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Horace Gowen

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Horace Gowen

Birth
Waterboro, York County, Maine, USA
Death
28 Jan 1904 (aged 84)
Westbrook, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Burial
Waterboro, York County, Maine, USA Add to Map
Plot
15 C
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FAMILY BIBLE - of Aaron Gowen:
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August 19, 1819 - Horace was born.
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Cause of death - Old age;
Organic heart disease.

Occupations - Farmer;
Surveyor of Highways for Waterboro.

Horace and Arney married on 11 October 1842 at Alfred, York, Maine.
They were the parents of;
Mary E., Benjamin Franklin,
Charles Herbert, Otis Porter.
The family is recorded on the
1850 & 1860 & 1870 & 1880 census
at Waterboro, York, Maine.

Horace {Age 80; Widower} is recorded on the 1900 census at Westbrook Cumberland, Maine
dwelling with his daughter, Mary Dolley.

OBITUARY - 28 January 1904:
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Horace Gowen died suddenly Thursday afternoon at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Orrin Dolley. He was age 84 years
and five months and nine days.
It is a coincidence that three years ago his wife died at precisely the same age to a day.
He lived at Waterboro where he was a farmer. Thirteen years ago he and his wife moved to Westbrook where they made their home with their daughter, Mrs. Orrin Dolley.
Horace was a man of strict integrity
and was widely known throughout York county. Although acknowledging no religious preference, he was a thorough Christian gentleman.
Interment in Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Son of Aaron GOWEN
and Elizabeth BOSTON.
FAMILY BIBLE - of Aaron Gowen:
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August 19, 1819 - Horace was born.
**************************

Cause of death - Old age;
Organic heart disease.

Occupations - Farmer;
Surveyor of Highways for Waterboro.

Horace and Arney married on 11 October 1842 at Alfred, York, Maine.
They were the parents of;
Mary E., Benjamin Franklin,
Charles Herbert, Otis Porter.
The family is recorded on the
1850 & 1860 & 1870 & 1880 census
at Waterboro, York, Maine.

Horace {Age 80; Widower} is recorded on the 1900 census at Westbrook Cumberland, Maine
dwelling with his daughter, Mary Dolley.

OBITUARY - 28 January 1904:
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Horace Gowen died suddenly Thursday afternoon at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Orrin Dolley. He was age 84 years
and five months and nine days.
It is a coincidence that three years ago his wife died at precisely the same age to a day.
He lived at Waterboro where he was a farmer. Thirteen years ago he and his wife moved to Westbrook where they made their home with their daughter, Mrs. Orrin Dolley.
Horace was a man of strict integrity
and was widely known throughout York county. Although acknowledging no religious preference, he was a thorough Christian gentleman.
Interment in Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Son of Aaron GOWEN
and Elizabeth BOSTON.

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HORACE GOWEN
August 19, 1819 - January 28, 1904



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