Shawnee, Thanks for sharing your Bowen information with me. I don't see any obvious connections, but I'll keep this data in my files! Lottie -----Original Message----- From: Shawnnee Ramey <shawnnee@jps.net> To: Lee Hendricks <leehendricks@earthlink.net> Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [ILHANCOC] Happy New Year >Hi Lottie, > >This is the extent of my Bowen line. Lucinda was my GGG Aunt > >Descendants of D Franklin Bowen > > 1 D Franklin Bowen >.. +Lucinda Stowe b: 1862 in Hancock, Illinois m: March 07, 1893 in >Keokuk, Lee, Iowa Burial: Moss Ridge Cemetary, Carthage, Hancock co, >Illinois >........ 2 Harry Bowen b: 1895 >Shawnnee > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Lee Hendricks <leehendricks@earthlink.net> >To: ILHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com <ILHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 9:50 AM >Subject: Re: [ILHANCOC] Happy New Year > > >>Shawnee, >> >>I noticed the BOWEN surname among you list of surnames. One of the women >on >>my line had the maiden name of BOWEN. Her given name may have been either >>Belinda, or Elizabeth. Marriage records for Ross County Ohio list her name >>as Belinda Bowen at the time of her marriage in 1827. Family Records >>which have been compiled by the late Eldon A. Farrens, of Idaho, indicate >>that her full given name was Elizabeth Ann BOWEN. She married James Isaac >>TRUITT. >> >>Belinda, or Elizabeth, BOWEN TRUITT died shortly after the birth of her 7th >>child. The time period for her death would have been roughly between 1840 >>and 1845. She is supposed to be buried in a Cemetery near Farmington, >>Fulton County, Illinois. I have been unable to find a death or cemetery >>record for her. >> >>By 1847 the TRUITT family had moved to Hancock County, Illinois. Two of >the >>Truitt's daughters were married in Hancock County. Elizabeth Ann TRUITT >>married Henry Mortimer KELLOGG in Hancock County, in 1847. Mahala or >>Mahalia TRUITT married Jacob EMANUEL in Hancock County in 1849. >> >>If anyone has any further information regarding the above mentioned >>families, please contact me. >> >>I am so THRILLED to have ancestors who lived in Hancock County, because I >>think it is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. >> >>Lottie in Mesa, AZ >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Shawnnee Ramey <shawnnee@jps.net> >>To: ILHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com <ILHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com> >>Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 10:32 AM >>Subject: [ILHANCOC] Happy New Year >> >> >>>Hi All, >>>Ok !!!!, I am back and its time to get to work. I have lots to catch up >>on. >>>I haven't seen any activity on the list. I hope your computers al stood >the >>>Y2K test. >>>I am sure a bunch of new people are on this list so why don't we start >with >>>a new year Roll Call so we can get our names out thereand see if there are >>>any connections. >>> >>>I am only using my medicine at night now and so I can see during the day. >>> >>>I will be gone the 19th of January through the 27th. My inlaws are >treating >>>my Husband and I on a trip to Hawaii for our 25th wedding anniversary. >>> >>>Some of my Surnames are >>>Brodie, Snyder, Haggard, Emmett, Emmert, Garrett, Jones, Crenshaw, Perry, >>>Buffington, Ewing, Earls, Jackson, Thompson, Davis, Davidson, Lake, >>>Hedrick, Bowen, Hardy, Coffman, >>> >>>Among many others that I can not think of right now. >>>We can only help you if you ask. >>>Lets get moving and make this the year some of our Brick walls come down. >>>Love to you all. >>>Shawnnee >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== >>>==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== >>>To subscribe, send a message to: >>>ILHANCOC-L-request@rootsweb.com >>>Put only the word Subscribe in the body of the message. >>> >>> >> >> >>==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== >>The Hancock County site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhancoc/ >>and is maintained by Shawnnee Ramey shawnnee@jps.net >>and Terasa Hodges pcuser@terraworld.net >> >> > >