Cacey Potter Bowen Jr

Brief Life History of Cacey Potter

When Cacey Potter Bowen Jr was born on 24 October 1858, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Cacey Potter Bowen Sr., was 27 and his mother, Eleanor Ellen McGarry, was 22. He married Susannah Arvilla Boothe on 25 July 1879, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lyman, Madison, Idaho, United States for about 10 years and Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 January 1942, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Sutton Cemetery, Madison, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Cacey Potter Bowen Jr
1858–1942
Susannah Arvilla Boothe
1862–1916
Marriage: 25 July 1879
Casey Lavon Bowen
1880–1966
Cynthia Eleanor Bowen
1882–1968
Louis Reese Bowen
1884–1969
Avilla Mae Bowen
1887–1976
Jessie Russell Bowen
1889–1890
Mary Pearl Bowen
1891–1960
Carl Earl Bowen
1893–1942
Clyde Bowen
1895–1943
Meltrude Bowen
1897–1967
Grant Reese Bowen
1899–1995
Mack Meredith Bowen
1902–1949
Infant Bowen
1906–1906
Infant Bowen
1908–1908

Sources (108)

  • Cacey P. Bowen, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Casey Potter Bowen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Cacey Potter Bowen, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco

The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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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Testimony of the Holy Ghost

From a letter written by grand-daughter, Doralee Thomason to her children and grandchildren on her 90th birthday... From Grandfather Casey Potter Bowen Jr. I gained a testimony of the power and saf …

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