This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bowen, Boen, Horton, Scruggs, Harris, Mozley, Collier, Hooten Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zhB.2ACI/1050 Message Board Post: Looking for info on the parents and grandparents of Absolum Bowen born Abt. 1801 in ? NC, and died Bet. 1860 - 1870 in AL. His wife's name was Mary? She was born Abt. 1802 in TN, and died Aft. 1870. Children of Absolum and Mary were Nancy Jane Bowen, b. Abt. 1824, Bitsey Ann Bowen, b. 1827-(Notes for Bitsey Ann Bowen: Prob same child as listed in 1860 Census as Elizabeth A., age 25), Charles H. Bowen, b. Abt. 1830, Pherada Bowen, b. Abt. 1832. William M.Bowen, b. Abt. 1835, AL; d. Bef. 1900, AL., Silas W. Bowen, b. Abt. 1839, James A. Bowen, b. Abt. 1844. William M. Bowen m. Narcissa Martin. Their son Franklin Montgomery Bowen (Boen)was my grandfather. Franklin m. Ester Lather Horton - (Daughter of John C. Horton). Franklin Montgomery and Ester Lather(Horton)Bowen(Boen)both died in Marshall County Al.and are buried at Liberty Hill Cemetery. Their tombstones show their last name spelled as Boen. If anyone has any info to share then I would greatly appreciate it. I can be con! tacted at: redmajestic@aol.com. Thanks, Kim Franklin