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THE BOWEN FAMILY

1814-1914
BOWEN CENTENNIAL

Held at the Old Farm, October First, Nineteen Fourteen

Edited and Published by

THE BOWEN CENTENNIAL ASSOCIATION

S. C. BOWEN, President MERL CHENOWETH, Secretary

LYNN, INDIANA WINCHESTER, INDIANA

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^:L1C LlCnARY

55078A

A=;TCF:. LENOX AND

To the memory of Ephraim Bowen and his
wife Hannah, who, one hundred years ago today,
braved the dangers of the wilderness and settled on
the "Old Farm", we lovingly dedicate this book.

October twenty-second nineteen hundred fourteen.

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ihc ■■( )lil i'rail" running back into ihe ili.stance. In

their "Shaker Wagon," Ephraim ]!owen and

faniilv (h-nve over this part of the trail soon

after entering u]iiin tlieir own land.

A TALI'. ( )1- THE AIRI.Y DAYS.

( ])V Tames WliitcDinh Riley.)

( )li ! tell me a tale of the airly clays —

( )f the times as they ust to be:
■■I'illcr of Fi-er" and "Shakespeare's Plays"

is a' most too deep fer me!
I want plane facts, and I want plane words,

Of the good old-fashioned ways.
When speech run free as the songs of birds

'Way back in the airly days.

Tell me a tale of the timber-lands —

( )f the old-time pioneers ;
Somepin a pore man understands

With his feelins 's well as ears.
Tell of the old log house. — about
The loft, and the puncheon flore —
The old fi-er-place, with the crane swung out,

And the latch-string through the door.

Tell of the things jest as they was —

Thet don't need no excuse! —
Uon't tech "em up like the poets does,

Tel ther all too fine fer use! —

Sav thev was 'leven in the fambily —

Two beds, and the chist, lu'low,
Ami the trundle-beds that each belt three,

.Vnd the clock and the old bureau.

Then blow the linrn at the ol<l back-door

Tel the echoes all halldo,
.And the cliildren gethers home onc't more,

Jest as they ust to do :
I Slow for I'ap tel he hears and comes.

With Tomps and Klias, loo,
.\-marchiir home with the fife and drums

And the uld Red. White and P.lue !

Pilow and blow tel the sound draps low

As the moan of the whi])|)erwill.
And wake up Mother, and Ruth, and Jo.

All sleepin' at Bethel Hill:
Blow and call tel the faces all

Shine out in the back-log's blaze,
.\nd the shadders dance on the old hewed wall

As thev did in the airlv davs.

BIOGRAPHY OF EPHRA1?^[ lloWRN.

E|iliraini ll<_)\vcn, Sr., was hdrn in Choter County,
Pennsylvania, ( )ctober 22(1, ]/(>'>: emigrated to Ma-
son County, Kentucky, married Hannali Ilale in that
State and came to (Ireen County, ( )lno, in 1/05,
seven \'ears before < )hi() became a memlier of the
Union and from there moveil tn l\andol])h Lounty,
Indiana, arriving October 22d, 1S14, the day he was
fortv-five vears old. He was the fourth settler in
the wilds of Randolph C(iunl\-. He brought six chil-
dren with him, nanielw Xancy, James C, Jane, S(|uire,
Rebecca and Hannah. Rachel and Ephraim L. were
burn in this Count}-, making eight in all.

i'lphraim Powen was a soldier in the War of 1S12,
and the County Historian states that he was an hon-
est, upright, (lod-fearing man; considered "jirelty
well off" for those times.

The first settlement in Randolph County was made
in -\pril, 1814, by Thomas W". Parker, who located
his cabin on the east side of the Old Boundary, just
north of the Wayne County line. Mr, ]\arker says
that during the siunmer John \\'. Thomas and Clark-
son Willcutts settled farther north and on ( )ct()ber
22d, Ephraim Pxiwen droxe up to his father's door,
and he went still farther up Nolan's Fork, and the
farthest north of any- North and northwest of him
was an endless wilderness, except a few soldiers at
Fort Wayne and Fort Dear))orn, Green Bay and
Mackinaw.

FIRST Ki;i.ii;i()rs .meeiixg ix K.\xrx)LPii county.

.Squire i'.owen says the first religious meeting-
was held in l''.|iliraim l.owen's cabin, probably in
ISl.T, and that .Stephen Williams exhorted at that
meeting. The first sermon was ])reached also in
Ephraim liowen's cabin by Rev. Air. Holman of
Louisville, Kv. Text from Isaiah, "Is there no balm
in Ciilead? Is there no physician there? Why,
then, is the hurt of the daughter of n-iy people not
recovered ?"

James C. I'.owen and (itliers who heard that ser-
wnn s]ioke highly of this first effort by that gifted
servant of Christ in his introduction of the gospel
m.essage into this new land.

I{])hriam I'.o wen's dwelling was long a place for
the Methodist n^eetings of that region. It is said
that when Ephriam Bowen completed his cabin the
first article taken therein was the Holy Bible.

The third marriage license issued in Randolph
Count\- was to Samuel Frazier and Mary Cook, dated
Tune 21. ISP'. The marriage was performed by
Ephriam Bowen, Justice of the Peace, August 3,
1819, six weeks after the license was issued.

THE QFAKEK TRACE

In the year of 1882 Elienezer 'I'ucker, an intelli-
gent, Ijnjad minded e<lncali!r, wmte a llistorv of
Randiilph C'c)unt\ and in the collectinu; of data he
frequently called u|)iin James C IJowen. Squire
liowen and Ephraim L. llowen, who told to him the
stories as record ;(] (in the following; pages.

The first road opened through Randiijph (.'iiinit\'
was the "(Juaker Trace," opened in 1817, and run-
ning frnm Richnicind through Arha. Spartanburg
and on north to I-'ort \\'avne.

Squire llowen says: "'The '(Juaker i'race' was
begun in 1817. James Clark and twenty-five or thirt\-
others took three wagons with provisions and a sur-
veyor with his compass and chain and measured the
distances, blazed trees and marked mile trees, cut-

ting out the road wide enough for a wagon to pass.
Thev wound around poncK ;md liig logs and trees
and (|uagmires. forded the .Mi-^sissinewa and the
Wabash, and so on to I'ort \\'a\ne. J.ames (_'. liowen
weiit as one of the com|)any t\\ent\-fi\e miles to be-
\ond the .Mi^sissinew a Crossing, till one wagon load
had been used up. Thai team returned and James
came back with llieni. The route jiassed through
Arba, ."^iJiirtauljurg, llartouia, Soiuh .Salem, through
Mount llolly. through .\llens\ille, crossing the Mis-
sissinewa just north of that place, through Xorth
Salem and crossing the \\'al)ash at Jay City, Jay
County, near Corydon. There was l)ut one house
between wluit is now Chas. Conner's, one mile north
of Spartanburg and Eort \\'a\ne, viz., at Thompson's
Prairie, eight miles north of the Wabash.

STORY AS TOLD BY JAMES C. BOWEN

"HuntiiiL;- was splendiil and ,2;anie plenty in the
woods. IJcer, l>ears, turkeys and wolves were abun-
dant.

