Rockingham County was organized in 1778 with land taken from Augusta
County.
James Alexander Gowin was born about 1763 in Virginia. He was married about 1783 to Rebecca Adams,
according to the research of Larry Austin May, a descendant of Salem,
Ohio.
Donna Vee Gowin Johnston, Gowin researcher of Casper, Wyoming cited
that "James Going" and Rebecca Adams were married November 24, 1785
in Greensville County, Virginia [on the opposite side of the state], according
to "Marriage Bonds & Ministers Returns of Greensville. County,
Virginia, 1781‑1825."
"James Going" wrote his will October 11, 1836 in Northampton
County, North Carolina, according to Northampton County Will Book 5, page 147.
In it he named his "wife, Rebecca and three daughters, Martha, Mary and
Jane. He also named "brother,
Benjamin Going of Virginia."
Benjamin Going appeared in legal records of Greensville County during
that period. The will of "James
Going" was probated in December 1836.
Children born to James Alexander Gowin and Rebecca Adams Gowin,
according to Jessie Madge Corbin Howard, a descendant of Great Falls, Montana,
include:
Nathaniel Gowin born in 1794
==O==
Donna Vee Gowin Johnston wrote:
"The following four individuals are our first
known Gowin ancestors, possibly two brothers and two sisters whose parents are
unknown. From their birth places, their
parents were in Virginia during the late 1700s and in Tennessee by December
1800. The Crawford County, Illinois
Gowin family descends from Shadrack Gowin.
1. Nathaniel Gowin, born about 1794 in Virginia; married
first, Sabra Midgett; and second, Sylva Wilcox.
2. Shadrack Gowin, born Apr 17, 1791 in Virginia; married Mary "Polly" Bass,
probably in Wilson County, Tennessee.
In 1820, in Wilson County Shadrack Gowin was the bondsman for the
marriage of Delilah Gowin to James Dunsmore.
Shadrack Gowin and Nathaniel Gowin appear together on a tax list in
Wilson County.
3. Mary Gowin was born about 1795 in Virginia. [Robert E. Midgett, family researcher of
Ravenwood, Missouri, atated that she also was born in Rockingham County.]
Some Gowin researchers accept Mary Gowin as the
sister of Nathaniel Gowin. She was
married to George Midgett about 1820 in Wilson County as his second wife. His first wife was Sabra Burrus, born about
1770 in Dare County, North Carolina.
Their daughter Sabra Midgett was born to them about 1796 and became the
wife of Nathaniel Gowin. Accordingly,
Nathaniel Gowin's sister became his mother-in-law!.
George Midgett was listed on the 1830 Wilson County
census in the same area as Shadrack Gowin. They moved to Crawford County,
Illinois at the same time.
4. Delilah Gowin, born December 20, 1800 in Tennessee,
was married in Wilson County in 1820 to James Dunsmore. Shadrack Gowin was their bondsman."
==O==
Nathaniel Gowin, son of James Alexander Gowin and Rebecca Adams Gowin,
was born in Rockingham County in 1794, according to Jessie Madge Corbin
Howard, a descendant of Great Falls, Montana.
Mrs. Johnston feels the need of better documentation of this
relationship and this place of birth.
She wrote, "Nathan Goins" was married to "Sabri
Midgett" July 20, 1813, according to "Roane
County, Tennessee Marriages, 1801-1855." Sabra Midgett was a daughter of George
Midgett and his first wife, Sabra Burris Midgett and was born at Cape Hatteras
in Dare County, North Carolina about 1795.
"James Goins" was married to Peggy Midget November 9, 1815 in
Jefferson County, Tennessee, according to the research of Donna Vee Gowin
Johnston.
"Nathan Goens" was enlisted November 11, 1814 in Capt. Joseph
Goodsen's Company of Tennessee militia lin the War of 1812. He was discharged as a private May 18,
1815. Nathaniel Gowin appeared on the
1817 and 1818 tax list of Grainger County, Tennessee along with John Gowin.
"Nathaniel Goings" was enumerated in the 1820 census of Wilson
County, page 59. His family was
recorded as "200100-20100."
In 1825 they continued in Wilson County. In 1827 they removed to Greene County, Illinois. Nathaniel Gowin reappeared on the 1830 tax
list of Grainger County. Nathaniel
Gowin was enumerated in the 1840 census of Jersey County, Illinois.
In 1850, Nathaniel Gowin received Bounty Land Warrant No. 8265 for 80
acres of land. He was listed in "War
of 1812, Index of Pensioners" by Virgil D. White.
He received Survivor's Certificate No. 1382 and a bounty land
warrant. In 1817, when Nathaniel Gowin
became 21, he was listed in the tax list of Grainger County, Tennessee
adjoining "John Going."
Nathaniel Gowin paid taxes in this county from 1816 to 1819. In 1820, he was on the census roll of Wilson
County, Tennessee and remained there at least until 1826 when he and
"Shadrack Gains" appeared on the tax roll. By 1830, he had returned to Grainger County. He appeared there in the 1830 and 1831 tax
rolls, farming 90 acres previously rendered by John Gowin.
A land grant may have prompted his move to Jersey County,
Illinois. He was enumerated there in
the 1840 census. He received Bounty
Land Warranty No. 5603 to 80 acres of land, probably in Illinois, in 1855. In that year he was a resident of Jersey
County. Sabra Midgett Gowin died there
August 20, 1860. At least 11 children
were born to her.
He was remarried there to Sylva Wilcox June 12, 1862. In 1871 Nathan Gowen and Sylva Wilcox Gowen
were residents of Grafton, Illinois.
Nathan Gowen died there March 23, 1879 and was buried in Otterville,
Illinois in Jersey County. Sylva Wilcox
Gowen in 1880 lived at Otterville, Illinois where she was enumerated in the
1880 census. In 1887 she lived at Alton,
Madison County, Illinois. She died
about 1898 at Virden, Illinois.
Children born to Nathaniel Gowin and Sabra Midgett Gowin include:
Daniel Gowin born about 1815
George Gowin born about 1816
[daughter] born
about 1818 in TN
[daughter] born
about 1820 in TN
Miner Steel Gowin born October 1, 1823
Hester Gowin born Nov. 25, 1825
[daughter] born
about 1827
Steve Gowin born about 1829
Emeline Gowin born about 1830 in Illinois
Nathan F. Gowin born about 1840 in Illinois
Paris M. Gowin born April 25, 1841 in Illinois
Children born to Nathaniel Gowin and Sylva Wilcox Gowin, according to
Martha Heinrichs, include:
John F. Gowin born about 1862
Louisa Gowin born about 1864
Mary I. Gowin born about 1867
Francis Gowin born about 1870
Marsilla Gowin born about 1872
Daniel Gowin, son of Nathaniel Gowin and Sabra Midgett Gowin, was born
about 1815 in Tennessee. He removed to
Chicago after 1850.
George Gowin, son of Nathaniel Gowin and Sabra Midgett Gowin, was born
1816 in Tennessee. He accompanied his
brother, Daniel Gowin in removing to Chicago after 1850.
A daughter, name unknown was born about 1818 in Tennessee to Nathaniel
Gowin and Sabra Midgett Gowin.
A daughter, name unknown was born about 1820 in Tennessee to Nathaniel
Gowin and Sabra Midgett Gowin.
Miner Steel Gowin, son of Nathaniel Gowin and Sabra Midgett Gowin, was
born October 1, 1823 in Wilson County, Tennessee. He accompanied his parents to Jersey County, Illinois before 1827 and was married there February
24, 1846 to Nancy A. Beeman. She was
born in Illinois in 1826 to Orman Beeman and Talitha White Beeman. Marian V. Davison, a descendant of Ft.
Gibson, Oklahoma identifies the grandparents of Nancy A. Beeman as William
Beaman, born May 2, 1758 in Kent, Connecticut
and Sarah Campbell Beaman.
Miner Steel Gowin and Nancy A. Beeman continued in Jersey County in
1850. Nancy A. Beeman Gowin died
January 31, 1900 in Kansas, and he was remarried in 1903 to Louise
Campbell. He died July 28, 1919 in
Morrisonville, Illinois in Christian County.
While a nonagenarian, he was asked by the secretary of the Illinois
State Historical Society to write an account of his life and his
philosophy. It was published in the "Journal
of the Illinois State Historical Society" in 1916. Through the courtesy of Larry Austin May, a
great-great-grandson of Salem, Ohio and a member of the Foundation, the article
written by Miner Steele Gowin was made available to the Foundation.
"A Letter from a Venerable Member of the
Illinois State Historical Society
To Jessie Palmer Weber,
Dear Lady:--
In an effort to comply with the request you made me
last May, when I called on you at your office in Springfield, Illinois, that I
write something of my experience and observations, to be printed in the
records of the Illinois Historical Society, I herewith submit these lines.
My birthday will be October 1st, 1916, at which time
I will be 93 years old. I am in fairly
good health and strength, I think of reasonable sound mind and memory; but I
realize that the time is soon to arrive when I shall surrender all earthly ties
and possessions.
First, I wish to declare my abiding faith and
loyalty to the foundation principles of our great and glorious government.
[Made sacred, and I hope secure for all time to come by the shedding of so much
precious blood.] The first is that all
men are created equal; and when I say men I mean men and women.
The second great principle is that all are equally
entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and when I pledge
allegiance to that principle, I do not mean that it carries with it a license
for one man to encroach upon the rights or liberties of his fellow‑man;
man's liberties cease where the lawful rights of his fellow‑man
begin.
I was born in Wilson County, Tennessee, near
Lebanon, October 1st, 1823. I was
brought by my father and mother, Nathaniel Gowin and Sabry Gowin, by covered
wagon and oxteam in 1827 up through Kentucky, across the corner of Indiana
into the southeastern part of Illinois and then across the sparsely settled
region of south‑central Illinois, until we reached the country now known
as Jersey County, Illinois.
Shifting from one locality to another small
settlement, through what is now Jersey County [then a part of Greene], I spent
my boyhood and young manhood days, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback,
sometimes in old‑style farm wagons I traveled over the unbroken ground
where the city of Jerseyville now stands. Many the furrow in the virgin soil I
plowed, many the tree I felled, many the rail I split, many the day a cradle I
swung to cut the golden grain.
In 1846 I was married to Nancy Beeman. To this union
ten children were born. Four of them died in early infancy and childhood, six
of them grew to manhood and womanhood as follows: Stephen L. Gowin, now of
Fulton, Missouri; Ellis M. Gowin, drowned in 1901 near Buffalo, Missouri, at
the age of 51 years; Nannie T. Gowin, now Mrs. Walter Grundy (a widow), at Morrisonville,
Illinois; Arnest E. Gowin, residing now at Morrisonville, Illinois; Miner S.
Gowin, now a resident of McCune, Kansas, and Mary A. Gowin, now Mary A. Gorman
(a widow) of Muskogee, Oklahoma. In
1868 I moved with my family to Montgomery County, Illinois.
In 1884 I moved with my wife to McCune, Kansas. In 1896 we celebrated our fiftieth
anniversary of wedded life. In 1900 my
wife died. She was buried at
McCune. In 1903, I was married to
Louisa Campbell of Jerseyville, lived there one year, then we moved to McCune. In 1916, my second wife died. She also was buried at McCune.
I have voted at eighteen presidential elections,
thirteen of those I have voted for have been elected. If I live and have my
health at election time this fall, I shall vote for Charles E. Hughes for
president, and of course expect him to be elected.
While I have lived for a great many years in Kansas,
there has scarcely been a year when I did not return once or twice to
Illinois. I have always kept in close
touch with her progress and development and have personally known so many of
her great men and having been so closely related to and associated with so
very, very many of her so‑called ordinary men and women, it is inspiring
to mingle with so great a people.
My advice to those beginning in life is, be
industrious, be saving, be honest, be temperate in all things, be true to
yourself and just to others, and above all else be true and loyal to your
government, be brave to meet the issues of the day as they arise and be strong
to battle ever for the right. --Miner S. Gowin."
Nancy A. Beeman Gowin died January 31, 1900, and Miner Steele Gowin
died July 23, 1918. They were buried at
McCune, Kansas. Ten children were born
to them:
Harriet A. Gowin born in 1847
Stephen Lincoln Gowin born March 21, 1848
Ellis Miner Gowin born June 21, 1850
Talitha Gowin born about 1852
Colitha Gowin born about 1853
Nancy C. Gowin born March 14, 1854
Arnest Edgar Gowin born July 7, 1857
Orman Gile Gowin born December 27, 1859
Miner Steele Gowin, Jr. born about 1861
Mary Ann Gowin born August 23, 1865
Stephen Lincoln Gowin, son of Miner Steel Gowin and Nancy A. Beeman
Gowin, was born March 21, 1848 in Jersey County. He was married about 1873, wife's name Carrie.
"Stephen Gowin" was located near his brother Miner Steel
Gowin and was listed as the head of a household in the 1880 census of Montgomery
County, Illinois. The household was
enumerated in Enumeration District 156, page 10, Rountree Township as:
"Gowin, Stephen 31,
born in Illinois
Carrie 26, born in Illinois
Kersey
6, born in Illinois
Burton C. 4,
born in Illinois
Ira C.
11/12, born in Illinois"
The household also included one servant.
Children born to Stephen Lincoln Gowin and Carrie Gowin include:
Kersey Gowin born about 1874
Burton C. Gowin born about 1876
Ira C. Gowin born about 1879
Ellis Miner Gowin, son of Miner Steel Gowin and Nancy A. Beeman Gowin,
was born June 21, 1850 in Jersey County.
He was married there April 24, 1879 to Mary E. Osburn who was born
December 24, 1841 in Jefferson County, Illinois. Her parents were James Osborn and Ann Dawson Osborn.
"Ellis Gowin" was enumerated as the head of a household in
the 1880 census of Montgomery County, Enumeration District 156, page 6,
Rountree Precinct:
"Gowin, Ellis 29,
born in Illinois
Mary E. 28, born in Illinois
Edwin
4/12, born in Illinois, twin son
H. Elly
4/12, born in Illinois, twin dau."
In 1886, they lived in Crawford County, Kansas. She died January 1, 1900 in Dallas County,
Missouri, and he died there July 4, 1901.
Children born to Ellis Miner Gowin and Mary E. Osburn Gowin include:
Edwin Gowin [twin] born in 1880
H. Elly Gowin [twin] born in 1880
Nancy Ann Gowin born April 5, 1886
Nancy Ann Gowin, daughter of Ellis Miner Gowin and Mary E. Osborn
Gowin, was born April 5, 1886 in Crawford County. She was married in Fayetteville, Arkansas November 16, 1904 to
Omer Austin May, son of Samuel Monroe May and Fannie Elizabeth McReynolds May. He was born June 29, 1885 in Polk County,
Missouri. In 1905 they continued in
Dallas County, Missouri where he died July 27, 1929. She died June 12, 1984 at the age of 97 in Green County,
Missouri.
Children born to them include:
Harley Fritzel May born December 19, 1905
Harley Fritzel May, son of Omer Austin May and Nancy Ann Gowin May, was
born December 19, 1905 in Dallas County.
He was married April 20, 1931 in Yuma, Arizona to Esther Mattie Locke
who was born October 23, 1909 in Polk County, Missouri to Alonzo Crittenden
Locke and Eva Jane Ashlock Locke. In
1937 they continued in Polk County.
Children born to them include:
Larry Austin May born January 2, 1937
Larry Austin May, son of Harley Fritzel May and Esther Mattie Locke
May, was born in Polk County January 2, 1937.
He was married February 1, 1956 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania to
Elva Gail Williamson. In 1991 they
lived in Salem, Ohio.
Hester Gowin, daughter of Nathaniel Gowin and Sabra Midgett Gowin, was
born in Wilson County, Tennessee November 25, 1825, according to Jessie Madge
Corbin Howard, a great-granddaughter of Great Falls, Montana.
Mrs. Howard wrote May 5, 1995 that she remembers the charcoal portraits
of her great-grantparents that hung in the diningroom of her grnadmother's home
in Canton, Kansas. She stated:
"It was said that Hester Gowin Harris had fine
black hair, parted in the middle, pulled straight back with a knot at the napse
of her neck. She had albaster white
skin and nice features. She was
sophisticated, beautiful, serious, six feet tall, strong and outspoken. She demanded respect.
There is a record in Jersey County, Illinois that
Hester Gowin was married in 1842 to William Carroll. The Carroll family appears there in the 1840 census. Our family did not know about this marriage.
When Hester was about 17 years old, she became the
cook on a riverboat owned by her older brothers, George and Daniel which hauled
frieght on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
The boat also accommodated a few passengers. It was aboard the riverboat that she met James Walter
Harris. They were married shortly
afterward. He was born in Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania August 2, 1805. It is said
that he was a descendant of John Harris, the founder of Harrisburg. He attended Yale College. He was a close fried of Cassius Clay, nephew
of Sen. Henry Clay. James Walter Harris
was described as a small, frail man with great charisma.
Hester and her sons did the field work. James and his daughters did the house
work. When her children married and
left home, she needed a choreboy, and my father, Walter Harris Corbin was
selected. He adored her. Her brothers, George and Daniel visited
frequently in her home. They talked
until late at night, and Walter was allowed to join in on the parleys. The uncles were large, well-dressed men, and
Walter was impressed with their handsome hats.
Hester had built a larger two-story white house on
her farm. It had hardwood floors and
black walnut woodwork. In her later
years it is estimated that she weighed 300 pounds. Possibly that was the reason she had custom-made a large black
walnut double front door. It was said
that she wanted to be carried out those doors in her casket. At that time my mother, Emma Corbin and her
grandmother Eve Anna Crawford sat up all night making a shroud for Hester and
grooming her for the casket."
In 1849 they lived at Oquawka, Illinois. He died March 6, 1872 in Moline, Illinois, and she died there 25
years later, June 29, 1897. They were
buried in Bolesburg Cemetery, East Moline, Illinois.
Children born to them include:
Marcalla Angel Harris born about 1846
Mary Mathilda Harris born April 1, 1849
Hester Octavia Harris born June 26, 1853
Frederick Miner Harris born about 1856
Wirgail Grace Harris born about 1859
Wilson Ernest Harris born about 1862
Emma Ruth Harris born about 1867
Marcella Angela Harris, daughter of James Walter Harris and Hester
Gowin Harris, was born about 1846. She
was married about 1866 to Samuel Richard Hatton. She wrote articles for the magazine "Youth
Companion."
Mary Mathilda Harris, daughter of James Walter Harris and Hester Gowin
Harris, was born at Oquawka April 1, 1849.
She was married August 25, 1867 at Moline to Eli Corbin who was born
there to John Grover Corbin and Polly Brooks Corbin September 26, 1844. Eli Corbin died June 30, 1912 at Canton,
Kansas. She died July 28, 1927 at
Albuquerque, New Mexico and was buried at Canton.
Children born to them include:
Jessie Corbin born June 24, 1868
Walter Harris Corbin born November 28, 1870
Myrtle Corbin born November 15, 1872
Stella Corbin born January 8, 1875
Leon Cassius Corbin born March 18, 1879
Polly Esther Corbin born April 11, 1883
Raymond Ernest Corbin born May 28, 1886
Reuben Eli Corbin born
August 28, 1889
Robert Travis Corbin born September 11, 1895
Jessie Corbin, daughter of Eli Corbin and Mary Mathilda Harris Corbin,
was born June 24, 1868. She was married
about 1887 to Ben P. Gobin.
Walter Harris Corbin, son of Eli Corbin and Mary Mathilda Harris
Corbin, was born November 28, 1870 at Moline.
He was married May 20, 1896 to Sarah Emma Wining who was born May 4,
1879 to William Shipper Wining and Mary Anna Fuller Wining at Canton. He died August 27, 1928 at Kansas City,
Missouri and was buried at Canton. She
died August 15, 1970 at McPherson, Kansas and was buried beside her husband.
Children born to Walter Harris Corbin and Sarah Emma Wining Corbin
include:
Bessie Marie Corbin born July 19, 1896
Scott Walter Corbin born
January 2, 1903
Jessie Madge Corbin born March 3, 1906
Frederick Reuben Corbin born August 15, 1908
Bernadine Merle Corbin born May 24, 1913
Bessie Marie Corbin, daughter of Walter Harris Corbin and Sarah Emma
Wining Corbin, was born July 19, 1896 in Moline, Illinois. She married June 3, 1919 to Wilbur Charles
Yeager. She died about December 1983.
Scott Walter Corbin, son of Walter Harris Corbin and Sarah Emma Wining
Corbin, was born January 2, 1903 in Canton, Kansas. He became a dentist and practiced in Miami, Texas. He was married September 1, 1929 to Flora
May Philpott. No children were born to
them. He died May 12, 1968.
Jessie Madge Corbin, daughter of Walter Harris Corbin and Sarah Emma
Wining Corbin, was born March 3, 1906 at Canton. She was married to Lawrence Lowery Howard, M.D. December 23,
1926. He was born in Great Bend, Kansas
December 15, 1901. He died August 28,
1991 at Great Falls, Montana. In April
1995 she, a member of Gowen Research Foundation, continued at Great
Falls. Children born to them are unknown.
Children born to Lawrence L. Howard and Jessie Madge Corbin Howard
include:
Laura Madge Howard born September 22, 1934
Thomas Corbin Howard born August 5, 1937
Martha Lovie Howard born June 16, 1942
Lawrence Douglas Howard born February 26, 1946
Laura Madge Howard, daughter of Lawrence L. Howard and Jessie Madge
Corbin Howard, was born September 22, 1934 in Grand Falls. She was married April 30, 1955 to Robert L.
Coonce. In 1958 and in 1962, they lived
in Los Gatos, California. Following a
divorce, she was remarried to Gene Facher.
Children born to them include:
Lisa Rolie Coonce born September 26, 1956
Daniel Howard Coonce born September 13, 1958
Thomas Robert Coonce born January 12, 1962
Thomas Corbin Howard, son of Lawrence L. Howard and Jessie Madge Corbin
Howard, was born August 5, 1937 in Grand falls. He was married to Jerldina Anne Stone about 1954. Two children were born to them before they
were divorced:
Deborah Lawrence Howard born December 18, 1955.
