PROMINENT BOWDEN (etc) DESCENDANTS Samuel Taylor Bodine (August 1854 - 1938)(NOTE: death date illegible) son of Samuel T. and Louisa Wylie was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He displayed keen business acumen and the executive ability characteristic of his family. He became a Vice-President of the United Gas Improvement Company and Director and Executive of numerous corporations. Samuel married Eleanor Gray November 15, 1883. Issue: Louisa; Eleanor; William (born October 18, 1887). William Warden Bodine (October 18, 1887 - ?) Prominent business executive was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Samuel Taylor and Eleanor Gray Warden) Bodine. He was a student of the Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and at St. Paul's School of Concord, New Hampshire. He graduated Harvard University in 1909 and the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1914. He married Angela H. Forney April 29, 1915. He was with the United Gas Improvement Company from 1919. He is now Chairman of the Board of Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Company. Phillip F. Beaudin (1884 - ?) Prominent business executive was born in Canada. He became Vice President and Director of the White Pine Copper company, the Copper Range Company and is a Director in other enterprises. He resides in Boston, Massachusetts. George Edward Bodin (March 2, 1878 - ?) son of Enos and Philomene Straylor married Eva Steinke. Issue: Mary Lorraine. George was born in Marion, Michigan and first taught in the rural schools in that state. He taught for several years in the rural schools of the midwestern states and was appointed Superintendent of Schools at Timber Lake, Indiana. Arthur Garfield Bwoden (December 19, 1880 - ?) son of John and Agnes Lukey married Lucey E. Bell September 10, 1902. He is a prominent chemist. Issue: Paul Webster; Isabel Agnes. Ernest August Bodin (May 26, 1887 - ?) Commissioner of Public Utilities of Duluth, Minnesota was the son of August and Christine Johnson. He married Ida Marie Spence December 2, 1913. Issue: Ernest Allen (born March 14, 1916); Donald Spence (born December 18, 1922); Virginia; Muriel; Margaret; Donna. Reverend Reynold B. Boden (December 4, 1893 - ?) Preeminent Clergyman was the son of Alfred and Mary Cook (Blomerley). He was born in Crewe, England and came to this country in 1930. He became Pastor of the Church of the Messiah in Los Angeles in 1930. He was Lecturer and Writer of religious articles and travel and served in the Y.M.C.A. and World War Clubs. Reverend Daniel Joseph Bowden (June 14, 1906 - ?) Prominent Clergyman and Educator was born in Norfolk, Virginia the son of Daniel Jackson and Josephine Barrett. He married Charlotte Melrose June 10, 1934. Issue: Douglas; Charles; Bruce. Reverend Daniel was ordained to the Ministry in 1936. He was Professor of Philosophy and Religion and received the first S.A. R. citizenship medal. Nicholas White Bowden (May 23, 1888 - ?) Prominent civil Engineer was the son of Lemuel and Mary Draughton. He married Willie Bates November 20, 1912. Issue: Elizabeth; Millice; Nicholas White (killed in action in Italy, October 27, 1943). Ray B. Bowden (August 5, 1890 - ?) Trade Association Executive was born in Estridge, Kansas, the son of John and L. Campbell. He married Grace Child August 20, 1916. Issue: Gladys Rae; John; Mary Joan. A former school teacher and Superintendent of Schools, he became the Director of the Poultry and Egg National Board Members Association. Witt Bowden (December 5, 1886 - ?) Prominent Historian, Economist and Author was born in Russellville, Arkansas, the son of James Newton and Dora McAnally. He married Mary Edith Meyers June 21, 1918. George Temple Bowdoin (April 6, 1898 - ?) Prominent Banker was born in New York the son of Temple and Helen Kingsford. He was married and divorced. Issue: Alleen; Helen; Julia. He served as Mayor of Oyster Bay Cove, New York 1931-42. He served in both World Wars and was decorated with the Victory Medal. Alfred F. Bowden (March 2, 1906 - ?) Tobacco Executive was born in New York City the son of Frank and Emma Strickles. He married Emily Wolf November 11, 1933. Issue: Barbara; Julian; Emily; Pamela. He served as Assistant to the President of the American Tobacco Company and as Director of the American Cigarette and Cigar Company. Burnham Bowden (September 22, 1910 - ?) Business Executive was born in Melrose, Massachusetts the son of Frederick P. and Mary Burnham. He married Margaret Loughridge July 24, 1929. Issue: Mary; Elizabeth; Burnham; Margaret. Reverend John Bowden (January 7, 1751 - July 31, 1817) Prominent Clergyman and Educator was born in Ireland. He graduated from King's College in 1772 and later studied for the Ministry. Unsympathetic to the Patriot cause, he retired to New York City during the Revolutionary War (then in the hands of the British). He settled in Stratford, Connecticut. He served as Professor of Moral Philosophy in Columbia College in 1802. Lemuel Jackson Bowden (January 16, 1815 - January 2, 1864) U. S. Senator from Virginia was born at Williamsburg, Virginia. A graduate of William and Mary he became an eminent attorney. He was elected to the Virginia Legislature and in 1860, he acted as Presidential elector. He remained true to the Union cause during the Civil War. In 1863, he was elected to represent Virginia in the U. S. Senate, but his term of office was cut short by his death. Reverend William Budd Bodine (March 10, 1841 - September 28, 1907) Tenth President of Kenyon College was born near Mt. Holly, New Jersey the son of Daniel Budd and Elizabeth Ridgeway Lamb. He graduated Princeton College in 1860. He studied theology at Princeton and at the Theological Seminary of Ohio at Gambier. Ordained in 1865, he returned to Gambier in 1871 and became Chaplain of Kenyon College. He became the tenth President of Kenyon College (1876 - 1891). He served as Deputy to several Conventions of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He married Rachel Allen April 22, 1867, Issue: Elizabeth; William; Alice, Margaret; Allen; Hugh. John Edward Bouden (February 7, 1865 - January 9, 1930) Prominent Financier was the son of John E. and Jean Petrie of New York City. He married Lillian Hojar. Issue: Charles W. He was associated with the brokerage firm of Charles Morgan, Whitney and Company. Frederick Prescott Bowden (December 18, 1868 - January 27, 1933) Prominent Merchant and Manufacturer was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts the son of James G. And Sarah Graves. He married Mary Lord Bernham of Irvington, New York October 26, 1899. Issue: Burnham; Mary; James, Frederick Jr; John W. Samuel Laurence Bodine (September 16, 1864 - October 1, 1937) Prominent Industrialist and Sportsman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the son of Francis L. and Mary Millikan. His line of descent from emigrant Jean follows: From Jean and his son Jean and Esther Bridon; Francis and Marie Dey; Frances and Rachel Wilson; Captain John and Ann Taylor and Samuel T. and Louisa Wylie Milliken, grandparents of Samuel Laurence. He married first Mrs. Susanna Hacker English and second Helen DePeyster in 1922. He died without issue. Owen Chandler Bowden (1900 _ ?) Prominent business executive was born in Lexington, Oklahoma where he became a Director of the Hamilton National Bank. William M. Bowden (September 8, 1893 - ?) Insurance Executive was born in Glens Falls, New York. He has been Chairman of the Board of Glens Falls Group of Insurance Companies since 1948.