Ella Sarah DAVIS

Family 1: Samuel Wheeler BOWEN
  1. George Hiram BOWEN 
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188-0 US federal census Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mothe r's Birthplace S. W. BOWEN Self M Male W 35 OH Printer OH OH Ella BOWEN Wife M Female W 27 WI Asst. Editor NY VT A. B. STINE Other S Male W 19 PA Book Keeper PA PA A. A. TWOGOOD Other S Male W 20 NY Printer ENG ENG Source Information: Census Place Yankton, Yankton, Dakota Territory Family History Library Film 1254115 NA Film Number T9-0115 Page Nu Col. Wheeler S. Bowen Biography This biography appears on page 25 in "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, V ol. IV (1915) and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net. This fil e may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. An y other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electro nic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This fil e is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from so mewhere else, our front door is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sd/sdfiles.htm COLONEL WHEELER S. BOWEN. During practically the entire period of his active life Colonel Whe eler S. Bowen has been identified with the newspaper business and since 1909 has been edito r of the Huronite, published at Huron. As such he has exerted a great influence over the deve lopment of the city along many lines and his work has won him an important place among the me n of ability and worth in the community. Colonel Bowen is a veteran of the Civil war, havin g served as a member of the Twelfth Wisconsin Battery. He was born in Ohio, April 8, 1843, an d is a son of Hiram and Martha (Wheeler) Bowen, who moved to Wisconsin in 1849, settling at J anesville. The father conducted a newspaper there for many years having previously been in th e newspaper business at Akron, Ohio, as founder and editor of the Summit County Beacon. Hira m Bowen edited the Janesville Gazette and later the Milwaukee Sentinel. He came to South Dako ta in 1876 and moved from this state to California, where his death occurred. Colonel Wheele r S. Bowen acquired his education in the public schools of Janesville In 1862 he enlisted i n the Twelfth Wisconsin Battery and served in the army until the close of the Civil war. Foll owing his honorable discharge he returned to Janesville, where he became connected with the n ewspaper business, editing the Gazette until 1873. In that year he moved to Yankton, this sta te, and bought the Press and the Dakotan, starting the first daily in the Dakotas. Colonel Bo wen moved to Sioux Falls in 1901 and edited the Press there until 1907, after which he spen t one year in Boise City, Idaho. In 1909 he located in Huron and bought the Huronite and th e State Spirit which he merged under one management with the former name. Since that time h e has edited the paper, making it one of the leading influences for progress in the community . It has become an excellent news and advertising medium and its popularity is evident in a l arge and growing circulation. In 1874 Colonel Bowen was united in marriage to Miss Ella Davi s of Janesville, Wisconsin, and they have become the parents of a son, George H., who is in b usiness with his father. Colonel Bowen is well known in the local post of the Grand Army of t he Republic and in this way keeps in touch with his comrades of fifty years ago. He is progre ssive and public-spirited in matters of citizenship and has held a number of offices of publi c trust and responsibility, serving as postmaster of Yankton under Presidents Arthur and Harr ison and as clerk of the senate committee on Indian affairs in Washington under Pettigrew. Si nce taking up his residence in Huron his influence has been a tangible force for good in th e community and he is held in high honor and esteem wherever he is known.



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