Leslie Ann Howard born August 9, 1960
Martha Lovie Howard, daughter of Lawrence L. Howard and Jessie Madge
Corbin Howard, was born June 16, 1942 in Grand Falls. She was married about 1970 to Earl Heinrichs.
Children born to them include:
Whitney Heinrichs born in 1979
Lawrence Douglas Howard, son of Lawrence L. Howard and Jessie Madge
Corbin Howard, was born February 26, 1946 in Grand Falls. In 1995 he remained unmarried.
Frederick Reuben Corbin, son of Walter Harris Corbin and Sarah Emma
Wining Corbin, was born August 15, 1908 in Canton, Kansas. He became a dentist in Breckenridge, Missouri.. He was married October 27, 1934 to Catherine
Louise Baker. No children were born to
them. He died in 1968 in Amarillo,
Texas and was buried in Breckenridge.
Bernadine Merle Corbin, daughter of Walter Harris Corbin and Sarah Emma
Wining Corbin, was born May 24, 1913.
She became a nurse. She was
married May 28, 1936 to Walter Harold Keller.
Children born to them include:
Scott Frederick Keller born about 1939
Katherine Kay Keller born about 1943
Dwight Harold Keller born about 1946
Patricia Keller born about 1950
Myrtle Corbin, daughter of Eli Corbin and Mary Mathilda Harris Corbin,
was born November 15, 1872. She was
married to John Ganung about 1890.
Stella Corbin, daughter of Eli Corbin and Mary Mathilda Harris Corbin,
was born January 8, 1875. She was
married to Math Deaconesa about 1895.
Leon Cassius Corbin, son of Eli Corbin and Mary Mathilda Harris Corbin,
was born March 18, 1879. He was married
April 23, 1906 to Lula Shulz.
Polly Esther Corbin, daughter of Eli Corbin and Mary Mathilda Harris
Corbin, was born April 11, 1883. She
was married May 14, 1910 to John Klinefelter.
Raymond Ernest Corbin, son of Eli Corbin and Mary Mathilda Harris
Corbin, was born May 20, 1886. He was
married October 17, 1907 to Violet R. Ginder.
Reuben Eli Corbin, son of Eli Corbin and Mary Mathilda Harris Corbin,
was born August 20, 1809. He was
married to Mabel Daly about 1912.
Robert Travis Corbin, son of Eli Corbin and Mary Mathilda Harris
Corbin, was born September 11. 1905. He
was married about 1918 to Anna Laura Lawton McCollum.
Hester Octavia Harris, daughter of James Walter Harris and Hester Gowin
Harris, was born June 26, 1853. She was
married about 1870 to John Massie.
Frederick Miner Harris, son of James Walter Harris and Hester Gowin
Harris, was born about 1856. He was
married about 1879 to Isabell Eaks.
Wirgail Grace Harris, daughter of James Walter Harris and Hester Gowin
Harris, was born about 1859. She was
married about 1879 to David Jamerson.
Wilson Ernest Harris, son of James Walter Harris and Hester Gowin
Harris, was born about 1862. He was
married about 1875 to Lizzie Clark.
Emma Ruth Harris, daughter of James Walter Harris and Hester Gowin
Harris, was born about 1867. She was
married about 1887 to Earl Wells.
A daughter, name unknown was born
Nathaniel Gowin and Sabra Midgett Gowin about 1827.
Steve Gowin, son of Nathaniel Gowin and Sabra Midgett Gowin, was born
about 1829.
Emeline Gowin, daughter of Nathaniel Gowin and Sabra Midgett Gowin, was
born about 1830 in Illinois.
Nathan Gowin, son of Nathaniel Gowin and Sabra Midgett Gowin, was born
about 1830 in Illinois.
Paris M. Gowin, son of Nathaniel Gowin and Sabra Midgett Gowin, was
born April 25, 1841. He was married
about 1866 to Rachel Patten. A son,
name unknown, was born to Paris M. Gowin and Rachel Patten Gowin. He died May 16, 1921 in Jersey County.
John F. Gowin, son of Nathaniel Gowin and Sylva Wilcox Gowin, was born
about 1862.
Louisa Gowin, daughter of Nathaniel Gowin and Sylva Wilcox Gowin, was
born about 1864.
Mary I. Gowin, daughter of Nathaniel Gowin and Sylva Wilcox Gowin, was
born about 1867. She was married in
1882 to Jasper Morgan, according to the research of Martha Heinrichs.
Francis Gowin, son of Nathaniel Gowin and Sylva Wilcox Gowin, was born
about 1870.
Marsilla Gowin, daughter of Nathaniel Gowin and Sylva Wilcox Gowin, was
born about 1872.
==O==
Donna Vee Gowin Johnston, Editorial Boardmember of Casper, Wyoming in
1991 wrote:
"On November 1, 1932, the day my father,
Millard Franklin Gowin was married, he was told that he was 1/32 Indian by his
father, Charles Franklin "Frank" Gowin [b1874, Crawford County,
IL] What prompted this statement in an
era when it was a social stigma to be of Indian blood? Samuel Carlton Gowin, Frank's brother was
said to have a "coppery colored skin." My great grandfather, William Hamilton Gowin [b1850, Crawford
County, IL] was married to Josephine Catherine Highsmith June 29, 1871 in the
same county. On his marriage
application he stated that he was French.
Jessie Madge Howard, a Gowin descendant of Great
Falls, Montana, wrote that her father mentioned that "the Gowins had to
work very hard and struggled to make a living, but that life was better when
they came to Illinois. They sailed
from Amsterdam on a cattle boat, and people were cruel to them. Madge's ancestor, Nathaniel
"Nathan" Gowin [b1794 VA] and my Shadrack Gowin [b1791 VA] were
either brothers or cousins. James
Madison Gowin Jr, my first cousin, twice removed, of Nashville, Tennessee,
remembers his father, James Madison Gowin telling him of a great-grandfather
with 21 sons.
When all of the above traditions are thrown
together, perhaps we are looking for French Huguenots who married with
American Indians and especially for a man with a very large family. Throughout this narrative, given names used
in both Madge Howard's branch and my branch of the family have been underlined.
My gg grandfather, Drury M. Gowin son of Shadrack
Gowin and Mary "Polly" Bass Gowin, was born May 26, 1819 in Tennessee. On October 22, 1841 in Crawford County, he
was married to Elizabeth B. Rash [b1825 KY]
She was the daughter of William W. Rash [b1800 KY] and Polly Roberts
Rash [bc1800 KY] of Henry County, Kentucky.
They had five children, all born in Crawford County:
Mary E.
Gowin born c1843
James
Madison Gowin born May 11, 1844
John H.
Gowin born c1847
William
Hamilton Gowin born May 12, 1850
Eliza Jane
Gowin born c1851
Photographs of James Madison Gowin and William Hamilton
Gowin suggest that they were of American Indian or Melungeon descent.
My earliest proven grandfather [3ggf], Shadrack
Gowin, was born April 17, 1791 in Virginia.
He was married to Mary "Polly" Bass about 1817 in Tennessee,
probably Wilson County. She was born
there August 16, 1797. The Bass family
came from Franklin County, North Carolina and was descended from Nansemond
Indians of Nansemond County, Virginia.
The earliest Bass individual in Nansemond County was Nathaniel Bass, regarded
as the immigrant ancestor.
On September 21, 1820, Shadrack Gowin signed as
surety on a marriage bond in Wilson County for "Delilah Gowen" who
was married to James Dunsmore there. In
the 1826 tax list of Wilson County "Shadrach Gains" and "Nathan
Gains" were both listed as "free polls" in Capt. Bennett's
Company. "Shadrach Gowen"
reappeared there in the 1827 and 1828 tax lists. In 1829, "Shadrack Goen" was listed in Capt. Cox's
company, along with his brothers-in-law, Dolphin Bass and Sion Bass.
In 1830, "Shadrach Goens," along with
George Midgett, thought to be a brother-in-law, appeared in Capt. Caplinger's
company. William Gowin was recorded
in the 1831 tax lists, along with George C. Midgett in Capt. Lannum's
company.
The 1830 census of Wilson County enumerated
"Shedrick Gowens, 20-30; James Goings, 40-50; George Midgett, 30-40; Neely
Midgett, 60-70; Richard Midgett, 30-40 and nine Bass families. By 1834, Shadrack Gowin was in Crawford
County, Illinois. His brother‑in‑law,
George Midgett and family came at the same time.
He made two Cash Entry Land Purchases for 40 acres
each from the State of Ohio Land Office in Palestine, Illinois on August 10,
1838. In their later years, they lived
in the home of William Hamilton Gowin. a grandson.
He died November 27, 1878 at Sumner, Illinois in
Lawrence County at the home of William Hamilton. Gowin. Polly Bass Gowin had died there March 10,
1871. Both were buried in Sumner
Cemetery, Lawrence County, Illinois."
Nine children were born to them:
Drury M. Gowin born May 26, 1819
Elizabeth Gowin born August 1, 1820
Ezekiel B. Gowin born Sept. 16, 1823
Jane Gowin born in 1826
Margaret Gowin born in 1830
Lyda S. Gowin born in 1834
William E. Gowin born in 1836
Samuel T. Gowin born in September 1837
Hezekiah M. Gowin born in October 1840
The census of 1840 suggests that another daughter was born to them
between 1820 and 1830.
Drury M. Gowin, son of Shadrack Gowin and Polly Bass Gowin, was born
May 26, 1819 in Tennessee, probably Wilson County. He was married October 22, 1841 to Elizabeth B. Rash in Crawford
County, Illinois. She was born in
Kentucky about 1825. Drury M. Gowin
died in Crawford County November 5, 1852. He was buried near Flat Rock, Illinois in an
old family cemetery. She died there
November 3, 1875.
An inventory of his estate was filed in Crawford County Probate Box
27, Case 36:
"An Inventory and appraisement bill of the goods
& chattles and personal estate of Drury Gowin late of Crawford County Decd.
Appraised on the 24th day of November 1852, by Hazael Lindsay. Hezekiah Martin and Wiley Montgomery, sworn
appraisers.
One old Blind Mare $
3.75
One Roan 2-year-old filly 25.00
One Sucking Colt 5.00
One plow Cary 2.50
One Mowing Sythe .50
One Cradle and Sythe .75
One Mattock .87œ
One Set Drawing Chains .95
One horse collar harness
& braces & single tree 1.75
One Sickle .15
One Rifle gun and apparatus 7.00
One Calf 2.00
One Iron wedge .50
One lot of tobacco in the
house
unstript, [retained] 22.00
One oat stack 2.50
One lot of corn in the field,
[retained] 8.00
One Bureau, [retained] 6.00
Two Beds & bed furniture,
[retained] 20.00
One Breakfast table,
[retained] 4.00
One Flax wheel, [retained] .87œ
Nine Chairs, [retained] 2.00
One lot of pot mettle,
[retained] 1.50
Five old Barrels, [retained] .25
One Box and lot of wheat,
[retained] 10.00
Two Deer skins .30
One lot of salt, [retained] 1.00
One lot of table furniture,
[retained] 3.00
One coffee mill, [retained] .50
One smoothing iron,
[retained] .37œ
One stone jug .10
lot of sundries .75
14 Geese, [retained] 2.80
3 Books 1.50
One Curry Comb .12œ
12 hogs, [retained] 13.95
[Retained, meant that the widow could keep those articles.]
We certify that the foregoing is a true Inventory of the property
presented to us for valuation.
Hazael
Lindsay, Hezekiah Martin, Wiley Montgomery,
Appraisers
Sale Bill of the personal property of Drury Gowin
dec'd late of Crawford County in the State of Illinois, sold on the 24th day of
November 1852.
Purchasers Article
Sold Amt.
C. M. Hamilton Bay
Mare $ 7.25
John Strange Bay
Colt 11.50
Robert Terrell Iron
Gray Mare 26.00
Ezekiel Gowin Bull
calf 3.00
John Strange Cary
plough 2.05
L. G. Highsmith Mowing
sythe .45
Wm. HIghsmith Reap
Hook .15
Wm. Rash Sythe
& Cradle .50
C. M. Hamilton Harness
& Traces 1.50
Robert Terrell Pair
trace chains .70
Edward Davis 1
Bole 1.10
C. M. Hamilton Clevis
& couth .15
C. M. Hamilton Iron
wedge .50
Elisha S. Zucks Stone jug .15
Jos. Midgett Lot
of tobacco .15
Ezekiel Gowin 1
Rifle Gun 8.00
Josiah McNier 1
Stack oats 4.00
John A. Highsmith Lot
of deer skins .30
Total $ 67.45
Five children were born to Drury M. Gowin and Elizabeth B. Rash
Gowin. Included were:
James Madison Gowin born May 11, 1841
Mary E. Gowin born about 1843
John H. Gowin born about 1847
William Hamilton Gowin born May 12,1850
Eliza Jane Gowin born about 1851
James Madison Gowin, son of Drury M. Gowin and Elizabeth B. Rash Gowin,
was born May 11, 1841 in Crawford County, Illinois. He had dark hair and blue eyes, according to his son , James
Madison Gowin, Jr. He told his
daughter, Virginia Gowin that he was one quarter Indian.
During the Civil War he enlisted in Company B, Thirty-third Indiana
Infantry Regiment and received his baptism of fire in the Battle of
Shiloh. Before his regiment arrived,
the Confederates under Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston on April 6, 1862 defeated
the Federals under Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
Grant, fresh from his victory at Ft. Donelson, Tennessee, had split his
forces and came up against 40,000 Confederate with 22,000 Union troops at
Pittsburg Landing. The forces of
Grant's lieutenant, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman encamped at Shiloh Church,
were surprised and overrun along with several other Union positions.
Johnston was killed during the savage fighting of the afternoon, and
Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard took command as a Confederate drive pushed the
Federals to the Tennessee River. During
the night, Gen. Don Carlos Buell arrived with 20,000 fresh Union soldiers,
including the 33rd Indiana Infantry Regiment.
The reserves turned the tide of battle against the exhausted
Confederates, resulting in a Union victory.
Shiloh was one of the most brutal battles of the war: Union casualties
were more than 13,000; Confederate, more than 10,000.
In another scene from the Civil War, James Madison Gowin told about a
night when he and 200 other Union soldiers bedded down on the ground in
Virginia. He was the first one to wake
up, and when he looked out, his regiment "was gone." They were covered in about six inches of snow. Soon they began to stir, and the regiment
reappeared.
During the war, he was married February 30, 1864 to Sarah Jane Parker,
according to Rutherford County Marriage Book 1804-1872. She was the daughter of Arthasia Parker and
was born at Rucker, Tennessee in Rutherford County. Sarah Jane Parker had one son, William Parker, born about 1862,
when she was married to James Madison Gowin, according to the research of
Donna Vee Gowin Johnston.
After the end of the war, James Madison Gowin remained in
Tennessee. On July 1, 1868 James
Madison Gowin was joined by his wife in selling his share in the Shelton
Inheritance to William P. Shelton, according to Crawford County, Illinois Deed
Book 1, page 158.
"James Gowan" appeared as the head of a household in the 1880
census of Rutherford County, Enumeration District 199, Page 19, District 11, enumerated
as:
"Gowan, James 36,
born in IL
Sarah 39, born in TN
William 18, born in TN
Drewry 15, born in TN
Johny 13, born in TN
Leola
4, born in TN
Parker, Arthasia 53, born in TN,
mother-in-law"
In 1911, at age 78, he was remarried to Mary Belle Cox, age 20, born in
1887 to James Cox of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
She had brown eyes and dark curly hair, according to Donna Vee Gowin
Johnston. She was injured at age 13
while helping her father shingle a house.
She fell from the roof and landed on her head. A bone fragment in her skull applied pressure on her brain
causing intermittent attacks of epilepsy.
Since both parents had been incapacitated, officials of Rutherford
County had attempted to take custody of the children early in the year. James Madison Gowin, Jr. recalled that once
when he was 10-years old, an officer of the Rutherford County Court had come to
their home to get the children. A
confrontation erupted, and his father prepared to fight the officer and called
upon his son to "Give 'em hell, Jim!"
In 1914 James Madison Gowin lived at Murfreesboro where he operated a
retail store. On July 10, 1925 he wrote
his will there:
"I, J. M. Gowin, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, of
sound mind & memory, but realizing the uncertainty of life make this my
last will and testament.
I hereby give and bequeath to my wife, Belle, all my
personal property of every kind and description of which I may die possessed or
entitled to.
I hereby devise & bequeath to my said wife and
my minor children all my real estate in the State of Illinois and in the State
of Tennessee, to each an equal share therein.
I hereby devise & bequeath to my said wife and
my said minor children all other real estate, both legal and equitable of
which I may die seized and possessed or in any manner be entitled to share and
share alike.
I appoint Bill Preater my executer. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto signed my name this July 10, 1925.
J.
M. Gowin
Witnesses:
E. B. Allen, William P. Allen, H. B. Tally
July 10, 1925"
He died there December 16, 1925 "of aorta insufficiency and
dysentery," according to E. C. Allen, M.D. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, according to Will Parker,
informant of Murfreesboro. Parker was
perhaps a brother-in-law.
Because of her epileptic condition, Mary Belle Cox Gowin required
care. She had frequent seizures in
which she fell into the fire and other dangers.
Donna Vee Gowin Johnston suggests that Mary Belle Cox Gowin died in
1927 or 1928 because the final settlement of her estate was probated March 19,
1928 in Rutherford County "
However, in June 1943, "Mary Gowin Jones" believed to be Mary
Belle Cox Gowin, lived at 2821 Swiss Avenue, Dallas, Texas. She assisted Janie Lee Gowin to obtain a
birth certificate at that time.
Leola Gowin Skidmore took her father's younger children into her home
for about one year. and then they were placed in foster homes.
Children born to James Madison Gowin and Sarah Jane Parker Gowin include:
William Parker Gowin born in 1862
Drury W. Gowin born October 31, 1864
Johnny Gowin born in 1867
Leola Gowin born January 19, 1875
Children born to James Madison Gowin and Mary Belle Cox Gowin include:
Janie Lee Gowin born May 14, 1912
Virginia Gowin born July 3, 1913
James Madison Gowin, Jr. born August 25, 1915
Mary Elizabeth Gowin born January 15, 1917
William Parker Gowin, son of Sarah Jane Parker Gowin, was born in
1862. He appeared as an 18-year-old in
the household of his parents in the 1880 census of Rutherford County. Of this individual nothing more is known.
Drury W. Gowin, son of James Madison Gowin and Sarah Jane Parker Gowin,
was born in Tennessee, probably Rutherford County October 31, 1864, according
to the research of Donna Vee Gowin Johnston.
He was married in Rutherford County November 6, 1884 to Lydia Josephine
Howland who was born there in December 1867.
She was the fifteenth child of Lewis H. Howland and Isabel Daugherty
Howland, his second wife. Lewis H.
Howland was born in North Carolina February 1, 1800, according to "Compendium
of Biography." Drury W. Gowin
was a carpenter and a farmer.
Two younger brothers of Lydia Josephine Howland Gowin had removed to
Kaufman County, Texas and may have influence her move to Texas. Drury W. Gowin removed from Tennessee to
Fannin County, Texas about 1899. He
appeared as the head of a household in the 1900 census of Fannin County, Enumeration
District 60, page 6, precinct 1:
"Gowan, Drewery 34,
born in TN in October 1865
Josie 32, born in TN, in December 1867
James M. 14, born in TN in August 1885
Zula E. 12, born in TN in July 1887
Letha
8, born in TN in April 1892
Lerlia
5, born in TN in December 1894
Henry L. 3/12,
born in Texas in Sept. 1899"
Drury W. Gowin, a tuburculosis patient, brought his family back to
Rutherford County in 1906. He died
there September 29, 1906, and was burial in Evergreen Cemetery. After his death, his family returned to
Fannin County.
Josephine Howland Gowin purchased a Œ acre lot in Bonham, Texas on
April 27, 1907 from the heirs of the D. F. Rutherford estate, according to
Fannin County Deed Book 112, pages 372, 376 and 377.
Josephine Howland Gowin was remarried to P. A. Gerner May 31, 1911. P. A. Garner died August 28, 1936. Josephine Howland Gowin Garner died April 6,
1954 and was buried in Arledge Cemetery.
She had filed an affidavit in Fannin County Deed Book 376, page 432
naming her descendants.
Children born to Drury W. Gowin and Josephine Howland Gowin include:
James Miller Gowin born August 28. 1885
Zula Ethel Gowin born July 1, 1887
William Gowin born April 14, 1890
Letha Estelle Gowin born January 28, 1892
Lurley Gowin born December 3. 1894
Henry Lewis Gowin born September 21, 1899
Drury Rayburn "Doc"
Gowin born September 1, 1901
Pascal Paul Gowin born September 15, 1904
James Miller Gowin, son of Drury W. Gowin and Josephine Howland Gowin,
was born August 20, 1885 in Rutherford County.
He appeared as a 14-year-old in
the 1900 census of Fannin County. He
died May 19, 1901 unmarried, according to his mother's affidavit.
He was buried in Arledge Ridge Cemetery.
Zula Ethel Gowin, daughter of Drury W. Gowin and Josephine Howland
Gowin, was born July 1, 1887 in Rutherford County. She appeared as a 12-year-old in the 1900 census of Fannin
County.
She was married July 20, 1909 to Arthur Inglish. On January 21, 1926 she was remarried to
Burt Jackson. Zula Ethel Gowin Inglish
Jackson died January 28, 1948 and was buried in Tarrant County, Texas..
Children born to Arthur Inglish and Zula Ethel Gowin Inglish include:
Paul E. Inglish born about 1912
lived
in Tarrant County in 1954
Dennis E. Inglish born about 1914,
lived
in Tarrant County in 1954
Odell R. Inglish born about 1916
lived
in Comanche County, Oklahoma
in 1954
J. C. Inglish born about 1919
who was
deceased prior to 1954.
William Gowin, son of Drury W. Gowin and Josephine Howland Gowin, was
born April 14, 1890 in Rutherford County.