"We used to i:;o to mill to Newport ti> ( ieori;e
Sus;art's mill, Imi oftener to White Water to Jere
Cox's mill. Sugart had a little 'corn craeker" run by
water power. The bubr went around no oftener than
the wdieel did. .'-^ui^art W'ould throw in a bushel of
corn and i^d out and swingel flax, etc., for an hour
or two and then i^o in and attend to his j^Tist ai;ain.
.Awful slow! ( )ne day a hound came in and besan
licking' up the meal as it came in s|iurts from the
spout. It (lid ni)t Come fast enous^h for him and he
would look uji with a ]iitiful howl, and then lick ior
more meal! We boys would go fourteen miles to
mill on horseback. Sometimes we would go with
a wagon and take a load, and then it would take
two days. ( iften the settlers had to go over to the
llig Aliami for provisions. Sometimes two men
would join teams and go with four horses and bring
a big load. Once 1 went with Clark ^\'ilcutts' .son
and we bovs went on horesback to a mill four miles

east of Richmond, to get a grist of corn. We each
got a sack of corn, took it to Cox's mill, got it ground
and took the meal home. It was twenty miles and
took us two days.

"Pork was ,$1.5() ;i hundred net, and sometimes
,$1.00 or even less than that. As late as 1835, when
1 was justice, 1 rendered judgment on a debt, and
the defendant said he had wheat at Jeremiah Cox's
mill and he coulil not get twelve and one-half cents
a bushel, in money, to pay the debt. At Newport,
joiiathan I'nthank sued David Bowles for $5.00, bal-
ance on a store debt. Piowles was angrv and de-
clared he would never trade with I'nthank anv more,
'To think,' he said, 'that 1 h;ive traded there so much
and he must go and sue me for $5.00!' Benjamin
Thomas of Wa\ne County said he had as good wheat
as ever grew and could not get twelve and one-half
cents a bushel in mone}', to ])ay his taxes !

"In making 'Ouaker Trace' 1 went aboiu twenty-
li\e miles beyond the Mississinewa Ri\er until one
wagonloa<I was gone and then returned with that
team."

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%^'^Hoi^p^oti

This space is left for the picture of
Rebecca Semans. In case this pic-
ture is found notify the Secretary.
MERL CHENOWETH.

Winchester, Ird.

GRANDFATtieO'^ AX

GffANOMOTtltP MLB'S

s/^urr BOX

REBECCA SEMANS

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"OLo ..trail:

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■W^te-afifVii'l

View of ihe "( )1(1 Trail" leading fruiii the .^pnng
and "Old Rock" tt)ward the house. After leaving
the wagiin at the "Old Rock," Ephraim Bowen and
wife must have walked over this part of the "Trail"
I in their wav to the spot where they located their
cabin.

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STORY AS TOLD BY SQUlRli BOWEN

"Mv limtlier James and iiiysclt fir>t \veiit to l'"ort
\\a\ne with a four-liorse team in 1820. James him-
self had been the trip a year or so before that. We
took our feed along for the whole trij) as there \va<
but one house from one mile north of Spartanburg
to Fort Wayne, viz., at 'rhom|)son's Prairie, eight
miles north of the Waliash River. At Black S\vam]i
we had to wade half-leg to knee deep walking to
drive — we always had to do that. ,\fter tiiat first
trip we always took oxen, generally three yoke for a
team. No feed was needed for the oxen, for tliey
could be turned out to ])ick their living. ( )ur load
was commonly about 2,.^00 pounds liy l)acon. Hour,
etc. Bacon would lie 10 to 12 cents a pound, and
tlour $7.00 to $8.00 a liarrel. The trip would take
about two weeks, and we expected to make about
$40.00 a trip. It would take eight days to go, three
days in Ivu^t Wayne and four days to re-
turn. Once an ox team came through in
three days, which was the quickest trip ever
made. A\'e would unyoke our oxen, 'hopple'
them, put a bell upon one of them an<l turn them out.
For ourselves, we would build a fire b\' a log, cook
supper, throw down an old bed on the leaves under
a tent stretched before the fire and lie down and
sleep as sound as a nut. ^\'e would start early, drive
till 9 o'clock and get breakfast, and let the oxen eat
again. From two to six teams would go in a com-
pany. Sometimes the teams would get "stuck' but
not often. If so we would unhitch the "lead' voke
from another team, hitch on in front and pull the load
through. Once onlv 1 had to unload. I got fast in

the iiuicksands in crossing the Alississinewa. We
got a horse from a settler, Phillip Storms, carried
the Hour to the bank of the river on his back,
hitched the oxen to the hind end and pulled the
wagon out backward.

'"The first religious meeting was held in father's
cabin and the sermon was a good Gospel sermon, and
was food to the hungry souls longing to be fed in
the wilderness. \\'e used to go to meeting to
Dwiggins' near Newport, and they would come up
to our house. The Methodist meeting house near
Dwiggins' was warmed thus ; They had a box nearly
filled with dirt, standing in the middle of the floor,
and would make a fire with charccjal in the box. That
house never had a stove in it, but was warmed in
that wav as long as it stood, fifteen or twenty years.
The\- would have a rail pen near the church to hold
the coal and carry it in as it might be needed. Mrs.
ISowen says she has carried many a basket of coal to
replenisii the fire. The first meeting house was at
.\rba, Iniilt by the I'Viends in 181.^, and used for
church and schoolhouse both ; I went to school there
four or five years. Afterward they built a hewed log
church and had a stove in it.

"We would catch wolves in a wolf-pen. We
could pay our taxes with the "scalps." A wolf-pen
was made, say six feet long and four feet wide and
two feet high, of poles for bottom, sides and top, the
size of your arm. The top was made like a "lid,'
w'ithed down to the pen at one end and so as to lift
I p at the other. The "lid' would be 'set' with a trap
so as to fall and catch the wolf and fasten him into

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the pen. The Ijait wduld he deer meat. To kill the
wiilf, take a hickory switch and make it limber by
'vvithing' it, i. e., twi.sting it limber. Make a noose
and slip it throuyh the pen and armnid the wolf's
neck, and lift him against the tup uf the pen and
choke him to death. If the wolf were shot and bled
in the pen no more wolves wonld come into it. (jne
big wolf father undertook to choke, but the dogs
wished to much to get in at him that we let them in,
but the wolf fought them terribly and whijiped the
dogs out, till father i>nt an end to the battle by chok-
ing him in dead earnest. We moved into the thick,
green woods. We would cut out the trees a foot anil
under, grub the undergrowth, pile and burn the logs,
girdle the big trees and kill them by burning brush
;iles around them.

"The last time I went to b'ort \\ ayne was in \H20.
?e\-eral tribes drew their payments there for years
after iMirt Wayne was laid out as a town. The In-
dians around here were Shawnees. They woidd trap
in April and May and then go back to their towns.
The squaws would plant and raise the corn and dress
the skins. The men did the hunting and the women
did the work. At one time at Fort Wayne, thirteen
Indians were killed during one payment in drunken
fights.

