1870 US Census Stephen was 72 years old.
Stephen Gowin, widower and father of 10 children, was a resident of Ripley County, Indiana when he was remarried about 1848 to Mrs. Eliza Walton, widow of John Walton who died in 1845.
In 1853 Stephen Gowin removed to Hendricks County, Indiana. He died there in 1880.
Children born to Stephen Gowin and Eliza Walton Gowin include:
Love J. Gowin born about 1850
Emily Adeline Gowin born July 10, 1852
Oliver Gowin born about 1854
James B. Gowin born about 1856
Cynthia Gowin born about 1859
Anna Gowin born about 1863
“History of Hendricks County, Indiana” which was pub-lished in 1885, mentioned these families, pp. 695-696:
“Jonathan Walton was born in Washington County, Pa., Jan. 9, 1837, a son of John and Eliza Walton, who were both natives of Pennsylvania. With their four sons they moved to Ripley County, Indiana in the summer of 1837, where the father died and was buried Jan. 9, 1845. His widow, some years later, married Stephen Gowin and to this union were born six children--Love J., deceased; Mrs. Adaline Slavins, of Kansas; Oliver and James B., residing in this township; Mrs. Cynthia A. Robbins, of Missouri, and Mrs. Anna Crose, of this township.
The children by her former marriage were--Warren, of Ripley County; William, a member of the Ninety-ninth Indiana Infantry, died in the service; Amos, served the Seventh Indiana Infantry, now living in Madison County, Iowa, and Jonathan, our subject. The family moved to Hendricks County in 1853, locating on Section 34, where Mr. Gowin died in the spring of 1880. His widow is living in this township with her youngest daughter, Mrs. Anna Crose.
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