He died June 16, 1890 and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Letha Estelle Gowin, daughter of Drury W. Gowin and Josephine Howland
Gowin, was born January 28, 1892 in Rutherford County. Her parents removed to Texas in 1896. She was married there December 20, 1914 to
William Leroy Helton. He was born
February 2, 1891 to David L. Helton and Damie Choate Helton in South Pittsburg,
Tennessee. In 1954 William Leroy Helton
and Letha Estelle Gowin Helton continued to live in Fannin County, Texas.
She wrote a letter to her uncle, James Madison Gowin, Jr. September 19,
1967. In it she mentioned that her
mother had died in 1954 at age 85. She
stated, "My parents had eight children, all dead now, except myself and
brother John." "My husband
was born at South Pittsburg, Tennessee, and I was born at Rucker, Tennessee,
south of Murfreesboro. I came to Texas
with my parents at age 4. My father had
T.B. and died in 1906. We went back to
Tennessee, but returned to Texas in 1907.
My husband and I were married in 1914.
We had one son, Leroy. He had
five children, four girls and a boy, Ray William Helton. The two oldest girls are married now and
live south of Bonham, Texas."
She died there February 5, 1979 and was buried in Arledge Ridge
Cemetery.
One son was born to them:
Leroy Helton born February 5, 1918
Leroy Helton, son of William Leroy Helton and Letha Estelle Gowin
Helton, was born February 5, 1918 in Fannin County. He was married about 1941 to Mary M. Pinkston. In 1986 he lived at 1302 N. Center Street,
Bonham, Texas.
Lurley Gowin, daughter of Drury W. Gowin and Josephine Howland Gowin,
was born in Rutherford County December 3. 1894. She appeared at age five in the 1900 census of Fannin County. She died March 1, 1906 in Bonham, Texas and
was buried in Arledge Ridge Cemetery..
Henry Lewis Gowin, son of Drury W. Gowin and Josephine Howland Gowin,
was born in Fannin County September 21, 1899, according to his death
certificate in Lubbock County, Texas death records. His brother Drury Rayburn "Doc" Gowin wrote a letter to
their grandfather October 16, 1915 in which he stated that "Lewis has quit
school, got him a job on the Good Roads Program, makes $1.40 a day."
He was married to Hester Lee Shields November 30, 1918, according to
Fannin County Marriage Book U, page 458.
Hester Lee Shields was born in Hunt County, Texas in 1902. One report states that she was born in
Bryan County, Oklahoma.
Henry Lewis Gowin gave warranty deed to J. W. Burleson May 21, 1924 for
a lot in Lubbock, according to Lubbock County Deed Book 87, page 580. In 1926 he was listed as a carpenter living
with his wife, Hester Lee Shields Gowin at 2104 8th Street, according to the Lubbock
City directory. From 1928 until 1931 he
was listed as a contractor at that address.
From 1932 until 1941 he was shown as the Owner of Gowin Grocery located
at 520 Avenue Q. From 1932 until 1946
he maintained his residence at 2002 18th and 1708 Ave. T.
From 1946 until 1952 he was manager of Texas Roofing Company and in
1953 organized Plains Roofing & Supply which he operated until his death
from pneumonia December 27, 1964. He
estate was filed for probate January 7, 1965, according to Lubbock County
Probate Minute Book 159, page 64.
Hester Lee Shields Gowin was listed as the widow of Henry Lewis Gowin
residing at 1713 28th Street in the Lubbock City directory from 1965 through
1972.
Children born to Henry Lewis Gowin and Hester Lee Shields Gowin
include:
Juanita Marcella Gowin born September 12, 1919
Lela Maxine Gowin born January 16, 1925
Mary Lewis Gowin born April 7, 1931
Juanita Marcella Gowin, daughter of Henry Lewis Gowin and Hester Lee
Shields Gowin, was born at Bonham, Texas September 12, 1919. From 1938 through 1940 she was shown as a
student at Texas Technological College living on the home of her parents at
2002 18th Street, according to the Lubbock City directory.
On March 3, 1940 she was married at Clovis, New Mexico to Charles
Ferguson who was born November 27, 1918 in Nashville, Tennessee, according to
Curry County, New Mexico Marriage Book 22, page 675. At that time Charles Ferguson and Juanita Marcella Gowin
Ferguson lived at 2107 16th Street, Lubbock, Texas.
In 1973 Juanita Marcilla Gowin Ferguson lived in Houston, Texas. In 1995 they lived at Hemphill, Texas.
Lela Maxine Gowin, daughter of Henry Lewis Gowin and Hester Lee Shields
Gowin was born in Lubbock, Texas January 16, 1925, according to Lubbock County
birth records. She was married to Billy
Bob Buster November 15, 1942, according to Lubbock County Marriage Book 11,
page 53.
Mary Lewis Gowin, daughter of Henry Lewis Gowin and Hester Lee Shields
Gowin, was born April 7, 1931, according to Lubbock County Birth Book 3, page
87. In 1950 she was listed as a
Sophomore at Texas Technological College, living at 1713-28th Street in Lubbock
with her parents according to Lubbock city directory.
She was married to Stanley Gordon Steele on July 9, 1950, according to
Lubbock County, Texas Marriage Book 18, page 272. Stanley Gordon Steele was an employee of Plains Roofing &
Supply and lived at 2114-54th Street.
He was injured in a fall from the roof of the Lubbock Coliseum during
its construction on the campus of Texas Tech.
Later the couple was divorced and Mary Lewis Gowin Steele was remarried
to Earl Trostle. They made their home
at 6001-34th Street in Lubbock.
Following a second divorce, Mary Lewis Gowin Steele Trostle resided at
4515 48th Street, Lubbock in 1995.
Drury Rayburn "Doc" Gowin, son of Drury W. Gowin and
Josephine Howland Gowin, was born at Bonham, Texas September 1, 1901, according
to Fannin County Texas Birth Book 12, Certificate No. 1410.
On October 16, 1915 he wrote a letter to his grandfather, James Madison
Gowin in which he stated that he was in the eighth grade. He also mentioned that "Lewis has quit
school, got him a job in the Good Roads Program, makes $1.40 a day. Leatha has been married 10 months. Ethel, her husband and three boys are doing
fine."
About 1922 he was married to Moselle E. Hollis Drury Rayburn Gowin received a warranty
deed October 18, 1946 from Clyde Duff, according to Fannin County Deed Book
271, page 433. In 1954 Drury Rayburn
Gowin and Moselle E. Gowin were living in Lorain County, Ohio.
He wrote a letter to his uncle James Madison Gowin, Jr. August 17, 1967
from Panama City, Florida in which he mentioned that he was planning to move
back to Ohio. In the letter he mentioned,
"We are all descended from Richard Gowen who landed in Virginia from England."
He owned an amusement ride in a park there. He died there in December 1979.
Children born to Drury Rayburn "Doc" Gowin and Moselle E.
Hollis Gowin are unknown.
Pascal Paul Gowin, son of Drury W. Gowin and Josephine Howland Gowin,
was born September 15, 1904 in Fannin County.
He died April 26, 1906 and was buried in Arledge Ridge Cemetery.
John Gowin, son of James Madison Gowin and Sarah Jane Parker Gowin, was
born about 1867 in Tennessee, probably Rutherford County. He appeared in his father's household in the
1880 census of Rutherford County as an 13-year-old. Of this individual and descendents nothing more is known.
Leola Gowin, daughter of James Madison Gowin and Sarah Jane Parker
Gowin, was born January 19, 1875 in Tennessee.
She appeared in the 1880 census of Rutherford County as a four-year-old
in her father's household. She
attended college for seven years where she became an avid baseball fan.
She was married about 1895 to Oliver Skidmore. Leola Gowin Skidmore took her father's minor
children into her home for about a year after his death. Later they were placed in foster homes.
A letter written in 1913 was addressed to "Miss Leola Gowin,
Evangelist & Missionary for the Church of God, 819 Norman Street, Danville,
Illinois.
Later she was remarried to Solomon Franklin Jones, an evangelist as
his second wife. He was first married
to her cousin, Lilly Gowin. She died in
Vermillion County, Illinois in 1946. No
children were born to her.
Solomon Franklin Jones and Leola Gowin Skidmore Jones were both
evangelistic preachers. They commuted
in their work from Illinois to Tennessee
Janie Lee Gowin, daughter of James Madison Gowin and Mary Belle Cox
Gowin, was born May 14, 1912 at Murfreesboro, Tennessee according to her brother,
James Madison Gowin, Jr. Her birth
certificate recorded in Dallas County, Texas Book 43, page 389 shows 1914 as
her birth year. Mary Belle Gowin Jones,
her mother, was the informant for the birth certificate data. She was married about 1930 in Texas to
William Woodrow Barrow. She died in
1984.
Children born to them include:
Barbara Barrow born about 1932
Charlie Barrow born about 1935
Virginia Gowin, daughter of James Madison Gowin and Mary Belle Cox
Gowin, was born July 3, 1913 in Rutherford County. She was married in Charlotte, North Carolina about 1933 to Herman
Monroe Christenbury who was born there September 30, 1905. He was an accountant and died there March
23, 1971. He was buried there in
Elmwood Cemetery. Virginia Gowin
Christenbury worked for 44 years in public service. In March 1995, she, victim of a stroke, lived in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
One son was born to them:
Thomas Henry Christenbury born August 11, 1939
Thomas Henry Christenbury, son of Herman Monroe Christenbury and
Virginia Gowin Christenbury, was born August 11, 1939 in Charlotte. He was married about 1958 to Marcia Jean
Barman who was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1942. Later he was remarried to Nancy Campbell. Two children were born to them before they
were divorced in 1965:
Thomas Dwayne Christenbury born February 22, 1960
Cynthia Ann Christenbury born July 21, 1961
Thomas Dwayne Christenbury, son of Thomas Henry Christenbury and
Marcia Jean Barman Christenbury, was born February 12, 1960 in Charlotte.. In 1995 he lived in Kenosha where he was
caring for his grandmother.
Cynthia Ann Christenbury, daughter of Thomas Henry Christenbury and
Marcia Jean Barman Christenbury, was born July 21, 1961 in Charlotte.
James Madison Gowin, Jr, son of James Madison Gowin and Mary Belle Cox
Gowin, was born August 25, 1915 in Rutherford County.
After the death of his father and the removal of his mother to Texas,
young Jimmy Gowin was taken to the Thomas Fresh Air Camp, an orphanage in nearby
Kingston Springs, operated by Bro. Frank Houser and Nannie Lou Hatcher
Houser. He immediately ran away, headed
for Murphreesboro, but kindly Bro. Houser intercepted him and finally persuaded
him to give the Fresh Air Camp a trial.
The place he dreaded, in a few days, became the most pleasant spot of
his entire life. He enjoyed the Fresh
Air Camp so much that in his retirement, he went back to that spot and bought
property at Craggie Hope, a mile away from Thomas Fresh Air Camp.
The next four years with the Housers and the other children in the
orphanage brought joyous days to young Jimmy.
He recalls fondly those happy days under the tutelage and influence of
Bro. Houser who gave great attention to each child and used every day and every
event to instill in them a love for life and for their creator. He recalls:
"One day he took five of us 12-year-old boys in
the wagon to gather apples. On the way,
he cautioned us not to eat a single apple until we had finished gathering. He showed us the difference between a good
apple and a bad apple and had us put only the good apples in the baskets. The bad apples with the rotten spots we
piled up on the ground.
After we had gathered about a dozen bushel
basketsful and loaded them on the wagon, Bro. Houser had us all sit down at the
sorry apple pile. Then Bro. Houser gave
thanks to God "for the bounty we are about to receive." I marvelled at this and impertinently challenged
with, 'Why do we give thanks for a bunch of rotten apples?'
'Because there's some good in every bad apple--all
we have to do is look for it,' replied Bro. Houser. Then he took his pocketknife, trimmed a wormy spot off an apple
and began to eat. He passed the knife
around to each of us, and each learned to remove the bad and savor the good.
On our way home, with the wagon loaded with baskets
of apples and the boys dangling their feet over the sides, Brother Houser
spotted a dead tree which he wanted to remove.
I was riding on the coupling pole which extended out behind the wagon. Bro. Houser had me climb the tree and fasten
the chain from the coupling pole around the trunk, high above the ground.
With everyone back aboard, Bro. Houser said 'Giddup'
and slapped the mules' rumps with the lines.
The startled mules, Mary and Sarah,
pulled with a will, the tree didn't budge, and the wagon flew high into
the air, like a button on a string!
Boys and apples sailed out of the wagon, landing on
the grass, scattered and disheveled.
When Bro. Houser determined that no one was hurt, he had us all kneel
down on the spot and gave thanks for our safe deliverance."
The fall of 1929 brought another change to the life of young Jimmy
Gowin. The Great Depression struck, and
he moved to nearby Willowbrook Farm to live with his third set of parents, the
John B. Treanors. The farm consisted of
10,000 acres of crops, grass and trees.
It produced horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and chickens. And, even better, 14-year-old Fannie Kranz,
whom he dearly loved, made the move to Willowbrook with him. That year, the became a cowboy and fell in
love with Fannie. It doesn't get any
better than this!
After a few years, Jimmy Gowin saw the need to go out on his own and
enlisted in the Civilian Conservation Corps, a public works camp which
performed construction projects for the community and worked under a military
discipline. After learning the
rudiments of the construction trade, he began work at the sprawling Oak Ridge
defense plant at the beginning of World War II. There he worked on the building which produced the prototype of
the first atomic bomb. He was married
about 1935 to Ethel Capps who was born April 1, 1915. They were divorced about 1946.
He had enlisted in the U.S. Army in the early days of World War II and
worked in the 731st Engineers as a steel rigger. He went overseas June 6, 1945 and was stationed on Okinawa where
his unit prepared for the coming invasion of Japan. Shortly before the planned invasion, the Enola Gay dropped the
first atomic bomb on Hiroshima August 6, 1945.
Three days later, a second bomb fell on Nagasaki, and the war was over.
Jimmy Gowin's unit was assigned to occupation duty at the Osaka
submarine base, 30 miles from Hiroshima.
He and some comrades took a Jeep and drove into the ruins of the city,
not having been warned about the hazards of the deadly radiation lingering
there. They even spread their lunch on
the tops of marble columns "that had been sheared off like a stick of
butter."
The life of James Madison Gowin, Jr. was changed forever. He was plagued with radiation sickness for
the next 50 years. He was in and out of
Army hospitals in Japan. Once, in a
dizzy spell he fell off a dock in Tokyo Bay and severely injured his leg. The Army doctors had not been briefed on how
to diagnose and to treat radiation sickness.
It was a new field of medicine, and the curriculum of the pre-war
medical school had not prepared them for it.
Most of the physicians played it safe and entered nothing about
radiation sickness in James Madison Gowin's medical record.
At the conclusion of World War II, he was serving in the 242nd Combat
Engineers as a private first class. He
was honorably discharged at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina August 27, 1946, according
to Cheatham County, Tennessee Discharge Book 2, page 504.
James Madison Gowin was remarried April 24, 1947 to Lucille
"Lucy" Tudor, daughter of L. C. Tudor and Carrie Cathey Tudor. She was born October 10, 1931 at Craggie
Hope, Tennessee.
Despite the debilitating effects of radiation sickness and frequent work
interruptions it precipitated, James Madison Gowin, Jr. was employed as an
ironworker until his retirement. He has
conducted a 50-year battle with the Veterans Administration in an effort to
secure proper medical treatment. To
complicate matters, his medical record was lost from the Army's records, making
it even more difficult to prove that his illness was service connected.
James Madison Gowin, Jr. was interviewed in 1986 by Lance McCerley,
staff writer for the "Nashville Banner." His article was published in the November
11, 1986 edition:
"James Gowin Jr. toasted the end of "the
war to end all wars" with his first Coca‑Cola. It was Nov. 11, 1918, and he was 3 years
old. Gowin, who now lives on Charlotte
Pike, remembers the day as if it were yesterday. His father took him to the Murfreesboro town square, where
revelers were celebrating the successful conclusion of an armistice that would
end the Great War.
The youngster didn't realize the significance of
that first Armistice Day, now marked annually as Veterans Day. Gowin, 71, recently wrote down his memories
of the Armistice Day celebration:
"This day there was a lot going on up and down
the streets and tho square. There were
bands marching, flags waving, people shouting and me hanging on the front gate
of our yard marveling and wondering what was going on.
"My dad says to me 'Jim, come and let's
go.' Well I was so excited I could feel
my: heart pounding in my chest."
Gowin and his dad, then a 77‑year‑old Civil War veteran,
ducked Into a crowded store near the center of town, where his father bought
them each a Coke.
"He said to me, 'Jim, you just stand right
there and drink that, I'm going to look around a bit," Gowin recalled in a
recent interview at his home. "And
I didn't want my dad to get away from me so I tried to swallow the whole bottle
at one time. And when I did, it came
out my eyes, ears, and nose, and I was blinded. "But through the fog I saw my dad, the Civil War veteran, so
I sat that bottle down and stuck by his side like glue for the rest of the
day."
Gowin, a spry, silver‑haired man, speaks
reverently about his father, who died in 1925.
A retired iron worker, Gowin thinks he may be one of the last surviving
sons of a Civil War soldier.
James Gowin Sr, born in 1841, was a native of Tennessee
whose family moved to Illinois shortly before the outbreak of the War Between
the States. The elder Gowin served
throughout the conflict with the Union Army's 33rd Indiana Regiment. He fought in several battles, including Shiloh,
with its shocking casualty list, and settled in Murfreesboro after the war.
More than 50 years later, on that first Armistice
Day, the aging Civil War veteran told his son there would be no more wars. "I never saw the old man so happy in
all my life," Gowin said. "He
said, 'This is the end of the war.
You'll never have to go to war.'
And I was so happy to see the old man as happy as he was."
The old man didn't live to see his son called to
serve in the Army during World War II.
Gowin was stationed in the South Pacific, where he eventually was one of
the first soldiers to occupy Japan after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima
and Nagasaki. "They said it was
going to take a million lives to invade Japan," Gowin said. "And I
was going to be one of the first ones in there."
The atomic bombs were dropped, however, and there
was no invasion. Gowin believes he and
others in his platoon who toured the ruins of Hiroshima suffered radiation
poisoning. He remembers seeing huge
concrete pillars "that looked like they had been cut with a knife" by
the atomic blast. He said he and the others were not warned about radiation
exposure, and soon became sick.
Several months later, dizzy and nauseated, Gowin
fell off a pier In Tokyo and badly injured his leg. He was shipped home and
eventually discharged as a disabled veteran.
"They thought I was going to die," he said. Gowin said he is seeking recognition
for "atomic" veterans like himself from the government in the form of special medical care.
He admits he
has been luckier than others exposed to radiation. But Gowin believes the
radiation he was exposed to 41 years ago will inevitably cause him to develop
cancer and die. "If I had not
lived close to the Cross and taken medication all this time, I would be dead
like all these other atomic veterans," he contends.
Gowin and his wife, Lucy, have five children. Unlike
his children, Gowin grew up in foster homes after his father's death. Gowin said his father would gather him and
his two sisters around him each night to pray, sometimes telling them stories
of his war days."
In retirement, he returned to Craggie Hope with his memories of the
nearby Thomas Fresh Air Camp and Willowbrook Farm and their happy days. There the "First Atomic Veteran" has
built a memorial garden in honor of all atomic veterans.
James Madison Gowin, Jr. was employed as an ironworker until his
retirement.
Children born to James Madison Gowin, Jr. and Ethel Capps Gowin
include:
Dan Sheridan Gowin born June 1, 1937
James Madison Gowin III born December 31, 1940,
Children born to James Madison Gowin, Jr. and Lucille "Lucy"
Tutor Gowin include:
Carolyn Constance Gowin born July 18, 1949
Marion Gowin born December 9, 1950
Julie Gowin born July 14, 1951
Frank Houser Gowin born December 4, 1952
James Madison Gowin, III born August 24, 1958
Dan Sheridan Gowin, son of James Madison Gowin, Jr. and Ethel Capps
Gowin, was born June 1, 1937. He was
married about 1954 to Evelyn Bernice Parker who was born March 12, 1937.
Children born Dan Sheridan Gowin and Evelyn Bernice Parker Gowin
include:
Dan Sheridan Gowin, Jr. born July 19, 1955
James Capps Gowin born December 24, 1956
Sherrie Gail Gowin born June 13, 1960
William Sherman Gowin born May 6, 1962
Claudia Mai Gowin born July 17, 1964
Dan Sheridan Gowin, Jr, son of Dan Sheridan Gowin and Evelyn Bernice
Parker Gowin, was born July 19, 1955.
He was married June 21, 1986 to Melinda Linder Hilton.
Children born to Dan Sheridan Gowin, Jr. and Melinda Linder Hilton
Gowin include:
Amanda Lynn Hilton born April 8, 1982
April Nicole Hilton born June 29, 1983
James Capps Gowin, son of Dan Sheridan Gowin and Evelyn Bernice Parker
Gowin, was born December 24, 1956. He was
married September 19, 1973 to Theresa McCoy who was born December 28,
1959.
Children born to James Capps Gowin and Evelyn Bernice Parker Gowin
include:
Angel Elizabeth Gowin born July 21, 1981
Jessica Elaine Gowin born August 16, 1982
James Capps Gowin, Jr. born April 14, 1984
Stephanie Maxine Gowin born March 5, 1987
Sherrie Gail Gowin, daughter of Dan Sheridan Gowin and Evelyn Bernice
Parker Gowin, was born June 13, 1968.
She was married October 14, 1983 to Charles Thomas Young who was born
March 27, 1959.
Children born to them include:
Pamela Gail Young born August 30, 1987
William Sherman Gowin, son of Dan Sheridan Gowin and Evelyn Bernice
Parker Gowin, was born May 6, 1962. He
was married about 1979 to Donna Marie Richardson who was born August 26,
1963. They were later divorced.
Children born to William Sherman Gowin and Donna Marie Richardson Gowin
include:
Tausha Marie Gowin born March 8, 1980
Tabitha Renee Gowin born February 13, 1982
Claudia Mai Gowin, daughter of Dan Sheridan Gowin and Evelyn Bernice
Parker Gowin, was born June 13, 1960.
