Ancestry of
Stephen King

Author of The Stand

William F. Bowden

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• • Great-grandfather of Stephen King — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 10 
  • Father:
  • William T. Bowden 
  • Mother:
  • Polly Ann Maness   
  • Birth Date:
  • 2 Sep 1860 
  • Birth Location:
  • Jackson Township, Miami, Indiana 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Jun 1941 
  • Death Location:
  • Miami County, Indiana 
  • Burial Date:
  • 21 Jun 1941 
  • Burial Location:
  • Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru, Miami, Indiana 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Harriet R. "Hattie" Clear
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Dec 1886 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Miami County, Indiana 
  • Children:
  
  

  Ralph S. Bowden

  Esty P. Bowden

  Helen Alethea Bowden (Ahnentafel No:5 )

  • Notes: 

  • William Bowden birth year is given as 1861 on his tombstone. The 1900 census gives it as 1862 although other census indicate 1861.

    In 1919 William Bowden was a police sergeant in Peru, Indiana.

• Sources for William F. Bowden

  • ¹ Federal Census, IN, Miama County, 1910, Peru Ward 5, E.D. 133, Sheet 1A, Image 1 of 12.
  • ² Federal Census, IN, Miami County, 1900, Peru, E.D. 107, Sheet 11B, Image 22 of 27.
  • ³ Federal Census, IN, Miami County, 1940, Ridgeview, E.D. 52-26, Sheet 5A, Image 9 of 14.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, IN, Miami County, 1870, Harrison, p. 11, Image 11 of 31.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, IN, Fulton County, 1930, Liberty, E.D. 25-6, Sheet 1A, Image 1 of 23.
  • ⁶ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 09/05/2014).
  • ⁷ Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019, Marriage record for William E. Pollock and daughter Helen A. Bowden.
  • ⁸ Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019, Marriage certificate for William Bowden and Hattie Clear.
  • ⁹ Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, Death certificate for daughter Helen Szczepanski.
  • ¹⁰ Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, Death certificate for Wm F Bowden.
  • ¹¹ Logansport Pharos Tribune, 22 AUG 1947, p. 9, Obituary for spouse Mrs. Hattie Bowden.
  • ¹² U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 1919, Peru, Indiana, p. 88, Entry for Wm and Hattie R. Bowden.

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