Stephen S. Gowin

Birth: Nov. 25, 1797
Virginia, USA
Death: May 20, 1880
Hendricks County
Indiana, USA

born of Mary ? from Virginia and James Gowin from Virginia. Stephan was also from Virginia. He had a brother,William S.Gowin. Stephen and William were sent to live with their uncle in Kentucky when their parents died. The uncles name is also unknown. Stephan Married Nancy Logan of Georgetown,Kentucky. They had eleven children,six boys,James,Allen S.,William,Stephen Merritt,Robert M. and infant Gowin. Also five girls Edna,Mary S.,Sarah Ann,Nancy Jane and Elizabeth. Nancy Logan Gowin died in 1844 and Stephan remarried. Stephan married Elizabeth Debery Walton of Pennsylvania on 08 Jun 1849 in Ripley,Indiana. They had three boys,Oliver Sayer,John and Alexander Buchanan. Also had four girls,Emily Adeline,Ann Eliza,Cynthia Ellen and Love J. Stephan is my Great Great Great Grandfather.

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Children:
Love J Gowin (1850 - ____)*
Emily Adeline Gowin Slavens (1852 - 1932)*
Oliver Sayer Gowin (1854 - 1936)*
Alexander Campbell Buchanan Gowin (1857 - 1946)*
Cynthia Ellen Gowin Robbins (1859 - 1928)*
Anna Eliza Gowin Crose (1862 - 1937)*

Spouse:
Elizabeth Debery Gowin (1816 - 1901)*



Note: Stone reads May 20,1880 82y 5m 25d

Burial:
Turner Cemetery
New Winchester
Hendricks County
Indiana, USA

Created by: Randal Eugene Waldon

Stephen S. Gowin

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.