Hiram BOWEN

Family 1: Martha WHEELER
  1. Mary Evelyn BOWEN
  2. Samuel Wheeler BOWEN
  3. Ellen Frances BOWEN
  4. Martha Wheeler BOWEN
  5. William Perley BOWEN
  6. Marvin Knapp BOWEN 
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GREENHILL CEMETERY, WAYNE TOWNSHIP ALEXANDRIA SOUTH DAKOTA 58-102-10 Bowen, Hiram Hiram Bowen/Apr. 20, 1815-Mar 20, 1886 Martha Martha Wheeler/His Wife/November 21, 1820-August 13, 1886 _____________________________________________________________________________ 1880 Federal Census Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mothe r's Birthplace Hiram BOWEIR Self M Male W 65 MA Farmer CT MA Martha BOWEIR Wife M Female W 59 OH Keeping House OH OH Ella BOWEIR Dau S Female W 30 WI At Home MA OH Marvin K. BOWEIR Son S Male W 20 WI Works The Farm MA OH Bessie STREETER Niece S Female W 18 WI Assists Her Aunt NY OH Soloman BRINK Other S Male W 21 WI Farm Laborer --- --- Source Information: Census Place Township 100, Hutchinson, Dakota Territory Family History Library Film 1254112 NA Film Number T9-0112 Page Number 114B ____________________________ Subj: Re: [SDHutchinson] HIram Bowen & Martha Wheeler Date: 4/22/03 7:17:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: sdrat@gwtc.net To: DCuillard@aol.com Sent from the Internet (Details) HI TOWN 100 RANGE 59 WOULD BE TOWNSHIP 100 AND RANGE 59 "FOSTER" TOWNSHIP THERE IS A CEMETARY AT "MILLTOWN" SD. LOCATED IN SECTION 34 OF FOSTER TOWNSHIP DAVE HUBER MENNO SD. Land Records for Hutchinson Co., SD NAME Merid TWP RNG SEC ACRGE TYPE CASETYPE DOCID DATE BOWEN HIRAM 05 100 N 059 W 021 80 272002 PA 282 11/25/1879 BOWEN HIRAM 05 100 N 059 W 021 30 272002 PA 282 11/25/1879 BOWEN HIRAM 05 100 N 059 W 021 39.98 272002 PA 282 11/25/1879 BOWEN HIRAM 05 100 N 059 W 022 7.15 272002 PA 282 11/25/1879 BOWEN HIRAM 05 100 N 059 W 015 20.8 272002 PA 1127 02/20/1882 BOWEN HIRAM 05 100 N 059 W 015 7.8 272002 PA 1127 02/20/1882 BOWEN HIRAM 05 100 N 059 W 021 80 272002 PA 1127 02/20/1882 BOWEN HIRAM 05 100 N 059 W 021 37.25 272002 PA 1127 02/20/1882 BOWEN HIRAM 05 100 N 059 W 022 20.47 272002 PA 1127 02/20/1882 BOWEN MARVIN K 05 100 N 059 W 028 160 251105 PA 1043 04/20/1892 __________________________________ 1885 Dakota Territorial Census Name: Hiram Bowen Race: W Age: 70 Birth Place: Mass Enumeration District: 133 1/2 Locatio n: Town 100, Range 59, Hutchinson, Ty Dak Name: Martha Bowen Race: W Age: 64 Birth Place: Ohio Enumeration District: 133 1/2 Locat ion: Town 100, Range 59, Hutchinson, Ty Dak Name: Marvin Bowen Race: W Age: 25 Birth Place: Wis Enumeration District: 133 1/2 Locatio n: Town 100, Range 59, Hutchinson, Ty Dak Name: Ellen F. Colborne Race: W Age: 35 Birth Place: Wis Enumeration District: 133 1/2 Lo cation: Town 100, Range 59, Hutchinson, Ty Dak Name: Emma Gray Race: W Age: 20 Birth Place: NY Enumeration District: 133 1/2 Location: T own 100, Range 59, Hutchinson, Ty Dak Name: Belle Colborne Race: W Age: 2 Birth Place: Dak Enumeration District: 133 1/2 Locati on: Town 100, Range 59, Hutchinson, Ty Dak Name: Bessie A. Colborne Race: W Age: 4/12 Birth Place: Dak Enumeration District: 133 1/ 2 Location: Town 100, Range 59, Hutchinson, Ty Dak ____________________________ Source: Microfilm copy of newspaper obituary from Press & Dakotan, Yankton, Dakota Territory Issue date: March 22, 1886. Received from the South Dakota State Historical Society and transcribed at Simi Valley, Calif ornia May 5, 2003 by Donna Cuillard. DIED BOWEN - At Los Angeles, California, March 20, 1886, Hiram Bowen, aged seventy-one years. ~ The subject of the above notice was born in Strubridge, Mass., April 20th, 1815 and removed w hen a boy to Ohio, where at Middlebury, now a suburb of Akron, he learned the trade of a prin ter, to which and to journalism he devoted the greater portion of his subsequent career. I n the fall of 1838 he became publisher of the American Balance at Akron, and two years late r changed its name to the Summit County Beacon, which shortly became a flourishing daily an d weekly journal, and is still published at Akron. In the year 1849, Mr. Bowen removed to Ja nesville, Wisconsin, then in its infancy, where in 1856 he became the editor of the Janesvil le Gazette, one of the leading and most influential newspapers of the southern portion of th e state. His connection with the Gazette continued for eight years when declining health com pelled him to retire from the active duties of newspaper life. In 1864 he sold his interes t in the Gazette and during the succeeding four years held the position of postmaster at