She was married about 1980 to Michael Anthony Bailey who was born March
6, 1962. They were divorced December
22, 1989.
Children born to them include:
Jamie Michelle Bailey born May 14, 1982
James Michael Bailey born August 17, 1987
Mary Lynette Bailey born May 6. 1003
James Madison Gowin III, son of James Madison Gowin, Jr. and Ethel
Capps Gowin, was born December 31, 1940.
He died August 14, 1943 in an accident while his father was away from
home working at Oak Ridge, Tennessee in a defense factory.
Carolyn Constance "Connie" Gowin, daughter of James Madison
Gowin, Jr. and Lucille "Lucy" Tudor Gowin, was born July 10, 1949 in
Dickson County, Tennessee. On February
14, 1970, she was married in Brooklyn, New York to Larry Edward Stewart. He was born November 17,1946 to E. Webb
Stewart and Rita Magnera Stewart in Lynwood, California.
One son was born to them:
Grant Webb Stewart born December 8, 1970
Marion Arlene Gowin, daughter of James Madison Gowin, Jr. and Lucille
"Lucy" Tudor Gowin, was born December 9, 1950 in Dickson County. She was married to Charles M. Jackson about
1972. He was born December 1, 1951 in
Nashville to Thomas Willard Jackson and Naomi Michael Jackson.
One child was born to them:
Christin Michelle Jackson born July 12, 1970
Julie Melissa Gowin, daughter of James Madison Gowin, Jr. and Lucille
"Lucy" Tudor Gowin, was born July 14, 1953 in Dickson County,
Tennessee. She was married March 10,
1972 in Hohenwald, Tennessee to James Patrick Allen, son of Carl Brian Allen
and Oleta Adams Allen. He was born
November 26, 1946 in Cleburne, Texas.
One daughter was born to them:
Bethany Melissa Allen born October 28, 1980
Frank Houser Gowin, son of James Madison Gowin, Jr. and Lucille
"Lucy" Tudor Gowin, was born December 4, 1956. He was married June 5, 1982 to Sheila Ann
Gustafson in Rustic, Colorado. She was
the daughter of Ellsworth K. Gustafson.
One son was born to them:
Josh Gowin born May 3, 1983
Josh Gowin, son of Frank Houser Gowin and Sheila Ann Gustafson Gowin,
was born in Ft. Collins, Colorado May 1, 1983.
James Madison Gowen III, son of James Madison Gowin, Jr. and Lucille
"Lucy" Tudor Gowin, was born August 24, 1958.
Mary Elizabeth Gowin, daughter of James Madison Gowin and Mary Belle
Cox Gowin, was born January 15, 1917 in Rutherford County. She was married about 1939 to George Washington
Jones, son of Solomon Franklin Jones and Lillie Gowin Jones. George Washington Jones died in 1973, and
Mary Elizabeth Gowin Jones died in 1993.
One son was born to them:
James Franklin Jones born February 28, 1936
James Franklin Jones, son of George Washington Jones and Mary Elizabeth
Gowin Jones, was born February 20, 1936.
In 1995 he lived in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
Mary E. Gowin, daughter of Drury M. Gowin and Elizabeth B. Rash Gowin,
was born about 1843. She died before
1852.
John H. Gowin, son of Drury M. Gowin and Elizabeth B. Rash Gowin, was born
about 1847 in Crawford County. On
October 26, 1865 he was married to Mary E. Shelton who was born in Illinois
about 1845. John H. Gowin joined Mary
E. Shelton Gowin in selling her inheritance of 40 acres of land to her brother,
William Shelton for $160 September 16, 1867, according to Crawford County Deed
Book B, page 180
John H. Gowin died in 1874, and Mary E. Shelton Gowin died shortly
afterward, leaving four children who were all born in Lawrence County,
Illinois.
Children born to John H. Gowin and Mary E. Shelton Gowin include:.
George William Gowin born August 10, 1866
Oliver Goldsmith Gowin born about 1867
James Albert Gowin born July 3, 1878
Lilly Bell Gowin born December 25, 1874
George William Gowin, son of John H. Gowin and Mary E. Shelton Gowin,
was born August 10, 1866 in Lawrence County.
He was married July 14, 1889 to Jennie Senteny, daughter of Henry J.
Senteny and Mary Jane Apple Senteny, who was born in Crawford County in December
1868. George William Gowin died
December 6, 1942 at Gary, Indiana and was buried in Calumet Park at Crown
Point, Indiana. Jennie Senteny Gowin
was buried in Oblong Cemetery.
Six children were born to George William Gowin and Jennie Senteny
Gowin:
Elma G. S. Gowin born September 10, 1890
Marie Jane Gowin born June 14, 1892
Henry Hill "Pete"
Gowin born August 21, 1894
Augusta Mae Gowin born August 14, 1896
William M. Gowin born November 16, 1900
Beatrice Jennie Gowin born in October 1898
Elma G. S. Gowin, daughter of George William Gowin and Jennie Senteny
Gowin, was born September 10, 1890 in Illinois. She was married July 17, 1911 in Oblong to Benjamin E. Plummer,
son of Selwyn Plummer and Sarah Browning Plummer. He was a photographer.
She died in 1917 in Indianapolis.
Three children were born to them:
Edna Plummer born about 1910
Lloyd Plummer born about 1913
Josephine Plummer born in 1917
Marie Jane "Molly" Gowin, daughter of George William Gowin
and Jennie Senteny Gowin, was born June 14, 1892. She was married about 1922 to Henry Berning in Los Angeles. She died in 1943 in Sarasota, Florida and
was buried in Los Angeles. No children
were born to them
Henry Hill "Pete" Gowin, son of George William Gowin and
Jennie Senteny Gowin, was born August 21, 1894. He was married January 1, 1921 in Robinson, Illinois to Bessie
Laffoon. Both were deceased by
1982. No children were born to them.
Augusta Mae Gowin, daughter of George William Gowin and Jennie Senteny
Gowin, was born August 15, 1896. She
was married in Mexico to John L. Maurice on her birthday in 1922. She was still living in 1981. No children were born to them.
William M. "Willie" Gowin, son of George William Gowin and
Jennie Senteny Gowin, was born November 16, 1898 in Crawford County. He died November 16, 1908.
Beatrice Jennie Gowin, daughter of George William Gowin and Jennie
Senteny Gowin, was born February 5, 1901 in Crawford County. She was married there November 16, 1908 to
William B. Leggitt. She died May 17,
1979 and was buried in Palestine Cemetery,
No children were born to them.
Oliver Goldsmith Gowin, son of John H. Gowin and Mary E. Shelton Gowin,
was born about 1867 in Illinois. He was
married about 1890 to Clara Alice Heck and lived in Aurora, Illinois. Oliver died in August 1951
Children born to Oliver Goldsmith Gowin and Clara Alice Heck Gowin
include:
Elmer Lee Gowin born December 7, 1893
Myrtle Belle Gowin born June 9, 1896
[child] born
in 1898
Elmer Lee Gowin, son of Oliver Goldsmith Gowin and Clara Alice Heck
Gowin, was born December 7, 1893.
Myrtle Belle Gowin, daughter of Oliver Goldsmith Gowin and Clara Alice
Heck Gowin, was born June 9, 1896. She
was married about 1913 to Frank Vorwald.
A child was born to Olier Goldsmith and Clara Alice Heck Gowin in 1898
and died in infancy.
James Albert Gowin, son of John H. Gowin and Mary E. Shelton Gowin,
was born July 3, 1870 in Illinois. He
was married about March 30, 1892 to Ella Mae Stoltz, daughter of John Stoltz
and Jennie McNeal Stoltz. About 1916
they removed to Indianapolis. He died
there December 13, 1955 and was buried in Floral Park Cemetery. Ella Mae Stoltz Gowin worked for 15 years
for Indianapolis Brush & Broom Co.
Five children were born to James Albert Gowin and Ella Mae Stoltz
Gowin:
Clyde Arthur Gowin born November 30, 1892
Clifford F. Gowin born December 19, 1894
Lela Mae Gowin born August 11, 1896
Pearly Gowin born in 1908
Donald E. Beeman Gowin born about 1910
Clyde Arthur Gowin, son of James Albert Gowin and Ella Mae Stoltz
Gowin, was born November 30, 1892 at Sumner.
He was married about 1915 to Jessie Adda Hook, twin daughter of Samuel
Preston "Bud" Hook and Susan Estella Mae Bailey Hook. They were divorced, and he enlisted in the
U.S. Army during World War i in which he was awarded the Purple Heart. He was remarried to Marie Amberg July 31,
1919 in Koblenz, Germany. They returned
to Indianapolis where he was a barber for 35 years.
Children born to Clyde Arthur Gowin and Jessie Adda Hook Gowin include:.
Preston Hook Gowin born September 1, 1912
Two children were born to Clyde Arthur Gowin and Marie Amberg
Gowin.
Marguerite Lela Gowin born February 19, 1921
Mary Kathryn Gowin born July 6, 1934
Preston Hook Gowin, son of Clyde Arthur Gowin and Jessie Ada Hook
Gowin, was born September 1, 1912 in Crawford County.
Marguerite Lela Gowin, daughter of Clyde Arthur Gowin and Marie Amberg
Gowin, was born February 19, 1921. She
was married November 20, 1946 to William M. Blackburn. No children were born to them.
Mary Kathryn Gowin, daughter of Clyde Arthur Gowin and Marie Amberg
Gowin, was born July 6, 1934. She was
married about 1954 to Martin D. Ray.
Children born to them include:
Deborah Joann Ray born February 1, 1956
Michael Wayne Ray born May 20, 1958
Clifford F. Gowin, son of James Albert Gowin and Ella Mae Stoltz Gowin,
was born December 19, 1894. In 1961 he
lived at Stanford, Illinois.
Lala Mae Gowin, daughter of James Albert Gowin and Ella Mae Stoltz
Gowin, was born August 11, 1896. She
was married about 1915 to Uriah Earl "Beige" Beeman.
Pearly Gowin, daughter of James Albert Gowin and Ella Mae Stoltz Gowin,
was born in 1908 and died the same year.
Donald E. Beeman Gowin, adopted son of James Albert Gowin and Ella Mae
Stoltz Gowin, was born about 1910. He
was a brother to Uriah Earl "Beige" Beeman. He lived in Indianapolis.
Lilly Bell Gowin, daughter son of John H. Gowin and Mary E. Shelton
Gowin, was born December 25, 1874 in Bridgeport, Illinois. She was married to Solomon Franklin Jones,
son of George William Jones and Angeline S Hoglan Jones, who was born in
February 1871 in Brooksville, Indiana.
She died after eight children, and Solomon Franklin Jones was remarried
to her cousin. Leola Gowin. He died
about 1930 in Clinton, Indiana.
Children born to them include:
Adolphus W. "Ivin"
Jones born in September 1890
Donald Jones born in April 1894
` Johnny Roy Jones born in July 1895
Glenn Geneva Jones born October 7, 1898
Blanch Jones born about 1905
Alonzo Jones born about 1909
Casey Jones born about 1912
George Washington Jones born
July 23, 1916
George Washington Jones, son of George William Jones and Angeline S.
Hoglan Jones, was born July 23, 1916.
He was married about 1939 to Mary Elizabeth Gowin, daughter of James
Madison Gowin and Mary Belle Cox Gowin.
George Washington Jones died March 6, 1973 in Payne, Ohio and was buried
in the Lehman Cemetery there. Mary
Elizabeth Gowin Jones died in 1993.
One son was born to them:
James Franklin Jones born February 28, 1936
James Franklin Jones, son of George Washington Jones and Mary Elizabeth
Gowin Jones, was born February 20, 1936 in Clinton, Indiana. He served in the U. S. Marine Corps from
1954 to 1957. In 1959 he was employed
in Ft. Wayne by International Harvester Co.
He was married January 6, 1976 in Paulding, Ohio to Mrs. Helen Marie
Iholts who was born in Manchester, Indiana in 1938.
In 1995 he lived in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
William Hamilton Gowin, son of Drury M. Gowin and Elizabeth B. Rash
Gowin, was born May 17, 1850 in Crawford County. He was married to Josephine Catherine "Josey" Highsmith
June 29, 1871 at Robinson, Illinois.
She was born about 1853 to Christopher M. Highsmith and Martha Jane Allen
Highsmith in Crawford County
In the 1880 census of Enumeration District 183, Haney Creek Township,
Crawford County was the family of:
"Gowin, William 30, born in Illinois
Catherine 27, born in Illinois
Charles
5, born in Illinois
John
1, born in Illinois
Oliver 13, born in Illinois, nephew"
Josephine Catherine "Josey" Highsmith Gowin and died there in
1883. On April 23, 1885 William
Hamilton Gowin was remarried to Mary Elizabeth Rich, daughter of Samuel Rich,
Jr. and Mary A. Highsmith Rich who was born January 2. 1847 in Crawford
County. When they were married, she
already had a daughter whom the family claims to be a daughter of William
Hamilton Gowin...
William Hamilton Gowen "wore out a teachers certificate from carrying
it in his pocket, but never used it to teach," according to descendants.
He died April 25, 1898 at Oblong, Illinois in Crawford County. Mary Elizabeth Rich Gowin died December 22,
1909 and was buried in the Rich family cemetery on the Rich farm.
Children born to William Hamilton Gowin, Josephine Catherine
"Josey" Highsmith include:
Charles Franklin Gowin born August 21, 1874
[child] born
about 1876
[daughter] born
December 30, 1877
John Harley Gowin born December 17, 1878
Emma Jane Gowin born October 29, 1880
Samuel Carlton Gowin born December 7, 1882
Children born to William Hamilton Gowin and Mary Elizabeth Rich Gowin
include:
Rosa Inez Rich Gowin born November 25, 1876
Anna Olive Gowin born March 6, 1886
Thomas Redmon Gowin born February 1, 1888
Lillie May Gowin born April 12, 1892
Charles Franklin Gowin, son of William Hamilton Gowin and Josephine
Catherine "Josey" Highsmith Gowin, was born August 21, 1874 at
Flatrock, Illinois in Crawford County.
He was married there to Mary Ann Littlejohn September 12, 1897. She was born September 13, 1880 to Francis
Marion Littlejohn and Sarah Bailey Littlejohn.
Donna
Vee Gowin Johnston wrote of him:
"Frank,
as he was known, was six feet tall, lanky and slim-boned with high cheek bones
and was very agile. He told his son, Millard that he was one‑sixteenth
Indian. His family remembered him as
being very handsome with brown wavy hair that later turned grey, a dark
complexion and blue eyes. He always
liked to look neat.
He
was a hard working farmer and took special pride in his work. His farm, of 40
acres, was four miles south and two miles west of Oblong on the same farm his
father owned, just a short distance west of Seeds Chapel. Neighbors called on him to stack their hay
and wheat. He had a special way of
stacking the wheat shocks so that they would shed water. His special talent even took him as far as
Vincennes. No job was too big or too
small for him. He took pride in his
hogs and enjoyed standing and watching them eat and was known as a good stock
handler.
Carpenter,
woodcutter, log hauling and skidding was another means to earn money. He was thrifty with what little money he had
and was a hard loser.
Frank
served his community as a part‑time tax assessor. Politically, he was a
staunch Democrat and always went to a good friend and neighbor's home to hear
the election reports until he was finally able to buy his own radio. He loved to read and argue politics. He was good with numbers and his penmanship
was pretty and neat. He once took part
in a Literary Society Debate held at Watts School.
He
was well known for his honesty. To
quote his son, William 'I went to the bank with my Dad once to borrow money to
buy a 1929 Model A Ford car. He said to the banker, 'I need some money,
Fletch'. [Fletcher O'Dell] O'dell
said, 'How much, Frank?' My Dad told him. He got a note, filled it out for the
amount. Dad signed it and got the
money. No questions, no security, just
his word. I was pretty proud of my parents.'
Frank
loved his children and wanted them to make a name for themselves and wanted
them to have the very best he could afford to give them. He would do without so that his children
could have something. He very seldom
corrected his children, but when he did, they were careful not to repeat their
error.
Frank
always chewed tobacco and had definite patterned eating habits. He was a Protestant and attended the Pilgrim
Holiness Church irregularly. He had no
major witnesses, only once did he have an ear problem requiring minor
surgery. He died on October 23, 1938
from high blood pressure and a stroke. He was buried in the Oblong Cemetery.
Mary
Ann Littlejohn Was about five feet ten inches tall, large boned, with lots of
long, wavy brown hair and a fair complexion.
She never cut her hair and wore it in a twist or bun on the back of her
head.
She was as hard‑working as her
husband. They had very little money,
and she raised a big garden to be able to can enough food to last through the
year. She also raised turkeys. She was a good seamstress and made most of
the clothes for her family. She was ambitious, clean, a good organizer and took
pride in her white. bright washings,
which of course were scrubbed by hand on a scrub board. She was a good cook and everyone clamored
for her pies.
She
was an old fashioned Methodist as a young girl and then became a member of the
Pilgrim Holiness Church. She was true
to her religious convictions which made her at odds with many other relatives
and friends. Her religious zeal guided
her in many decisions concerning her activities and what her children were
allowed to do. She taught respect and
obedience. In the evening she left her work and spent a time in prayer.
After the deaths of her husband and two grown
children, all happening within a few years, she had a complete nervous
breakdown, but was able to recover. In
her later years, an arthritic condition in her hip made the use of a cane
necessary. Even though she was in a great deal of pain, she still had the
welfare of her family uppermost in her mind.
Her prayers were always seeking help for her loved ones. In her later years of disability, she lived
with her daughter and son‑in‑law, Junia and Mac GILL. She lived
with them for 14 years and did some of the cooking. pieced quilts and
embroidery work.
Mary
Ann died November 30, 1957 in Robinson and was buried beside her husband in the
Oblong Cemetery. They were the parents of 12 children born in Crawford
County."
Children born to Charles Franklin Gowin and Mary Ann Littlejohn Gowin
include:
Raymond Pearl Gowin born April 2, 1899
Daisey Violet Gowin born March 3, 1901
Junia Francis Gowin born June 20, 1903
Golden Ruth Gowin born February 1, 1905
Bertha Leona Gowin born January 10, 1907
Carl Kenneth Gowin born September 12, 1908
Sarah Josephine Gowin born August 14, 1910
William Hamilton Gowin born November 26, 1913
Millard Franklin Gowin born April 12, 1915
Trevah Fern Gowin born October 27, 1917
Mary Maxine Gowin born
August 19, 1920
Mildred Wanda Gowin born September 28, 1922
Raymond Pearl Gowin, son of Charles Franklin Gowin and Mary Ann
Littlejohn Gowin, was born April 2, 1899 in Crawford County. After service in the 149th Army Field
Hospital during World War, he was working in the Salt Creek Oilfield in Matrona
County, Wyoming. There he met and was
married to Dorothea Mae Weeks July 7, 1921.
She was the daughter of Samuel Vance Weeks and Nellie Mae Burton Weeks.
He homesteaded on 640 acres in Matrona County and there established a
farm and ranch operation on the headwaters of North Casper Creek. He influenced three brothers and a sister to
remove to Wyoming during the decade, according to Donna Vee Gowin Johnston. She wrote:
"He was building a reservoir dam for his
younger brother, Millard, when he had an appendicitis attack. Instead of going to Casper right away to a
doctor, he insisted on finishing all of the work he had set out to do. By the
time a doctor was allowed to help him, his appendix had ruptured and
peritonitis had set in. He died October 1, 1938 in Casper and was taken to
Oblong, in Crawford Co., Ill. for burial. Ray was a member of the Masonic Order
in good standing for 13 years. He was a Past Commander of the George W. Vroman
Post #2, of Casper. and also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars."
One daughter was born to Raymond Pearl Gowin and Dorothea Mae Weeks
Gowin.:
Dorothy Darlene Gowin born July 13, 1926
Dorothy Darlene Gowin, daughter of Raymond Pearl Gowin and Dorothea Mae
Weeks Gowin, was born July 13, 1926 at Casper.
She was married about 1946 to Luther Kidwell. Later she was remarried to James William Gullett.
Daisey Violet Gowin, daughter of Charles Franklin Gowin and Mary Ann
Littlejohn Gowin, was born March 3, 1901 in Crawford County. She died unmarried March 6, 1920 and was
buried in Pine Grove Cemetery.
Junia Francis Gowin, daughter of Charles Franklin Gowin and Mary Ann
Littlejohn Gowin, was born June 20, 1903 in Crawford County. She was married November 25, 1922 to DeMack
Gill, son of Rolla Alexander Gill and Elizabeth Thomas Gill. DeMack Gill died September 8, 1966 and was
buried in Oblong Cemetery.
Junia Francis Gowin was remarried to Lee Wise November 26, 1970 in
Crawford County. She spent the majority
of her life teaching in the Crawford County School System. No. children were born to her.
Golden Ruth Gowin, daughter of Charles Franklin Gowin and Mary Ann
Littlejohn Gowin, was born February 1, 1905 in Crawford County. She was married to Carl Owen Neeley about
1925. He was born February 24, 1906 to
Elmer Harrison Neeley and Sarah Olive Sears Neeley. They removed to Casper, Wyoming to join her brothers there. She died in a diabetic coma February 8, 1935
and was buried in Oblong. He was remarried
to Mabel Lula Tracy.
Children born to them include:
Howard Kenneth Neeley born May 23, 1927
Mary Pauline Neeley born January 23, 1929
Alan Clair Neeley born in January 1933
Bertha Leona Gowin, daughter of Charles Franklin Gowin and Mary Ann Littlejohn
Gowin, was born January 10, 1907 in Crawford County. She died at age 12 and was buried in Prior Grove Cemetery.
Carl Kenneth Gowin, son of Charles Franklin Gowin and Mary Ann
Littlejohn Gowin, was born September 12, 1908 in Crawford County. He joined other family members in removed to
Casper, Wyoming during the 1920s.
