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Rev Josiah Bowen

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Rev Josiah Bowen

Birth
Death
15 Dec 1872 (aged 84–85)
Ansonia, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Ansonia, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Rev. Josiah Bowen was the husband of Sarah (Devoe) Bowen. They were married April 18, 1810. Sarah died December 23, 1874. Rev. Bowen was a minister in the Genesee (now Western New York) Conference/New York Conference and New York East Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He served Ulster (NY) Circuit 1815 - Newburgh (NY) Circuit 1816/1819-1820 - New Windsor Circuit 1817-1818 - Durham (CT) Circuit 1821-1822 - Middletown 1823-1824 - Albany (NY) 1825-1826 - New Rochelle (NY) 1827-1828 - Suffolk (NY) Circuit 1829-1830 - Redding (CT) Circuit 1831/1834 - New York City - 1832-1833 - Derby (CT) Circuit 1835-1836/1839-1841 - Westville and Woodbridge 1837-1838 - Milford and Birmingham 1841 - Superannuated 1842-1870 - 60 years in ministry.

US CENSUS
August 17, 1850
Derby, New Haven Co., CT
BOWEN
Josiah age 62, b1788, MD, Meth. clergyman
Sarah age 59, b1791 NY
Sarah W., age 22, b1828 NY
Eliza H., age 18, b1832 NY

Orcutt, Samuel
The History Of Old Town Of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880, c1880, Page 361, Page 465
"Josiah Bowen was in charge of Derby Circuit, and in the middle of 1836 he removed out of the parsonage into a home on Derby Neck, where he remained until his decease not long since."

Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
New York East Conference Journal
1873, Page 59
Rev. Josiah Bowen was the husband of Sarah (Devoe) Bowen. They were married April 18, 1810. Sarah died December 23, 1874. Rev. Bowen was a minister in the Genesee (now Western New York) Conference/New York Conference and New York East Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He served Ulster (NY) Circuit 1815 - Newburgh (NY) Circuit 1816/1819-1820 - New Windsor Circuit 1817-1818 - Durham (CT) Circuit 1821-1822 - Middletown 1823-1824 - Albany (NY) 1825-1826 - New Rochelle (NY) 1827-1828 - Suffolk (NY) Circuit 1829-1830 - Redding (CT) Circuit 1831/1834 - New York City - 1832-1833 - Derby (CT) Circuit 1835-1836/1839-1841 - Westville and Woodbridge 1837-1838 - Milford and Birmingham 1841 - Superannuated 1842-1870 - 60 years in ministry.

US CENSUS
August 17, 1850
Derby, New Haven Co., CT
BOWEN
Josiah age 62, b1788, MD, Meth. clergyman
Sarah age 59, b1791 NY
Sarah W., age 22, b1828 NY
Eliza H., age 18, b1832 NY

Orcutt, Samuel
The History Of Old Town Of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880, c1880, Page 361, Page 465
"Josiah Bowen was in charge of Derby Circuit, and in the middle of 1836 he removed out of the parsonage into a home on Derby Neck, where he remained until his decease not long since."

Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
New York East Conference Journal
1873, Page 59

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