"Plenty of wild plums and grapes and some black-
berries were to be found. The plums and grapes
grew on the banks of the creeks and along the edges
of the wet prairies. There were different sorts, red
and jjurple, small and round, but very sweet and
good, better than most tame plums. Some grapes
were fall grapes and some winter grapes. The black-
berries grew on the 'windfalls.' There was one near
Spartanl)urg. There were crab-a[)i)les, but too sour

to use, and papaws, but no one would eat them. The
woods were full of weeds of many kinds, and of pea-
vines, and horses and cattle lived well on them. Some
places had been burned over and the woods in those
spots were o])en like a big orchard.

"I knew Johnny Cornstalk, the Shawnee chief.
My mother-in-law once made him an overcoat. He
was a large, ])ortly. fine looking, genteel Indian,
straight as an arrow. He once came with his wife
to mv father's on horseback, to tell him that they had
found a bee-tree in his woods. They rode up, Corn-
stalk dismounted, but his v.-ife sat still upon her horse
tall, straight and lady-like, genteel, dressed richly in
Indian fashion with a beautiful side-saddle and bridle
and a fine pony. .Mother said 'Won't you light?'
.Spry as a cat she sjirang off and they went into the
house. She was waiting for an invitation. They
were a stately, elegant looking couple. Cornstalk
told father of the bee-tree and father went and cut
the tree down and gathered the honey and gave Corn-
stalk half. They were then "camping" near James
Jackson's, now Thomas Taylor's place. I knew
Chief Richardville five miles above Fort Wayne, on
St. Mary's River. He was a Miami chief, had a
large brick luaise .'uid was rich. His daughters
dressed Indian fashion, but very grand and stylish.
He was a good, honest, genteel, friendly man and
much respected, both by the Indians and white men.
We made liricks one season at Fort Wayne and saw
him often.

"In plowing, when father lirst moved, we used a
bar-share plow and a wooden mold-board. I could
tell tales ])\- llie hour nf thdse old times, but it is not
worth the while In print so nuich of an eld man's
gossip. "

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Ejihriani anil Hannah Bowen lie buried side by
side in the beautiful cemetery at Spartanburg, near
the "Ouaker Trace" which they helped to establish.
Their graves are marked by stone slabs and bear the
following inscriptions :

EPTIRTAM r.( )\VF.X

Died Augu.st 20. bS38

Age

88 Y. 9 M. 29 Da.

Remember,

friends, as you pass by,

As

you are

now so once was I ;

As

I am now so you must be — 1

Prepare fur

death and follow me.

HANNAH HALE BOWEN
Died .Septeml)er 1st. 1844
Age 67 Years.

The verse on grandfather's stone was put there,
we are told, at his request.

Nancy Thompson is buried at White Water,
Wayne County, Indiana.

James C. Bowen is buried at Ar])a. Randoljih

County, Indiana.

Jane .Small is buried at Redfield. Dallas Countv.
Iowa.

Squire Bowen is buried at Spartanburg, Ran-
dolph County, Indiana.

Rebecca Semans is Iniried near Gilead, Miami
County, Indiana.

Hannah Harrison is buried at Hollansburg
Darke County, Ohio.

Racliel Davis is buried at New Enterprise, Wa-
bash County, Indiana.

Ephriani L. Bowen is buried at Spartanburg,
Randol])h County. Indiana.

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Kl'llklAAl 1!()WEN'S LAST WUA..
(Spellins;-, etc., as fnund in the (iriLjiiial ddcuinent.)

I Ephraim Bowen Senr. of Randolph County
in the State of Indiana do make and publish this
my last will and testament hereby revoking- and
making void all former wills \^\ nie at an_\- time
heretofore made.

First I direct that my body be decently enterred
;i?nd that my funeral be conducted in a manner cor-
responding with my estate and ^iluatinn in life and
as to such worldly estate as it has pleased God to
intrust me with I dispose of the Same in the fol-
lowing manner to wit:

I direct first that all my just debts and funeral
expenses be paid as soon after my decease as pos-
sible out of the first money that shall cimie to the
hands of my Executors from any ])iirti(in of mv
Estate. I als(j direct that mv wearing a|)parel be
given to my three Sons. Share and Share alike but
Shall not be entitled to receive any further Share of
ni}- said estate. I also direct that my I<^state be
equally divided between my four livin'g Daughters
after (jne fifth of said estate be given to the living
heirs, of my Deceased Daughter Rebecca and my
FSereau lied and liedding be given to my Daughter

Rachel. I also order and direct that the bond held
by me against my Son Squire for mv peacible pos-
session of the F,ast lialf of the Xorth luist quarter
of Section twenty-eight in Township Sixteen of
Range one west he gix'en u]) to mv said Son Squire
Bowen without any emuniration what ever. And I
hereby make and ordain my Son Ephraim L. Bowen
iv .^on in law James Harrison Executors, of this,
my last will and testament in witness wdiereof I
Ephraim I'.owen Senr. the testator have hereunto
set my hand and Seal this the first day of April
A. D.'l857.

EPHRIAAJ I'.OWEN.
Senr. (Seal)

Signed, Sealed published and declaired l)y the
above named Ephraim Bowen Senr. as liis last will
and testament in the presence of us who have here-
unto subscribed nur names as witnesses thereto in
the presence of the said testator in tlie presence of
each other.

JAMES C. BOWEN
SQUIRE BOWEN.

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The Oldest and the Youngest.

Ephraim Hale Bowen, age 79 years.

Lloyd Bowen \\'ise, age 3 months.

Pearl Crist

l'"ay Middleton
Ruth Middleton

Wendell .Middleton
Minnie Middleton
Christina -Middleton
Julia Hill
The two children in this picture rejjresent the
fifth generation in the Ephriam L. I'.owen line and
the sixth in the lane Small line.

Jane Small
Rehecca Davis
Julia Hill
Pearl Crist
Fae Middleton

Ephriam ISowen

Ephriam L. Bowen
Elmina Peelle
.Minnie Middleton

Wendell Middleton
Christina Middleton
Ruth Middleton

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The gcntlcnian on the ri.i^ht \vitli llic liroad smile
is S. ( '. r.nweii, Sr., i)resi(leiit of the llowen Centen-
nial Association; the lady on his right is Celestina
Flatter; the gentleinan with the paper in his hand
is l'.],hriam Hale liowen. permanent chairman: the
laily to his ri^ht is i'.mma Jrhimphreys : the next fonr
gentlemen are l'"|)hriani L. Semans. I.ewis C. llowen,
llenjannn \\ I'.ow en. and James K. l!o\ven: the la<l\'
at the spinning wheel is Hannah Wise.

These and seven others whose pictnres do not
show, were the grandchildren of l''|)hri,am llowen
present at the Centennial.

