Joseph Leonard Bowen
Birth Date
On 1837 July 5 (Born)
Death Date
On 1910 May 30 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Newbury Township, Geauga, Ohio, United States
1837 July 5
Mother
Cynthia Harrington (1811 - 1883)
Father
Elias Bowen
Date Details
Occurred On 1837 July 5
Traveled in
Silas Richards Company (1849)
1849 July 10 – October 29 (Age 12)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Emma Durfey (Age 4)
Cynthia Harrington (Age 37)
Francillo Durfey (Age 37)
Cacey Potter Bowen (Age 18)
Jonathan Slocum Bowen (Age 15)
Norman Bowen (Age 11)
Marion Braidfoot Durfey (Age 10)
Date Details
Started On 1849 July 10
Joined Company
Ended Between 1849 October 25 – 29
Company Arrived
Baptized
1856 (Age 18)
Served in
Salmon River Mission
1856 March 28 – 1858 March 28 (Age 18)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States
Date Details
Started On 1856 March 28
Departed from Home
On 1856 May 15
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1858 March 28
Released
On 1858 April 11
Arrived at Home
Married
Margaret Fife
1863 September 6 (Age 26)
Married
Julia Mathilda McCrary
1870 December 7 (Age 33)
Married
Edith Ellen Simmons
1880 (Age 42)
Re-baptized by Newman Blogget
1892 January 6 (Age 54)
Died in Beaver Dam, Box Elder, Utah, United States
1910 May 30 (Age 72)
Media
Joseph Leonard Bowen (1837 - 1910) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census. Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory.
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
"Handcart Pioneer Passes", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (3 June 1910), Page 6.
Mission
Manuscript history of Salmon River Mission, 1850-1860
Manuscript history of Salmon River Mission, 1850-1860.
Salmon River Mission journal, 1855-1858
Salmon River Mission journal, 1855-1858.
Pioneer
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
"Silas Richards company", Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849, (September), Page 5.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1849: Page 5C.