Biography - Jacob Bowens
JACOB BOWENS. He was born 11 Apr 1816 in Frankfort, Ohio, the son of Solomon and Elizabeth (Bush) Bowens, natives of Virginia. He was educated in the old log school-house in Indiana. He has been Road Commissioner and School Director in Schuyler County, where he moved in 1854. He came to Ontario in 1865. He was married 2 Jun 1842 to Esther Hadley of Indiana, and 2 Aug 1855 to Zelinda Fuller. He had six boys by the first wife, and three girls and one boy by the second. He joined the M. E. Church in 1843, and has been Steward and Class-leader. He is a Republican. Post office, Ontario.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman
