Thomas Adam Bowen Bible Records
In 1997, the Thomas Adam Bowen Bible
was in the possession of Nellie Glenn Bowen Kaempf and son Thomas Glenn
Kaempf of Ft. Worth, TX.
Births
Sue F. Bowen Dec. 28th 1844
(Note: The original entry was Dec. 28th, 1846 and was written over
to change the year. *)
Thomas A. Bowen July 27th 1846
Arthur F. Bowen May 16th 1871
Iphigenia Bowen Feb. 14th 1873
William T. Bowen July 30th 1875
Harry M. Bowen April 27th 1877
Andrew H. Bowen Nov. 23th 1879
Annie L. Bowen Aug 6th 1884
Richmond G. Bowen Dec. 1st 1887
Wee Nella Bowen Nov. 13th 1886
Virginia E. Bowen Aug. 19, 1911
Nellie Glenn Bowen August 6, 1910
Medora Lazelle Freeman August 4, 1906
Annie Goulder Freeman Oct. 19, 1907
John Thomas Freeman July 20, 1912
Horace Lazelle Freeman Jan. 26, 1856
Margaret Lee Bowen Aug. 26, 1919
Thomas Glenn Kaempf July 28, 1942
Deaths
Mrs. T. A. Bowen, Mar. 28th, 1895 8-30 A.M. Raleigh, N.C.
Annie S. L. Bowen, April 23rd, 1899. 3-30 A.M. Raleigh, N.C.
Thomas Adam Bowen, July 23rd, 1926 6:30 A.M. Blackstone, Va.
Martha Parham Bowen March 1st 1927 10 PM Blackstone, Va.
Annie Goulder Freeman April 24, 1908 2 P.M. Durham, N.C.
Horace Lazelle Freeman March 3, 1931 2 A.M. High Point N.C.
Auther F. Bowen Nov. 3, 1942 1:15 A.M. Raleigh, N.C.
Richmond Goulder Bowen May 29, 1945 Richmond Va 6-15 P.M.
Wee Nella Thompson Bowen Jan. 4, 1958 Richmond Va.
Petronella Anne Marshall January 9, 1915
Marriages
T. A. Bowen & S. F. Goulder May 4th 1870 **
T. A. Bowen & Martha Parham July 15, 1896
A. F. Bowen & Isabelle Woodward June 9, 1897
H. M. Bowen & Adelaide Blackledge Jan. 11, 1899
Iphigenia Bowen & Horace L Freeman Dec. 23, 1903
Richmond G. Bowen & Wee Nella Thompson Aug. 27, 1907
W. T. Bowen & Elizabeth Johnson June 20, 1911
A. H. Bowen & Bessie Fleet Crump Dec. 26, 1908
Nellie Glenn Bowen & John Thomas Kaempf 6-25-38
Margaret Bowen & Thomas Dudly Clarke 10-11-41
* Note: Although the year 1846 is recorded on Susan Rebecca Fletcher
Goulder Bowen's tombstone, it is obvious from later letters that even her
children and grandchildren were confused as to her date of birth. Most
censuses indicate that she was the same age as her husband which supports
1846. But the 1850 census gives her age as 5, and her granddaughter Iphigenia
Bowen Freeman said she was two years older than her husband, Thomas Adam
Bowen. It is possible that Iphigenia was the one who changed the date from
1846 to 1844 in the Bible.
** Note: Confusion about the date of their marriage has resulted from
the Nottoway Co, VA marriage register which gives their marriage date as
May 4, 1866. However, his age in the register was recorded as 23 which
would agree perfectly with the 1870 date but not with the 1866 date. Thomas
Adam Bowen's obituary also states that he married after returning from
his service in the Civil War. Their first child was born May 16,
1871. In light of these other records, it would seem that the clerk miscopied
the year when he entered the marriage date into the register.)