Shubael H. Bowen Jr. (1862 - 1936)

Born 10 Oct 1862 in Potton, Brome, Canada East

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth Sophie (Huntley) Bowen — married 29 Aug 1882 in Troy, Orleans, Vermont, United States

Died 4 Oct 1936 at age 73 in Newport, Orleans, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Shubael H Bowen was born in 1862 - exact birth date recorded on the death record referenced below. He was the son of Shubel Bowen and Sarah Sargent. He grew up in Potton, where he was first recorded at age 7 on the 1871 census.^[1] He lost his father when he was only 16 (1879). He was living with his mother in 1881, with one sibling and a niece.^[2]

In 1882, Shubael married Ruth Sophie Huntley, also of Potton, daughter of Darius and Almira Huntley.^[3] They settled soon after marriage in nearby North Troy, Vermont, where they were recorded with his mother and a large family on the 1900 census.^[4] The family was recorded in nearby Irasburg, Vt., in 1910.^[5]

The couple had the following children:

1. Oren A., b. July 1882; d. 1961
2. Earl E., b. 17 March 1885; d.2 March 1906
3. Claude D., b. 8 Sept. 1888; m. Ethel Alma Kahlstrom; d. 1943
4. Homer C., b. January 1890
5. William Edgar, b. 7 August 1892; d. 1 June 1928
6. Edmund Potter, b. March 1895; m. Rena Barry (acquired property from his uncle Augustus
7. Raymond Ernest, b. 7 Sept. 1897; m. Stella Elizabeth Alexander, 16 Sept. 1921; d. 28 Feb. 1980
8. Ralph W., b. 29 January 1900
9. Roy Hunt, b. 29 January 1900; d. 10 Aug. 1970
10. Glen Jesse, b. 17 April 1903; d. 6 Nov. 1983
11. Hazel Ardell, b.1905; d. 20 May 1907, and
12. Harold Irvin, b. 21 March 1907; d. Nov. 1969.

Later in life, Shubael and Ruth moved to West Charleston, Vermont, where they are recorded on the 1920 census, with four sons Ralph, Willie, Harold and Glen,^[6] and on the 1930 census, with son Roy,^[7]

Shubael passed away in 1936, just days after losing his wife.^[8] They are interred together in Charleston, Vermont.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ 1871 Canada Census, District No. 126 (Brome), SubDistrict d (Potton), Pg.47, Line 2| "Shubel Bourn Jr., Age 7"
2. ↑ 1881 Canada Census, District: 60 (Brome); SubDistrict: C Division 1 (West Potton); Pg. 14, Line 14| "Shubal Bowen", Age 18
3. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, Troy, 1882| Marriage Record
4. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, Orleans County, Town of North Troy, Sheet 6A, Line 17| 1900 US Census, "Shubral Bowen, Age 38"
5. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, Orleans County, Irasburg, Page 7B, Line 87| 1910 US Census, "Shuld Bonen, Age 45"
6. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, Orleans County, West Charleston, Sheet 4A, Line 39| 1920 US Census, "Sherbel H Bowen, Age 55"
7. ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, Orleans County, West Charleston, Sheet 9A, Line 22| 1930 US Census, "S H Bowen, Age 67"
8. ↑ Vermont Death Records, Newport, 1936| Death Record
9. ↑ FindAGrave| "Shubel H Bowen"

Other References:

• Family Search | Shubael H. Bowen Jr.

Acknowledgments

• In the 1930's, one of Shubael Sr.'s grandsons, Sam Bowen, living at the time on Hill Street in Newport, Vt., provided great details of the Bowen family tree to Elsie Bowen Griggs, the granddaughter of Sam's uncle Augustus Bowen. Elsie provided her detailed notes to another of Augustus' grandsons, Rev. Gerald Bowen, son of Horace, who in 1972 documented all Elsie's notes in a precious six-page typed manuscript still held by Gerald's descendants. Many thanks to our Bowen cousins for preserving this history, which has been invaluable in the composition of this profile for Shubel Bowen as well as those of his many siblings and descendants.