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        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        12 July 1855
        Death Date
        24 March 1942
        Gender
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        John Evans Bowen

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        • Son of David and Jane Bowen. They arrived in New York on 23 March 1856 via the ship Enoch Train. Their journey westward continued as part of the Hunt company. The Bowen family lived together in Spanish Fork in 1860, according to census records.

        John A. Hunt Company (1856)

        • Age at Departure: 1

        Traveled with

        • Jane Bowen (Age: 36)
        • David Bowen (Age: 33)
        • William Parry Bowen (Age: 11)
        • George Foster Bowen (Age: 7)
        • Eleanor Jane Bowen (Age: 3)

        Sources

        • 1860 Utah Census.
        • “John A. Hunt Company report, 1856.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1856-1862. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 49)
        • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 15 December 1856, 14.
        • Utah Death Certificates.