Individual Details

Marriage

Emmer BOWEN Sr. and Huldah HOWLAND were third cousins once removed.

Biographical Sketch

Emmer BOWEN, Sr. a son of Ezra Bowen, and a native of Massachusetts, came to Tioga county, PA in 1804 and settled in Deerfield Township where he cleared and improved what is known as the Old Bowen Homestead. Here he resided until his death on 3 May 1841, aged seventy-one years. His wife, Huldah Howland, was a direct descendant of John Howland, who came to America on the Mayflower. She died 9 July 1847, aged seventy-two years. Their children were as follows: Lois, who married Elisha Train; Orpha, who married Garner Monroe; Cynthia, who married Abram Pease; Samuel, who married Polly Cook; Miriam, who married Ashbel Monroe; Otis D., who married Melinda Luce; Benjamin S., who married Hannah Whitaker; Susannah, who married Theodore Doty; Emmer, who married Nancy A. Clark; Patience, who married Leonard Daniels; and Huldah, who became the wife of Oliver Pease. The grandchildren of Emmer Bowen, Sr., number over 100, while his descendants by inter-marriage are far more numerous. Mr. Bowen was a Quaker in religion and a man of strong character and strict integrity.