Lacrosse-Walworth County WI Archives Biographies.....Bowen, LeRoy 1814 - 
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LE ROY BOWEN, farmer and miller, Sec. 10; P. O. Bangor; was born in the town 
of Marcellus, Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1814, where he lived till 35 years of 
age. He was married to Miss Jane Wheadon, born in the same town, in 1820. They 
came to Whitewater, Walworth Co., Wis., in 1849, where they lived about three 
years. Mr. Bowen's father, Elijah B. Bowen, removed to Whitewater about 1844. 
Mr. Bowen came to La Crosse Valley in the spring of 1852, and purchased of the 
Government his present farm, where he has since lived. His parents died at his 
residence. His father died, January, 1861; his mother in 1863. His father was 
a soldier in the war of 1812. In 1858 Mr. Bowen built what is known as the 
Burnham Mills, which he has since owned and operated. Mr. and Mrs. Bowen have 
had thirteen children, seven of whom are living - Ruth Etta, now Mrs. H. E. 
Dunham; Sarah E., wife of E. P. Sweet; Oscar, married to Mary J. Hanton; Mrs. 
Mary E. Wright, Leonora, wife of Joseph E. Benjamin; Arthur and Celestia. Lost 
five boys in infancy; lost one daughter, Lora E., who died March, 1872, in her 
19th year. Mr. Bowen was chairman of the Town Board for several years; has 
also been member of County Board for several years.

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From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 843.

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