John {Age 14} is recorded on the
1850 census at Albion, Kennebec, Maine
dwelling in the household of his parents.

John and Maria married on 19 June 1858
at Coloma, Waushara, Wisconsin.
They were the parents of three sons;
Elwin Taylor, William Elroy, Justin Bryon.
The family is recorded on the 1860 census
at Coloma, Waushara, Wisconsin.
The family is recorded on the 1870 & 1880 census at Warsaw, Rice, Minnesota.

NORTH LOUP LOYALIST- 14 February 1895:
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Sunday evening the sad news was received here of the death of John B. Gowen at Ogden on Sunday morning, February 10, 1895.
In 1852 John moved to Wisconsin with his parents, arriving at Chicago in Illinois on the first railroad before there was any depot built. The family settled at Coloma in Waushara County, Wisconsin.
In June 1861 he moved to Minnesota, finally settling in Rice County.
In 1867 he quit farming and entered the mercantile business at Warsaw in Minnesota.
In the spring of 1874, he moved to Minneapolis in Minnesota where he engaged in the wood business until 1876 when he returned to Warsaw where he went into the mercantile business again.
In the winter of 1880 he was stricken with asthma, and in the spring of 1881, he sold his stock of goods and moved to Nebraska, by team, settling at North Loup in July 1881.
His health was better for a few years, however the winter of 1889-1890 was very hard on him, and in January 1891 he moved to Ogden in Utah for his health, where he lived until his death.
In 1870 he became converted and joined the Methodist church. In 1880 he became convinced that the seventh day was the sabbath of the Bible and joined the S.D.B. church in 1881. After moving to Ogden, he joined the Adventist church, of which he became an active member until his death. The last years of his life were spent in active christian work, visiting the sick and helping the needy as far as his means would allow.
Interment at North Loup, Nebraska.
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GOWEN FAMILY RECORDS:
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On June 22, 1881 John and Maria started overland from Wisconsin to Nebraska. The family arrived at North Loup on July 14, 1881.
In September, he traded his 160 acres of land, one team and wagon, plus a $1,000.00 mortgage to buy the only hotel in town, the Arlington Hotel, and the increasing railroad construction gave them a successful business trade for several years.
They continued with the hotel until their health began to fail, so they decided to rent out the hotel in March 1890, and retire.

NORTH LOUP LOYALIST:
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The A R L I N G T O N
Best House in the Loup Valleys, Nebraska
This House is Entirely New and Newly Furnished
Special Attention Given to Commercial Men.