.Mr. Chairman, in the name of this ( ireat I'aniiK'. we present to \ ou this gavel

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THE BOVVEX" CENTENNIAL

Charles E. I!ij\ven. after cnmiiio- intu possession
of the old farm, hesan to jilan for the holding of
the liowen Centennial in 1914 and often spoke to
members of the liowen family re.e^arding such plans.
On the tenth da}' of June, I'ilO, he was summoned
to the (ireat Beyond. His untimely death deprived
us not only of his plans and assistance in carrying
them to a completion, hut it removed from our midst
another honest, upright and useful memher of this
great familw

( )n Decoration Day,
of the memliers of the
tanburg and perfected
the liowen Centennial

in the \ear l''l,-i, a number
liowen family met .-it .^par-
an organization known as
\ssociation, the jjurpose of
which should Ije the formulating and carrying into
effect of plans for the liowen Centennial. S. C.
Bowen, Sr., was selected ])resident of the Association.
and Merl Chenoweth secretary-treasurer. The fol-
lowing persons were selected that dav or at a later
date to act as secretaries of the various liranches of
the family :

F.AMILY.
Nancy Thompson __

James C. Bowen

Jane Small

Rebecca Semans

Hannah Harrison _.

Sqnire Bowen

Rachel Davis

Ephriam L. Bowen.

SECRETARY.
Jno. \V. Turner, Whitewater, Ind.
.Albert Harris, Union City, Ind.
Mrs. Ella Bowers, \Vinchester, Ind.
Dr. T. W. Morgan, Crete, Ind.
Rev. E. L. Semans, Warsaw, Ind.
Mrs. Myrtle Barnes, Winchester, Ind.
-Albert Chenoweth. Glen Karn. Ohio.
Orla Harrison. Columbus. Ohio.
John C. Bunch, Crete, Ind.
Chris E. Chenoweth, Crete, Ind.
Jane Ivens. Roann, Ind.
Harry J. Wise, Lynn, Ind,

The greatest t;isk now confronting the Associa-
tion was to secure the names and addresses of all
members of the family, and although several hun-
dred letters and cards were sent out, yet there were
some who did not receive invitations to the Centen-
nial. Seven states were represented at the reunion
and letters received from North Dakota. Texas, Kan-
sas, Tennessee. \\'asliington, California. Michigan
and other states show how widely tliis pco])le are
scattered.

October lirst was the date selected for holding
the meeting and the day was an ideal one. C'ar-
I'iages and automobiles began to arri\'e early, oM
friends and acquaintances e-\changed greetings and
e\'erv()ne felt that it was good to be there.

I'amil}- headquarters were established lor each
of the eight branches and as each member regis-
tered a card bearing the name of the family and
the name and address of the party registered was
attached to the lapel of the coat or worn in some
conspicuous i)lace where the name could be easily
read. Each of the eight families were given a dif-
ferent colored card. All of those wearing green
cards were descendants of Hannah ITarrison, those
wearing orange colored cards were descendants of
Jane Small, etc. .All of the eight colors were rep-
resented. Samantha J- T\'ens. of Roann. Ind., wore
the only white card, the color representing the
Rachel Davis famih-.

Places of special interest on the Old Farm were
marked with cards explaining same. The family
tree with nearly thirteen hundred names was

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placed where all could see and mam- corrections
were made duriiiL;" the day.

When the noon hour arri\-ed three long tables
swayed under their load of ,L;ood thint^s to eat, all
of which looked inviting to those whose appetites
had been whetted by the October breezes which
rustled the leaves of this old, old forest, the home
of our beloved ancestors.

Immediately after the noon hour all members
of the famil}-, and those who had married intci the
familv. collected at a point in sight of the old trail,
the spring, the sugar camp and the historic cild
rock and a fine picture of the group was taken.

S. C. liowen. President of the liowen Centen-
nial Association, then called the meeting to order.
The congregation sang ".\11 Hail the Power of
Jesus' Name," after which Rev. E. P. Semans of-
fered prayer.

The I'resident, S. C. Rowen, then greeted the
familv as follows:

"One hundred years ago Ephraim llowen came
to this country and settled on this farm. The farm
l)assed from him to his son, .Scpiire Ilowen, from
."^(juire Bowen to his son, James D. ]n)wen, from
James D. Bowen to his son, Charles Bowen. who
originated the idea of this Centennial, and finally
it became the property of the latter"s widow and
two sons who own it at the present time. Charles
Bowen did not live to sec the completion of the
work he had started. We have carried out his
plans as best we could and are delighted to see so
many present.

One hundred years ago this month P.])hraim

Piovven and his wife, llannah Jlale Pxjwen, came to
this country. 'Phey were the fourth family to set-
tle in Randolph County. They came down the old
trail over yonder to 3'our right, past the spring
and the rock where it is said our great grand-
mother sat and ground her snuf¥, using this old
snufT bo.\ which 1 hold in my hand. They came
n around to the cornfield on your left and there
they built a little log cabin just east of where the
house now stands. There they began the battle
of life in this country. You who are old enough
to remember the trees we used to have in this
country have scjme idea of the work it took to clear
a spot for their wilderness home and enough
ground to raise the crops necessary for their own
food.

I can not tell you all that happened in those
times hut 1 can remember much that happened,
for 1 was fourteen years old when my Grandfather
Ephraim died. There are others here today who
know m(jre than I can know about those early
days, so we will pass on to the ne.xt number on
our program.

\\'e are now ready for the report of the Xom-
inating Committee.

Dr. F. B. .Morgan, of Huntington, Indiana,
chairman of the Nominating Committee, addressed
the Chair as follows:

.Mr. President, we, tlie Nominating Committee,
beg leave to submit the following report:

For Permanent Chairman, ICphraim TTale Bowen.

For Secretary, .Merl Lhenoweth, and an\- repre-
sentatives of the Press who may be present.

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O'^^cial SteniiL;ra])lier, Ernest Alikesell.

Mr. President, I mo\e you the adnption of the
report.

Motion was seconded and report achipted as
read.

The President then introduced the Permanent
Chairman as tlie oldest livinc;- [Sowen toda_v.

Tlie Secretary, ]\rerl ( 'heniiweth, then ad-
dressed the nieetint;- as follows :

Before the Permanent Chairman assumes the
duties of his office 1 wish to say that se\ent_\-nine
years ago there was born to Squir-e Ilowen and
wife, a son, of whom thev were so proud tliat they
p"ave to Iiim all of the family name on Imth sides
rf his distinguished grandparents" house, viz.:
Ephraim Hale P)Owen. Tliis son grew to man-
hood on this farm and today you have conferred
upon him the honor of presiding over this meeting.
That he might have a souvenir of this memorable
occasion we have taken a limb from the old pear
tree south of the house, which tree must liave been
planted by his grandfather Ephraim, and whicli,
from all indications, will die this Centennial Year,
and from this limb and a walnut rail found near
the spot where his father and mother began house-
keeping, we have made for him a gavel. Work
was done on this gavel by one or more members
of each of the eight great families originating with
our common ancestor. Mr. Chairman, in the name
of this great family, we present to you this gavel ;
and this, another gavel with the same historical
setting, the family presents to you, S. C. Bowen,
President of the Bowen Centennial Association.

Remarks
Bowen :

the Chairman, Ephraim Hale

hViends — A\"e are glad to meet you all again
and in the name of ]\lrs. Charles liowen and her
two sons we welcome you back to the old farm,
here to mingle with one another as in days gone
b\-. Ahn- the da\- be a pleasant one and may you
return to your homes at the close of this day with
a feeling that it was good to be here.

