.P. Johnson.


John Thomas BOWDEN, Confederate veteran, formerly of Smithfield, 
b. 10 Oct 1844, Isle of Wight Co., d. 14 Feb 1930, Ivor, 
interred in Millfield Baptist Church Cemetery*, 16 Feb 1930, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 21, 1930 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-14): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

His wife's (donated, 1917) obit, with their marriage records appended, 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b350a1ob.txt 

Those 1866 m.recs gives b. Isle of Wight Co., res. Nansemond Co. 
   (Southampton Co. MB1A:142; M.Reg. p. 18 #96) 

His Confederate service: 
   Co. D, 16th Virginia Infantry (the Isle of Wight Grays) 
   Bowden, John T., enlisted 1 Mar 1862 at Huger Barracks near Norfolk; 
   captured 14 Sep 1862 at Crampton's Gap, MD; exchanged; 
   captured 27 Oct 1864 near Petersburg; exchanged 28 Mar 1865. 
   (Helen H. King, ed. "Historical Notes on Isle of Wight County, Virginia" 
    1993, Isle of Wight: Board of Supervisors, p. 542) 


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