Nine Men's Misery - a good Halloween tale with a Dr. Bowen

[Gramma]

Did it run in the family??? If you scroll to the bottom of this page you can get a PDF of Victor Franko's notes on this .

http://www.bucklinsociety.net/nine_men_misery.htm

Gramma
Happy HaLLOWEEN

What was the origin of the name of the town in New York, Great Nine Partners???

[Kat]

That was a weird link, Gramma!
I've not found our Dr. Bowen's family information yet.
Anyone finds him- it would be interesting to know.

In the book he is only included as marrying into the Southard Miller family.
It's like he's some kind of "mutt" or something.

[Gramma]

Dr Seabury Bowen's parents were Benjamin Bowen and Sophia or Lepha Claflin:

From http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/us ... -0053.html

LEPHA6 CLAFLIN (SYLVESTER5, NEHEMIAH4, NOAH3, ANTIPAS2, ROBERT (MACKCLOTHAN)1) was born November 28, 1819 in ATTLEBOROUGH, BRISTOL CO., MASSACHUSETTS, and died December 31, 1898 in ATTLEBORO, BRISTOL CO., MASSACHUSETTS. She married BENJAMIN BOWEN February 18, 1838 in ATTLEBORO, BRISTOL CO., MASSACHUSETTS. He died February 28, 1879 in ATTLEBORO, BRISTOL CO., MASSACHUSETTS.

More About BENJAMIN BOWEN and LEPHA CLAFLIN:
Marriage: February 18, 1838, ATTLEBORO, BRISTOL CO., MASSACHUSETTS

Children of LEPHA CLAFLIN and BENJAMIN BOWEN are:
2103 i. SEABURY WARREN7 BOWEN, born July 22, 1840 in ATTLEBORO, BRISTOL CO., MASSACHUSETTS; died in RESIDES AT FALL RIVER, MASS. IN 1897.
2104 ii. HENRY CLARK BOWEN, born October 09, 1843 in ATTLEBORO, BRISTOL CO., MASSACHUSETTS.
2105 iii. ANGENETTE BOWEN, born February 22, 1848 in ATTLEBORO, BRISTOL CO., MASSACHUSETTS.
2106 iv. ELLEN ROSETTA BOWEN, born 1852 in ATTLEBORO, BRISTOL CO., MASSACHUSETTS; died October 19, 1853 in ATTLEBORO, BRISTOL CO., MASSACHUSETTS.

Attleboro was formed from a part of Rehoboth called the North Purchase.
This is about as far as I have gotten with Bowen.

Gramma

[Kat]

Thanks! I knew his father's name, and his daughter's, and that he was from Attleboro but that was about it.

I was hoping to find them in a book.
As you know, there are errors on the internet.
I usually need at least 2 cross-references before I believe anything from a genealogy site.

[Allen]

There is a Henry O. Bowen that was living in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts for the 1880 census. But his parents are listed as Otis and Ruth A. Bowen. His birth year is listed as 1863, and his relationship to head of household is listed as Son. I wonder if he is a relation to the good doctor.

There is a Leafy Bowen listed in the 1880 census as living in Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts. She is listed as widow, her birth year is listed as 1820, and the relationship to head of household is listed as mother-in-law. But the name of the head of household is not listed? I thought it had to be listed.

[Gramma]

Allen,
That "Leafy" Bowen sure looks like a good candidate for his mother! Thank you for finding that! So if this is, indeed, the doctor's mother he had a sister named Angenette. That may help identifying the family.

Kat,
We are now the ones who may find ourselves without electricity. The ice, sleet and snow are flying sideways out there!
I use any and all clues I find to head me in the right direction and then proceed to confirm by other sources. The LDS has the mother's name as Sophia, which may be entirely wrong or we may find her going by that somewhere. My trust of the LDS site is next to non existent so I found the other reference. With full dates and names it looks like it was done by someone who put some time in on it. Usually my next move is to e-mail the owner of the page who posted the data. Sometimes it is fruitful and provides a source. More times it gives me someone who just copied it from somewhere else. I keep following the thread until I find something solid.
There may be no book with his line in print. It may be individual vital records only.

