"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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JAMES M. MCGOWEN is a native of this county (Morgan County, Indiana), was
born January 3, 1840, and is one of the seven children of JOHN and MALINDA
(THOMAS) MCGOWEN, natives respectively of TENNESSEE and KENTUCKY. They were
married in KENTUCKY, whence at an early day they moved to this county, and
lived the remainder of their days, having been parents of seven
children-POLLY A., ANDREW J., THOMAS, GREENBERRY, SARAH, ELIZABETH and JAMES
M. In August, 1862, our subject enlisted in Company H, Seventieth Indiana
Volunteers, in which he served until discharged, November, 1864. March 15,
1865, in Monroe County, Ind., he married NANCY A., daughter of JOHN and
ADALINE MARTIN, from which union resulted seven children-JOHN, REBECCA J.,
MARY E., NANCY A., JAMES M. (deceased), NORA A. and WILLIAM J. After
marriage, Mr. McGowen settled here (Washington Twp. and Martinsville, Morgan
Co., IN.), but four years later purchased a farm in Monroe County, to which
he removed, and where he remained until 1873, at which period he purchased
and occupied his present home and farm, embracing 490 acres of valuable
land. Mr. McGowen is much regarded by his neighbors.
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