He was married there September 12, 1929 to Mary Pauline Alexander,
daughter of John Thompson Alexander and Nellie Evaline Stoltz Alexander. She was born in Crawford County July 11,
1905. Of them Donna Vee Gowin Johnston
wrote:
"Kenneth followed his brother, Ray, to Wyoming
to work in the Salt Creek Oilfield.
While there, he also obtained a homestead on the headwaters of North
Casper Creek. Kenneth moved to Mills, Wyoming,. a suburb of Casper and became a
railroad engineer. He was also part
owner of a ranch with his brother, Millard. When World War II was over, Kenneth
sold everything in Wyoming and moved back to Illinois to try to help the asthma
he suffered from. He and his brother,
William, had an auto repair shop in Oblonq before moving to Olive Branch,
Illinois. where they purchased a John Deere dealership. In 1983, Kenneth still owned and operated a
hardware store in Olive Branch.
Pauline was about five feet tall and had brown
hair. She was a good mother and was
very thrifty. She always did a lot of
canning to help feed her family. She
had a good sense of humor and had a high level of tolerance for teasing."
"Kenneth C. Gowin," president of Gowin & Sons Implement Company,
and his wife M. Pauline Gowin, vice president of the firm, lived in Olive
Branch, Illinois in 1958, according to the Cape Girardeau, Missouri City
directory. The implement firm was
located at 238 South Spanish, Cape Girardeau.
The son of Kenneth C. Gowin, Terry K. Gowin and his wife Gladys Gowin
also lived in Olive Branch.
The son of Kenneth C. Gowin, William H. Gowin and his wife Joy I.
Gowin, also lived in Olive Branch.
William H. Gowin was listed as secretary-treasurer of the company and Joy
I. Gowin was listed as assistant secretary.
"James Gowen" appeared in the 1880 census of Rutherford
County, Enumeration District 199, page 19:
"Gowen, James 51,
farmer born in TN, father born in
TN, mother born in TN
Elisa 45, wife, born in born in TN, father
born
in TN, mother born in TN
John 29, farmer, born in TN, father born
in
TN, mother born in TN, single
Josie [?] 20, born in TN, father born in TN,
mother
born in TN
James 17, farmer, born in TN, father born
in
TN, mother born in TN
Charley 12, born in TN, father born in TN,
mother
born in TN
Maggie 6,
born in TN, father born in TN,
mother
born in TN"
Children born to Carl Kenneth Gowin and Mary Pauline Alexander Gowin
include:
Terry Kay Gowin born July 4, 1931
Teddy Clair Gowin born January 12, 1935
Carol Ann Gowin born October 14, 1945
Terry Kay Gowin, son of Carl Kenneth Gowin and Mary Pauline Alexander
Gowin, was born in Casper July 4, 1931.
He was married October 4, 1950 in Cache, Illinois he was married to
Gladys June Simpkins, daughter of William Isaac Simpkins and Lelia Ellen Lewis
Simpkins. She was born July 30, 1932 in
Chicago. In 1952 they lived in Cape
Girardeau, Missouri. In 1983 he was a
machinist in Slidell, Louisiana.
Children born to Terry Kay Gowin and Gladys June Simpkins Gowin
include:
Tony Kent Gowin born March 22, 1952
Timothy Karl Gowin born August 1, 1954
Tommy Keith Gowin born April 29, 1958
Tony Kent Gowin, son of Terry Kay Gowin and Gladys June Simpkins Gowin,
was born March 22, 1952 in Cape Girardeau.
He was married about 1975 to Donna Toler. Children born to Tony Kent Gowin and Donna Toler Gowin are
unknown.
Timothy Karl Gowin, son of Terry Kay Gowin and Gladys June Simpkins
Gowin, was born August 1, 1954, in Cape Girardeau. He was married November 18, 1977 to Estelle Eldridge. He was remarried August 14, 1982 in North Carolina,
wife's name Lois. Children born to
Timothy Karl Gowin, Estelle eldridge and Lois Gowin are unknown.
Tommy Keith Gowin, son of Terry Kay Gowin and Gladys June Simpkins
Gowin, was born April 29, 1958.
Teddy Clair Gowin, son of Carl Kenneth Gowin and Mary Pauline Alexander
Gowin, was born at Columbine, Wyoming January 12, 1935. He was married August 8, 1955 at Victorville,
California Rachel Louise Anselmi, daughter of Henry John Anselmi [Tyrolean] and
Desiree Evelyn Broutin [French.] She
was born August 16, 1935 in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Teddy Clair Gowin served in the U.S. Air Force, and upon retirement,
became a teacher. He died May 21, 1980
at Cairo, Illinois and was buried in Olive Branch where his widow and children
lived in 1983.
Children adopted by Teddy Clair
Gowin and Rachel Louise Anselmi Gowin include:
Carl Kelly Gowin born August 12, 1964
Michelle Louise Gowin born June 27, 1965
Matthew Carl Gowin born April 14, 1968
Carol Ann Gowin, daughter of Carl Kenneth Gowin and Mary Pauline
Alexander Gowin, was born in Casper October 14, 1945 in Casper. She was married July 2, 1966 in St. Louis
to Larry Douglas Guffy who was born
January 22, 1945 in Newbury, Missouri to Walter Lee Guffy and Stella Mae Webb
Guffy. Two children were born to them
in Missouri before they were divorced.
In 1983 she and her children lied in Olive Branch.
Born to them were:
Jeffery Scott Guffy born January 20, 1967
Tisa Annelle Guffy born May 2, 1968
Sarah Josephine Gowin, daughter of Charles Franklin Gowin and Mary Ann
Littlejohn Gowin, was born August 14, 1910 in Crawford County. She died May 5, 1911 and was buried in Prior
Grove Cemetery.
William Hamilton Gowin, son of Charles Franklin Gowin and Mary Ann
Littlejohn Gowin, was born November 26, 1913 in Crawford County. He was married December 1, 1935 to Joy
Imogene Brownfield at Flat Rock, Illinois.
She was born November 13, 1913 to Charles Burton Brownfield and Minnie
Elnora Lough Brownfield in Crawford County..
"William was in Casper as a young man and
worked in the oilfields with his brothers. While in Wyoming, he also applied
for a homestead, but it was taken away from him because he was too young. William had a love for Wyoming that brought
him back several times. He was an outstanding
mechanic, which led him to a partnership with his brother, Kenneth, in an auto
repair shop in Oblong. And later they
bought a John Deere dealership in Olive Branch with William being in charge of
the repair shop. He was retired in 1983 and living in Olive Branch.
Joy was about five feet four inches and had brown
hair. She was slight of build and had a
very gentle personality. She was a
very good and loving mother and always placed her family's needs ahead of her
own. Her house was always very neat and
clean. When her family was raised, she did office work for several years."
Children born to William Hamilton Gowin and Joy Imogene Brownfield
Gowin include:
Charles Barry Gowin born April 7, 1939
Barbara Jerene Gowin born July 2, 1943
Jere Duane Gowin born January 18, 1951
Charles Barry Gowin, son of William Hamilton Gowin and Joy Imogene
Brownfield Gowin, was born in Centralia, Illinois April 7, 1939. He was married May 20, 1960 in Tamms, Illinois
to Barbara Ann Baine. She was born
October 17, 1942 in Sandusky, Illinois to Ernest Eugene Baine and Anna Mae Danner
Baine. He was a teacher and later a
principal in Cape Girardeau,
Missouri. In 1983 they lived in Olive
Branch.
Children born to Charles Barry Gowin and Barbara Ann Baine Gowin
include:
Bret Eric Gowin born May 9, 1961
Dawn Annette Gowin born
January 16, 1967
Barbara Jerene Gowin, daughter of William Hamilton Gowin and Joy
Imogene Brownfield Gowin, was born in Crawford County July 2, 1943.
Jere Duane Gowin, son of William Hamilton Gowin and Joy Imogene
Brownfield Gowin, was born in Crawford County January 18, 1951. He was married January 5, 1976 at Benton,
Missouri to Ruth Ann Backfish. She was
born August 20, 1957 in Cape Girardeau to Charles Backfish and Delephene
Glastetter Backfish.
Jere Duane Gowin was a teacher and later became a Methodist
minister. In 1983 they lived in Olive
Branch.
Children born to Jerry Duane Gowin and Ruth ann Backfish Gowin include:
Julia Ann Gowin born March 11, 1978
Rebecca Dawn Gowin born October 7, 1980
Millard Franklin Gowin, son of Charles Franklin Gowin and Mary Ann
Littlejohn Gowin, was born April 12, 1915 at Oblong. He was married November 1, 1932 at Vincennes, Indiana to Velma
Opal Waggoner. She was born July 28,
1914 in Crawford County. Donna Vee
Gowin Johnston wrote of her parents:
"Millard received his education at a small
country school [Watts School] near his home and continued through the eighth
grade. His parents then decided to keep him home to help with the farming. Millard was six feet tall, had blonde hair
and hazel eyes. Just before his
marriage in 1932, he "rode the rails" to Wyoming to visit his
brother, Ray. This was during the great
depression, and he had to travel with the hobos. He saw men so hungry that they were living on sparrows."
They lived in Illinois for a few months, and then
moved to Casper where their first home was in the Salt Creek Oilfield.. In a
short time, they moved from there to the site of the Lakota Oil Company field
34 miles northwest of Casper in Natrona County. There, Millard worked as a
hired man for his older brother, Ray at his ranch. At the same time Millard and
Opal homesteaded in the same area.
Their homes for the next eight years on the ranch were one or two rooms
of rough lumber covered with tarpaper.
Shortly after the death of his brother, Ray, in
1938, Millard and another brother, Kenneth, became partners and purchased the
ranch from Dorothy, Ray's widow. This
partnership was dissolved soon after World War II. From that time on, Millard
and Opal were the only owners of the ranch that he started working on as a
hired man. It grew to about 40 sections
of deeded and leased land and a large herd of Polled Hereford cattle. Millard also spent about 30 years operating
an irrigated farm on the Kendrick Project which was about 15 miles from the
main ranch and on the South Fork of Casper Creek. This farm had 400 acres of alfalfa and grain which included 90
acres of corn.
Millard has served his community for over 35 years
on numerous agricultural boards and committees, which led to his appointment
by the Governor of Wyoming to the five-man board of the Wyoming Department of
Agriculture on Mar 1, 1981. In March 1983, he was appointed chairman of the
board for two years.
Opal was born in the same house her father was born
in, Her father died when she was six,
and she learned at a very early age how to get by on very little. She also attended a country school with her
sisters and walked a mile through all kinds of weather to gain an
education. She was short in stature,
just under five feet, had blonde hair and blue eyes. She had a good voice and sang solos at the Prior Grove Church
before her marriage. She gave of
herself to her family, the ranch and the community. The most remarkable thing about her contribution to the community
was that she continued to help others despite two broken legs and thirteen
major surgeries, most of them for cancer.
She has 'always set an example of courage and strength for her
family."
Velma Opal Waggoner Gowin died April 7, 1987 in Crawford County, and he
died May 6, 1989 at Casper,
Children born to Millard Franklin Gowin and Velma Opal Waggoner Gowin
include:
LaVelle Rae Gowin born February 14, 1935
Donna Vee Gowin born August 22, 1936
Vaughn Millard Gowin born July 2, 1944
LaVelle Rae Gowin, daughter of Millard Franklin Gowin and Velma Opal
Waggoner Gowin, was born February 14, 1935 in Casper. She died the next day and was buried in Highland Cemetery in
Casper.
Donna Vee Gowin, daughter of Millard Franklin Gowin and Velma Opal
Waggoner Gowin, was born August 22, 1936 in Casper. She was married to Phillip Sherman Johnston July 22, 1955 in
Casper. He was born there to William
Victor Johnston and Mary Agnes Scholz July 22, 1929. He was the fifth child of nine.
He enlisted in the U. S. Navy in 1948 and was graduated from Aviation
Structural Mechanics School at Memphis, Tennessee, standing second in his
class. During the Korean War he served
in Attack Squadron 195 and was stationed aboard the U.S.S. Boxer, Aircraft
Carrier CV-21. Later he served aboard
the carrier U.S.S. Princeton, CV-37.
He was awarded the China Service Medal, the Navy Occupation Service
Metal, the Korean Service Medal with a Bronze Star, United Nations Medal and
Good Conduct Medal. He was discharged
August 22, 1952 as a first class petty officer.
Having been employed as a sheet metal worker since age 14, he returned
to that profession in civilian life. In
1973 he opened Johnston Sheetmetal Service.
Donna Vee Gowin lived with her parents on their ranch north of Casper
until she was married. She was employed
as a bookkeeper. She began teaching
genealogy at Casper College Evening School in 1975 and serves as librarian for
L.D.S. Family History Center Library in addition to being a bible school
teacher. She also serves as
receptionist in her husband's business.
They have lived in Canoga Park and North Hollywood, California and
Logan, Utah in addition to several towns in Wyoming. Their trips have carried them into nearly every state in the
Union as well as Mexico and Canada.
They became members of the Mormon Church in 1964.
In 1978 she began assembling material for "Our Crawford County,
Illinois Heritage" which she published in 1983, The 700-page hard-bound volume was composed
of the research that she had gathered on her ancestry, including the families
of Allen, Bailey, Enloe, Ford, Harris, Hicks, Highsmith, Leeman, Littlejohn,
Martin, Neeley, Rash, Sanders, Thomas, Waggoner, and the four branches of her
Gowin family that she has pursued.
In 1995 she served as Editorial Boardmember of Gowen Research
Foundation, and it is through her courtesy that her Gowin research appears in
this section of the Foundation Manuscript.
Children born to Phillip Sherman Johnston and Donna Vee Gowin Johnston
include:
Eileen Rene Johnston born April 23, 1958
Mark Phillip Johnston born August 7, 1960
David Robert Johnston born March 23, 1962
Stephen Michael Johnston born May 10, 1971
Eileen Rene Johnston, daughter of Phillip Sherman Johnston and Donna
Vee Gowin Johnston, was born April 23, 1958.
She was married about 1980 to Raymond Ott.
Mark Phillip Johnston, son of Phillip Sherman Johnston and Donna Vee
Gowin Johnston, was born August 7, 1960.
He was married to Alicia Dawn Obert about 1982.
David Robert Johnston, son of Phillip Sherman Johnston and Donna Vee
Gowin Johnston, was born March 23, 1962 in Logan, Utah. He was married June 1, 1983 in Salt Lake
City to Deanna Rae Fisher. She was born
June 28, 1962 to Gary Frank Fisher and Sharon Gail Jones Fisher
Stephen Michael Johnston, son of Phillip Sherman Johnston and Donna Vee
Gowin Johnston, was born May 10, 1971 in Casper.
Vaughn Millard Gowin, son of Millard Franklin Gowin and Velma Opal
Waggoner Gowin, was born July 2, 1944.
He died July 11, 1944 and was buried in Highland Cemetery in Casper..
Trevah Fern Gowin, daughter of Charles Franklin Gowin and Mary Ann
Littlejohn Gowin, was born October 27, 1914 in Crawford County. She was married June 1, 1942 to Cecil F.
Kermicel in Jasper County. She died
February 17, 1947 in Chicago, and he died July 3, 1958 in Crawford County. Both were buried in Oblong Cemetery.
Mary Maxine Gowin, daughter of Charles Franklin Gowin and Mary Ann
Littlejohn Gowin, was born August 19, 1920 in Crawford County. She was married there March 17, 1939 to
Marvin Albert Utterback, son of Glen Edgar Utterback and Nellie Albert
Utterback. He was born in Crawford
County March 17, 1919.
Five children were born to them:
Karen Elaine Utterback born January 18, 1942
Patricia Ann Utterback born October 24, 1946
Danny Wayne Utterback born January 28, 1950
Kevin Lee Utterback born July 14, 1955
Cinthia Sue Utterback born March 16, 1957
Mildred Wanda Gowin, daughter of Charles Franklin Gowin and Mary Ann
Littlejohn Gowin, was born September 28, 1922 in Crawford County. She was married May 6, 1943 to Pearl Otis
Watts, son of Linder Watts and Romildred Tracy Watts. He was born October 23, 1911 in Oblong. He was a cook at the Heath Candy Factory for many years. She became a high school English teacher at
Robinson, Illinois.
Children born to them include:
Raymond Pearl Watts born September 6, 1945
Marilyn Kay Watts born November 17, 1950
Raymond Pearl Watts, son of Pearl Otis Watts and Mildred Wanda Gowin
Watts, was born September 6, 1945. He
was married about 1968 to Janet Mae Fuller.
Marilyn Kay Watts, daughter of Pearl Otis Watts and Mildred Wanda Gowin
Watts, was born November 17, 1950. He
was married about 1970 to Clinton Duane Gortney.
A child, name unknown was born to William Hamilton Gowin and Josephine
Catherine "Josey" Highsmith Gowin about 1876 and died in infancy.
A daughter, name unknown, was born to William Hamilton Gowin and
Josephine Catherine "Josey" Highsmith Gowin December 30, 1877 and
died in infancy.
John Harley Gowin, son of William Hamilton Gowin and Josephine
Catherine "Josey" Highsmith Gowin, was born December 17, 1878 in
Crawford County. Pfc. John Harley Gowin
served in the U.S. Army Coast Artillery following the Spanish-American
War. He was on active duty from August
19, 1901 to August 22, 1904. Upon being
discharged, he went to Morgan County, Indiana to work as a farm laborer. When he left his place of employment, he
recommended his brother, Samuel Carlton Gowin for the job.
He was married December 24, 1906 in Terre Haute, Indiana to Mrs. Rena
Mae Miller Bailey. She was born April
15, 1880 in Fountinet, Indiana to Charles P. Miller and Ida May High Miller. She had been married previously to George
Bailey and had one child.
After John was married, he took his family south and lived in
Kentucky. They eventually moved to
Florida where he died June 28. 1955. He
was buried in the Rosehill Cemetery in Osceola County. Florida. Rena Mae Miller
Bailey Gowin died August 18, 1962, and her ashes were buried beside her
husband.
Four children were born to John Harley Gowin and Rena Mae Miller Bailey
Gowin:
Edwin Lavern Bailey born August 9, 1904
Harold Hamilton Gowin born March 29, 1908
Eva Mae Gowin born August 17, 1910
Jack Buel Gowin born June 20, 1920
Edwin Lavern Bailey, son of John Harley Gowin and Rena Mae Miller
Bailey Gowin, was born August 9, 1904 at Fountinet. He was employed by Bill Bailey, perhaps a kinsman, who owned a
horse show. When Bill Bailey died,
Edwin Lavern Bailey took over the horse show and also his name. He was married to Blanche Hudgens May 12,
1939.
Harold Hamilton Gowin, son of John Harley Gowin and Rena Mae Miller
Bailey Gowin, was born March 29, 1908 in Hardinsville, Illinois. He died April 23, 1922 in Bowling Green,
Kentucky.
Eva Mae Gowin, daughter of John Harley Gowin and Rena Mae Miller Bailey
Gowin, was born August 17, 1910 in Hardinsville. She was married to Lester Daniels January 9, 1930. They were divorced
in 1931. She was remarried to Armando
Llaugett February 9, 1941 in Tampa, Florida.
He was the son of Prudencio Llaugett and Ana Marie Gonzalez of Havana. She died October 1, 1970 in Celeron, New
York. No children were born to them.
Jack Buel Gowin, son of John Harley Gowin and Rena Mae Miller Bailey
Gowin, was born June 20, 1920 in Scottsville, Kentucky. He was married February 19, 1943 to Darlene
Wagner. He served in the U.S. Army
from October 21, 1942 to November 4, 1945.
After World War ii, he worked in Yakima, Washington as an auto
mechanic. They were divorced after the
birth of two children there.
On December 9, 1955 Jack Buel Gowin was remarried to Kathryn Hager who
was born in Linn, North Dakota. In that
year he removed to Seattle where he was employed by Boeing Aircraft Corporation
as an aircraft mechanic. He was
promoted to corporate management and retired as an executive with the company
in 1975.
Children born to Jack Buel Gowin and Darlene Wagner Gowin include:
Melissa Ann Gowin born November 22, 1949
Gregory Gowin born November 3, 1951
Children born to Jack Buel Gowin and Kathryn Hager Gowin include:
Michael David Gowin born November 7, 1954
Jeffrey Blair Gowin born March 6, 1959
Melissa Ann Gowin, daughter of Jack Buel Gowin and Darlene Wagner
Gowin, was born November 22, 1949 in Yakima.
She was married about 1970, husband's name McIntosh.
Gregory Gowin, son of Jack Buel Gowin and Darlene Wagner Gowin, was
born November 3, 1951 in Yakima. In
1983 he was making a career of the U.S. Air Force.
Michael David Gowin, son of Jack Buel Gowin and Kathryn Hager Gowin,
was born November 7, 1954. He was
married to Lee Cunningham about 1977.
Children born to Michael David Gowin and Linda Lee Cunningham Gowin are
unknown.
Jeffrey Blair Gowin, son of Jack Buel Gowin and Kathryn Hager Gowin,
was born March 6, 1959 in Seattle. He
served six years in the U.S. Army and in 1983 was a self-employed carpenter in
Seattle.
Emma Jane Gowin, daughter of William Hamilton Gowin and Josephine
Catherine "Josey" Highsmith Gowin, was born October 29, 1880 in
Crawford County. Emma Jane Gowin made a
trip to visit her uncle James Madison Gowin in Murfreesboro, Tennessee where
she met her husband-to-be.
She was married there to George
Kelly Poff March 25, 1905. He was born
January 15, 1881 to John Floyd Poff and Julia Ann Vaughn Poff. They removed to Ft. Worth, Texas where he
was employed for several years before they returned to Rutherford County. He died there September 10, 1947, and she died
there January 1, 1963. Both were buried
in Evergreen Cemetery. They had no
children. A niece, Julia Ann Poff who
was married to James O. Waddell, lived with them.
Emma Jane Gowin Poff wrote her will May 12, 1953, according to
Rutherford County Will Book 6, page 17:
"I, Mrs. Emma Poff, a citizen and resident of
Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, do hereby make and declare this to
be my true last will and testament.