Gramma

[Kat]

I'm not finding him in a book, either. I was looking last night.
I agree about family sites and the LDS site.
Maybe I can find something on the history and it's people based on Attleboro.

Thanks for the tip, Missy!

[Kat]

My source has no 1880 census!!
Where did you get that?
So I can't verify the "Leafy" name, because it doesn't show up with that spelling in other census.
The closest I've come is to "Liefa" which is a questioned spelling, 1870.

[Kat]

This is good stuff, working together!
Gramma- would you consider changing the topic title?
Then I could move my Patty Bowen info here and everything would be in the same place?

A simple title, like "Bowen Family Goodies"?

Anyway, here are Benjamin Bowens, and Claflins.
Found Clafins living across the street or something very close to our Bowen, 1860, Attleboro, Mass.
1860 calls your "Leafy", "Lepha", "Liefa": "Seabury!" I swear!

[Kat]

Here is the part I don't understand.
There is one page here with Claflins.
Census, 1870, Attleboro.

I've cut it into 2 parts to make it bigger, but the first part has the Claflin's we are looking for from which Seabury's mother comes from.
But farther down at a different address, there are 2 Claflin's- one a servant-- and the other "Elizabeth"- is the one I'm not sure of her age? Does it say "1 year?"

Why is this 35 year old "Alice" Claflin (?) living with this man, "Lewis So&So" (Blake?), and way down below her is Elizabeth Claflin, and in between there is John Linnly? 45, "At Almshouse?"

Anyone have a guess what this means, and does it show Elizabeth as 1 year old in 1870??

Please click on pics.
If you cannot access the picture let me know.

[Gramma]

Kat,
I would be delighted with Bowen Goodies!
I am having a problem with getting images though. Stef is aware but I need to let you know I did not get the last two census images although I did get your hand written tree and census list.
Seabury Bowen is in the 1880 Census as S.W.
1900 has him as Seaburg!
1880 Has the Leafy Bowen living with her daughter Angenette who apparently had married Charles H Rounds.

From http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/ ... census.asp
Charles H. ROUNDS Self M Male W 34 RI Farmer MA MA
Angenett ROUNDS Wife M Female W 32 MA Keeping House MA MA
Arthur C. ROUNDS Son S Male W 8 MA At School RI MA
Frederick C. ROUNDS Son S Male W 6 MA At School RI MA
Henrietta F. ROUNDS Dau S Female W 1 MA RI MA
Leafy BOWEN MotherL W Female W 60 MA At Home MA MA

So Benjamin Bowen died before 1880!

[Kat]

How is this?
I've noticed sometimes when I only post the small boxed picture, people can't see it, but they never say anything!
I always speak up when I can't see a picture!
It might be someting to do with the way the Forum format works.

Are you interesting to change the topic title?
That's why I asked about "Bowen Goodies."

I now see you have a Bowen Goodies Topic!
I will move my stuff there.

Please go back to my last post. I think the pics are there now.

[Kat]

Kat,
I would be delighted with Bowen Goodies!
I am having a problem with getting images though. Stef is aware but I need to let you know I did not get the last two census images although I did get your hand written tree and census list.
Seabury Bowen is in the 1880 Census as S.W.
1900 has him as Seaburg!
1880 Has the Leafy Bowen living with her daughter Angenette who apparently had married Charles H Rounds.

From http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/ ... census.asp
Charles H. ROUNDS Self M Male W 34 RI Farmer MA MA
Angenett ROUNDS Wife M Female W 32 MA Keeping House MA MA
Arthur C. ROUNDS Son S Male W 8 MA At School RI MA
Frederick C. ROUNDS Son S Male W 6 MA At School RI MA
Henrietta F. ROUNDS Dau S Female W 1 MA RI MA
Leafy BOWEN MotherL W Female W 60 MA At Home MA MA

So Benjamin Bowen died before 1880!

Then the Benjamin Bowen in Boston at age 81 in 1900 is not our Seabury's father. Thanks!
I was interested in that Bowen line because there was a son named Franklin.
I thought it possible that an offshoot of Seabury's family might use the name Franklin after his wife's famous brother, Franklin Miller.