Benjamin Lewis Bowen
Birth Date
On 1852 January 14 (Born)
Death Date
On 1927 May 13 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Abersychan, Monmouthshire, South Wales, United Kingdom
1852 January 14
Mother
Mary Ann Harris (1813 - 1878)
Father
Lewis Bowen (1815 - 1894)
Date Details
Occurred On 1852 January 14
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1863)
1863 (Age 10)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Brigham Harris Bowen (Age 9)
Martha Louisa Bowen (Age 6)
Mary Ann Harris (Age 49)
Lewis Bowen (Age 47)
Ebenezer Bowen (Age 16)
Thomas Bowen (Age 12)
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1863
Joined Company
Circa 1863
Company Arrived
Baptized by
Lewis Bowen
1864 (Age 11)
Married
Barbara Gowans
1876 July 24 (Age 24)
Served in
Southern States Mission
1881 January 21 – 1883 March 6 (Age 29)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
43rd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Tooele, Tooele, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Daniel Hanmer Wells
Location Served
Alabama
Date Details
Started On 1881 January 21
Set Apart
Ended On 1883 March 6
Released
On 1883 March 11
Arrived at Home
Served in
Northern States Mission
1907 December 3 – 1909 September 3 (Age 55)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
Rulon Seymour Wells
Location Served
Northern States
Date Details
Started On 1907 December 3
Set Apart
Ended On 1909 September 3
Arrived at Home
Died in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States
1927 May 13 (Age 75)
Media
Benjamin Lewis Bowen (1852 - 1927) Profile
Sources
Person
1870 Utah Census
1870 Utah Census. Tooele County.
Saints By Sea
"Benjamin Lewis Bowen. ID: 13581", Saints By Sea.
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.
Mission
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 2 October 1907.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 3 December 1907, Vol. D, Page 26, Line 847.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 21 January 1881, Vol. B, Page 58, Line 2280.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 21 January 1881, Vol. A, Page 53, Line 2280.
SOUTHERN States Mission manuscript history and historical reports 1832-1978
SOUTHERN States Mission manuscript history and historical reports 1832-1978, 25 May 1882, Vol. 3, Part 1, Page 259.
Pioneer
Tooele County Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: from the edge of the Great Basin frontier. Tooele, Utah: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc, 2012
Tooele County Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: from the edge of the Great Basin frontier. Tooele, Utah: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc, 2012.