Here are a few old relics which we \\ish you
to sec. This is the old snuff box which (irand-
mother Hale used one liun<lred years ago when she
sat on that old rock yonder and ground her snufT
while her daughter, my grandmother, and my
grandfather sought a location for their cabin. This
is grandfather's old ax. Crandfather always used
this ax when hunting deer.

When he killed a deer he would cut it into
(|uarters and hang them in the trees until he could
get a horse and take the meat home. W-nison was
the meat they used most.

(Irandmother would sav, "Old man, we are
about out of meat." then grandfather would take
his gun. which he called A\'eather's Leg, and start
out in pursuit of deer. He never had to go far off
of this (|uarter section to find the deer.

1 slipped this old ax out of the house one Sun-
day morning and chopped down an old rotten
[)each tree with it. He gave me a whipping for
this, so I remember it verv distinctly.

I could tell you a lot about the witches whicli
Cirandfather told me about. Just get me at it and
I could tell stories of witches all day, but we
haven't time for that.

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Grandfather was hdiiest in his l)elief (jf the
witches. He used to tell me Imw they were tried
and condemned in Pennsyhania.

I want to give 3'ou now the deed and will of our
grandfather. The deed was a grant from the gov-
ernment; but I belie\-e I will tell }-ciu une witch
story, just as Grandfather used tn tell it t<i us.

In the neighborhood where (Grandfather lived
there was an old lady who lived right across the
fields frcini his h(ime. In those days witches were
always old ladies, never men. One day a young
neighbor girl was out riding and she met this old
witch, l)ut no one knew at that time that she was a
witch. 'i"he old witch stojjped her and took her
hand and told her how good she was. A\'hen the
girl got home she took sick for she was bewitched.
They had a terrible time with the girl, for she
could see the witch while the rest of them could
not. She Would vomit up pins in strings like fish-
hooks. I do not know how this happened, but it
must have been true, for Grandfather saw that
himself. This went on for a long time until they
hnallv heard of a man who was a conjurer and who
had ])o\ver over the witches. They took the girl to
him and he said he could do anything with a witch ;
could either put out her eyes, take a limb or kill
her. They said "kill her." .So he instructed them
to leave the girl, go home and tell everyone the
witch was going to die in nine days, also saying
he would show her illness lieginning with a corn.
In a few davs one of the granddaughters of the
wilch came in and said, "(irannie isn't feeling very
well. She has a bad corn and it is bothering her

\-erv nuudi." The c<irn ke])t on growing until in
nine days the woman was dead.

The next thing was to bury the witch. Ar-
rangeiucnts were luade for her l)urial, so they put
her in a wagon and started for the cemetery. ( )n
the way they had to pass the house where the
witch formerly lived. \\'hen they got in front of
the house the teaiu, which had always been faith-
ful, stopped. With all of the swearing and wliip-
ping they could not get them to start for some
tiiue. Two of the wheels on the opposite side com-
menced 111 rise, the men finally pulled them down,
drove the witches away and started on. They put
the witch in the grave, puled stones on her, and
taking a drink departed.

The Chairman then announced the next number
on the program, a talk by Mrs. Elizabeth Newburn,
who spoke as follows:

TALK r,Y AIRS. hJ .iZ A I'.RTH NFAVBURX.

I'riends — This is the greatest pleasure T have
had for many days, standing her before you talking
about the liowen famil3^

I think my mother and father would have en-
joved this reunion had thev been here today.

Ah- mother — llannah Harrison — during her last
days with us recalled very clearly the incidents of
her early life and her mind went back to the time
when she was a little girl and went with her older
brothers to l'"ort ^Vayne when they went there to
burn brick. She told me many incidents that hap-
pened while ihey were tliere. They moved into a
log cabin where the Indians lived. She told me

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that (iiie dav when she was alone that some Indians
came into the room where she was and wanted
some water to drink and when they g'ot it thev left.
She was very much frijjhtened, as 1 am now.

The Indians viten got drunk l)ut seldom dis-
turbed them.

Grandfather would often tell witch stories bv
the hour. Tliey really believed the witch stories
that the\ told. ( Irandfather called me his "Little
Red r.ini."

I am glad to be here toda_\- to do honor to m\
grandparents.

An old spinning wheel was then brought out
and Mrs. Hannah Wise gave a fine e.xhibition of
how they used to spin flax, ller jiicture max- be
seen sitting at the wheel.

Under the leadership of ICrnest liarnes the con-
gregation then sang "Home. Sweet Home." with a
feeling inspired by memories of bvgonc da\s.

Albert Harris exhibited an old ISible which he
rememliers of having seen Grandfather Bowen use
many times when visiting- at their home, (irandfa-
ther Bowen left this Bible out in the \:ird and a
rain came u]) wdiich watersoaked the leaves and
caused the back to come off. Mr. Harris says: "I
remember Grandfather Bowen pretty well. As I
renn mber him he was short and stout and wore
a small beard. He was of Welsh descent. ^Vhen
we lived on the Moore farm near Crete we used to
come down here often and Grandfather and I would
race as far as the bridge, rest awhile and then race
on to the gravel pit. He always let me beat him in
the races we ran just t(.) hear me laugh. I remem-

ber the old dun horse he used to dri\e and 1 re-
member Grandfather's funeral. These things liap-
jiened many years ago. but I think I shall never
forget them.

The chairman then called ( 'rhi I-',. Harrison
to the ]datforni, who spcike as follows:

"1 am glad to be with you today. I rejoice that
the descendants of Ephriam and Hannah Bowen
have returned to this old farm and that we can pay
this tribute of respect to the memory of this God-
fearing ct)U])le. They were among those early pio-
neers who came out into the A\'est, blazing their
way through the forest. They helped to mark out
the pathway of civilization, over which humanity
is now marching. .Vo tongue can describe the
hardships they suffered. Xo pen can portray the
|)rivations they endured, nor the fortitude thev pos-
sessed.

Here in this beautiful sjjot thev built their
home. The sound of the woodman's ax and the
smoke from the cabin home proclaimed the found-
ing of this great famil\- gathered here today.

Let us appreciate their courage, their valor and
their good Christian charity. May their spirit ani-
mate us today and ma_y their deeds written upon
the imperishable tablets of love be an insjiiration
to all of us in our life work, and may their mem-
ory bind this great family together in friendship and
attection.

The congregation then sang ".America." after
wliich Elder Semans oflfered the following remarks :

1 want to say that I am very much pleased to
be with vou todav and feel it a great honor to be

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a descendant nf I'L]>hi-aim and Jlannah Hale llowen.
1 feel proud of such ancestors, who had the cour-
age to come to this country and settle and begin
the nucleus cif a home and faniih- whicli toda-\- are
fnund in all |)arts of the L'nited States.

Tlii-- family has been \cry jjrolihc and almost
e\er\- descendant has had a family, some of them
\'ery large ones. There were fourteen in ni}- fam-
ily and I am the only one living today. I feel a
little Iimel}- when T think of this.

I was b(irn dU the lliram llill farm and when
father wanted mcire land he sold that farm to Air.
Mill and mnved to Miami Countv. where he pur-
chased four hundred acres of land upnn which we
lived six or seven years.

