The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-17

me Bowen laulllyk OF lSlFHlIila, "IliSu (
derived from the family In A1assachu-
sets.
to and ss ssarb =, paa:
he date as 1899 or 1910. and Wsy-
mouth as being tho place of settle
ment- One OF his grandsons, Samuel.
greek Gsai s n Salem county. n. j.. some
Where about 100. He had i've sons.
who scattered and settled both South
and West e. They nnd CLIFTON Msre John pan
The original English nane OF Bowen
was Griffin ap Oweyn and Jane Abower,
time of Queen Elizabeth, the ap mean
ing ''son OF" which was dropped by
Evan ap Owen. Of Pentoc, Wales; VINO
was the first to assume the boWen
some 500 years ago Evan, the grand
son OF this Owen. was lord and owner
Of the estate at Pent te,, Wales e les c ana
fifth Bowen. OF tho Same Welsh stock.
who first emigrated to America. we
give the arms as brought over by them.
family as being trua they are de-
soribed in croziers General Armory as
azure, a stag. argent. with an arrow
stuck in the back and attlred. or.
Crest-a stag standing yulned In the
Da'S Motto TO- aii male "cogitat male sib,.'.
Four brothers named Bowen bought
the ,nineteentii :century--James Mar
shall, William, Peter and Thomas e
Bowen. They came from the vicinity
of Jeffersonton. Rappahannock county,
Va. and are supposed to have moved
from Milford Del 10 that. county. and
were the descendants OF the New Jer-
sey family. In 1917 James and VII
aam YGMef IN His brother
William moved In 1899 to Fauauier
county. leaving James, who bought the
old Ramsey place, SAID 70 nave, =, oe ZEN
steamboat. Here he built a large and
attractive brick mansion, which he
named Mirador. which was one OF the
-1s35. 1T has since become famous
as the seat of the Langhornes, where
Lhave frequently gathered many OF New
York's fashionable 400 as Wei h as B tps
nuptials Of members of the Langhorne
4 family.
James NJ. Bowen became quite
wealthy and Rrominentt In the b, COUNT nbi.
John r. Baylor; Mary, who married Or:
10. r. Funston. of Clarke county, and
j George n. Bowen. who was son e Pc e
4 1880. His grandson. James Bowen Fun;
stem Sesas bishop the Els Pothsr
L.
Mary Bowen was educated In Rich
mond in 1s45 at Mrs. Mead's Seminary
and became ono of the most talented
!. and brilliant women Of the county al
ilthat day.
Henry Bowen. ono OF the sons. was
valiant soldier in the Confed,
, crate Army; he was captain In one o.
1.-THE Albemarle companies and was
taken prisoner In 1864 and confined a.
fort Delaware until the close OF the
!, WAR Afterward he represented Viz.
4 ginfa In the Forty-eighth and Fiftieti
RE Richard Bowen. of Cohans,
: Creek, N. j. has a grandson of h1tliord
,lDel., who married Eliza Ann Marshall
!, daughter OF Edward Marshall. and sis
: ter Of James Marshall, of Earper''
: FERRY, who owned the lands upoi
(which the government armory build
-Iings were built and the scene of tn
9 John Brown raid. Hence we have tn
= name James Marshall Bowen. the Mar
!, shalls being the same family as tn
). Chief Justice. who was born at Ger
Z fmantown. IN Culpeper. from which Raj
d rahnnnock was formed in 1891 an!
d where the first Of the Bowen famil!
/ settled In coming into the State.
= OF the early family conn ections, W
: find from Fauquier records OF mar
> riages that Of James Bowen an
7 Racha Bowen CHS oousin) Decembe
d Is17717S1, and Thomas Bowen, who mar
"A riad Sally ,Winterton December lit
n OF the same year. These were broth
z ers, and their sister, Sally Bowen, " n