Carroll County, Indiana - 1916 History
Catherine Jane (Trawin) Bowen
Catharine J. Bowen was born in Calcutta, India, December 23, 1826. Her father
and mother, the Rev. Samuel Trawin and wife, were missionaries, sent to India by
the London Missionary Society in 1818. Mr. Trawin died in India. Mrs. Bowen,
with her mother and family, came to the state of Virginia and in 1844 she came
to Delphi. At the age of twenty-three she was married to Abner H. Bowen. She was
the mother of nine children. She was a member of the Presbyterian church nearly
all her life. She conveyed to her church the lot upon which the church building
now stands and was a large supporter to its finances. She was a highly esteemed
and most exemplary mother. Her husband died on February 10, 1890. Mrs. Bowen
died on August 15, 1914. She was survived by three sons and one daughter.
CHAPTER IX. BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF DECEASED PIONEERS OF CARROLL COUNTY.
History Of Carroll County Indiana, Its People, Industries and Instititions by John C O'Dell -
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the
Old Families - Illustrated (1916 - B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. - Indianapolis, Indiana)
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