Syracuse, New York
The Journal newspaper
Monday, January 25, 1926
Page 2, Column 7
MRS. BOWEN, 95, PIONEER, DEAD
Came to Syracuse With Her Parents 94 Years Ago.
Mrs. Jennie Harp Otis Bowen, 95, a pioneer resident of Syracuse, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bernard Connary, 327 S. Wilbur av., Sunday morning.
Mrs. Bowen came to Syracuse 94 years ago with her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Harp, and lived in a little cottage in S. Geddes st., long since disappeared, where the New York Central Railroad tracks are now.
Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, Mrs. Bowen’s father died and she was left alone with her mother. The girl met Edmund Miles Otis, a soldier with the Union armies, whom she married. Fourteen children were born of the union.
Otis was wounded at the battle of Gettsyburg.
He died about 30 years after the end of the war and Mrs. Otis married Frederick Bowen.
Following Mr. Bowen’s death, she went to Buffalo to live with a daughter, Mrs. Bert Stevens. She returned to Syracuse six months ago.
She was a member of the Knights of Columbus Auxiliary and the Auxiliary of the Knights of Pythias.
She leaves a third daughter, Mrs. Charles Kemp of Syracuse, and 21 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
The Journal newspaper
Monday, January 25, 1926
Page 2, Column 7
MRS. BOWEN, 95, PIONEER, DEAD
Came to Syracuse With Her Parents 94 Years Ago.
Mrs. Jennie Harp Otis Bowen, 95, a pioneer resident of Syracuse, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bernard Connary, 327 S. Wilbur av., Sunday morning.
Mrs. Bowen came to Syracuse 94 years ago with her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Harp, and lived in a little cottage in S. Geddes st., long since disappeared, where the New York Central Railroad tracks are now.
Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, Mrs. Bowen’s father died and she was left alone with her mother. The girl met Edmund Miles Otis, a soldier with the Union armies, whom she married. Fourteen children were born of the union.
Otis was wounded at the battle of Gettsyburg.
He died about 30 years after the end of the war and Mrs. Otis married Frederick Bowen.
Following Mr. Bowen’s death, she went to Buffalo to live with a daughter, Mrs. Bert Stevens. She returned to Syracuse six months ago.
She was a member of the Knights of Columbus Auxiliary and the Auxiliary of the Knights of Pythias.
She leaves a third daughter, Mrs. Charles Kemp of Syracuse, and 21 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Syracuse, New York
The Journal newspaper
Monday, January 25, 1926
Page 2, Column 7
MRS. BOWEN, 95, PIONEER, DEAD
Came to Syracuse With Her Parents 94 Years Ago.
Mrs. Jennie Harp Otis Bowen, 95, a pioneer resident of Syracuse, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bernard Connary, 327 S. Wilbur av., Sunday morning.
Mrs. Bowen came to Syracuse 94 years ago with her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Harp, and lived in a little cottage in S. Geddes st., long since disappeared, where the New York Central Railroad tracks are now.
Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, Mrs. Bowen’s father died and she was left alone with her mother. The girl met Edmund Miles Otis, a soldier with the Union armies, whom she married. Fourteen children were born of the union.
Otis was wounded at the battle of Gettsyburg.
He died about 30 years after the end of the war and Mrs. Otis married Frederick Bowen.
Following Mr. Bowen’s death, she went to Buffalo to live with a daughter, Mrs. Bert Stevens. She returned to Syracuse six months ago.
She was a member of the Knights of Columbus Auxiliary and the Auxiliary of the Knights of Pythias.
She leaves a third daughter, Mrs. Charles Kemp of Syracuse, and 21 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
The Journal newspaper
Monday, January 25, 1926
Page 2, Column 7
MRS. BOWEN, 95, PIONEER, DEAD
Came to Syracuse With Her Parents 94 Years Ago.
Mrs. Jennie Harp Otis Bowen, 95, a pioneer resident of Syracuse, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bernard Connary, 327 S. Wilbur av., Sunday morning.
Mrs. Bowen came to Syracuse 94 years ago with her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Harp, and lived in a little cottage in S. Geddes st., long since disappeared, where the New York Central Railroad tracks are now.
Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, Mrs. Bowen’s father died and she was left alone with her mother. The girl met Edmund Miles Otis, a soldier with the Union armies, whom she married. Fourteen children were born of the union.
Otis was wounded at the battle of Gettsyburg.
He died about 30 years after the end of the war and Mrs. Otis married Frederick Bowen.
Following Mr. Bowen’s death, she went to Buffalo to live with a daughter, Mrs. Bert Stevens. She returned to Syracuse six months ago.
She was a member of the Knights of Columbus Auxiliary and the Auxiliary of the Knights of Pythias.
She leaves a third daughter, Mrs. Charles Kemp of Syracuse, and 21 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
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