[email protected] wrote: Do you have any Bowen's listed in Mercer County after 1900? My grandfather married my grandmother in Bluefield in 1906. His name was William Francis Bowen and her name was Dora Myrtle Conner or Connor. Not sure what way her last name was spelled. Pat Lakeland, Florida ------------------------- These Bowens settled in Bluefield in the very early 1900's. Don't know how/or if they're connected to yours. Robert Perry bluefield ------------------- Major Thomas Peery Bowen was born on Aug 2 1838 in Maiden Spring, Tazewell County, VA. He died on Oct 6 1911. Major Thomas Peery Bowen was married to Augusta Stuart on Jun 26 1866. Major Thomas Peery Bowen and Augusta Stuart had the following children: I. Lucy Bowen. Died in infancy II. Rees Tate Bowen. Officer of Norfolk & Western RR Rees Tate Bowen was married to Lena Alexander Walker on Apr 30 1901. Rees Tate Bowen and Lena Alexander Walker had the following children: A. Sara Augusta Bowen. Sara Augusta Bowen was married to Louie Reiland. 1. Sally Reiland B. Louise Stuart Bowen. C. Margaret Walker Bowen. D. Rees Tate Bowen Jr. E. George Harvison Bowen. F. Lenabelle Bowen. III. Jennie Mary Bowen. IV. Ellen Stuart Bowen. Ellen Stuart Bowen was married to William G O'Brien on Feb 20 1895. William G O'Brien was a Newspaper Editor. V. Stuart Bowen.