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Albert Stephen Gowen

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Albert Stephen Gowen

Birth
Saco, York County, Maine, USA
Death
14 Oct 1926 (aged 82)
Togus, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Burial
West Kennebunk, York County, Maine, USA Add to Map
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Cause of death - Chronic prostatitis;
Chronic interstitial nephritis;
Valvular heart disease, mitral insufficiency;
Enlargement of liver and spleen;
Cardiac hypertrophy; Senility.
Died in the Eastern Branch of National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

Occupations - Brickmaker; Farm laborer;
Shoemaker; Loom picker.
Picker maker at the Garland Manufacturing Company at Saco, York, Maine

Albert married
1] Harriet E. KEEZER on 8 March 1868
at Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire
They were the parents of seven children;
Stephen Elmer,
Henry A. & Charles G., [born - 16 June 1870
at Kingston: twins died in infancy]
Lois Elizabeth, Charles A.,
Eva Esther, Harriet M.

2] Abigail MacDONALD on 16 December 1880
at Biddeford, York, Maine.

GOWEN FAMILY GENEALOGY:
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In 1860 Albert, at age 16, was sent to the State Reform School at Cape Elizabeth, Maine for larceny.
On October 11, 1861, at age 17, Albert enlisted as a 'Private' in Company K of the 12th Maine Volunteer Regiment.
He served at Camp Parapet in Louisiana where he suffered from malaria fever, and rheumatism.
He served at Winchester in Virgina where he was wounded in his left shoulder by a shell.
On 27 April 1866 was was Honorably discharged at Eart's Island.
On 11 October 1915 Albert was admitted in the National Home for Disabled Soldiers at Togus where he remained until his death.
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Son of Stephen P. GOWEN
and Elizabeth W. BRYANT
Cause of death - Chronic prostatitis;
Chronic interstitial nephritis;
Valvular heart disease, mitral insufficiency;
Enlargement of liver and spleen;
Cardiac hypertrophy; Senility.
Died in the Eastern Branch of National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

Occupations - Brickmaker; Farm laborer;
Shoemaker; Loom picker.
Picker maker at the Garland Manufacturing Company at Saco, York, Maine

Albert married
1] Harriet E. KEEZER on 8 March 1868
at Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire
They were the parents of seven children;
Stephen Elmer,
Henry A. & Charles G., [born - 16 June 1870
at Kingston: twins died in infancy]
Lois Elizabeth, Charles A.,
Eva Esther, Harriet M.

2] Abigail MacDONALD on 16 December 1880
at Biddeford, York, Maine.

GOWEN FAMILY GENEALOGY:
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In 1860 Albert, at age 16, was sent to the State Reform School at Cape Elizabeth, Maine for larceny.
On October 11, 1861, at age 17, Albert enlisted as a 'Private' in Company K of the 12th Maine Volunteer Regiment.
He served at Camp Parapet in Louisiana where he suffered from malaria fever, and rheumatism.
He served at Winchester in Virgina where he was wounded in his left shoulder by a shell.
On 27 April 1866 was was Honorably discharged at Eart's Island.
On 11 October 1915 Albert was admitted in the National Home for Disabled Soldiers at Togus where he remained until his death.
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Son of Stephen P. GOWEN
and Elizabeth W. BRYANT

Inscription

ALBERT S. GOWEN
1844 - 1926
VOL. 12 ME. INF. H & D CO.



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