Cause of death - Heart disease.
Occupations - Farmer; School teacher.
Nahum married
1] Esther WEBBER on 29 September 1844
at Wells, York, Maine.
They were the parents of three children;
Henry Wilson, Franklin Augustus,
Mary Frances.
The family is recorded on the
1850 census at Sanford, York, Maine.
2] Harriet SWETT on 27 March 1853
at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Nahum {Age 64; Widower} is recorded on
the 1880 census at Sanford, York, Maine.
GOWEN FAMILY GENEALOGY:
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During the 1840's Nahum was a merchant
at Upper Merion Township in Pennsylvania.
After his marriage and birth of their first child at Sanford, Esther went there with him, then they returned to Sanford by 1848.
Nahum inherited the genetic eye disorder 'Retinitis Pigmentosa' becoming practically blind in his old age.
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WAKEFIELD CITIZEN - 11 April 1891:
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Mr. Nahum W. Gowen, died on Thursday morning, April 9, at the home of his
only son, Franklin, on Lafayette Street.
Mr. Gowen had been a resident of Wakefield for many years.
He had been quite feeble for several weeks, but the direct cause of his death was heart failure.
In early manhood he went south and taught school, and afterward became a worker in marble and set many of the stones in the old cemetery.
During recent years Mr. Gowen had the misfortune of being blind, but was an entertaining conversationalist and was
well informed on historical facts.
He was a member of the Baptist Church
at Springvale in Maine.
Occupations - Farmer; School teacher.
Nahum married
1] Esther WEBBER on 29 September 1844
at Wells, York, Maine.
They were the parents of three children;
Henry Wilson, Franklin Augustus,
Mary Frances.
The family is recorded on the
1850 census at Sanford, York, Maine.
2] Harriet SWETT on 27 March 1853
at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Nahum {Age 64; Widower} is recorded on
the 1880 census at Sanford, York, Maine.
GOWEN FAMILY GENEALOGY:
************************
During the 1840's Nahum was a merchant
at Upper Merion Township in Pennsylvania.
After his marriage and birth of their first child at Sanford, Esther went there with him, then they returned to Sanford by 1848.
Nahum inherited the genetic eye disorder 'Retinitis Pigmentosa' becoming practically blind in his old age.
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WAKEFIELD CITIZEN - 11 April 1891:
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Mr. Nahum W. Gowen, died on Thursday morning, April 9, at the home of his
only son, Franklin, on Lafayette Street.
Mr. Gowen had been a resident of Wakefield for many years.
He had been quite feeble for several weeks, but the direct cause of his death was heart failure.
In early manhood he went south and taught school, and afterward became a worker in marble and set many of the stones in the old cemetery.
During recent years Mr. Gowen had the misfortune of being blind, but was an entertaining conversationalist and was
well informed on historical facts.
He was a member of the Baptist Church
at Springvale in Maine.
Cause of death - Heart disease.
Occupations - Farmer; School teacher.
Nahum married
1] Esther WEBBER on 29 September 1844
at Wells, York, Maine.
They were the parents of three children;
Henry Wilson, Franklin Augustus,
Mary Frances.
The family is recorded on the
1850 census at Sanford, York, Maine.
2] Harriet SWETT on 27 March 1853
at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Nahum {Age 64; Widower} is recorded on
the 1880 census at Sanford, York, Maine.
GOWEN FAMILY GENEALOGY:
************************
During the 1840's Nahum was a merchant
at Upper Merion Township in Pennsylvania.
After his marriage and birth of their first child at Sanford, Esther went there with him, then they returned to Sanford by 1848.
Nahum inherited the genetic eye disorder 'Retinitis Pigmentosa' becoming practically blind in his old age.
**********************
WAKEFIELD CITIZEN - 11 April 1891:
******************************
Mr. Nahum W. Gowen, died on Thursday morning, April 9, at the home of his
only son, Franklin, on Lafayette Street.
Mr. Gowen had been a resident of Wakefield for many years.
He had been quite feeble for several weeks, but the direct cause of his death was heart failure.
In early manhood he went south and taught school, and afterward became a worker in marble and set many of the stones in the old cemetery.
During recent years Mr. Gowen had the misfortune of being blind, but was an entertaining conversationalist and was
well informed on historical facts.
He was a member of the Baptist Church
at Springvale in Maine.
Occupations - Farmer; School teacher.
Nahum married
1] Esther WEBBER on 29 September 1844
at Wells, York, Maine.
They were the parents of three children;
Henry Wilson, Franklin Augustus,
Mary Frances.
The family is recorded on the
1850 census at Sanford, York, Maine.
2] Harriet SWETT on 27 March 1853
at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Nahum {Age 64; Widower} is recorded on
the 1880 census at Sanford, York, Maine.
GOWEN FAMILY GENEALOGY:
************************
During the 1840's Nahum was a merchant
at Upper Merion Township in Pennsylvania.
After his marriage and birth of their first child at Sanford, Esther went there with him, then they returned to Sanford by 1848.
Nahum inherited the genetic eye disorder 'Retinitis Pigmentosa' becoming practically blind in his old age.
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WAKEFIELD CITIZEN - 11 April 1891:
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Mr. Nahum W. Gowen, died on Thursday morning, April 9, at the home of his
only son, Franklin, on Lafayette Street.
Mr. Gowen had been a resident of Wakefield for many years.
He had been quite feeble for several weeks, but the direct cause of his death was heart failure.
In early manhood he went south and taught school, and afterward became a worker in marble and set many of the stones in the old cemetery.
During recent years Mr. Gowen had the misfortune of being blind, but was an entertaining conversationalist and was
well informed on historical facts.
He was a member of the Baptist Church
at Springvale in Maine.
Inscription
NAHUM GOWEN
died April 9, 1891
aged 75 years & 8 months & 9 days
Family Members
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