Eldridge Lowry Bowen

Brief Life History of Eldridge Lowry

When Eldridge Lowry Bowen was born on 20 September 1826, in Dickson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Allen Bowen, was 44 and his mother, Rebecca Owen, was 35. He married Lucinda W. Hannah on 17 December 1853, in Dickson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Dickson, Dickson, Tennessee, United States in 1850. He died on 9 March 1897, at the age of 70.

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Family Time Line

Eldridge Lowry Bowen
1826–1897
Maranda Whitlock
1840–1891
Marriage: 9 January 1864
Hickman Davis Bowen
1863–1953
Robert Lee Bowen
1866–1954
Thomas Harden Bowen
1869–1964
Buford Bowen
1871–1959
Agnes D. Bowen
1874–1963
Charles “Charley” Bowen
1877–1965
Ann Bowen
1880–1882

Sources (31)

  • Eldridge Bowen, "United States, Census, 1830"
  • E L Bowen, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Eldridge Lowry Bowen, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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