----- Original Message ----- From: <LGowen295@aol.com> To: <VTCHITTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 8:23 AM Subject: Gowen's > I am searching for any and all information that I can find on Elroy Gowen. I > believe that his middle name was Horace and that he was born in Craftsbury > Vermont in 1887. He married Maude Alice Estelle. Year and place of marriage > unknown. > It is believed that they lived in Hardwick Vermont and had 6 children: > Leah Gowen, (b.1912), Lincoln Elroy Gowen (b.1913) Wayne Gowen(b.?) (died as > a child) Max Gowen(b.1915) Guy William Gowen(b1919) and Winola Gowen. > From hardwick they moved to Milton Vermont and Elroy was believed to be > in business with a gentleman named John S. Barr and they owned the General > Store in town. From here they moved to Concord New Hampshire. Elroy left the > family after being in New Hampshire for about a year, and no one ever heard > form him again. It is rumored that he went back to Vermont and is buried in a > paupers grave some where in the state. > Elroy would be my Great Grandfather. > If any one has any information or knowledge of my family in Vermont and would > be willing to pass it along to me would be greatly appreciated. I am planning > a trip to Vermont but it probably won't be until this summer. > Thank you in advance > Laurie Gowen >