Jane sville. Relinquishing that post at the expiration of the term of his appointment, he spen t a few years in quiet recreation and travel, embarking for a brief time in the journalisti c field in 1871-2 when he became managing editor and part owner of the Milwaukee Sentinel, th e foremost paper of the state. This was his last labor in his chosen profession, a labor fo r which his long experience and ripe abilities admirably fitted him, but which proved too gre at a tax on his physical strength, and was reluctantly relinquished on that account. In th e year 1875 Mr. Bowen came to Yankton, and after a brief sojourn, during which he visited var ious sections of Dakota, he purchased a large tract of land near Milltown, in Armstrong Count y, now Hutchinson, built a substantial home and began the work of conducting a stock farm, wh ich he continued with good success until last fall when declining health constrained him to s eek relief in a change of climate. The rigors of the Dakota winter he was anxious to escap e and in December last in company with his wife he went to Los Angeles in southern California , only to discover that the malady from which he suffered was incurable. He had lived his al lotted days and his vitality was gone. Neither medicine or balmy skies could give relief. T he physical man was worn out, and where he may have expected to find the boon of health - h e found his dying bed. Mr. Bowen has been something of a pioneer during his long life. He was a pioneer in wester n journalism - and in the opening of his professional career was heart and hand with the pion eers of abolitionism in their efforts to free the slaves. Later he was a pioneer settler i n Dakota, pushing almost to the verge of settlement where he founded his home. In his professional career Mr. Bowen has ever been guided by clear-cut and positive convicti ons. His life work was given to the defense and advancement of well-defined principles - uni versal freedom being the cornerstone of the structure he aided in building. Always a party m an, he was not blind to party faults nor silent when he should censure. In his private life he was an exemplary gentleman; faithful to every trust and a man of unsw erving integrity. He was greatly esteemed for his personal worth. He bequeathed to his wif e and children the record of a life profitably spent in aiding his fellow man, and a name unt arnished. The death of Mr. Bowen is the first that has occurred in his own family or in the families o f any of his children. He leaves, besides his widow, three sons and three daughters, all o f whom are married and settled in widely scattered potions of the great west. Their names and residences are: Mrs. Evelyn Bell, Beloit Wisconsin W. S. Bowen, Yankton, Dakota Mrs. Ella Colbourn, Alexandria, Dakota. Mrs. Mattie Kershaw, Seattle, Washington Territory. W.P. Bowen, Los Angeles, California M. K. Bowen, Milltown, Dakota ~ Mr. W. S. Bowen, editor of the Press, is the eldest son of the deceased. In response to a te legraphic summons he left Yankton on the 13th for Los Angeles, hoping to reach there in tim e to see his father alive. He was able to accomplish this, a fact which will be a comfort a nd consolation to him for the remainder of his days. The remains will be brought east for in terment and will be buried at Alexandria, in Hanson County (Dakota Territory), where the fune ral will be held Saturday the 27th inst. _____________________ Janesville Gazette Tuesday March 23, 1886 Received and transcribed at Simi Valley, CA, From microfilm copy, April 17, 2004. DEATH OF HON. HIRAM BOWEN The noiseless reaper, Death, is ever at work in the harvest, and slowly, though surely, the r ipened sheafs are gathered. Again we are called upon to note the death of another early sett ler of Rock County. On Saturday last at Los Angeles, California, Hiram Bowen, quietly passe d to his eternal reward, aged 71 years. Last fall, in hopes of benefiting his health, which had been failing for some time, he went t o Los Angeles, but alas, the result is told in the above brief lines. Mr. Bowen came to Janesville in 1849, from Akron, Ohio, at which place he was publisher and e ditor of the Akron Beacon. For some years after settling in Janesville, he was engaged in th e boot and shoe business in company with the late George S. Bangs, late of the U. S. railwa y mail service. Retiring from this business he purchased a farm some two miles south of th e Blind Institution, and for a few yeas was engaged in farming; in March, 1856, Mr. Bowen bec ame associate editor of