Natchez Death Records:Dr. A. T. Bowie died 12 Sep 1872, age 59 of Hepatic Disease.
Walter Worthington Bowie, The Bowies and Their Kindred (Published 1899, Washington, DC Call #S71.B787).
Dr. Allen Thomas Bowie, the posthumous child of Thomas Contee Bowie & his wife, Mary Mackall Bowie, daughter of Gov. Robert Bowie, was born Aug 24, 1813, at Essington, near Upper Marlboro, Prince George's Co.,Md.
Studied medicine at Baltimore Medical College, finishing in 1836, and moved to Natchez, Miss.. He practiced his profession a short time at Port Gibson.
April 14, 1838, he married Matilda Jane Routh at "Oakland," the home of her father, John Routh. "Oakland" was within the present limits of the city of Natchez. After his marriage Dr. Bowie moved to La. & engaged in cotton-planting. [The plantations were his wife's properties]- "Franklin" and "Glen Allen", lying along two sides of the shores of Lake St. Joseph, in Tensas Parish, La. On the "Franklin" plantation, opposite "Glen Allen," they built their home, upward of 20 rooms. Sloping to the waters of the lake stretched a spacious lawn; deer roamed beneath the forest trees in an adjacent park. All burned by the Union Troops on their way to capture Vicksburg.
The latter years of Dr. Bowie were passed in Natchez, a vestryman of Trinity Episcopal Church. He died Sept. 12, 1872, & buried at Natchez. His wife, Mrs. Matilda Jane Bowie, died March 7, 1882.
Walter Worthington Bowie, The Bowies and Their Kindred (Published 1899, Washington, DC Call #S71.B787).
Dr. Allen Thomas Bowie, the posthumous child of Thomas Contee Bowie & his wife, Mary Mackall Bowie, daughter of Gov. Robert Bowie, was born Aug 24, 1813, at Essington, near Upper Marlboro, Prince George's Co.,Md.
Studied medicine at Baltimore Medical College, finishing in 1836, and moved to Natchez, Miss.. He practiced his profession a short time at Port Gibson.
April 14, 1838, he married Matilda Jane Routh at "Oakland," the home of her father, John Routh. "Oakland" was within the present limits of the city of Natchez. After his marriage Dr. Bowie moved to La. & engaged in cotton-planting. [The plantations were his wife's properties]- "Franklin" and "Glen Allen", lying along two sides of the shores of Lake St. Joseph, in Tensas Parish, La. On the "Franklin" plantation, opposite "Glen Allen," they built their home, upward of 20 rooms. Sloping to the waters of the lake stretched a spacious lawn; deer roamed beneath the forest trees in an adjacent park. All burned by the Union Troops on their way to capture Vicksburg.
The latter years of Dr. Bowie were passed in Natchez, a vestryman of Trinity Episcopal Church. He died Sept. 12, 1872, & buried at Natchez. His wife, Mrs. Matilda Jane Bowie, died March 7, 1882.
Natchez Death Records:Dr. A. T. Bowie died 12 Sep 1872, age 59 of Hepatic Disease.
Walter Worthington Bowie, The Bowies and Their Kindred (Published 1899, Washington, DC Call #S71.B787).
Dr. Allen Thomas Bowie, the posthumous child of Thomas Contee Bowie & his wife, Mary Mackall Bowie, daughter of Gov. Robert Bowie, was born Aug 24, 1813, at Essington, near Upper Marlboro, Prince George's Co.,Md.
Studied medicine at Baltimore Medical College, finishing in 1836, and moved to Natchez, Miss.. He practiced his profession a short time at Port Gibson.
April 14, 1838, he married Matilda Jane Routh at "Oakland," the home of her father, John Routh. "Oakland" was within the present limits of the city of Natchez. After his marriage Dr. Bowie moved to La. & engaged in cotton-planting. [The plantations were his wife's properties]- "Franklin" and "Glen Allen", lying along two sides of the shores of Lake St. Joseph, in Tensas Parish, La. On the "Franklin" plantation, opposite "Glen Allen," they built their home, upward of 20 rooms. Sloping to the waters of the lake stretched a spacious lawn; deer roamed beneath the forest trees in an adjacent park. All burned by the Union Troops on their way to capture Vicksburg.
The latter years of Dr. Bowie were passed in Natchez, a vestryman of Trinity Episcopal Church. He died Sept. 12, 1872, & buried at Natchez. His wife, Mrs. Matilda Jane Bowie, died March 7, 1882.
Walter Worthington Bowie, The Bowies and Their Kindred (Published 1899, Washington, DC Call #S71.B787).
Dr. Allen Thomas Bowie, the posthumous child of Thomas Contee Bowie & his wife, Mary Mackall Bowie, daughter of Gov. Robert Bowie, was born Aug 24, 1813, at Essington, near Upper Marlboro, Prince George's Co.,Md.
Studied medicine at Baltimore Medical College, finishing in 1836, and moved to Natchez, Miss.. He practiced his profession a short time at Port Gibson.
April 14, 1838, he married Matilda Jane Routh at "Oakland," the home of her father, John Routh. "Oakland" was within the present limits of the city of Natchez. After his marriage Dr. Bowie moved to La. & engaged in cotton-planting. [The plantations were his wife's properties]- "Franklin" and "Glen Allen", lying along two sides of the shores of Lake St. Joseph, in Tensas Parish, La. On the "Franklin" plantation, opposite "Glen Allen," they built their home, upward of 20 rooms. Sloping to the waters of the lake stretched a spacious lawn; deer roamed beneath the forest trees in an adjacent park. All burned by the Union Troops on their way to capture Vicksburg.
The latter years of Dr. Bowie were passed in Natchez, a vestryman of Trinity Episcopal Church. He died Sept. 12, 1872, & buried at Natchez. His wife, Mrs. Matilda Jane Bowie, died March 7, 1882.
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