Mother died and lies buried out there. The
cemetery has since run down and m(ither"s grave
could not 1)e fnund and her grave is unmarked to-
day.

After that we moved back t(j I\andiil|)h County.
I lived here until 1861, then joined the armv and
served four and one-half years. Afterward I l)e-
came a preacher and am still a preacher, although
on the retired list.

Ernest Alikesell. the ofificial stenographer, dur-
ing the clay collected the following stories from
those wli(.) had heard them told bv these early set-
tlers:

Story of ("irandfather l",phraim llowen. told by
Columbus Bowen :

"I was seated by the fire one evening and mv

wife was getting supper and she came past where
1 was sittinfg and stopped and says. 'Old man,
what are we going to do for meat. This is the last
morsel we ha\e in the house.' I said, T guess I
will ha\e to go out and kill a deer.' She says, 'You
can't kill a deer now with the leaves all so dry.'

"'Well, I went to bed and J laid awake thinking
how 1 might find a deer and I remembered of hav-
ing often seen a large deer just west a little ways
from our home, but could never get a shot at him.
.S(j next morning 1 took old Weather's Leg — that
was my gun — and I went along through the dry
leaves, and sto])ped and listened and then went for-
ward again and stopped and listened and then ad-
vanced until after a while I heard the leaves rattle
on the opposite side of the ridge and I stood still,
lie ke])t on coming toward me until after a while 1
could see a ])air of liorns aho\e the ridge and 1
could hear my heart thump.

"Well, it kept on coming over the ridge until it
was right before me and then it sttjpped and raised
its head and I drawed for the sticking place. At
the crack of the gun he bounded away and I
thought to myself, 'Is it possible 1 have missed so
good a chance to get a deer.' 1 advanced to the
place where he was standing and looked at the place
and -saw some hair. I said, '( )ld fellow, you have
got it and that pretty bad, too.' 1 turned in the di-
rection he went and at every jump he made I saw
the blood had gushed out each way.

"1 went a few steps over the ridge and there I
saw him laying dead enough. I quartered him and
hung him up on the branches. I went home, got
the horse and sled and hauled him in and we had
plenty of meat."

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Story by Iclcstina li. Flatter: the cuphoard and the Iddiii just hatted toj^ether

'■When niv father, lames C. ]5owen. was thir- a»d t'l^' ^^'i"'^' '"'"^e shock." Afterwards they

teen vears old. soon after thev settled here, he mse 'i^'"'"'! ll'^'t it had hap]:iened away down m .South

early' one Sunday mornin.u. 'it was a very bright Amenea. and then they knew why they could not

sunn_v morninn' and there was frost on the ground. stand np m the held.

He slipi)ed the gun out of the house and slipped

down toward the |>lace where the old Katy Davis

cabin was built. IJe was not there long until he .'>tor\' as told 1)\- S. ('. llo.^ei., Lynn, Ind.:

saw a large deer. -yi^. i;itber, S.piire I'.owen, was nine vears old

"lie wistled at it and it lo<,ked ti|) at him and ^^,],g„ [i,^, fauiilv moved to Randolph Count v and

he shot aii<l killed it. Then the trouble was to get ],^. ,,fte„ ,,,1^1 t,,'me the following stor\ :

it home, lie slipped home and awakened his oldest "Wlieii our laniilv lived in Creeii ( ountv. Ohio,

sister while the rest of the family was still asleei). father owned an eig'htv-acre farm. Me wanted to

The\ ran down to wliere tlie deer lav ,-ind dr.ngged ^^^.n jj a,,,) „^,,y^^. ,,, i.;an'<lnlph fount \. Indiana. Alv

it to the house. When they got the deer to the mother objected to taking the faniilv of >ix chil-

house they awakened the rest of the family and ^[y^,^^ ;,wav from the >chools and societv into the

had cpiite a surprise on them."' wilderness and for this reason would not let father

sell the farm.

"The children were anxious to mo\e and be-
sought mother continuallv to let him sell the farm
and said, '.Mainm\-, do let him sell the farm. ( )h.

Story by Carrie Chenowelh

"When F,phraim and Hannah Hale Uowen lirst mamma, do let him go. do let him go." until slu

came to this country during the hrst year they just finally gave up and consented to let him sell the

went out and gathered the corn in liaskets and then farm and move.

])itched it up in the loft where it was kejjt until ".After we came here and l)egan the clearing

they took it to mill. during ilie w inter and spring days we were so

"One da\- mv father (S(|uire lloweii) and his lonel_\- with no children to be with except ourselves

sister were in the field (it is now in corn), wdien all that we began to complain to mother about the

at once thev both fell down and when tlicv tried lonesome condition and loneliness of this wilder-

to get up they fell again They got to laughing ness and then she would recite our word. 'Oh,

about it and wondering whv they could not stand mammy, do let him sell the farm. Do let him go.'

up They finally got up and started for the house "'I would often go on a Sunday morning into

and their mother came to meet them A\'hen she the clearing and sit on a log with my face toward

came up to them she said. "Children, there has been our old home and long to be with my former play-

a great eartlupiake and it shook all the dishes in mates, listening to the birds singing: the song of

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the swamp inhin was tlic most lonely note that 1
heard, and is n^w.

"AIv father went Ijack to <iur nhi liume to look
after some business and brouL;"ht onr old pet dog
home with h.ini. Awhile he seemed content, but
soon bei^an tci howl piteously of evenini^s, looking
in the direction from which he came. This ailded
to the loneliness of the situation and we children
could hardly refrain frcim crving and then mother
Would say to us, 'Alamniy, do let him sell the farm.
Oh ! mamma, do let him go ; do let him go.' Soon
the dog was missing. He went back home and we
ne\'er saw him again.

"h'ather said. 'When returning fri ini the old
home im JKirsebacIc <ine da\- C'aptaiii. the dog, was

fdlliiwing me and when we came to the Miami
ii\er he look-ed up at me piteously. I reached down
m\- hand and he reached up his ]iaw. I lifted him
111 the saddle in front of me and forded the river,
when ('a|)tain jumped down cheerfully and contin-
ued til follow nie to oin- new home, but he got lone-
some and went back.'

"I a^ked him how Captain crossed the Miami
ri\er on his way back, llis reply was. 'Reckon he
swam.'

",\s a small boy I was much interested in this
and many other stories as told by these good people.
Howexer, they may not interest others as they did
me."

As the shadows of this stately forest lengthened
across the old trail on this memorable day, a feel-
ing of sadness touched us. Each in his own heart
regretted that some absent friend was deprived of
the pleasure* of the day, or with an undying love
called lo niemorA- the face and form of a departed
one. Impressed with the incompleteness of this or
any other earthly reunion, the children of Ephraim
and Hannah Hale Bowen, with a feeling of rever-
ence and respect, sang the closing song, "God be
W ith \"ou "fill We Meet Again."

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DESCENDANTS OF NANCY THOMPSON PRESENT
AT CENTENNIAL.

A. J. Harris Union City, Ind.

Mary Frazier L^nion City. Ind.

Minnie Jackson Cincinnati, Ohio '

Ava Marie Frazier Union City. Ind.

Esther Smith Muncie, Ind.

