Obituary: The Gazette, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Wednesday, December 2, 1914.
One of Portage county's best known and most excellent citizens, Patrick Bowden passed away at his home, 114 Oak street, at 9:40 o'clock last Wednesday evening, following an illness of about eight weeks with stomach trouble, although his health had been poor for several months and he had been gradually failing. While Mr. Bowden did not lay distinction to being a pioneer among residents of Portage county, he had resided here since 1871, when he came from Hillsdale, Mich., where he was married the year before to Miss Adelia Griffith, and located on an eighty acre tract to the town of Buena Vista. Thereafter, while the Wisconsin Central was being built north, he did construction work until the road was completed to Prentice, when he returned to his farm duties and Buena Vista was the family home until 1907, when they moved to this city. Patrick Bowden was a native of County Kildare, Ireland, and was 81 years of age June 6, 1914. He came to America in 1859 and a few weeks after landing in New York, enlisted in the U. S. army, being assigned to the lst dragoons, who were then stationed at West Point. The following fall the dragoons were organized into Battery "D" 5th U.S. artillery, and in February, 1861, they were ordered to Washington, D. C., where they served as an escort at the inauguaration of President Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1861, firing the presidential salute at the close. At the inaurural ball which followed, the young Irish volunteer, Patrick Bowden, was given the honor of being stationed as one of the guards at the main entrance to the building in which it was held. During the civil war, Battery "D" took a prominent part in many hard fought battles, commencing in the first battle of Bull Run and ending with the surrender at Appomatox. Besides his aged widow, Mr. Bowden is survived by five children, as follows: Mrs. Edward C. Nelson, Ladysmith; Mrs. Arthur Gunderson, city; Mrs. Geo. Turrish, Buena Vista; Mrs. Jesse Bentley, Mosinee, and Richard Bowden, who was in the Phillippine Islands when last heard from. The funeral took place from St. Stephen's Catholic church at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, Rev. W. J. Rice officiating, interment following in the parish cemetery. Many old friends were present as were also representatives from the G. A. R. and Holy name society, to both of which the deceased belonged.
One of Portage county's best known and most excellent citizens, Patrick Bowden passed away at his home, 114 Oak street, at 9:40 o'clock last Wednesday evening, following an illness of about eight weeks with stomach trouble, although his health had been poor for several months and he had been gradually failing. While Mr. Bowden did not lay distinction to being a pioneer among residents of Portage county, he had resided here since 1871, when he came from Hillsdale, Mich., where he was married the year before to Miss Adelia Griffith, and located on an eighty acre tract to the town of Buena Vista. Thereafter, while the Wisconsin Central was being built north, he did construction work until the road was completed to Prentice, when he returned to his farm duties and Buena Vista was the family home until 1907, when they moved to this city. Patrick Bowden was a native of County Kildare, Ireland, and was 81 years of age June 6, 1914. He came to America in 1859 and a few weeks after landing in New York, enlisted in the U. S. army, being assigned to the lst dragoons, who were then stationed at West Point. The following fall the dragoons were organized into Battery "D" 5th U.S. artillery, and in February, 1861, they were ordered to Washington, D. C., where they served as an escort at the inauguaration of President Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1861, firing the presidential salute at the close. At the inaurural ball which followed, the young Irish volunteer, Patrick Bowden, was given the honor of being stationed as one of the guards at the main entrance to the building in which it was held. During the civil war, Battery "D" took a prominent part in many hard fought battles, commencing in the first battle of Bull Run and ending with the surrender at Appomatox. Besides his aged widow, Mr. Bowden is survived by five children, as follows: Mrs. Edward C. Nelson, Ladysmith; Mrs. Arthur Gunderson, city; Mrs. Geo. Turrish, Buena Vista; Mrs. Jesse Bentley, Mosinee, and Richard Bowden, who was in the Phillippine Islands when last heard from. The funeral took place from St. Stephen's Catholic church at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, Rev. W. J. Rice officiating, interment following in the parish cemetery. Many old friends were present as were also representatives from the G. A. R. and Holy name society, to both of which the deceased belonged.
