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Ebenezer Bowen

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Ebenezer Bowen

Birth
Canada
Death
1888 (aged 85–86)
Long Lake, Hamilton County, New York, USA
Burial
Long Lake, Hamilton County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
2
Memorial ID
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He was another rare character who found his way to Long Lake from Clinton County, NY in 1844. And in 1845 Long Lake is believed to have reported him as a lunatic. In the 1850 census he was with the Amos Huff family as laborer - "HERMIT". The summer of 1859, Benson Lossing reported no human habitation was near, excepting the bark cabin of Bowen, the "Hermit of Long Lake."
He was another rare character who found his way to Long Lake from Clinton County, NY in 1844. And in 1845 Long Lake is believed to have reported him as a lunatic. In the 1850 census he was with the Amos Huff family as laborer - "HERMIT". The summer of 1859, Benson Lossing reported no human habitation was near, excepting the bark cabin of Bowen, the "Hermit of Long Lake."

Gravesite Details

OR EBENEZER BOURNE - 'HERMIT'


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