Item One: I direct that my funeral expenses and all
just obligations f my estate be paid as
soon as may be practicable out of the first funds coming into the hands of my
Executrix.
Item Two: Out of any cash or cash assets, such as
bonds etc. which may be left after payment of my debts, I will the sum of
$200.00 to my husband's niece, Clarice Miller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; the
sum of $200.00 to the general fund of the Central Christian Church of
Murfreesboro, Tennessee; and any balance remaining I will to my brother, John
H. Gowin of St. Cloud, Florida. If he
be dead, then to his two children in equal shares.
Item Three: I will and devise my house and lot at
City Street No. 109 South Tennessee Boulevard to James 0. Waddell, his wife,
Julia Ann Waddell and their daughter, Carol Ann Waddell, to each a one‑third
undivided interest. But this bequest is
made upon the condition, and solely upon the condition, that Mr. and Mrs. Waddell
remain with me and see that I receive proper care and attention until the time
of my death. Should they fail so to do,
then they shall take no interest in my property. James 0. Waddell and wife shall have full power to encumber, sell
and convey said house and lot during the minority of their daughter, and pass
the full fee simple title thereto; and no purchaser shall be required to see to
application of the proceeds, or any part thereof, for the benefit of Carol Ann.
Item Four: Should the said James 0. Waddell and wife
fail to see that I receive proper care and attention as above provided, then I
direct that my Executrix hereinafter named sell my said house and lot, on such
terms as she deems best, and divide the proceeds as follows:
One‑third to my brother, John H. Gowin, or to
his children, should he be dead;
One‑third to my niece, Mrs. Edna Melvin of 5 State Street, Indianapolis, Indiana;
One‑third to my niece Mrs. Jun1e Gill, of 314
S. Garfield Street, Oblong, Illinois.
Item Five: All of my household furnishings not otherwise
disposed of shall go with my house and lot and pass to the parties receiving
the house and lot or its proceeds,
Item Six: I will probably leave a list of specific
articles, such as jewelry, etc., which I wish to be given to particular
persons; and I trust my Executrix will see that my wishes are observed in this
respect. Any other personal property
which I may leave shall go and pass to my brother, John H. Gowin, or his
children if he be dead.
Item Seven: I nominate and appoint Clarice Miller as
Executrix of my estate, and request that she be excused from giving security
upon her bond as such.
In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name to
this my last will and testament which is typewritten on two sheets of paper and
the first sheet bearing my signature for identification at Murfreesboro,
Tennessee, this the 12 day of May. 1953.
Mrs.
Emma Gowin Poff"
Samuel Carlton Gowin, son of William Hamilton Gowin and Josephine
Catherine "Josey" Highsmith Gowin, was born December 7, 1882 in
Crawford County. When he was just a
small child, his mother died and for a short while he lived in the home of his
mother's sister, Rhua Ann Highsmith Taylor and Taylor, according to Donna Vee
Gowin Johnston.
On 29 Jan 1906, in Morgan County, Indiana, he was married to Bertha A.
Carroll. She was born March 22, 1886
and died June 28, 1907 of tuberculosis. He was remarried July 27, 1908 in Franklin,
Indiana to Lizzie Mabel Mallow Dewhurst, daughter of George Mallow and Joan
Etter Mallow.
She was born April 3, 1883 in Johnson County, Indiana and had been
previously married to Charles Dewhurst on September 6, 1905.
They were divorced January 3, 1908 without having any children.
Samuel Carlton Gowin came to Indiana to work as a replacement on a job
which his brother, John Harley Gowin, had first held.. Samuel Carlton Gowin
remained in Indiana and finally had his own farm in Morgan County, near West
Newton, Indiana.
One child was born to them.
They also opened their home to a niece and nephew, children of her
brother, and they were raised to adulthood in their home. He died there of tuberculosis May 8. 1930. She died May 4, 1946 in Indianapolis, and both were buried in the
Mallow Family Cemetery, near Waverly, Indiana.
No children were born to Samuel Carlton Gowin and Bertha Carroll
Gowin. One daughter was born to Samuel
Carlton Gowin and Lizzie Mabel Mallow Dewhurst Gowin:
Edna Pearl Gowin born November 18, 1909
Edna Pearl Gowin, daughter of Samuel Carlton Gowin and Lizzie Mabel
Mallow Dehurst Gowin, was born November 10, 1909. she was married to John Morton Melvin May 19, 1932. He was born in Madison County, Indiana May
15, 1860 to William Melvin and Mary Palmer.
He died May 21, 1954 in Indianapolis. She was remarried to Jesse A.
Slayton February 9, 1956 in Franklin.
He was born January 28, 1898 in Sumner County, Tennessee to Charles
Slayton and Ella Trout Slayton. He died
August 29, 1973 in Indianapolis. She
died June 22, 1980 in Greenwood, Indiana at her residence of a heart attack and
was buried in the Mallow Family Cemetery.
No children were born to her.
Rosa Inez Rich Gowin, daughter of William Hamilton Gowin and Mary
Elizabeth Rich Gowin, was born November 25, 1876 in Crawford County. She was married December 23, 1896 to Joseph
Addison Love, son of James Wilson Love and Scytha Lucretia Goodlink Love. He was born June 20, 1876 in Crawford
County. He belonged to the Presbyterian
church and politically was a Democrat.
He died July 19, 1934, and she died November 19, 1962. Both were buried in Tohill Cemetery.
Twelve children were born to them:
Henry Ellis Love born August 14, 1897
James William Love born September 18, 1899
Esther Ellen Love born March 29, 1901
Henry Kenneth Love born November 21, 1902
[child] born
April 15, 1905
Mary Lucretia Love born December 15, 1906
[daughter] born
August 11, 1908
Hallie May Love born April 17, 1910
Robert Theodore Love born April 27, 1912
Florence Christine Love born November 2, 1913
Ralph Vernon Love born April 28, 1916
Joseph Addison Love, Jr. born December 17, 1918
Anna Olive Gowin, daughter of William Hamilton Gowin and Mary Elizabeth
Rich Gowin, was born March 6, 1886 in Crawford County. She was married October 31, 1904 to James
Harvey Bays, son of John Bays and Elizabeth A. Bays, who was born August 8,
1888 in Old York, Illinois. She died
February 29, 1940.
Thomas Redmon Gowin, son of William Hamilton Gowin and Mary Elizabeth
Rich Gowin, was born February 2, 1888 in Crawford County. He was married February 3, 1909 to Catherine
Elizabeth "Kate" Yeager who was born to John D. yeager and Josephine
H. Valbert Yeager March 19, 1891 in Jasper County. He operated and feed and implement store in St. Marie,
Illinois. He died in July 1991 in St.
Marie, and continued to live there in 1983.
Three children were born to Thomas Redmon Gowin and Catherine Elizabeth
"Kate" Yeager Gowin:
Merece Harley Gowin born February 5, 19108
Mildred Catherine Gowin born August 31, 1912
Paul Redmon Gowin born December 10, 1919
Merece Harley Gowin, son of Thomas Redmon Gowin and Catherine Elizabeth
"Kate" Yeager Gowin, was born February 5, 1910. He was married about 1923, wife's name
Geraldine. Children born to Merece
Harley Gowin and Geraldine Gowin are unknown.
Mildred Catherine Gowin, daughter of Thomas Redmon Gowin and Catherine
Elizabeth "Kate" Yeager Gowin, was born August 31, 1912. she was married about 1931 to Edward C. Helregel.
Paul Redmon Gowin, son of Thomas Redmon Gowin and Catherine Elizabeth
"Kate" Yeager Gowin, was born December 10, 1919. He was married to Amelia Dorothy Frohning
September 25, 1946 in Wendelin, Illinois.
She was born June 3, 1922 to Philip John "Dan" Frohning and
Regina Cecilia Deimel Frohning. They
lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas. No
children were born to Paul Redmon Gowin and Regina Cecilia Frohning Gowin.
Lillie May Gowin, daughter of William Hamilton Gowin and Mary Elizabeth
Rich Gowin, was born April 12, 1892 in Crawford County. She was married March 12, 1908 to Charles
Warren Brush.
Eliza Jane Gowin, daughter of Drury M. Gowin and Elizabeth B. Rash
Gowin, was born about 1851. She was
married about 1869 to Harrison P. Waldrop.
She was remarried to George W. Stewart January 25, 1886 as his second
wife.
Children born to them include:
Duane Waldrop born in September 1870
Samuel Waldrop born
about 1872
Sarah Waldrop born about 1875
John Waldrop born about 1877
America Waldrop born in July 1879
Elizabeth Gowin, daughter of Shadrack Gowin and Polly Bass Gowin, was
born August 1, 1820 in Wilson County, Tennessee. "Eliza Gowin" was married January 12, 1843 to Stephen
Scarlett in Crawford County. Ge was
born at French Lick, Indiana January 16, 1815.
They were enumerated there in the 1850 census of Crawford County. They removed about 1858 to Taylor County,
Iowa. Stephen Scarlett served as a
private in Company F, Second Nebraska Cavalry Regiment during the Civil
War. Shadrack Gowin was enumerated as a
visitor in their home in the Iowa state census of 1865.
Later Stephen Scarlett removed to Nebraska City, Nebraska to homestead. Elizabeth Gowin Scarlett died about 1895 at
White Cloud, Kansas while she was visiting a daughter there. She was buried there in an unmarked graves. Stephen Scarlett died about 1900 at Harbine,
Nebraska and was buried there.
Six children were born to them:
Nelson W. Scarlett born November 16, 1843
Shadrack B. Scarlett born March 10, 1845
Charles Edward Scarlett born April 10, 1847
Theodosia L. Scarlett born April 3, 1849
Liddy Ann Scarlett born about 1853
George W. Scarlett born July 24, 1863
Ezekiel B. Gowin, son of Shadrack Gowin and Polly Bass Gowin, was born
September 16, 1823 in Tennessee. He was
married about 1846 to Frances Barker.
Later he was remarried to Eliza Ann Miller.
Children born to Ezekiel B. Gowin and Frances Barker Gowin include:
Shadrack Gowin born May 14, 1847
Children born to Ezekiel B. Gowin and Eliza Ann Miller Gowin include:
John Wilford Gowin born in January 1855
Elvira C. Gowin born in September 1860
William Douglas Gowin born July 8 1861
Fannie Alice Gowin born in December 1865
Lewis Samuel Gowin born December 5, 1871
Shadrack Gowin, son of Ezekiel B. Gowin and Frances Barker Gowin, was
born Mary 14, 1847 at Sumner, Illinois.
He was married to Lydia M. Herring about 1867 in Jasper County, Illinois. He was remarried there to Mrs. Eliza Louisa
Traynor Tripp March 15, 1883. He died
suddenly February 20, 1920 at Olney, Illinois while waiting for a train to go
to Sumner. He was buried in the Newton
Cemetery.
Children born to Shadrack Gowin and Frances Barker Gowin include:
Emma Ettie Gowin born about 1868
Children born to Shadrack Gowin and Eliza Louisa Traynor Tripp Gowin
include:
Fannie Mae Gowin born January 14, 1884
Laura E. Gowin born Dec. 21, 1885
[child] born October 24, 1888
Pearl P. Gowin born in August 1890
` [son] born
in May 1894
Emma Ettie Gowin, daughter of Shadrack Gowin and Fannie Barker Gowin,
was born about 1868 in Jasper County.
She was married to Frank M. Rayburn April 14, 1887 in Richland
County. He was born about 1865 in Mason
County, West Virginia to Elexander Rayburn and Sarah Bale Rayburn.
Children born to them include:
Sed Rayburn born about 1889
John Rayburn born about 1891
Frank Rayburn born about 1893
Raymond Rayburn born about 1897
Nellie Rayburn born about 1901
Fannie Mae Gowin, daughter of Shadrack Gowin and Eliza Louisa Traynor
Tripp Gowin, was born January 14, 1884.
She was married to James L. Easton December 3, 1900 in Coles County,
Illinois. He was born there about 1875
to V. D. Easton and Permelia Niece Easton.
Laura E. Gowin, daughter of Shadrack Gowin and Eliza Louisa Traynor
Tripp Gowin, was born December 21, 1885.
She was married to Miles Dobyns January 25, 1903 in Coles County. He was born about 1881 to Andrew Dobyns and
Anna D. Dobyns.
A child, name unknown, was born to Shadrack Gowin and Eliza Louisa
Traynor Tripp Gowin October 24, 1888 and died in infancy.
Pearl P. Gowin, daughter of Shadrack Gowin and Eliza Louisa Traynor
Tripp Gowin, was born in August 1890.
A son, name unknown, was born to Shadrack Gowin and Eliza Louisa
Traynor Tripp Gowin in May 1894 and died in infancy.
John Wilford Gowin, son of Ezekiel B. Gowin and Eliza Ann Miller Gowin,
was born in Lawrence County in January 1855.
On February 12, 1883 he was married there to Sarah Kimmel, daughter of a
Lawrence County physician, Nathan Kimmel and Elizabeth M. King Kimmel.
Children born to John Wilford Gowin and Sarah Kimmel Gowin include:
Eva Mary Gowin born in August 1883
Lora Bell Gowin born in March 1886
Mary Eliza Gowin born in March 1889
Fern Alma Gowin born in December 1891
Harry M. Gowin born in August 1898
Eva Mary Gowin, daughter of John Wilford Gowin and Sarah Kimmel Gowin,
was born in August 1883. She was
married to Jesse A. Mock January 22, 1902 in Richland County in a double
wedding ceremony with her sister, Lora Bell Gowin. They lived in Mississippi.
Lora Bell Gowin, daughter of John Wilford Gowin and Sarah Kimmel Gowin,
was born in March 1886. she was married
to Roy Swisher January 22, 1902 in Olney, Illinois in a double ceremony with
her sister.
Mary Eliza Gowin, daughter of John Wilford Gowin and Sarah Kimmel
Gowin, was born in March 1889.
Fern Alma Gowin, daughter of John Wilford Gowin and Sarah Kimmel Gowin,
was born in December 1891. She was
married about 1911, husband's name Bigard.
Harry M. Gowin, son of John Wilford Gowin and Sarah Kimmel Gowin, was
born in August 1890 in Jasper County.
He was married about 1920 to Anna Doran who was born about 1904 in
Trowbridge, Illinois. She died February
22, 1853 in Jasper County, and he died there April 3, 1971. They were buried in Mt. Calvary Cemetery at
Newton, Illinois.
Four children were born to Harry M. Gowin and Anna Doran Gowin:
Elizabeth Josephine Gowin born October 23, 1924
Robert Gowin born about 1926
[daughter] born
about 1929
[daughter] born
about 1933
Elizabeth Josephine Gowin, daughter of Harry M. Gowin and Anna Doran
Gowin was stillborn October 23, 1924.
Robert Gowin, son of Thomas Redmon Gowin and Catherine Elizabeth
"Kate" Yeager Gowin, was born about 1926. He was married about 1949 to Evelyn Stanley. Robert Gowin and Evelyn Stanley Gowin lived
in Newton, Illinois in 1971.
A daughter, name unknown, was born to Harry M. Gowin and Anna Doran
Gowin about 1929. She was married about
1949 to Robert Eaton. In 1971 they
lived in Tuscola, Illinois.
A daughter, name unknown, was born to Harry M. Gowin and Anna Doran
Gowin about 1933. She was married about
1949 to Joe Flora. In 1971 they lived
in Sibley, Illinois.
Jane Gowin, daughter of Shadrack Gowin and Polly Bass Gowin, was born
about 1826 in Tennessee.
Elvira C. Gowin, daughter of Ezekiel B. Gowin and Eliza Ann Miller
Gowin, was born in September 1890 in Illinois. She was married to Johnson
Lytle, son of John Lytle and Jane Lytle.
Johnson Lytle was born in January 1853 in Illinois. He made his living as a farmer in Jasper
County in 1900. At least seven children were born to them:
Mary A. Lytle born in January 1878
Della M. Lytle born in December 1879
William H. Lytle born in June 1881
Minnie Ann Lytle born in November 1884
George E. Lytle born in December 1886
Harry E. Lytle born in November 1889
Emma E. Lytle born in March 1898
William Douglas Gowin, son of Ezekiel B. Gowin and Eliza Ann Miller
Gowin, was born July 8, 1861 in Lawrence County, Illinois. On
November 16, 1882 in Richland County, Illinois, he was married to Anna
E. Boatman, daughter of Solomon Boatman and Rebecca Wade Boatman. She was born January 17, 1863 in Richland
County
Four children were born to them in Jasper County, Illinois. By 1900, they were living in Ripley County.
Missouri. William Douglas Gowin died
the July 26, 1936, and Anna E. Boatman Gowin died there March 4, 1940, and both
are buried in the New Hope Cemetery.
Children born to them include:
Lottie Lee Gowin born September 14, 1883
Charles Cleveland Gowen born February 18, 1885
Daisey Alice Gowin born June 1, 1886
Perry D. Gowin born December 28, 1896
Lottie Lee Gowin, daughter of William Douglas Gowin and Anna E. Boatman
Gowin, was born in Jasper County September 14, 1887. She died there at age two January 6, 1890.
Charles Cleveland Gowin, son of William Douglas Gowin and Anna E.
Boatman Gowin, was born in Jasper County February 10, 1885. He was married February 9, 1937 to Stella
Beatrice Bethel in Ripley County, Illinois.
She was born there April 12, 1885.
One son was born to Charles Cleveland Gowin and Stella Beatrice Bethel
Gowin:
Enoch Gowin born about 1939
Enoch Gowin, son of Charles Cleveland Gowin and Stella Beatrice Bethel
Gowin, was born about 1939. In 1956 he
lived in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Daisey Alice Gowin, daughter of William Douglas Gowin and Anna E.
Boatman Gowin, was born in Jasper County June 1, 1886. She died May 20, 1901 and was buried in
Ripley County.
Perry D. Gowin, son of William Douglas Gowin and Anna E. Boatman Gowin,
was born in Jasper County December 20, 1896.
He died July 2, 1910 and was buried in Ripley County.
Fannie Alice Gowin, daughter of Ezekiel B. Gowin and Eliza Ann Miller
Gowin, was born in December 1865 in Illinois.
She was married to Charles Manning who was born in July 1851 in Indiana.
Children born to them include:
James O. Manning born in June 1888.
Orin A. Manning born September 1891
Lewis Samuel Gowin, son of Ezekiel B. Gowin and Eliza Ann Miller, was
born on December 5, 1871 in Lawrence County.
He was married March 17, 1893 in Jasper County to Mariah D. Kimmel,
daughter of Nathan Kimmel and Elizabeth M. King Kimmel She was born in April 1873 in Illinois. Lewis Samuel Gowin made his living as a farmer in Lawrence County. She died in 1941,
and he died on December 31, 1962. Both
were buried in Whitehouse Cemetery in Lawrence County.
Seven children were born to Lewis Samuel Gowin and Mariah D. Kimmel
Gowin:
Minnie Myrtle Gowin born in January 1895
Roscoe "Ross" Gowin born in May 1898
Bessie M. Gowin born November 6. 1900
Jessie Singleton Gowin born August 9, 1903
Lester D. Gowin born in December 1905
Zilphia V. Gowin born December 26, 1909
Violet Catherine Gowin b September 12, 1915
Minnie Myrtle Gowin, daughter of Lewis Samuel Gowin and Mariah D.
Kimmel Gowin. was born in January 1895 in Lawrence County. She was married about 1915 to Glenn A.
Rodgers who was born in 1894. He died
in 1932. Later she was remarried to
Theodore Lewis. In 1962 she was living
in a nursing home in Sumner.
Seven children were born to Glenn A. Rodgers and Minnie Myrtle Gowin
Rodgers:
Wayne Rodgers born about 1917
Lewis Rodgers born about 1919
John William Rodgers born about 1921
Glenn D. Rodgers born about 1924
John William Rodgers born about 1927
Ann Rodgers born about 1930
Irene Rodgers born about 1934
Roscoe "Ross" Gowin, son of Lewis Samuel Gowin and Mariah D.
Kimmel Gowin. was born in May 1898. He
lived in Sumner in 1962.,
Bessie M. Gowin, daughter of Lewis Samuel Gowin and Mariah D. Kimmel
Gowin. was born November 6, 1900 in Lawrence County. She was married about 1918 to Arnold Knight and lived in East St.
Louis, Missouri in 1962. No children
were born to them.
Jessie Singleton Gowin, son of Lewis Samuel Gowin and Mariah D. Kimmel
Gowin. was born August 9, 1903 in Lawrence County. He was married June 2, 1923 in Bridgeport to Viola M. Hopkins who
was born November 7, 1903. He died
December 14, 1962 at Sumner and was buried in the Whitehouse Cemetery. Viola M. Hopkins Gowin continued to live
there in 1983.
Children born to Jessie Singleton Gowin and Viola M. Hopkins Gowin
include:
Virginia Gowin born March 9, 1924
Fern Catherine Gowin born February 25, 1927
Grace Lorraine Gowin born January 3, 1930
Bessie Maria Gowin born March 18, 1932
Jesse Eugene Gowin born November 20, 1933
Carolyn Lee Gowin [twin] born May 15, 1943
Carol Dee Gowin [twin] born May 15, 1943
Walter Leroy Gowin born February 12, 1945
Virginia Gowin, daughter of Jessie Singleton Gowin and Viola M. Hopkins
Gowin, was born March 9, 1924 in Whiting, Indiana. She was married about 1946 to Joe Holcy.
Fern Catherine Gowin, daughter of Jessie Singleton Gowin and Viola M.
Hopkins Gowin, was born February 25, 1927 in Lawrence County. She was married about 1947 to Cash Miller,
according to the research of Donna Vee Gowin Johnston.
Grace Lorraine Gowin, daughter of Jessie Singleton Gowin and Viola M.
Hopkins Gowin, was born January 3, 1930 in Lawrence County. She was married about 1951 to Clinton Cafin.
Bessie Maria Gowin, daughter of Jessie Singleton Gowin and Viola M.
Hopkins Gowin, was born March 18, 1932 in Crawford County. She died January 12, 1933 and was buried in
the Whitehouse Cemetery.
