I am contacting you about this profile: James M Bowen
If James M. Bowen was born 1779 and died 1866 at age 86 or 87 (See, for example, the Timeline tab);
1. how was he serving in the Culpeper militia in the War Between the States (he would have been age 80+)?
2. Why do his heirs (whose names I cannot figure out) claim he died in 1870 (see the claim for compensation after the War);
3. the next-to-last sentence under “Overview” says: “James and Ann headed for Kentucky before 1840, and James died along the way, probably from smallpox.”
So, at least 3 dates of death are given for this James M.: before 1840 (on apparently moving to KY with wife Ann), 1866, and 1870.
I would appreciate any clarification, but, sorry, I can’t offer any clarity at present.
I’m trying to figure out whether a William Bowen who came to Culpeper County was a member of the Rees Bowen (1719 -1780) family from Augusta County.
I don’t think this James M Bowen was a descendant of the James Bowen who married Rachel Bower (in Fauquier, Dec 1781). James Bowen who m. Rachel Bower had a brother Thomas Bowen (approx. 1755 – 1790) who m. Sally Winterton in Fauquier in Dec 1781. That Thomas had a son James (1787-1837) who married Amelia Tutt Pollard and, after she died, Harriett Martin Wheatley, and had children (by both of those women) in Fauquier County and in Frederick/Warren County.
Sincerely,
Brooks Jefferson Bowen