Harry S. Harris Winchester. Ind.

DESCENDANTS OF JAMES C. BOVYEN PRESI'NT
AT CENTENNIAL.

Lewis C. Piowen Mnncie. Ind.

Celestina Flatter Mnncie, Ind.

J. Luther l-'latter Muncie. Ind.

Ernest F. FTatter Muncie. Ind.

Bert W. Bowen Lynn, Ind.

Elnia Powers Winchester. Ind.

C. G. Piiwen Lynn. Ind.

Neina ('uniniings Muncie, Ind.

Benjamin I". Powen Lynn. Ind.

Sarah I''.. Harris Muncie. Ind.

Ada (i. Ilamilton Muncie, hid.

Olive Spade Portland, Ind.

Maude Spade Tormohlen Portland, Ind.

Donald B. Shaw Lynn. Ind.

Ruth IHatter Muncie, Ind.

Eva Warfcl Muncie, Ind.

Elsie Christman Indianapolis, Ind.

Charles Christman Indianapolis, Ind.

Josie Shaw Lynn, Ind.

Ina Sharp Richmond. Ind.

Elizabeth B. Sharp Richmond. Ind.

Fred G. Bowen Lynn. Ind.

David Benjamin Bowen Lynn, hid.

Hylma Harold Muncie, Ind.

Lois Harold Muncie, Ind.

Orville Bowen Lynn, Ind.

Harry I'. Bowen Kokomo, Ind.

Bruce H. Bowen Kokomo. Ind.

Rosa Dowden Muncie, Ind.

Minnie liuckinghatn Lynn. Ind.

Henry W. Bowen Lynn, Ind.

Bertlia Mercer h'ountain ("ity. Ind.

Mary lioladay Crete, Ind.

Ervan Holaday Crete, Ind.

Grace Bowen Oete, Ind.

George T. Bowen Crete. Ind.

James R. Bowen (jreenville. Ohio

Keith Bowen Crete, Ind.

G. S. Bowen Lynn, Ind.

Raymond M. Bowen Lynn. Ind.

Ilarohl Bowen Lynn, Ind.

DESCENDANTS i)V EPHRALM L. BOWEN PRES-
ENT AT CENTENNIAL.

.■\ltlia Chenoweth Winchester, Ind.

Opie Chenoweth Winchester, Ind.

Elizaljeth Marie Chenoweth Winchester, Ind.

Merrill Wise Spartanburg, Ind,

Dana Wise Spartanburg, Ind.

Leona Coleman Winchester, Ind.

Henry Lahey Winchester, Ind.

Harold Lahey Winchester, Ind.

Elnora Lahey Winchester, Ind.

Loyd Bowen Wise Spartanburg, Ind.

Harry J. Wise Lynn, Ind.

S. C. Bowen Crete, Ind.

O. C. Bowen Upland. Ind.

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Effie L. Parks Uplaml. Iiul.

Wm. O. Peelle Uphuid, Jnd.

Florence Oxley l'"armland, Ind.

Rachel Oxley Farmland, Ind.

Orvam Oxley Farmland, Ind.

Iva Murrell Winchester, Ind.

Eugene Murrell Winchester, Ind.

Harry C. Wise Crete, Ind.

Ullie C. Wise Crete, Ind.

Hannah L. Wise Crete, Ind.

Blanche Wise Crete, Ind.

Emma Jackson Crete, Ind.

Hubert Jackson Crete, Ind.

Hattie Dowlar Union City, Ind.

Erville Jackson Crete, Ind.

Wendell Middleton Lynn, Ind.

Christina Middleton Lynn, Ind.

Ruth Middleton Lynn. Ind.

Freda Haisley I,ynn, Ind.

Leta Chenoweth Lynn, Inil.

Onda Clienovveth Lynn, Ind.

John Chenoweth Lynn, Ind.

Bertha Chenoweth Lynn, Ind.

Hattie Hart ITnion City, Ind.

Harry Hart L^nion City, Ind.

Merl Hart Union City, Ind.

Robert Ross Lynn, Ind.

Stanford Ross Lynn, Ind.

Lizzie Hart Union City, Ind.

Ralph Hart Union City, Ind.

Pearl Hart Union City, Ind.

Florence Hart Union City, Ind.

Clara Bailey Union City, Ind.

Mabel E. Bailey LInion City, Ind.

Olive Lahey Winchester, Ind.

Edna Lahey Winchester, Ind.

Roger Lahey Winchester, Ind.

Alice Lahey Winchester, Ind.

Chas. Lahey Winchester. Ind.

Howard Middleton Crete, Ind.

Marcus B. Wise Lynn, Ind.

Cecil Wise Lynn, Ind.

Ruth Wise Lynn, Ind.

Mary Wise Lynn, Ind.

Gertrude Wise Lynn, Ind.

Opal Wise Lynn, Ind.

Catharine Wise Lynn. Ind.

I'lorencc Taylor Lynn, Ind.

Mervyn Taylor Lynn, Ind.

.Squire Leslie Taylor Lynn, Ind.

Robert L. Middleton Crete, Ind.

Mary E. Middleton Crete, Ind.

Josie Bortner Richmond, Ind.

Maurice Bortner Riclimond, Ind.

Dorotliy Bortner Richmond, Ind.

Minnie Middleton Crete, Ind.

Elizabeth A. Wise Crete, Ind.

Mary Middleton Crete, Ind.

DESCEXD.\XT.S Ol' SQUIRE BOWEX PRESENT

.\T CENTENNIAL.

Carrie Chenoweth Lynn, Ind.

George Chenoweth Winchester, Ind.

Merl Chenoweth Winchester, Ind.

Opie Chenoweth Winchester, Ind.

Elizabeth Marie Chenoweth Winchester, Ind.

Ed. Chenoweth Spartanburg, Ind.

Chris Chenoweth Spartanburg, Ind.

Dana Wise Spartanburg, Ind.

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Ivy Wise Spartanburg, Ind.

Ihlrry F. Bowen Canon City, Colo.

Carl W. Bowen '-y'l". ''^'l-

James D. R. Bowen l-y'i'L I'"'-

Carl Wni. Bowen l-y"". I"''-

Judith Bowen l^y"'i- '"''•

Philip Bowen I-y""' '"''■

Joseph Bowen ^-y"''- '"''•

Merrill Wise ^-y""' '"''■

Lloyd Bowen Wise Lynn, Ind.

Nancy Thompson Holh.nshurg Uh,o

Steve Thompson Richvallcy, Ind.

George E. Thompson Hnllansl.urg, Ohio

Emma Humphreys l-v"". I'"'-

Minnie Alexander Lynn. Ind.

Mabel Humphreys Ly"'- I"''-

Von Cleve Alexander Lynn, Ind.

Ephraim H. Bowen Redkey, Ind.

W S Bowen Spartanburg, Ind.

Rachel Baird Ft. Wayne. Ind

Joseph Bowen Spartanburg, Ind.

Leonard Thompson Hollansburg. Ohio

Faye Hodgin Ly""- ^"d.

James Hart Crete, Ind.

Ada Rust Greenville, Ohio

Jean Rust Greenville, Ohio

Opal Anderson Spartanburg, hid.