Obituary: The Gazette, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Wednesday, December 2, 1914.
One of Portage county's best known and most excellent citizens, Patrick Bowden passed away at his home, 114 Oak street, at 9:40 o'clock last Wednesday evening, following an illness of about eight weeks with stomach trouble, although his health had been poor for several months and he had been gradually failing. While Mr. Bowden did not lay distinction to being a pioneer among residents of Portage county, he had resided here since 1871, when he came from Hillsdale, Mich., where he was married the year before to Miss Adelia Griffith, and located on an eighty acre tract to the town of Buena Vista. Thereafter, while the Wisconsin Central was being built north, he did construction work until the road was completed to Prentice, when he returned to his farm duties and Buena Vista was the family home until 1907, when they moved to this city. Patrick Bowden was a native of County Kildare, Ireland, and was 81 years of age June 6, 1914. He came to America in 1859 and a few weeks after landing in New York, enlisted in the U. S. army, being assigned to the lst dragoons, who were then stationed at West Point. The following fall the dragoons were organized into Battery "D" 5th U.S. artillery, and in February, 1861, they were ordered to Washington, D. C., where they served as an escort at the inauguaration of President Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1861, firing the presidential salute at the close. At the inaurural ball which followed, the young Irish volunteer, Patrick Bowden, was given the honor of being stationed as one of the guards at the main entrance to the building in which it was held. During the civil war, Battery "D" took a prominent part in many hard fought battles, commencing in the first battle of Bull Run and ending with the surrender at Appomatox. Besides his aged widow, Mr. Bowden is survived by five children, as follows: Mrs. Edward C. Nelson, Ladysmith; Mrs. Arthur Gunderson, city; Mrs. Geo. Turrish, Buena Vista; Mrs. Jesse Bentley, Mosinee, and Richard Bowden, who was in the Phillippine Islands when last heard from. The funeral took place from St. Stephen's Catholic church at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, Rev. W. J. Rice officiating, interment following in the parish cemetery. Many old friends were present as were also representatives from the G. A. R. and Holy name society, to both of which the deceased belonged.
One of Portage county's best known and most excellent citizens, Patrick Bowden passed away at his home, 114 Oak street, at 9:40 o'clock last Wednesday evening, following an illness of about eight weeks with stomach trouble, although his health had been poor for several months and he had been gradually failing. While Mr. Bowden did not lay distinction to being a pioneer among residents of Portage county, he had resided here since 1871, when he came from Hillsdale, Mich., where he was married the year before to Miss Adelia Griffith, and located on an eighty acre tract to the town of Buena Vista. Thereafter, while the Wisconsin Central was being built north, he did construction work until the road was completed to Prentice, when he returned to his farm duties and Buena Vista was the family home until 1907, when they moved to this city. Patrick Bowden was a native of County Kildare, Ireland, and was 81 years of age June 6, 1914. He came to America in 1859 and a few weeks after landing in New York, enlisted in the U. S. army, being assigned to the lst dragoons, who were then stationed at West Point. The following fall the dragoons were organized into Battery "D" 5th U.S. artillery, and in February, 1861, they were ordered to Washington, D. C., where they served as an escort at the inauguaration of President Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1861, firing the presidential salute at the close. At the inaurural ball which followed, the young Irish volunteer, Patrick Bowden, was given the honor of being stationed as one of the guards at the main entrance to the building in which it was held. During the civil war, Battery "D" took a prominent part in many hard fought battles, commencing in the first battle of Bull Run and ending with the surrender at Appomatox. Besides his aged widow, Mr. Bowden is survived by five children, as follows: Mrs. Edward C. Nelson, Ladysmith; Mrs. Arthur Gunderson, city; Mrs. Geo. Turrish, Buena Vista; Mrs. Jesse Bentley, Mosinee, and Richard Bowden, who was in the Phillippine Islands when last heard from. The funeral took place from St. Stephen's Catholic church at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, Rev. W. J. Rice officiating, interment following in the parish cemetery. Many old friends were present as were also representatives from the G. A. R. and Holy name society, to both of which the deceased belonged.
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