Jessie Eugene Gowin, son of Jessie Singleton Gowin and Viola M. Hopkins
Gowin, was born November 20, 1933 in Crawford County. He was married about 1956, wife's name Bessie. In 1983 he was farming the land that
Shadrack Gowin settled on in the 1830s.
Children born to Jessie Eugene Gowin and Bessie Gowin are unknown.
Carolyn Lee Gowin, twin daughter of Jessie Singleton Gowin and Viola M.
Hopkins Gowin, was born May 15, 1943 in Lawrence County. She died the same day.
Carol Dee Gowin, twin daughter of Jessie Singleton Gowin and Viola M.
Hopkins Gowin, was born May 15, 1943 in Lawrence County. She died the same day.
Walter Leroy Gowin, son daughter of Jessie Singleton Gowin and Viola M.
Hopkins Gowin, was born February 12, 1945 in Lawrence County
Lester D. Gowin, son of Lewis Samuel Gowin and Mariah D. Kimmel Gowin.
was born in December 1905. He was
married about 1928, wife's name Anna M.
who was born in 1903. In 1962
they lived in Lakeland, Florida. He
died in 1967 and was buried in Whitehouse Cemetery. No children were born to
them.
Zilphia V. Gowin, daughter of Lewis Samuel Gowin and Mariah D. Kimmel
Gowin. was born December 26, 1909 in Lawrence County. She was married about 1930 to Cash Miller. She died June 30, 1943 and was buried in
Whitehouse Cemetery. No children were
born to them.
Violet Catherine Gowin, daughter of Lewis Samuel Gowin and Mariah D.
Kimmel Gowin. was born September 12, 1915 in Lawrence County. She died at age six October 11, 1921 and was
buried in Whitehouse Cemetery.
Margaret Gowin, daughter of Shadrack Gowin and Polly Bass Gowin, was born
about 1830 in Wilson County. She was
married about 1849 to Henry Murray.
Children born to them include:
Shadrack Murray born about 1853
Drury "Dude" Murray born in May 1863\
Lydia S. "Siddie" Gowin, daughter of Shadrack Gowin and Polly
Bass Gowin, was born about 1834 in Illinois
William E. Gowin, son of Shadrack Gowin and Polly Bass Gowin, was born
about 1836. He was married about 1849,
wife's name Rachel.
Samuel T. Gowin, son of Shadrack Gowin and Polly Bass Gowin, was born
in September 1837. He was married in
Lawrence County, Illinois March 18, 1868 to Susan Ann Stout. She was born about 1841 in Marion County,
Illinois to Abraham Stout and Elizabeth Stout.
Children born to Samuel T. Gowin and Susan Ann Stout Gowin include:
Mary Elizabeth Gowin born about 1861
Adeline Gowin born about 1864
Drury "Dude" Gowin born about 1866
Samantha J. Gowin born about 1868
Ezekiel "Zeke" Gowin born in September 1871
Nora Gowin born November 16, 1879
Mary Elizabeth Gowin, daughter of Samuel T. Gowin and Susan Ann Stout
Gowin, was born about 1861 in Sumner, Illinois in Lawrence County. She was married October 9, 1880 to James A.
Crawford.
Adeline Gowin, daughter of Samuel T. Gowin and Susan Ann Stout Gowin,
was born about 1866 near Sumner.
Drury "Dude" Gowin, son of Samuel T. Gowin and Susan Ann
Stout Gowin, was born about 1866 at Sumner.
He was married to Elvira Rigley in 1887 in Lawrence County. Children born to Drury "Dude"
Gowin and Elvira Rigley Gowin are unknown.
Samantha J. Gowin, daughter of Samuel T. Gowin and Susan Ann Stout
Gowin, was born about 1868 near Sumner.
She was married to Walt Stoltz in 1887 in Lawrence County.
Ezekiel "Zeke" Gowin, son of Samuel T. Gowin and Susan Ann
Stout Gowin, was born in September 1871 in Petty township in Lawrence
County. . He was married about 1894 to Elizabeth Perkins, daughter of
William Perkins and Elizabeth Stiver Perkins, who was born in July 1879.
Children born to Ezekiel "Zeke" Gowin and Elizabeth Perkins
Gowin include:
Delbert Gowin born in October 1898
Nora Gowin, daughter of Samuel T. Gowin and Susan Ann Stout Gowin, was
born November 16, 1879 in Christy township.
Hezekiah M. Gowin, son of Shadrack Gowin and Mary "Polly"
Bass Gowin, was born in October 1840 in Crawford County, Illinois. He was married about 1866 to Margaret
Herrin. She was born about 1843 in Park
County in Park County, Illinois and died about 1880. He was remarried to Elizabeth Herrin, regarded as a sister.
He was enumerated in the 1880 census of Richland County, Illinois,
Enumeration District 169, page 2, Claremont Township:
"Gowin, Hezakier 39,
born in Illinois
E. Isabell 38, born in Illinois
James F. 13, born in Illinois
Sarah A. 10, born in Illinois
John E.
6, born in Illinois
Emma R. 4,
born in Illinois
Elexander 2,
born in Illinois"
At least one child was born to them before they were divorced about
1900. He was remarried August 22, 1901
was to Mary Ann Sails, the daughter of James Sails and Margaret Ann Privet
Sails. She was born in 1842 in
Gibson County, Indiana. It was his
third marriage and her fourth. His
fourth marriage on June 15, 1903 was to Ardelia Cardwell Mink, daughter of
Vance Cardwell and Fannie Cardwell. She
was born in January 1842 in Smith County, Tennessee and died September 25,
1916. She was buried in Sumner
Cemetery. Children born to Mary Sails Gowin and to Ardella Mink Gowin are
unknown.
Nine Children were born to Hezekiah M. Gowin and and his wives:
James F. Gowin born
about 1867
Sarah Alice Gowin born in June 1870
John E. Gowin born in August 1873
Emma R. Gowin born in May 1876
Alexander Gowin born in April 1880
[child] born
about 1884
[child] born
about 1886
[child] born
about 1889
[child] born
about 1892
Children born to Hezekiah M. Gowin and Elizabeth Herring Gowin include:
Hannah Cleora Gowin born May 27, 1900
James F. Gowin, son of Hezekiah M. Gowin and Margaret Herrin Gowin,
was born about 1867. He was married
September 14, 1892 to Minnie E. Doan in Richland County, Illinois. He died in 1941 and was buried in Haven Hill Cemetery. Children born to James F. Gowin and Minnie
E. Doan Gowin are unknown.
Sarah Alice Gowin, daughter of Hezekiah M. Gowin and Margaret Herrin
Gowin, was born in June 1870. She was
married August 2, 1888 to Jesse E. Sanders in Richland County. They were divorced after the birth of one
child:
Frankie Sanders born in July 1899
John E. Gowin, son of Hezekiah M. Gowin and Margaret Herrin Gowin, was
born August 6, 1873, according to the 1880 census. He was married about 1896, wife's name Mary who was born in July
1880 in Illinois. On November 13, 1919,
he was remarried to Saidie Singer, daughter of Walter Singer and Bell
Broadstone Singer, who was born about 1924 in Peneda, Indiana. Children born to John E. Gowin, Mary Gowin
and Sadie Singer Gowin are unknown.
Emma R. Gowin, daughter of Hezekiah M. Gowin and Margaret Herrin
Gowin, was born in May 1876. She was
married about 1896 to Charles Ham and lived in Indiana.
Children born to them include:
Raymond Ham born in November 1894
Roy W. Ham born in February 1898
Alexander Gowin, son of Hezekiah M. Gowin and Margaret Herrin Gowin,
was born in April 30, 1878 in Lukin township, according to the research of
Donna Vee Gowin Johnston. He was
married July 1, 1900 to Evaline Hudson.
Children born to Alexander Gowin and Evaline Hudson Gowin are unknown.
A child, name unknown, was born to Hezekiah M. Gowin and Margaret
Herrin Gowin, was born about 1883.
A child, name unknown, was born to Hezekiah M. Gowin and Margaret
Herrin Gowin, was born about 1886.
A child, name unknown, was born to Hezekiah M. Gowin and Margaret
Herrin Gowin, was born about 1889.
A child, name unknown, was born to Hezekiah M. Gowin and Margaret
Herrin Gowin, was born about 1892.
Hannah Cleora Gowin, daughter of Hezekiah M. Gowin and Elizabeth Herrin
Gowin, was born May 27, 1900 in Sumner.
She was married about 1920 to Samuel S. Allen.
==O==
Mary Gowin was born about 1795 in Virginia. About 1820, she was married to George Midgett as his second
wife. They appeared in the 1820 census
of Wilson County without children.
Four children appeared on the 1830 Wilson County enumeration.
They removed to Crawford County, Illinois where George Midgett died in
1846, naming their four children in his will which was recorded in Crawford
County Will Book 1, page 122:
In the name of God Amen.
I George Midgett of Crawford county and State of
Illinois. being in good health and of a sane mind but well knowing I must
resign this fleeting breath, I comment my spirit to the God who gave it and my
body to be decently interred.
Next I do will that my debts be hereafter discharge
after which I will and desire that mv wife Mary Midgett shall have and possess
all my property, both real and personal during her natural life or while she
remains my widow. After her death or if
she should remarry, then I do will and desire that a fair and assigned division
of all the remaining property both real and personal shall be made by these
children here mentioned, Viz; Stephen C. Midgett, Joseph Midgett, James A.
Midgett, & Martha Midgett and I also do will that no Courts in these United
States shall have any cognasence or jurisdiction on the settlement of this my
last will except the recording of this my will the better to secure its
execution, best that Mary MIdgett mv wife be sole executioner of this my last
will and revoking all others.
I have this my last will and testament given under
my hand and seals this tenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty three.
George
[X] Midgett
Attest:
John Dollahan
Mary [X] Midgett"
She and her family appeared there in the 1850 census. Later she and part of her children removed
to Wabash County, Illinois. Children
born to them include:
Stephen C. Midgett born about 1821
Joseph A. Midgett born December 7, 1822
James A. Midgett born about 1824
Martha Midgett born August 16, 1828
Stephen C. Midgett, son of George Midgett and Mary Gowin Midgett, was
born about 1821 in Tennessee.
Joseph A. Midgett, son of George Midgett and Mary Gowin Midgett, was
born December 7, 1822 in Tennessee. He
was married about 1845 to Marianna Highsmith.
He was remarried to Elizabeth E. Carter and married third to Millie J.
Clark Neal.
James A. Midgett, son of George Midgett and Mary Gowin Midgett, was
born about 1824 in Tennessee. He was
married about 1849 to Harriet Clayton.
Martha Midgett, daughter George Midgett and Mary Gowin Midgett, was
born in Tennessee about 1827. She was
married about 1847 to Thomas T. Rich.
==O==
Delilah Gowin, born December 20, 1800 in Tennessee, was married
September 21, 1820 to James Dunsmore in Lebanon, Tennessee in Wilson County
with Shadrack Gowin as surety. James
Dunsmore was born in North Carolina about 1800. They did a lot of moving: 1826, Grainger County tax list, Capt.
Andrew Eaton's company; 1829, daughter born in Tennessee; 1835, son born in
Virginia; 1846, lived in Rockcastle County, Kentucky; and in 1850, enumerated
in Hancock County, Tennessee. Delilah
Gowin Dunsmore died there October 18, 1859 and was buried in McGinnis Cemetery.
Children born to them include:
Martha J. Dunsmore born Sept. 13, 1826
John Dunsmore born
about 1829
Manerva F. Dunsmore born July 3, 1835
Martha J. Dunsmore, daughter of James Dunsmore and Delilah Gowin
Dunsmore, was born September 13, 1826.
She was married to James McGinnis June 28, 1846 in Rockcastle County,
Kentucky. He was born March 30, 1822
and died August 20, 1864 at Macon, Georgia from Civil War wounds. She died December 21, 1907 and was buried
in the McGinnis Cemetery. Six children were born to them.
John Dunsmore, son of James Dunsmore and Delilah Gowin Dunsmore, was
born about 1829 in Tennessee.
Manerva F. Dunsmore, daughter of James Dunsmore and Delilah Gowin
Dunsmore, was born June 3, 1835 in Virginia.
She was married about 1852, husband's name Barbre. She died January 31, 1912.
==O==
Ella Nora Gowins, daughter of Nathan Gowins and Nancy Ann Lee[?] Gowins
was born August 6, 1876 in Illinois, probably Jersey County. She was married June 21, 1893 in
Jerseyville, Illinois to Isaac Newton Gettings who was born April 12, 1865,
according to Diane Lee Stark Thurman, a Gowins researcher of Wichita, Kansas. She reported that he was born in Otterville,
Illinois to Ozias Denton Gettings and Rebecca Ann Allen Gettings.
Ella Nora Gowins Gettings died December 6, 1953 and was buried in
Vahlia Memorial Gardens in Otterville, Illinois. He died February 16, 1955 and was buried beside his wife.
Children born to them include:
William A. Gettings born October 29, 1896
James Newton Gettings born June 21, 1906
Ione Gettings born July 17, 1900
==O==
Paris Gowins was born about 1830, place and parents unknown. He was married about 1855 "to a Miss
Patton," according to the research of Diane Lee Stark Thurman. In 1863 they lived in Illinois, probably
Jersey County.
Children born to them include:
Minnie Augusta Gowins born in 1863
Minnie Augusta Gowins, daughter of Paris Gowins, was born in 1863 in
Illinois, probably Jersey County. She
was married in 1882 to Robert Allen Gettings, son of Ozias Denton Gettings and
Rebecca Ann Allen Gettubgs, who was born in Tennessee July 16, 1860. They continued in Jersey County until about
1900 when they moved to St. Charles County, Missouri. In 1903, they were living in Logan County, Oklahoma. Minnie Augusta Gowins Gettings died April 9,
1905 in Longdale, Oklahoma, and Robert Allen Gettings died in Okeene, Oklahoma
March 16, 1947.
Children born to them include:
Myrtle Ann Gettings born January 28, 1884
Pearl A. Gettings born September 18, 1885
Marie Gettings born about 1887
Cecil Clark Gettings born June 11, 1888
Daisy Gettings born in 1889
William McKinley Gettings born May 25, 1890
Newton Allen Gettings born about 1895
Dorothy Opal Gettings born December 25, 1903
[daughter] born
about 1905
Dorothy Opal Gettings, daughter of Robert Allen Gettings and Minnie
August Gowins Gettings, was born December 25, 1903 at Guthrie, Oklahoma. She was married September 14, 1931 at
Taloga, Oklahoma to Asa Bryant Thurman.
She died January 24, 1970 at Wichita, Kansas and was buried at Elk
Falls, Kansas.
Children born to them include:
James Robert Thurman born January 9, 1933
James Robert Thurman, son of Asa Bryant Thurman and Dorothy Opal
Gettings Thurman, was born January 9, 1933 at Canton, Oklahoma. He was married August 8, 1958 to Dianne Lee
Stark. In 1991 they lived in Wichita,
Kansas.
==O==
David Goens was married August 22, 1850 to Mary Ann Simmers, according
to "Rockingham County Marriages, 1682-1850." Children born to David Goens and Mary Ann
Simmers Goens are unknown.
==O==
David Goens was married October 31, 1850 to Phebe Ellen Ralston by
Jacob Bachtell, minister, according to "Rockingham County, Virginia
Marriages 1682-1850" Of David
Goens and Phebe Ellen Ralston Goins nothing more is known.
==O==
Nineteen-year-old William Going and his First Virginia Regiment of the
Continental Line got off to a bad start when they began taking on the British
Redcoats in the Revolutionary War [Newsletter, September 1997]. In his first encounter, the bloody Battle of
Guilford Courthouse, the fighting raged all day, back and forth, in the
cornfields north of present-day Greensboro, North Carolina.
The two armies, the Americans under Gen. Nathanael Greene and the
British under Gen. Charles Lord Cornwallis, fought to a standstill on March 15,
1781, and casualties were heavy on each side.
Each had to withdraw, leaving their dead and wounded on the field. New Garden Monthly Meeting, a Quaker church
stood just west of the battlefield, and as soon as the firing ceased, the
church building became a hospital.
Churchmembers went to the scene of the carnage and brought the wounded,
both British and American, to the church and began to bind up their wounds.
A month later, Gen. Greene had his reduced army of only 840 men facing
Lord Rawdon in the Second Battle of Camden, South Carolina. Rawdon made a surprise attack on Greene
April 19, 1781, inflicting 271 casualties and driving him from the field. The persistent Greene summed up the
situation, "We fight, get beaten and fight again!"
William Going survived both of the disastrous battles as well as the
subsequent campaign in South Carolina.
Following the end of the war at Yorktown, he was discharged in South Carolina
and walked back home to Henry County, Virginia.
William Going, a Melungeon/mulatto, was born September 13, 1761 in
Rockingham County, Virginia. He stated
that his date of birth was recorded in his family bible which was given to him
by his father, name unknown. When he
was very young, his family removed to Henry County, according to his Revolutionary
pension application. He enlisted there
under Capt. Shaw in the Virginia Continental Line.
He stated that he fought in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse and in
the Second Battle of Camden. He marched
to Salisbury, North Carolina, and continued southward, crossing the Dan River,
the Yadkin River, the Catawba River, the Broad River, the Tyger River, the Enoree
River and the Saluda River. His regiment
joined the troops of Gen. Greene in the Siege of Ninety-six. He stated that he saw "Col. Washington
and Col. Lee." He was discharged
near Broad River. He stated that he
"served with Manuel Hill of Stokes County, North Carolina and Joel Blankit
of Patrick County." For his
military service he received Bounty Land Warrant No. 26870-160-55.
When Patrick County was organized from Henry County in 1790, the Going
land lay in the new county, according to "Genealogical Abstracts of
Revolutionary War Pension Files" by Virgil D. White. He was married to Mary "Polly"
Overman February 17, 1802 by John Nunn, M. G, according to Patrick County,
Virginia Marriages, 1791-1850."
Thomas Beasley was surety.
Benjamin Haile was a witness.
The bride was born about 1775.
William Going appeared in the tax records of Patrick County from 1798
through 1817. In 1814, he appeared as a
taxpayer there, but a notation on the tax roll showed his residence "in
North Carolina on Little Dan River."
It appears that he sold his Virginia land about 1817.
William Going and William Going, Jr. were listed as heads of households
in the 1810 tax list of Patrick County as reproduced in "A Supplement
to the 1810 Census of Virginia."
The two are not regarded as father-and-son. The enumerator probably appended "Jr." to designate the
younger of the two.
In 1824, William Going removed to adjoining Surry County, North Carolina. William Going received a land grant in Surry
County in February 1834. On February
12, 1834, while continuing there he applied for a Revolutionary pension at age
74, which was granted. He received $20
per year.
William Going was enumerated as the head of Household No. 275 in the
1840 census of Surry County:
"Going, William free colored male 55-100
free colored
female 55-100"
The enumerator noted on the census form that he was "78 and
drawing a pension for Revolutionary War military service."
Surrounding this household were those of their children:
"Elizabeth Goings, No. 270; William Going, No. 273; Morgum Going, No. 274;
Woodson Going, No. 276 and George Going, No. 290."
It is believed that William Going died about 1842 in Surry County. After his death, Mary "Polly"
Overman Going returned to Patrick County.
She was enumerated there in the 1850 census as the head of Household
660-699:
"Going, Mary 75,
born in Virginia
Catherine 35, born in Virginia"
On May 23, 1853, she applied there for a pension at age 78. Mary "Polly" Overman Going received
a widow's pension, No. W7546, March 30, 1855, at age 80 while living in Patrick
County.
A notation by Virgil D. White reveals that "there were some family
records on a sheet which was too dark to read on this film, see National
Archives Series M804, Roll No. 1087 for entire file."
Children born to William Going and Mary "Polly" Overman Going
include:
William Going, Jr. born about 1802
Woodson Going born November 2, 1803
Morgan Going born July 17, 1805
Ruckerson Going born about 1808
George W. Going born about 1810
Catherine Going born about 1815
William Going, Jr, son of William Going and Mary "Polly"
Going, was born about 1802. Woodson
Going, son of William Going and Mary "Polly" Overman Going, was born
November 2, 1803, probably in Patrick County.
Woodson Going, "free colored," was recorded as the head of a
household 276 in the 1840 census of Surry County, North Carolina, page 65:
"Going, Woodson free colored male 36-55
free
colored female 24-36
free
colored male
free
colored female"
"Woodson Gowen" was enumerated as the head of a household in
the 1850 census of Surry County, Household 216-216:
"Gowen, Woodson 47, born in NC
Martha 45, born in NC
William 14, born in NC
Letha 12, born in NC
Martha 10, born in NC
Samuel 8, born in NC
Eliza 5, born in NC
Filitha 3, born in NC
Franklin 1, born in NC"
Children born to Woodson Going and Martha Going include:
William Going born about 1836
Letha Going born about 1838
Martha Going born about 1840
Samuel Going born about 1842
Eliza Going born about 1845
Filitha Going born about 1848
Franklin Going born about 1849
Morgan Going, son of William Going and Mary "Polly" Overman
Going, was born July 17, 1805, probably in Patrick County.
Morgan Going was married September 24, 1828 to Kerry Love, according to
"Surry County Marriage Bonds, 1780-1868." Peter Norman was the bondsman. One researcher showed the bride's name as
Kerry Lane.
Morgan Going, "free colored," was enumerated as the head of
Household No. 274 in the 1840 census of Surry County, page 65:
"Going, Morgan free colored male 24-36
free
colored female 24-36
free
colored male 10-24"
Morgan Going was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1850 census
of adjoining Patrick County, Virginia, page 396.
Children born to Morgan Going and Kerry Love Going are include:
William Hardin Goings born about 1830
William Hardin Goings, son of Morgan Going and Kerry Love Going, was
born about 1830. "William H.
Going" was married "January 25, 1853" [18544?] to Mary Kimbell
by Wright Johnson, according to "Surry County Marriage Bonds,
1780-1868." The license was
obtained January 10, 1854. Allgius
Dunnagan was bondsman.
