James M. Bowen was born in 1837, one of several children of Alanson Bowen and Jane Martin. His parents moved the family from Georgia to Randolph County, Alabama in the late 1840s or early 1850s. James became a schoolteacher and was a member of the Alabama state militia, which obliged him to join the Confederate States Army during the War Between the States.
Eventually James was mustered into the 53rd Alabama Partisan Ranger Regiment, Company A, along with his brother-in-law Benjamin Parks Dobson. His younger brother, Alanson, served in the 8th Confederate Cavalry, Co H.
Prior to the war, James was married to Harriet "Eliza" Dobson, and born to them during the war was one daughter, Jimmie A. Bowen. Sadly, Jimmie may have never seen her father; James died Sept 12, 1863 of disease at the camp hospital in Russellville, AL. Eliza filed a widow's claim shortly therafter, and eventually received a widow's pension.
Ironically, James' father and father-in-law were both Whig-Republicans and outspoken opponents of secession -- the latter rumored to be a member of the Alabama Peace Society.
After James' death, Eliza and Jimmie lived with her parents south of Wedowee, AL. Like her father, Jimmie became a schoolteacher. And she too died very young.
At this time James' burial place is unknown. His name appears on a memorial plaque at the Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery. He may be buried at the Bowen Family Cemetery in Randolph Co., AL; Mt. Pisgah Methodist Church Cemetery in Randolph Co., AL; or in an unmarked grave in the vicinity of Russellville, AL.
Eventually James was mustered into the 53rd Alabama Partisan Ranger Regiment, Company A, along with his brother-in-law Benjamin Parks Dobson. His younger brother, Alanson, served in the 8th Confederate Cavalry, Co H.
Prior to the war, James was married to Harriet "Eliza" Dobson, and born to them during the war was one daughter, Jimmie A. Bowen. Sadly, Jimmie may have never seen her father; James died Sept 12, 1863 of disease at the camp hospital in Russellville, AL. Eliza filed a widow's claim shortly therafter, and eventually received a widow's pension.
Ironically, James' father and father-in-law were both Whig-Republicans and outspoken opponents of secession -- the latter rumored to be a member of the Alabama Peace Society.
After James' death, Eliza and Jimmie lived with her parents south of Wedowee, AL. Like her father, Jimmie became a schoolteacher. And she too died very young.
At this time James' burial place is unknown. His name appears on a memorial plaque at the Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery. He may be buried at the Bowen Family Cemetery in Randolph Co., AL; Mt. Pisgah Methodist Church Cemetery in Randolph Co., AL; or in an unmarked grave in the vicinity of Russellville, AL.
James M. Bowen was born in 1837, one of several children of Alanson Bowen and Jane Martin. His parents moved the family from Georgia to Randolph County, Alabama in the late 1840s or early 1850s. James became a schoolteacher and was a member of the Alabama state militia, which obliged him to join the Confederate States Army during the War Between the States.
Eventually James was mustered into the 53rd Alabama Partisan Ranger Regiment, Company A, along with his brother-in-law Benjamin Parks Dobson. His younger brother, Alanson, served in the 8th Confederate Cavalry, Co H.
Prior to the war, James was married to Harriet "Eliza" Dobson, and born to them during the war was one daughter, Jimmie A. Bowen. Sadly, Jimmie may have never seen her father; James died Sept 12, 1863 of disease at the camp hospital in Russellville, AL. Eliza filed a widow's claim shortly therafter, and eventually received a widow's pension.
Ironically, James' father and father-in-law were both Whig-Republicans and outspoken opponents of secession -- the latter rumored to be a member of the Alabama Peace Society.
After James' death, Eliza and Jimmie lived with her parents south of Wedowee, AL. Like her father, Jimmie became a schoolteacher. And she too died very young.
At this time James' burial place is unknown. His name appears on a memorial plaque at the Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery. He may be buried at the Bowen Family Cemetery in Randolph Co., AL; Mt. Pisgah Methodist Church Cemetery in Randolph Co., AL; or in an unmarked grave in the vicinity of Russellville, AL.
Eventually James was mustered into the 53rd Alabama Partisan Ranger Regiment, Company A, along with his brother-in-law Benjamin Parks Dobson. His younger brother, Alanson, served in the 8th Confederate Cavalry, Co H.
Prior to the war, James was married to Harriet "Eliza" Dobson, and born to them during the war was one daughter, Jimmie A. Bowen. Sadly, Jimmie may have never seen her father; James died Sept 12, 1863 of disease at the camp hospital in Russellville, AL. Eliza filed a widow's claim shortly therafter, and eventually received a widow's pension.
Ironically, James' father and father-in-law were both Whig-Republicans and outspoken opponents of secession -- the latter rumored to be a member of the Alabama Peace Society.
After James' death, Eliza and Jimmie lived with her parents south of Wedowee, AL. Like her father, Jimmie became a schoolteacher. And she too died very young.
At this time James' burial place is unknown. His name appears on a memorial plaque at the Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery. He may be buried at the Bowen Family Cemetery in Randolph Co., AL; Mt. Pisgah Methodist Church Cemetery in Randolph Co., AL; or in an unmarked grave in the vicinity of Russellville, AL.
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