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Sidney Breese Bowne

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Sidney Breese Bowne

Birth
New York County, New York, USA
Death
5 Oct 1865 (aged 77)
Westchester County, New York, USA
Burial
Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Quaker Plot
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Sidney Breese Bowne was the son of Nathan Matthew Bowne and Elizabeth Quinby.
Jemima Honeywell Hunt married Sidney Breese Bowne on 30 JAN 1811, Westchester County, New York.

Children of Sidney Breese Bowne and Jemima Honeywell Hunt:
1. William Hunt Bowne (1812-1882)
2. Robert Matthew Bowne (1813-1818)
3. Josiah Quinby Bowne (1815-1859)
4. Richard Matthew Bowne (1817-1899)
5. Elizabeth Honeywell Bowne (1819-1863)
6. Honeywell Bowne (1821-1821)
7. Sarah Matilda Bowne Cromwell (1822-1875)
8. Maria Phebe Bowne Thomas (1824-1887)
9. Phebe Ann Bowne (1825-1826)
10. Catherine Havilland Bowne (1826-1826)
11. Sidney Breese Bowne (1827-1828)
12. Sidney Franklin Bowne (1829-1855)
13. Thomas Burling Bowne (1831-1880)
14. Amelia Crane Bowne (1834-1883)

(re: #7, Spies, 1921)
Death Notice (NYT, 6 OCT 1865)
BOWNE. -- On Thursday, Oct. 5, at Westchester, N.Y., SIDNEY B. BOWNE, in the 78th year of his age.
The friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, at Friends' Meeting-house. Westchester, on Seventh Day, 7th inst., at 2 o'clock P.M. Carriages will be in waiting at Harlem Bridge at 1 o'clock.

Sidney B. Bowne was a merchant.
From 'The Story of the Bronx' by S. Jenkins,1912 (in public domain):
Several of the Westchester inhabitants were engaged in the sloop trade with New York in the first half of the nineteenth century, and the owners of the trade found it very lucretive; later, small steamers plied between the two places. Among the sloop owners was Sydney B. Bowne, a respected Quaker of the town, who, after the restoration of peace, also conducted a store in the village, which was easily the most famous of the three or four stores of which the Borough was possessed. It was said that "Syd" Bowne always had what was asked for, and that he never turned a customer away empty-handed. Once, on a wager, some gentlemen asked for a goose-yoke, a rather rare article, but it was furnished on the instant. On a similar occasion of a wager, the article demanded was a pulpit. The venerable merchant thought for a few moments, and then recalling the contents of his garret, called to his son: "Thomas, thee will find Parson
Wilkins's old pulpit behind the chimney in the garret." It seems that when St. Peter's had been renovated, Friend Bowne had bought the old pulpit. His store building has been rejuvenated almost beyond recognition.
Sidney Breese Bowne was the son of Nathan Matthew Bowne and Elizabeth Quinby.
Jemima Honeywell Hunt married Sidney Breese Bowne on 30 JAN 1811, Westchester County, New York.

Children of Sidney Breese Bowne and Jemima Honeywell Hunt:
1. William Hunt Bowne (1812-1882)
2. Robert Matthew Bowne (1813-1818)
3. Josiah Quinby Bowne (1815-1859)
4. Richard Matthew Bowne (1817-1899)
5. Elizabeth Honeywell Bowne (1819-1863)
6. Honeywell Bowne (1821-1821)
7. Sarah Matilda Bowne Cromwell (1822-1875)
8. Maria Phebe Bowne Thomas (1824-1887)
9. Phebe Ann Bowne (1825-1826)
10. Catherine Havilland Bowne (1826-1826)
11. Sidney Breese Bowne (1827-1828)
12. Sidney Franklin Bowne (1829-1855)
13. Thomas Burling Bowne (1831-1880)
14. Amelia Crane Bowne (1834-1883)

(re: #7, Spies, 1921)
Death Notice (NYT, 6 OCT 1865)
BOWNE. -- On Thursday, Oct. 5, at Westchester, N.Y., SIDNEY B. BOWNE, in the 78th year of his age.
The friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, at Friends' Meeting-house. Westchester, on Seventh Day, 7th inst., at 2 o'clock P.M. Carriages will be in waiting at Harlem Bridge at 1 o'clock.

Sidney B. Bowne was a merchant.
From 'The Story of the Bronx' by S. Jenkins,1912 (in public domain):
Several of the Westchester inhabitants were engaged in the sloop trade with New York in the first half of the nineteenth century, and the owners of the trade found it very lucretive; later, small steamers plied between the two places. Among the sloop owners was Sydney B. Bowne, a respected Quaker of the town, who, after the restoration of peace, also conducted a store in the village, which was easily the most famous of the three or four stores of which the Borough was possessed. It was said that "Syd" Bowne always had what was asked for, and that he never turned a customer away empty-handed. Once, on a wager, some gentlemen asked for a goose-yoke, a rather rare article, but it was furnished on the instant. On a similar occasion of a wager, the article demanded was a pulpit. The venerable merchant thought for a few moments, and then recalling the contents of his garret, called to his son: "Thomas, thee will find Parson
Wilkins's old pulpit behind the chimney in the garret." It seems that when St. Peter's had been renovated, Friend Bowne had bought the old pulpit. His store building has been rejuvenated almost beyond recognition.


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