Children born to William Hardin Goings and Mary "Polly"
Kimbell/Kimball Goings include:
William Morgan Goings born about 1856
William Morgan Goings, son of William Hardin Goings and Mary
"Polly" Kimbell/Kimball Goings, was born in Patrick County about
1856, according to the research of Janice Goings. He was married about 1886 to Christine Philena Atkins.
Children born to William Morgan Goings and Christine Philene Atkins
Goings include:
David Alexander Goings born about 1890
Another individual by the name of Morgan Going was enumerated in the
1850 census of Patrick County as the head of Household 673-712:
"Going, Morgan 38, born in VA, laborer
Casey 37, born in NC
William 20, born in VA
Reynolds, Hannah 27,
born in VA"
Morgan Going was married April 5, 1862 to Sally Beasley April 5, 1862
by J. Gray, justice of the peace, according to "Surry County Marriage
Bonds, 1780-1868." William
Gilmer was surety. Children born to
Morgan Going and Sally Beasley Goin are unknown.
Later in 1862, "James Goen" was married to Elizabeth Beasley,
according to "Surry County Marriage Bonds, 1780-1868." On February 6, 1846, Jonathan Henry Gowen
was married to Hannah Beasley, according to "Surry County Marriage
Bonds, 1780-1868."
Children born to Morgan Going and Sally Beasley Goin are unknown.
Ruckerson Going, son of William Going and Mary "Polly" Going,
was born about 1808 in Surry County. He
was married about 1831, wife's name Rachel.
They were enumerated in the 1850 census of Patrick County, Virginia as
the heads of Household 606-640:
"Going, Rukerson 40,
born in NC, blacksmith
Rachel 48, born in VA
Henry 17, laborer, born in VA
James 15, born in VA
George 13, born in VA
Morgan S. 9,
born in VA
Susanah
8, born in VA"
Children born to Ruckerson Goin and Rachel Going include:
Henry Going born about 1833
James Going born about 1835
George Going born about 1837
Morgan S. Going born about 1841
Susannah Going born about 1842
Morgan S. Going, son of Ruckerson Going and Rachel Going, was born
about 1833 in Patrick County. He was
married there March 15, 1879 to F. Bowman, "daughter of J. Bowman and B.
Bowman." Morgan S. Going was
remarried January 14, 1891 to Mrs. Susan Belton Elliott, a widow in Patrick
County. She was the daughter of T.
Belton and Mary Belton.
George W. Going, son of William Going and Mary "Polly" Going,
was born about 1810 in Patrick County.
He was married about 1840 to
Sarah "Sally" King.
George W. Going was enumerated as the head of Household 672-711 in the
1850 census of Patrick County:
Going, George W. 40, born in VA,
laborer
Sally 30, born in VA
Catherine 9,
born in NC
Jefferson 7,
born in VA
Allen 5, born in VA
Morgan 3, born in VA
Mary 1, born in VA"
Children born to George W. Going and Sarah "Sally" King Going
include:
Catherine Going born about 1840
Jefferson F. Going born October 10, 1841
Allen Going born about 1843
Morgan Going born in March 1847
Mary Going born about 1849
Jefferson F. Going, son of George W. Going and Sarah "Sally"
King Going, was born October 10, 1841 in Surry County. He was married to Martha A. McKinney October
23, 1869 in Stokes County, North Carolina.
She was born June 9, 1849 to Lucy McKinney. He enlisted in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, but
later deserted, according to Austin Dakota Holt.
Jefferson F. Going was enumerated in the 1900 census of Stokes County,
page 981 as the head of Household 183-185 in the Quaker Gap area. Martha A. McKinney Going died there March
29, 1908. Jefferson F. Going died
February 24, 1922 and was buried beside his wife in Dan River Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Children born to Jefferson F. Going and Martha A. McKinney Going
include:
Avery S. Going born about 1871 [daughter]
Daniel Going born in 1872
Delila Going born in 1873
James Going born in 1874
Andrew J. Going born in 1875
Spicy Going born in 1876
Reid Sanders Going born March 22, 1877
Rada Going born in 1879 [son]
Millard Going born in 1882
Lara B. Going born in 1883
Martha E. Going born in 1884
Mary H. Going born in 1886
David Allen Going born September 27, 1888
Eliza E. Going born in 1890
Rufus R. Going born in 1892
Allen Going, son of George W. Going and Sarah "Sally" King
Going, was born about 1843.
Morgan Going, son of George W. Going and Sarah "Sally" King
Going, was born in March 1847, probably in Patrick County, according to Austin
Dakota Holt. He was married August 30,
1865 to Mrs. Nancy Jane Willard Prewitt, a widow. She was born about 1836 to Luke Willard and Jency Nicholson
Willard. Nancy Jane Willard Prewitt
Going died July 1, 1917.
Morgan Going was remarried July 24, 1918 to Rosy Lee Flippen, daughter
of Milton Flippen and Ruth Flippin in the Quaker Gap community of Stokes
County. The ceremony was performed by
J. R. East, justice of the peace in the home of Laura S. McKinney. Witnesses, in addition to the hostess, were
L. W. McKinney and E. R. McKinney.
Children born to Morgan Going and Nancy Jane Flippen Willard Going
include:
George Robert Goins born in January 1872
George Robert Goins, son of Morgan Going and Nancy Jane Flippen Willard
Going, was born in Stokes County in January 1872. He was married there to Martha Jane Owens July 13, 1892 by Rev.
John H. Wright. She was born there in
July 1868 to Floyd Owens and Mary Ann Collins Owens. Following the death of Martha Jane Owens Goins, George Robert
Goins was remarried April 29, 1937 in Patrick County to Clara Pack. She was born there May 11, 1919 to Andrew
Pack and Martha Pack. After the death
of George Robert Goins, Clara Pack Goins was remarried there about 1945 to
William Chester "Buck" Willard.
Children born to George Robert Goins and Martha Jane Owens Goins
include:
[infant] born
about 1893
Franklin G. Goins born November 2, 1894
Charley E. Goins born in September 1897
Eugene Goins born November 1, 1898
William Samuel Goins born December 6, 1906
Children born to George Robert Goins and Clara Pack Goins include:
Reid Goins born about 1939
Myrtle Goins born about 1942
Annie Mae Goins born about 1945
An unnamed infant, born to George Robert Goins and Martha Jane Owens
Goins about 1893, died in infancy.
Franklin G. Goins, son of George Robert Goins and Martha Jane Owens
Goins, was born November 2, 1894. He
was married about 1919 to Ida Lee Fulp.
She was born November 8, 1894 in Stokes County to Sidney Fulp and Lou
Nunn Fulp. Ida Lee Fulp Goins died
there August 16, 1890 and was buried in Big Creek Primitive Baptist Church
Cemetery in Stokes County.
Children born to Franklin G. Goins and Ida Lee Fulp Goins include:
Stacy Inez Goins born September 13, 1916
Paul Goins born about 1919
J. D. Goins born about 1928
Charley E. Goins, son of George Robert Goins and Martha Jane Owens
Goins, was born in September 1897. He
was married about 1920, wife's name Cora.
Children born to Charley E. Goins and Cora Goins include:
Elmer Goins born about 1922
Edgar Goins born about 1924
Eugene Goins, son of George Robert Goins and Martha Jane Owens Goins,
was born November 1, 1898. He was
married December 28, 1914 in Patrick County to Bettie Wood. Later Eugene Goins was remarried to Cora
Wilson. Childreb born to Eugene Goins,
Bettie Wood Goins and Cora Wilson Goins are unknown.
William Samuel Goins, son of George Robert Goins and Martha Jane Owens
Goins, was born December 3, 1906. He
was married March 24, 1927 in Patrick County to Verda Gammons. She was born about 1904 to William Gammons
and Elizabeth Hooker Gammons. Verda
Gammons Goins died in childbirth about 1937, and the baby died also. They were buried together with the infant in
her arms, according to Austin Dakota Holt.
On November 9, 1937 William Samuel Goins was remarried to Nellie Willard
in Patrick County. She was the daughter
of Robert Willard and Polly Holt Willard.
William Samuel Goins and Nellie Willard Goins were divorced in the late
1950s. She died May 9, 1995 in Patrick
County.
Children born to William Samuel Goins and Verda Gammons Goins include:
Virginia Mae Goins born April 30, 1927
[infant] born
about 1929
Harry Goins [twin] born April 27, 1930
Carrie Goins [twin] born April 27, 1930
Rachel Goins born February 7, 1932
Mary Alice Goins born August 10, 1933
Amos Goins [twin] born April 8, 1935
Andy Goins [twin[ born April 8, 1935
[infant] born
about 1937
Children born to William Samuel Goins and Nellie Willard Goins include:
Anna Laura Goins born about 1939
Frances Goins born about 1940
Iris Nellie Goins born about 1942
Shirley Goins born about 1945
Clyde Goins born about 1947
Charles Bobby Goins born June 29, 1949
Walter Randolph Goins born September 13, 1950
Jerry Goins born about 1953
Linda Faye Goins born about 1957
Virginia May Goins, daughter of William Samuel Goins and Verda Gammons
Goins, was born April 30, 1927. She was
married about 1947, husband's name Easter.
An infant was born to William Samuel Goins and Verda Gammons Goins
about 1929 and died soon afterward.
Harry Goins, twin son of William Samuel Goins and Verda Gammons Goins,
was born April 27, 1930 in Patrick County.
He was married there May 13, 1950 to Lelia Pearl Holt. She was born there May 18, 1923 to Robert
Holt and Little Beverly Holt. Lelia
Pearl Holt Goins died of a brain tumor December 2, 1952. He did not remarry. He died January 17, 1997 in Winston-Salem,
North Carolina while in a hospital undergoing treatment for a brain tumor.
Carrie Goins, twin daughter of William Samuel Goins and Verda Gammons
Goins, was born in Patrick County April 27, 1930. She was married about 1946 to Millard Bowman. He was born there December 13, 1921 to Peter
Bowman, Jr. and Emma Holt Bowman.
Rachel Goins, daughter of William Samuel Goins and Verda Gammons Goins,
was born February 7, 1932 in Patrick County.
She was married about 1950 to William Davis from Advance, North Carolina
in Davey County. A few years after
marriage, they removed to California.
Mary Alice Goins, daughter of William Samuel Goins and Verda Gammons
Goins, was born August 10, 1933 in Patrick County. She was married December 17, 1949 in Stokes County to John Lawson
at Walnut Cove, North Carolina. He was
born March 12, 1929 in Patrick County to Frank Lawson and Susan Inman
Lawson. Witness to the marriage were
Harry Goins, her brother, Susie Flynn, mother of John Lawson and Frank Lawson.
Amos Goins, twin son of William Samuel Goins and Verda Gammons Goins,
was born April 8, 1935.
Andy Goins, twin son of William Samuel Goins and Verda Gammons Goins,
was born April 8, 1935 in Patrick County.
He was married about 1958 to Linda Kootz. In 1997, they lived in Lexington, North Carolina. Children born to Andy Goins and Linda Kootz
Goins are unknown.
An infant was born about 1937 to William Samuel Goins and Verda Gammons
Goins. Both mother and baby died at its
birth, and the two were buried together, the baby in its mother's arms.
Anna Laura Goins, daughter of William Samuel Goins and Nellie Willard Goins,
was born about 1939. She was married
about 1956 to Dewey Fain and lived in the Patrick Springs area. Dewey Fain died about 1996.
Frances Goins, daughter of William Samuel Goins and Nellie Willard
Goins, was born about 1940. She was
married about 1957 to Marvin Hughes in Patrick County.
Iris Nellie Goins, daughter of William Samuel Goins and Nellie Willard
Goins, was born about 1942 in Patrick County.
She was married December 14, 1959 to Amos Odell Holt in Stokes County. He was born August 3, 1936 in Patrick County
to Robert Holt and Lottie Beverly Holt.
Iris Nellie Goins Holt was divorced from Amos Odell Holt in Surry County
in 1967. She was remarried to James
Robert Heath, son of Thomas Heath and Crystal Taylor Heath April 11, 1969 in
Surry County. James Robert Heath was
killed in an automobile accident August 4, 1974 in Surry County. Iris Nellie Goins Holt Heath was remarried
about 1977 in Surry County.
Shirley Goins, son of William Samuel Goins and Nellie Willard Goins,
was born about 1945. She was married
about 1965 to Ardith Dale "Dixie" Bowman. Children born to Shirley Goins and Ardith Dale "Dixie"
Bowman Goins are unknown.
Clyde Goins, son of William Samuel Goins and Nellie Willard Goins, was
born about 1947
Charles Bobby Goins, son of William Samuel Goins and Nellie Willard
Goins, was born June 29, 1949.
Walter Randolph Goins, son of William Samuel Goins and Nellie Willard
Goins, was born September 13, 1950. He
was married to Bonnie Sue Edwards March 25, 1969 in Surry County. She was born in 1954. She was involved in an automobile accident
in which her car hit a bridge. She
lapsed into a coma and died in 1984.
Children born to Walter Randolph Goins and Bonnie Sue Edwards Goins are
unknown.
Linda Faye Goins, daughter of William Samuel Goins and Nellie Willard
Goins, was born about 1957. She was
married June 29, 1978 in Surry County.
He was born January 9, 1959 in Patrick County to Leonard Fain and Myrtle
Poe Fain.
Reid Goins, son of George Robert Goins and Clara Pack Goins, was born
about 1939 in Patrick County.
Myrtle Goins, daughter of George Robert Goins and Clara Pack Goins, was
born about 1942 in Patrick County.
Annie Mae Goins, daughter of George Robert Goins and Clara Pack Goins,
was born about 1945.
==O==
Michael Goins was married August 26, 1828 to Susan Ailstock by Joseph
Samuels, Sr, minister, according to "Rockingham County, Virginia
Marriages 1778-1850." Children
born to Michael Goins and Susan Ailstock Goins are unknown.
==O==
Philipdina Gowans was married August 14, 1823 to Abraham Deal,
according to "Rockingham County, Virginia Marriages 1778-1850."
==O==
David Gowens, "free colored" was enumerated as the head of a
household in the 1820 census of Rockingham County, page 136A:
"Gowens, David free colored male over 45
free
colored female over 45
free
colored female 26-45"
David Gowens did not reappear in the 1830 census of Rockingham County.
Descendant Researchers:
Lela "Mac" Gowin
Buster, 230 Willowwood Road, Levelland, TX, 79336
Marian V. Davison, Rt. 1, Box
320, Ft. Gibson, OK, 74434
Juanita M. Gowin Ferguson, Rt.
1, Box 1379, Hamphill, TX, 75948, 409/625-4020
James Madison Gowin, Jr, 1075
Lovers Leap Road, Kingston Springs, TN, 37082,
William Gowin, Box 297, Olive
Branch, IL, 62669
Martha Rand Hix, 13531 Norland
Dr, San Antonio, TX, 78232
Austin Dakota Holt, 9516
Timberlake Rd, #211, Lynchburg, VA, 24502,
E-mail: [email protected]
Jessie Madge Corbin Howard, 717
4th Ave. N, Great Falls, MT, 59401, 406/453-5522
Donna Vee Gowin Johnston, 1513
Westridge Terr, Casper, WY, 82684, 307/237-2631
Nancy Lytwyn, 4147 Kingshill
Circle, Naperville, IL, 60564, 708/898-8734
Larry Austin May, 1540 Manor
Drive, Salem, OH, 44460
Robert E. Midgett, 203 N. Main,
Ravenwood, MO, 64479
Wilma Gowin Svenson, 101 Leahy
Rd, Grass Valley, CA, 95945
J. Robert & Dianne Lee
Stark Thurman, 3201 Wildflower Court, Wichita, KS, 67210,
E-mail: [email protected]
Mary Lewis Gowin Trostle, 4515
48th St, Lubbock, TX, 79414, 806/793-9101
RUSSELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Martin Going was listed in the 1810 tax list as a householder in
Russell County. On March 20, 1810 he
paid tax on one poll and two horses. He
owned no slaves, according to "A Supplement to the 1810 Census of
Virginia" by Nettie Schreiner-Yantis.
SCOTT COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Louisa Goins [Gains?] was married to Jacob K. Brown October 26, 1828,
according to marriage records of Scott County.
SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Rachel Goans was married to John Hoop March 3, 1798. according to "Shenandoah
County, Virginia Marriages, 1706-1850."
==O==
Henry Goings, regarded as the son of Michael Goings of Shenandoah
County by Annette Miner, a descendant of Pharr, Texas, was born about
1769. He may have been a son of Michael
Going who was listed in the 1785 tax list of Shenandoah County, according to
Annette Miner.
Henry Goings was married July 19, 1792 to Lucy Blackwell, according to
"Shenandoah County, Virginia Marriages, 1704-1850." In 1795 they lived in Hardy County,
Virginia.
Henry Goings, "free colored" was listed as a taxpayer in the
1810 tax list of Hardy County, according
to "A Supplement to the 1810 Census of Virginia" by Netti
Schreiner‑Yantis. He paid a poll
tax and a tax on two horses. Since Henry Goings was sometimes listed as
"free colored" and sometimes "white," it is believed that
he was a Mulungeon.
He reappeared in the 1820 census of Hardy County, page 86, as
"white" and the head of a household:.
"Goins, Henry white male over 45"
white
female over 45
white
male 16‑26
white
female 16‑26
white
female 16‑26
white female 16‑26
white
male 0‑10
~ white male 0‑10"
He did not reappear in the 1830 census of Hardy County. Annette Miner reports that children born to
Henry Goings and Lacy Blackwell Goings are believed to include:
Shadrach Goings born about 1794
Michael Goings born about 1795
Jonas Goings born
about 1796
Baldwin Goings born about 1802
Joseph Goings born about 1806
Shadrach Goings, son of
Henry Goings and Lacy Blackwell Goings, was born about 1794. He was listed as a "blacksmith"
in the 1820 census of Hardy County, page 86:
"Goins, Shedrick white male 26‑45
white
female 16‑26
white
male 10‑16
white
female 0‑10
white
female 0‑10"
He reappeared in the 1830 census of Hardy County, page 84:
"Goings, Shadrick white
male 40-50
white female 20-30
white female 10‑15
white male 5‑10
white male 5‑10
white female 5‑10
white male 0‑5
white female 0‑5"
Michael Goings was born about 1788.
He appeared as "free colored" in the 1810 tax list of Hardy
County, according to "A Supplement to the 1810 Census of Virginia"
by Netti Schreiner- Yantis. He paid
a poll tax and a tax on two horses.
The household of "Michael Goins" appeared in the 1820 census
of Hardy County, page 86, as:
"Goins, Michael white male 26‑45
white
female 16‑26
white male 10‑16
white male
0‑10
white male
0‑10"
He reappeared in the 1830
census of Hardy County, page 84 as:
"Goings, Michael white male 30‑40
white
female 30‑40
white
female 20‑30
white male 15‑20
white
female 15‑20
white male 10‑15
white
female 10‑15
white male
0‑5
white male 0‑5"
Jonas Goings, son of Henry Goings and Lacy Blackwell Goings, was born
about 1795. He was married about 1817
to Temperance Scott Howie, according to the research of Annette Miner.
He appeared as a "shewmaker," in the 1820 census of Hardy
County, Page 85A as the head of a household:
"Goins, Jonas white male 16‑26
white
female 16‑26
white
male 0‑10
white
female 0‑10"
He reappeared in the 1830
census of Hardy County, page 84 as the head of household:
"Goings, Jonas white male 30‑40
white
female 30‑40
white
male 10‑15
white
female 5‑10
white
male 0‑5
white
female 0‑5
white
female 0‑5"
Jonas Goings and Temperance Scott Howie Goings removed to Darke County,
Ohio, then to Palestine, Indiana and finally to Greene County, Illinois. Children born to them are unknown.
Baldwin Goings, regarded as
a son of Henry Goings and Lacy Blackwell Goings, was born about 1802. He appeared in the 1830 census of Hardy County,
page 84 as the head of a household:
"Goings, Baldwin white male 20‑30
white
female 30‑40
white
male 10‑15
white
female 5‑10
white
male 0‑5
white
female 0‑5
white
female 0‑5"
Descendant
Researchers:
Thomas Ladd, 2216 Wellesley Drive N,
Bradenton, FL, 34207
Steve McKee, 11369 Road 11-J, Otttawa, OH,
45875, 419/538-6501
Annette Miner, 4809 N. Fourth St, McAllen,
TX, 78504, [email protected]
Gene Goings, [email protected]
SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA
James Gowen was listed as the head of a household in the 1810 census of
Southampton County, according to "Index to the 1810 Virginia
Census" by Madeline W. Crickard.
STAFFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Among ships "entering to inwards in Potomack District" from
January 25, 1703 to September 29, 1703 was "the pink ship Josiah &
Betty." She was "50 tons,
built in Salem in 1689," according to "English Duplicates of Lost
Virginia Records." Her master
was Josiah Norvell, and her owners were "Mr. Henry Goan, Thomas Gowing and
Edward Billing."
==O==
James Going and Alexander Going" appeared in Stafford County on
Green's list of tithables in 1749.
"James Going" registered to vote there in 1755.
==O==
Peter Going was married in Overwharton Parish to Mary Sullivant May
20, 1745, according to "Stafford County, Virginia Marriages,
1736-1850." Children born to
Peter Going and Mary Sullivant Going are unknown.
SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA
James Gowan was named godfather to Stachan Niblett, son of Alexander
and Jean Niblett March 21, 1762, according to "Albemarle Parish
register of Surry & Sussex Counties, Virginia, 1717-1778" by John
Bennett Bodie.
TAZEWELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Daniel Going was married to Lally Boling October 11, 1865 in Tazewell
County, according to "Tazewell County, Virginia Annals,
1800-1922" by John Newton Harmon, Sr.
Of Daniel Going and Lally Boling Going nothing more is known.
==O==
William H. Goins, a trustee of Mt. Pleasant Church received a deed of
one-half acre of land in 1893, according to Tazewell County Deed Book 35, page
522.
==O==
Samuel Gowan was married in 1873 to Margaret Leedy, according to
Tazewell County marriage records.
Children born to Samuel Gowan and Margaret Leedy Gowan are unknown.
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