the Gazette, which position he retained until November 10th, 1858, a t which time he retired; at the meeting of the legislature in January following, he was elect ed chief clerk of the state senate, and served as such during the 12th session of that body ; August 2d, 1859, he formed a co-partnership with Charles Holt and Daniel Wilcox in the publ ication of the Gazette, Messrs. Holt and Bowen being the editors, and Mr. Wilcox the busines s manager. This partnership continued until December 1863, when the paper was sold to Messrs . Thomsen & Roberts. Retiring fro the Gazette, Mr. Bowen engaged in the manufacturing busine ss and for some time was the manager of the Badger State (now Doty) company, In 1871 he wa s appointed postmaster of this city and served four years. He had a strong liking for newspa per work and after retiring from the post office he was for some time engaged as political ed itor of the Milwaukee Sentinel, and also did considerable editorial work for his ÙSold petÙT th e Janesville Gazette. Some years ago he removed to Alexandria, Dakota, engaging in stock raising. Mr. Bowen wa s a man of very strong convictions, and as a newspaper writer was leader in his day. The Mil waukee Evening Wisconsin, noticing his death, says, ÙSHe was the editor of the Janesville Gaze tte during the antislavery controversy, and the influence of his paper greatly aided the orga nization of the republican party in Wisconsin. He had no superiors and few equals among th e editorial writers of the state, and his incisive, vigorous, logical and often caustic style , was the admiration and envy of his editorial contemporaries.ÙT During the early stage of the rebellion at the time General Fremont was in command at St. Lou is, organizing the western army, Mr. Bowen was in correspondence with that general, regardin g the organization of cavalry, communication being cut off at Washington, and it was throug h this correspondence that the 3d Wisconsin cavalry (Gov. BarstowÙus regiment) was organized i n this city, Governor Randall withholding his consent until the regiment was fully recruited. Besides his wife he leaves a family of six children, three sons - W. S. Bowen, of Yankton, Da kota, Will P. Bowen of Los Angeles, California, and Marvin Bowen, of Milltown, Dakota - Thre e daughters - Mrs. Kershaw of Washington Territory, Mrs. Ella Colburn, of Alexandria, Dakota , and Mrs. Dr. Bell of Beloit, Wisconsin. The remains are enroute to Alexandria, where the interment will take place on Saturday of thi s week. ______________________________________ Janesville Gazette March 30, 1886, pg. 4 col. 4 Received and transcribed at Simi Valley, CA, From microfilm copy, April 17, 2004. PARTICULARS OF HON. HIRAM BOWENÙuS DEATH. The Los Angeles Times, of Sunday March 21st, has been received, containing the following addi tional particulars of the death of Hiram Bowen. The remains were taken to Alexandria, Dakota , where they were buried on Saturday last: ÙSHiram Bowen, of Dakota, died in this city at half-past six this morning, of ulceration of th e stomach, the result of chronic dyspepsia. He came to Los Angeles a few months ago from hi s Dakota home, hoping by the change of climate to secure relief from the ailment which had be come the burden of his declining years. But his disease had reached a stage too far advanced , and this morning his enfeebled body surrendered its earthly tenure. The deceased was born in Strobridge, Mass., April 20, 1815, and from there emigrated to Akron , O, where he learned the printerÙus trade. In 1837 he started the American Balance, a pronou nced Henry Clay paper, and later this paper became the Summit County Beacon, a paper still i n existence. In 1849 Mr. Bowen removed to Janesville, Wis., where he became the editor of the Gazette, ret ired from his duties in connection with that paper in 1864. His last newspaper work was on t he Milwaukee Sentinel, as temporary managing editor. He was one of the beginners of the abolition movement, and followed its fortunes until its o bject was accomplished; and then his vocation as a public writer seemed to have reached its e nd. Retiring finally from active business life, he went to Dakota and purchased a large far m upon which his declining years were spent. He was, during his stay in Los Angeles, the gue st of his son, W. P. Bowen, postal clerk on the Southern Pacific. His remains leave for Dako ta Monday morning, accompanied by his widow and his eldest son, W.S. Bowen, of Yankton, Dakot a.



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