David Bowen
Birth Date
On 1823 August 11 (Born)
Death Date
On 1910 January 15 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom
1823 August 11
Mother
Jane Evans
Father
William Bowen
Married
Jane Foster
1845 April 20 (Age 21)
Baptized
1848 September (Age 25)
Traveled in
John A. Hunt Company (1856)
1856 August 1 – December 10 (Age 33)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
George Foster Bowen (Age 7)
Jane Foster (Age 36)
Eleanor Jane Bowen (Age 3)
William Parry Bowen (Age 11)
John Evans Bowen (Age 1)
Date Details
On 1856 August 1
Joined Company
On 1856 December 10
Company Arrived
Served in
British Mission
1878 December 5 – 1880 June 24 (Age 55)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Widower
Missionary Activity Notes
Served in Pennsylvania, United States for a time before departing to Great Britain.
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
Franklin D. Richards
Set Apart By
Franklin Dewey Richards
Date Details
On 1878 December 5
Set Apart
On 1880 June 24
Released
Died in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States
1910 January 15 (Age 86)
Media
David Bowen (1823 - 1910) Profile
Sources
Person
1851 England and Wales Census
1851 England and Wales Census.
1860 Utah Census
1860 Utah Census.
1870 Utah Census
1870 Utah Census.
1900 Utah Census
1900 Utah Census.
Saints By Sea
"David Bowen. ID: 12690", Saints By Sea.
Mission
KEEP BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
KEEP BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 26 May 1879.
KEEP INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports
"Bowen, David", KEEP INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1, Page 44, Line 1864.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 2, Page 47, Line 126.
Pioneer
Bowen, William P., Synopsis of Remarks Made by Pioneer William P. Bowen at the Pioneer Reunion
Bowen, William P., Synopsis of Remarks Made by Pioneer William P. Bowen at the Pioneer Reunion, January.
Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862
"John A. Hunt Company report, 1856", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862, Page 1-8.
DESERET News
"Immigration to Utah", DESERET News, (15 October 1856), Page 6.
Transcript for "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254
Esshom, Frank. Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies. Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Pub. Co, 1913
Esshom, Frank. Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies. Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Pub. Co, 1913, Page 764.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 15 December 1856, Page 14.
Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A
Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A, Page 231.
