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Download or read book Memorial of the Bowen Family written by Elisha Chandlar Bowen and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PART I. Is confined to the family in 'Wales; is beautifully illustrated with 34 cuts, an autograph pedigree, with the Bowen coats-of-arms, and an ancient; map of Wales. PART II. Brings the American branch down from their emigration, 1638--40, through the Colonial Period. Illustrated with views of old homesteads of that period, and scenes of the 'Indian wars in which the family were actors; a beautiful cut of the emigration of the VVoodstockbranch from Roxbury, Mass., to Connecticut, in 1686; besides portraits of members of the family of that period. PART III. Traces the several branches, so far as practicable, to the present time. Illustrated by views of the homesteads of the family since the War of the Revolution; with portraits of many of its prominent members.