Hellen Chenoweth Winchester, Ind.

Mary Nicholas Chenoweth W'inchester, Ind.

Catherine Anderson Spartanburg. Ind.

Carl Edwin Anderson Spartanburg. Ind.

J. W. Chenoweth Winchester, Ind.

John C. Bunch Crete, Ind.

James B. Chenoweth Lynn, Ind.

May Chenoweth Lynn, Ind.

lUla llutchens —- ^I"'"^'.^' "d.

Zella Hutchens M"'^'^'.^'' "^ '

Clifford Hutchens Unnc^c. nd.

Lula Hutchens M""<:i^; \"'^-

Keeva Bunch Crete, nd.

Bernice Bunch Crete, nd.

T.,hn K. Bunch Crete, nd.

■|.\-h,. Chenoweth Lynn, Inc.

came Donhue Crete, Ind.

I.ina liar, Crete, nd.

Anna Donhue Crete. Ind.

Gail Chenoweth Spartanburg, nd.

Glen Chenoweth Spartanburg, Ind.

Leo Chenoweth Spartanburg, Ind.

Wm H. Chenoweth Lynn, Ind.

Georgie Bowen Spartanburg, nd.

Anna Bowen Spartanburg Ind.

Lily Boren Buffalo. N.^.

Marvin Bowen Spartanburg. Ind,

Ernest E. Chenoweth Winchester, nd.

Ernest E. Mikesell Winchester, nd

Cecil Chenoweth _ Winchester. Ind.

Frank Hale Bowen Redkey, nd.

Wvnnette Strong ^^dkey, nd.

Belle Humphrey Ly""' "" '

Onda Chenoweth Lynn, Ind.

Leta Chenoweth Ly""' ''"■

John Chenoweth, Jr. Lynn, Ind.

Mary Humphrey l^y""' "'^■

Squire Humphrey 1'>'""' '" •

Lerov Chenoweth Lynn. nd.

Carrie Hodgin 1->""' "^•

John Chenoweth ^-y""' "«'

Mayo Hodgin ^ynn, Ind,

Sqmre G. Chenoweth Hollansburg. Ohio

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llobart Mikesell ' I ollansburg-, Ohio

Everett M. Chenoweth I lollanslnirg, Ohio

lone Johnson '-ynn, Ind.

Thehna Chenoweth '.ynn, Ind.

Kuth .\nderson '.ynn. Ind.

G. F. Chenoweth Lynn, Ind.

Helen Louise Johnson Lynn, Ind.

Maurine Chenoweth Lynn, Ind.

Mary Chenoweth I, ynn, Ind.

Merl Bowen Lynn, Ind.

Silas Johnson Lynn, Inth

Marvin Hart Crete, Ind.

Xoral Anderson Crete, Ind.

Chas. H. Hart Crete, Ind.

Emery Chenoweth Lynn, Ind.

Jas. L. Chenoweth LInion City, Ind.

Chas. N. Bowen Spartanburg, Ind.

Kenneth Downard [^ynn, Ind.

Ethel Downard Lynn, Ind.

Lorene Downard Lynn, Ind.

G. R. Jordan Crete, Ind.

Hannah Belle Anderson Lynn, Ind.

L. C. Chenoweth Cynn, Ind.

Howard B. Chenoweth Lynn, Ind.

Mabel C. Chenoweth Lynn, Ind.

Mary E. Chenoweth Lynn, Ind.

Florence Tillson Fountain City, Ind.

Mary Louise Tillson h'ountain City, Ind.

Mae Tillson Fountain City, Ind.

Sol Jordan Crete, Ind.

J. Harold Jordan Lynn, Ind.

Russell Jordan Lynn, Ind.

Rupert Jordan Lynn, Ind.

Maurice Jordan Lynn, Ind.

Donnabelle Chenoweth Union City, Ind.

Belva Coffin Xew Castle, Ind.

Edna Mae Coffin New Castle, Ind.

Mildred Coffin Xew Castle, Ind.

DESCEXDAXTS OF REBECCA SEMAXS PRESENT
.\T CENTENNIAL.

Epliraini L. Semans Warsaw, Ind.

Rutli L. Thornburg Siou.x Rapids, Iowa

Thos. M. Thornburg Winchester, Ind.

James Fletcher Thornburg Winchester, Ind.

Myrtle Barnes Winchester, Ind.

John Richmond Barnes Winchester, Ind.

DESCENDANTS OF HANNAH HARRISON PRES-
ENT AT CENTENNIAL.

Clyde Moore Hollansburg, Ohio

Mildred Moore Hollansburg, Ohio

Harry Moore Hollansburg, Ohio

Ruby Gilbert Wllloughby Chicago, 111.

3030 Madi.^on St.

Helen Virginia Willoughby Chicago, 111.

Rolland Gilbert Greenville, Ohio

George W. Harrison Greenville, Ohio

Arvilla Buckingham Hollansburg, Ohio

Rae Thomas Thompson Hollansburg, Ohio

Ida H. Pitsenberger Columbus, Ohio

Orla E. Harrison Columbus, Ohio

27 North Ohio Ave.

Barbara Luu Harrison Columbus, Ohio

Elizabeth Newburn L'nion City, Ind.

Shirley Newburn Union City, Ind.

Paul H. Newburn LInion City, Ind.

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Delia Gilbert Greenville, (Jhio

Flora Snell L'nion City, Incl.

Laura Thomas Hollansbiirg, Ohio

Harrison Thorpe Lynn, Ind,

Oscar Thorpe Lynn. Intl.

J. A, Chenoweth 1 lollan.shurg, Ohio

K, F. Thomas Columlnis, Ohio

916 Xeil Ave,

Mae S. Thomas Columbus, r)hio

Robert L. Thomas Columbus, Ohio

VV. A. Chenoweth Glen Karn. Ohio

S. D. Chenoweth Glen Karn, Ohio

Mrs. Nettie Harrison Lnioii City, Ind.

Miss Helen Chenoweth Glen Karn. Ohio

Raymond Joseph Harrison Cnion City, Ind.

DESCEXDAXTS OF RACHEL D.WIS PRESENT
AT CENTENNLVL.

Samantha J. Ivens Koann. Ind.

DESCEXDAXTS OF JANE SMALL PRESENT AT
CENTENNIAL.

Cora Chenoweth Winchester. Ind.

T. W. Morgan Crete. Ind.

Lucille Morgan Richmond. Ind.

Mrs. J. M. Elliott Richmond. Ind.

Rexford Morgan Spartanburg. Ind.

Claude Morgan Huntington. Ind.

Ruth Morgan Huntington. Ind.

h'rank B. Morgan Huntington, hid.

Thelma Morgan Huntington. Ind.

Julia Hill Redkey. Ind.

Howard Hill Redkey. Ind.

Pearl Crist Spartanburg, Ind.

Nellie Hill Redkey, Ind,

f\ussel Crist Spartanburg, Ind.

F'ae Middleton Spartanburg, Ind.

Cristina Middleton Spartanburg, Ind.

Roy Crist Spartanburg, Ind.

Ruth Middleton Spartanburg, Ind.

India Thomas Pittsburg, Pa.

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