This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bowen, Meacham Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cattaraugus/2726.2718.2717.2719.2762.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello cousin. My Daniel Meacham is a brother to your Elias. My tree is on Rootsweb and Ancestry as well under "My Chapman and Hagen Families". I have some more info than what's in the online tree. John's son Moses's obit would have appeared in Erie, PA. It appears that John's parents are: Moses Bowen and Martha Ball. So John's brother would be Moses. Chris Chapman [email protected]