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Bowen family of Woodstock, Connecticut

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  Henry Chandler Bowen (1813-1896) — also known as Henry C. Bowen — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Woodstock, Windham County, Conn., September 11, 1813. Republican. Dry goods merchant; abolitionist; newspaper editor and publisher; insurance business; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 3rd New York District, 1862-66; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1872. Congregationalist. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 24, 1896 (age 82 years, 166 days). Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of George Bowen (1789-1846) and Lydia Wolcott (Eaton) Bowen (1793-1864); married, June 6, 1844, to Lucy Maria Tappan (1825-1863); married, December 25, 1864, to Ellen Holt (1834-1903); father of Grace Aspinwall Bowen (1850-1940; who married Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847-1930)) and Herbert Wolcott Bowen; uncle of George Austin Bowen; third cousin twice removed of Joseph John Wilder.
  Political family: Bowen family of Woodstock, Connecticut.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Austin Bowen (1841-1910) — of Woodstock, Windham County, Conn. Born in Connecticut, July 7, 1841. Republican. Physician; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Woodstock; elected 1902. Died in Connecticut, October 30, 1910 (age 69 years, 115 days). Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Eaton Bowen (1815-1887) and Sophronia Tennant (Atwell) Bowen (1818-1899); married, May 29, 1868, to Catherine Electa Berrian (1841-1920); nephew of Henry Chandler Bowen; first cousin of Herbert Wolcott Bowen (1856-1927); fourth cousin once removed of Joseph John Wilder.
  Political family: Bowen family of Woodstock, Connecticut.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph John Wilder (1844-1900) — also known as Joseph J. Wilder — Born in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., January 5, 1844. Cotton exporter; shipbroker; Vice-Consul for Russia in Savannah, Ga., 1880-1900. Died near Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., September 10, 1900 (age 56 years, 248 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Randolph Wilder (1816-1879) and Ann Drusilla (Lewis) Wilder (1817-1877); married, June 9, 1870, to Georgia Page (King) Smith (1833-1914); third cousin twice removed of Henry Chandler Bowen; fourth cousin once removed of George Austin Bowen and Herbert Wolcott Bowen (1856-1927).
  Political family: Bowen family of Woodstock, Connecticut.
Arthur S. Hardy Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847-1930) — also known as Arthur S. Hardy — of Hanover, Grafton County, N.H.; New York, New York County, N.Y.; Woodstock, Windham County, Conn. Born in Andover, Essex County, Mass., August 13, 1847. Civil engineer; college professor; author; editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, 1893-95; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1897-99; Greece, 1899-1901; Romania, 1899-1901; Serbia, 1899-1901; Switzerland, 1901-03; Spain, 1902-05; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, 1897-99. Died in Woodstock, Windham County, Conn., March 13, 1930 (age 82 years, 212 days). Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Alpheus Hardy (1815-1887) and Susan Warner (Holmes) Hardy (1818-1904); married, March 9, 1898, to Grace Aspinwall Bowen (1850-1940; daughter of Henry Chandler Bowen; sister of Herbert Wolcott Bowen (1856-1927)).
  Political family: Bowen family of Woodstock, Connecticut.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1897
  Herbert Wolcott Bowen (1856-1927) — also known as Herbert W. Bowen — of New York; Woodstock, Windham County, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 29, 1856. Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Barcelona, 1890-95; U.S. Consul General in Barcelona, 1895-98; last American official to leave Spain before the Spanish American War; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1899-1901; Venezuela, 1901-05. English ancestry. Died, of heart disease, Woodstock, Windham County, Conn., May 29, 1927 (age 71 years, 0 days). Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Chandler Bowen and Lucy Maria (Tappan) Bowen (1825-1863); brother of Grace Aspinwall Bowen (1850-1940; who married Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847-1930)); married, January 25, 1902, to Carolyn Mae Clegg (1876-1949); first cousin of George Austin Bowen; fourth cousin once removed of Joseph John Wilder.
  Political family: Bowen family of Woodstock, Connecticut.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
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