Individual Details
Elijah B Bowen Jr
(Abt 1782 - 3 Jan 1861)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1782 | Cheshire, Massachusetts, United States |  | ||
| Birth | 1787 | Cheshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1790 | ||||
| Marriage | Abt 1804 | Sylvia Foster | | ||
| Property | 27 Dec 1808 | Marcellus, Onondaga, New York, United States | | ||
| Military | Abt 1812 | Rank in Lieutenant, Rank out Lieutenant | | ||
| Court | 1825 | listed in brother Almeron Bowen's will, named exec - Marcellus, Onondaga, New York, United States | | ||
| Move | Abt 1844 | Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin Territory, United States | | ||
| Move | 1844 | Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin Territory, United States | | ||
| Move | 1852 | Burns, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1857 | Marcellus, Onondaga, New York, United States | | ||
| Signature | 1857 | Marcellus, Onondaga, New York, United States | | ||
| Census (family) | 1860 | Marcellus, Onondaga, New York, United States - Sylvia Foster | | ||
| Move | Fall 1860 | Burns, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States | | ||
| Death | 3 Jan 1861 | Burns, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States | | ||
| Probate | need to find | ||||
| Miscellaneous | listed as a native of MA | |
Families
| Spouse | Sylvia Foster (1785 - 1862) |
| Child | Irving Henry Bowen ( - 1892) |
| Child | Elijah Bowen ( - 1892) |
| Child | Elpha Bowen (1804 - 1892) |
| Child | Celestia Bowen (1806 - 1855) |
| Child | Le Roy Bowen (1814 - 1901) |
| Child | Almeron Bowen (1824 - 1906) |
| Father | Elijah Bowen Sr (1756 - 1807) |
| Mother | Martha "Patty" Cody (1761 - 1851) |
| Sibling | Valentine Bowen (1783 - 1870) |
| Sibling | Sophronia Bowen (1784 - ) |
| Sibling | Hannah Bowen (1786 - 1841) |
| Sibling | Delina Bowen (1788 - 1858) |
| Sibling | Lucinda Bowen (1791 - 1865) |
| Sibling | Almeron Bowen (1794 - 1825) |
| Sibling | Lovisa Bowen (1797 - ) |
| Sibling | Laura Bowen (1800 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Lydia Sarah Cody (1863- ), The Cody family in America, 1698; descendants of Philip and Martha, Mass, biogrphical and genealogical (Kissimmee, FL: Cody Publications, 1954), 21.
2. , Hughes and Allied Families: self published book - no author, no date, but no copyright (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), 183-232.
3. "Records of various churches in north central New York," database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org: accessed 4 August 2025), Bowen Family Early Settlers, a Summary.
4. Dwight H Bruce., Onondaga's Centennial: Gleanings of a century, Volume II (Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, Publishers, 1896), 979-80 in book, image 65-66/1088 on Mocavo.
5. Edmund Norman Leslie, Skaneateles: History of its earliest settlement and reminiscences of later times (New York: Press of Andrew H Kellogg, 1902), 13.
6. Lydia Sarah Cody (1863- ), The Cody family in America, 1698; descendants of Philip and Martha, Mass, biogrphical and genealogical (Kissimmee, FL: Cody Publications, 1954), 21.
7. , Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealean and Buffalo Counties, Wisconsin: Containing portraits of all teh Presidents of teh US .... (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892), 380, Bio of Le Roy Bowen, father Elijah B Bowen Jr.
8. "New York, Land Records, 1630-1975," digital images, FamilySearch (amilysearch.org: accessed 8 August 2025), im 534, Elijah and Silva Bowen and Votentine Bowen and Miriam Bowen, 27 Dec 1808; citing FHL 7173616.
9. , Biographical History of La Crosse, Monroe and Juneau Counties, WI: Containing Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States (Juneau, WI: Lewis publishing co, 1892), 380.
