Elizabeth Bowden, Daughter of Aurther J. Bowden and Elizabeth Smith married first Thomas Battle Koonce who was mortally wounded in the CSA at Harrodsburg, KY.(Buried in Harrodsburg, KY) She and Thomas had one daughter Isabelle Lula Koonce (m. Benjamin Pynes). Elizabeth married second to Jesse Bowden Hancock thought to have been a distant relative of hers.
In the fall of 1872, Jesse Bowden Hancock was actively working for the candidacy of Horace Greeley who was running on the Democratic ticket for President. Henry Co. AL was still occupied by Federal troops and overrun with carpetbaggers, etc. It was the wrong time to be a Rebel or a Democrat and Jesse evidently was very, very much both. Jesse and two companions had a confrontation with Federal troops in which shots were fired. Jesse and his companions fled Alabana and were sought under a federal warrant. He went to Texas leaving Elizabeth to fend for herself in Alabama. Jesse eventually remarried unbeknownst to Elizabeth who lived out her life near her daughter, Isabell Lula Koonce Pynes. Years later children from Jesse's second marriage surfaced and told the story of his life after he fled Alabama. Elizabeth is at rest in Gordon Cemetery with her devoted daughter, son in law James W. Pynes and grandchildren.
In the fall of 1872, Jesse Bowden Hancock was actively working for the candidacy of Horace Greeley who was running on the Democratic ticket for President. Henry Co. AL was still occupied by Federal troops and overrun with carpetbaggers, etc. It was the wrong time to be a Rebel or a Democrat and Jesse evidently was very, very much both. Jesse and two companions had a confrontation with Federal troops in which shots were fired. Jesse and his companions fled Alabana and were sought under a federal warrant. He went to Texas leaving Elizabeth to fend for herself in Alabama. Jesse eventually remarried unbeknownst to Elizabeth who lived out her life near her daughter, Isabell Lula Koonce Pynes. Years later children from Jesse's second marriage surfaced and told the story of his life after he fled Alabama. Elizabeth is at rest in Gordon Cemetery with her devoted daughter, son in law James W. Pynes and grandchildren.
Elizabeth Bowden, Daughter of Aurther J. Bowden and Elizabeth Smith married first Thomas Battle Koonce who was mortally wounded in the CSA at Harrodsburg, KY.(Buried in Harrodsburg, KY) She and Thomas had one daughter Isabelle Lula Koonce (m. Benjamin Pynes). Elizabeth married second to Jesse Bowden Hancock thought to have been a distant relative of hers.
In the fall of 1872, Jesse Bowden Hancock was actively working for the candidacy of Horace Greeley who was running on the Democratic ticket for President. Henry Co. AL was still occupied by Federal troops and overrun with carpetbaggers, etc. It was the wrong time to be a Rebel or a Democrat and Jesse evidently was very, very much both. Jesse and two companions had a confrontation with Federal troops in which shots were fired. Jesse and his companions fled Alabana and were sought under a federal warrant. He went to Texas leaving Elizabeth to fend for herself in Alabama. Jesse eventually remarried unbeknownst to Elizabeth who lived out her life near her daughter, Isabell Lula Koonce Pynes. Years later children from Jesse's second marriage surfaced and told the story of his life after he fled Alabama. Elizabeth is at rest in Gordon Cemetery with her devoted daughter, son in law James W. Pynes and grandchildren.
In the fall of 1872, Jesse Bowden Hancock was actively working for the candidacy of Horace Greeley who was running on the Democratic ticket for President. Henry Co. AL was still occupied by Federal troops and overrun with carpetbaggers, etc. It was the wrong time to be a Rebel or a Democrat and Jesse evidently was very, very much both. Jesse and two companions had a confrontation with Federal troops in which shots were fired. Jesse and his companions fled Alabana and were sought under a federal warrant. He went to Texas leaving Elizabeth to fend for herself in Alabama. Jesse eventually remarried unbeknownst to Elizabeth who lived out her life near her daughter, Isabell Lula Koonce Pynes. Years later children from Jesse's second marriage surfaced and told the story of his life after he fled Alabama. Elizabeth is at rest in Gordon Cemetery with her devoted daughter, son in law James W. Pynes and grandchildren.
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Elizabeth Bowden Koonce Hancock
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Mother of Isabelle Lula Koonce Pynes
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