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Franklin Sylvester Gowen

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Franklin Sylvester Gowen

Birth
Bradford, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Death
14 May 1915 (aged 78)
Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, USA
Burial
Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington, USA Add to Map
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Area MA; Section 1; Lot 4; Grave 6
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Franklin {Age 12} is recorded on the
1850 census at Bradford, Penobscot, Maine
dwelling in the household of his parents.

Cause of death - Cerebral hemorrhage.

Occupation - Farmer.

On 25 August 1862 Franklin enlisted for service in the Civil War as a Private in Company A, 7th Regiment, Minnesota Volunteers.
On 30 June 1865 he was discharged at Memphis, Tennessee.

Franklin married

1] Marian SMART
on 5 January 1870
in Rice County, Minnesota.
They were the parents of seven children;
Emma E., Versal Jesse, Erford Theron,
Lulu Echo, Otto Almaron, Ernest Elmon,
Myrtle Edna.
The family is recorded on the 1880 census
at Marengo, Columbia, Washington.

2] Pauline HOBBS
on 12 March 1908
at Seattle, King, Washington.
No children were born to them.
They divorced on 11 January 1911
at Dayton, Columbia, Washington.

3] Elizabeth C. REED
on 29 July 1911
at Seattle, King, Washington.
No children were born to them.

COLUMBIAN COUNTY - 26 May 1915:
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Franklin Gowen, age 78 years, died at Huntington, California on May 14, 1815.
He came to Marengo about 1879 and has resided in California for the past five years.
Interment at Walla Walla, Washington.
Franklin {Age 12} is recorded on the
1850 census at Bradford, Penobscot, Maine
dwelling in the household of his parents.

Cause of death - Cerebral hemorrhage.

Occupation - Farmer.

On 25 August 1862 Franklin enlisted for service in the Civil War as a Private in Company A, 7th Regiment, Minnesota Volunteers.
On 30 June 1865 he was discharged at Memphis, Tennessee.

Franklin married

1] Marian SMART
on 5 January 1870
in Rice County, Minnesota.
They were the parents of seven children;
Emma E., Versal Jesse, Erford Theron,
Lulu Echo, Otto Almaron, Ernest Elmon,
Myrtle Edna.
The family is recorded on the 1880 census
at Marengo, Columbia, Washington.

2] Pauline HOBBS
on 12 March 1908
at Seattle, King, Washington.
No children were born to them.
They divorced on 11 January 1911
at Dayton, Columbia, Washington.

3] Elizabeth C. REED
on 29 July 1911
at Seattle, King, Washington.
No children were born to them.

COLUMBIAN COUNTY - 26 May 1915:
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Franklin Gowen, age 78 years, died at Huntington, California on May 14, 1815.
He came to Marengo about 1879 and has resided in California for the past five years.
Interment at Walla Walla, Washington.

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FRANKLIN S. GOWEN
1838 - 1915

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Family records has year of birth as 1837.

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