10. CW Butterfield, History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin:: containing an account of its settlement, growth, development and resources: an extensive and minute sketch of its cities, towns and villages-their improvements, industries, manufactories, churches, schools and societies: its war record, biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers: the whole proceeded by ahistory of WI, statistics of the stae and an abstract of its laws and constitution and the constitution of the US (Chicago, IL: Western Historical CO, 1881), p843.
11. Edmund Norman Leslie, Skaneateles: History of its earliest settlement and reminiscences of later times (New York: Press of Andrew H Kellogg, 1902), 13-14.
12. "US, War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815," database, (ancestry.com: accessed 24 July 2014), 159 regiment.
13. Benjamin F Bryant, Memoirs of La Crosse County from the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present... (Madison, WI: Western Historical Assoc, 1907), 214.
14. , Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealean and Buffalo Counties, Wisconsin: Containing portraits of all teh Presidents of teh US .... (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892), 380, Bio of Le Roy Bowen, father Elijah B Bowen Jr.
15. "New York, Probate Records, 1629-1971," digital image, FamilySearch (familysearch.org: accessed 4 August 2025), Almeron Bowen will, 13 Sep 1825.
16. CW Butterfield, History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin:: containing an account of its settlement, growth, development and resources: an extensive and minute sketch of its cities, towns and villages-their improvements, industries, manufactories, churches, schools and societies: its war record, biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers: the whole proceeded by ahistory of WI, statistics of the stae and an abstract of its laws and constitution and the constitution of the US (Chicago, IL: Western Historical CO, 1881), p843.
17. Benjamin F Bryant, Memoirs of La Crosse County from the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present... (Madison, WI: Western Historical Assoc, 1907), 214.
18. Benjamin F Bryant, Memoirs of La Crosse County from the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present... (Madison, WI: Western Historical Assoc, 1907), 214.
19. "New York, War of 1812 Certificates and Applications of Claim and Related Records, 1858-1869," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com: accessed 4 August 2025), Elijah Bowen, 21 Jul 1857, aged 76 years.
20. "New York, War of 1812 Certificates and Applications of Claim and Related Records, 1858-1869," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com: accessed 4 August 2025), Elijah Bowen, 21 Jul 1857, aged 76 years.
21. 1860 US Federal Census, Marcellus, Onondaga, New York, , image 57, 422, Elijah Bowen; digital images, (ancestry.com : accessed 5 June 2014).
22. , Biographical History of La Crosse, Monroe and Juneau Counties, WI: Containing Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States (Juneau, WI: Lewis publishing co, 1892), 380.
23. , Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealean and Buffalo Counties, Wisconsin: Containing portraits of all teh Presidents of teh US .... (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892), 380, Bio of Le Roy Bowen, father Elijah B Bowen Jr.
24. Lydia Sarah Cody (1863- ), The Cody family in America, 1698; descendants of Philip and Martha, Mass, biogrphical and genealogical (Kissimmee, FL: Cody Publications, 1954), 21.
25. Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : 7 October 2016), Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, NC, memorial # 103166561, photo by “t. stephens”, grave maker of James Greer, 11 Sept 1828., Col Elijah Bowen, Bangor, La Crosse WI.
26. , Hughes and Allied Families: self published book - no author, no date, but no copyright (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), 183-232.
27. Benjamin F Bryant, Memoirs of La Crosse County from the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present... (Madison, WI: Western Historical Assoc, 1907), 214.
28. Dwight H Bruce., Onondaga's Centennial: Gleanings of a century, Volume II (Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, Publishers, 1896), 979-80 in book, image 65-66/1088 on Mocavo.
29. Edmund Norman Leslie, Skaneateles: History of its earliest settlement and reminiscences of later times (New York: Press of Andrew H Kellogg, 1902), 13.
30. , Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealean and Buffalo Counties, Wisconsin: Containing portraits of all teh Presidents of teh US .... (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892), 380, Bio of Le Roy Bowen, father Elijah B Bowen Jr.