Sarah Agnes Bowen

Brief Life History of Sarah Agnes

When Sarah Agnes Bowen was born on 6 December 1820, in Scott, Virginia, United States, her father, Jesse Bowen, was 22 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Stanley, was 23. She married Claiborn W Neeley on 15 May 1838, in Scott, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Powell District, Scott, Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 6 March 1900, in Gate City, Scott, Virginia, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Neeley Cemetery, Clinch, Scott, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Claiborn W Neeley
1816–1888
Sarah Agnes Bowen
1820–1900
Marriage: 15 May 1838
William Elijah Neeley
1840–1920
Jane "Jennie" Neely
1842–1929
Telitha Margaret Neeley
1844–1914
Lafayette M Neeley
1847–1865
Sarah Ann Elizabeth Neeley
1850–1902
Serena Catherine Neely
1851–
Wilburn H. Neely
1855–1866
Mary Hale "Polly" Neeley
1858–1937
John Campbell Neeley
1859–1938
David Carmack Neeley
1861–1941

Sources (32)

  • Agness Neely in household of Claiborn Neely, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Agness Neely, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Agness Bowen, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"

World Events (8)

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""

“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

Name Meaning

Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Owain ‘son of Owain’ (see Owen ), with fused patronymic marker (a)p, which is normally voiced before a vowel.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buadhacháin ‘descendant of Buadhachán’, a diminutive of Buadhach ‘victorious’ (see Bohan ).

Irish: used to ‘translate’ Ó Cnáimhín ‘descendant of Cnáimhín’, a personal name meaning ‘little bone’ or ‘little body’, see Nevin 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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