Notes:

Randolph NY Register - 7/15/1981

Ernest N. Bowen, former
Randolph and Kennedy dairy
farmer, died June 21, 1981 in
his son's home in Longwood,
Fla.
He was born in Randolph
May 11, 1884, the son of
Harlan and Effie Williams
Bowen.
He had been a dairy farmer
most of his life, moving to
Florida in August 1965. He
had made his home with his
son, Lynn Bowen, for a little
over a year.
Surviving are hip son, Lynn
Bowen, 2841 Brantley Hills
Ct, Longwood, Fla.; three
grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

Ernest married Irene about 1913. Irene was born on 11 Sep 1892 in New York; died in Apr 1980 in Maitland, Orange County, FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BOWEN, G Lynn was born on 25 Nov 1916 in MA; died on 11 Jan 2007 in Longwood, Seminole County, FL.
2. BOWEN, June

Notes:

Randolph NY Register - 4/18/1913

Harlan Bowen was born in Randolph
November 27, 1852, and had lived in
this township-all his llife. He was notoriously
an industrious man and kept
everything about his place neat and or-
derly. He married Miss Effie Williams
in April, 1880, and to them two sons
were born: Charles Lindsey Bowen,
who after obtaining an advanced education
went to Africa,-where be is now
employed as missionary; and Ernest
Nelson Bowen of Randolph. Mr. Bowen
was one of the sturdy, upright farmers
who has made for himself a competency
through constant and untiring labor.
He manufactured a high grade of but-
ter upon his farm and twice each month
he drove to Jamestown where his pro-
ducts sold at a hig price. He was,
like his parents and family, an earnest
member of the Seventh Day Adventist
church, and conscientiously followed
the teachings of that doctrine in lead-
ing a christian life.
The surviving members of the family
have the satisfaction of realizing that
the two men whose lives went out last
Sunday, had lived upright and honor-
able and had.the respect of the entire
community. The funeral, Tuesday afternoon,
was attended by a very large
number of friends, relatives an associ
ates.

Harlan married WILLIAMS, Effie in Apr 1880. Effie was born in Jan 1859 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Randolph NY Register - 4/18/1913

Sudden sickness removed from their
sphere of activity two men of one
family, when on Sunday last William
Bowen, and his son, Harlen Bowe,
both died of pneumonia. Within a
few hours of each other ese two
man who had been closely associated
through a lifetime, died in the same
house, and of similar difficulties.
William Bowe, the oldest man in
Randolph and who had resided here
perhaps longer than any other person,
died Sunday morning, while his son
himself a man of middle age, survived
until some time during the night. A
funeral was conducted at the
home Tuesday afternoon, in charge of
the R. D. Westbrook of Buffalo, and
the burial was made in the family pot
at Semple Hill cemetery.
The family had been afflicted with a
serious epidemi of influenza which in
the cases of the two men resulted in
pneumonia. Harlan Bowen's conditon
was considered somewhat serious about
the middle of last week, but he seemed
to recover and on Thursday last Wil-
liam Bowen addressed a letter to his
daughter in which he stated that he
thought the worst was over, referring
to his son's sickness. The older gen-
tlemen's health was so vigorous that
the sickness did not cause alarm until
the latter part of the week when some
symptoms of pneumonia developed.
William Bower was born at Henriet-
ta, Monroe county, N.Y., September 8,,
1921. His father's name was Darius
Bowen and the parents of William
moved into Randolph aboout 1827. The
older generation was among the very
first to settle in this township, and
since that time this section has been
the home of the family In 1847, on
March 16, William Bowen was united
in marriage with Miss Harriette Hitch-
cock, and to them have been born seven
children; Elsie J Hildom of Chicago;
Addie Adailine of Bradford; Harlan,
who died Sunday; Otis F., of Ran-
dolph; Olive E. Woodmancy of Cold-
en; Milan of Washington. The family
was all present at the funeral except
Mrs.. Hildom.
The double fatility marks the first
death in William Bowen's family, and
that is all the more singular for one so
advanced in age when it is known tat
but one death has occurred in the
families, composed as they are
of severa children each. Mr. Bowen
has been in very vigorous health, and
only last month he walked three miles
to visit with some friends. He occu-
pied his time with the lighter forms of
farm work and kept regular hours for
sleep and refreshment.

William + HITCHCOCK, Harriet. Harriet was born in Mar 1825 in New York; died about Apr 1913 in Randolph, Cattaraugus County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]