General Notes

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1880 Census Pope County, Arkansas
Bowden, Charles L.  23   AR
Bowden. Lulla A.    23   TN
C. L. BOWDEN
SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas. Chicago:
Goodspeed Publishers, 1891.
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C. L. Bowden, farmer, Allegan, Ark. Among the successful
agriculturists of Pope County, whose merits are such as to entitle him
to representation in the present work, is Mr. Bowden, the subject of
this sketch. He is a native-born resident of Arkansas, his birth
occurring in 1850, and is a son of Hon. John S. and Elizabeth
(Reynolds) Bowden, both natives of the Big Bend State, where they were
united in marriage.
They emigrated to Arkansas about 1840, settled in Marion County, where
they remained for about two years, and in 1842 came to Pope County,
settling in Gum Log Township. From there they afterward removed to
Valley Township, where they entered and bought 200 acres of land, and
the father had about ninety acres of this cleared at the time of his
death, which occurred in 1865.
He was a prominent man and was a member of the Legislature three
terms. Both he and wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Of the twelve children born to their marriage, eight are now
living: Mrs. Ann Mullens, Mrs. Caroline Brashear, James H., Allen,
Charles L., W. Franklin, Mrs. Bell Doughit and Margaret. Charles L.
Bowden, subject of this sketch, was reared and educated in Pope
County, and in 1869 began working for himself as a tiller of the
soil.
On Christmas of that year he was married to Miss Margaret L. Ashmore,
daughter of [p.215] James and Denia (Mathews) Ashmore, both natives of
Tennessee. Mr. Bowden purchased eighty acres of land in 1872, and of
these he soon cleared twenty-five acres, and erected an excellent
frame house, outbuildings, etc. Later he bought ninety acres more,
improved about fifteen acres of this, and now altogether has about
eighty-five acres under cultivation.
He is one of the thoroughgoing, enterprising citizens, and a man of
good, sound judgment. To his marriage were born nine children: Denia
(wife of R. J. Barrett), Minnie May (deceased), John S., William J.,
Frank O., Clifton H., George R., Virgil R. and Emory. Mr. and Mrs.
Bowden are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which
he is a trustee, and he is also a member of the Sunday-school board.
During an average season Mr. Bowden's farm will yield twenty-five
bushels of corn, or one-half a bale of cotton to the acre.