BIO: Bowen, Elijah - Nicholasville, KY. "COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL." CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE RAY TOWNSHIP, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA PAGE 285 ELIJAH BOWEN, a pioneer and leading farmer of this county, was born September 23, 1807, one mile east of Nicholasville, Ky., and is the seventh of the eleven children of Elijah and Nancy Bowen, natives of Virginia. The grandfather of our subject was one of the first settlers in old Kentucky. Our subject was reared on a farm near the cave of Daniel Boone, where that hero and family lived three months. In 1830, Elijah moved to Owen County, Ind., and soon after to Morgan County, where he had purchased 120 acres, on which is his present home. August, 1830, he married Nancy, daughter of Abner and Polly (Hill) Alexander. This union gave being to ten children, five of whom are living. Mr. Bowen, being a good manager and industrious man, succeeded in acquiring 963 acres, and a good home as well. Of this land, which was highly improved, he has sold 560 acres, and given the proceeds, about $18,000, to his children, retaining the residue for himself. Mrs. Bowen died, December 13, 1882, and Mr. Bowen married a second wife, Mrs. Margaret, widow of John Asher. Mr. Bowen is a member of the Christian Church, as was his first wife, who left at her death, a legacy of about $5,000 and eighty acres to her youngest daughter. Mr.Bowen gave his first vote for Henry Clay, and has been recently Republican. Transcribed by: Diana Flynn Date: 5 Sep 1997