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raised another company. This operated mostly on the west bank of the Mississippi River. In 1864 Capt. Bowen, while in charge of his command, was captured at Osceola, by Col. Burris, a Kansas jay- hawker, and was kept a prisoner at St. Louis for about two months. He then returned, gathered up his company, and continued to operate in this section. He had a fight on Ten-Mile Bayou, in Crittenden County. He surrendered at Osceola, in 1865. to the captain of a gunboat. He was then ap- pointed sheriff by the governor, serving for two years, but refused to run again. In 1872, during the negro troubles in Mississippi County, known as the "Black Hawk" war, Capt. Bowen led a charge against the mob, which was at once dispersed. In 1874 the Captain was a member of the State constitutional convention, and was also elected county judge for one term. He purchased a fine plantation of 320 acres, half of which is under a 1 high state of cultivation. On this place he has made all improvements, erected all buildings, etc. At present he is the owner of about 1,000 acres. He was married in 1843 to Mrs. Mills, nee Bishop, and three children were the result of this mar- riage: Charles Reese (deceased), William J., mar- ried and living near Osceola, and Margaret Ann, wife of J. B. Driver, and residing about one mile below Osceola. Mrs. Bowen was called to her final home in 1865. The Captain took for his second wife Mrs. Segars, nee Howe, and four children were the fruits of this union: Clem Clay, Samuel, Mamie and Katie.
Louis C. Bowen. If, as is self-evident. this work would be incomplete without sketches of the more public spirited of the successful agricultur- ists and stock men and substantial, well-to-do cit- izens of Mississippi County, then the biography of the subject of this sketch justly finds a conspicuous place in the present volume. Mr. Bowen owes his nativity to Tennessee, where his birth occurred March 31, 1818. His parents, Charles G. and Susan (Shell) Bowen, were natives of Virginia, but they were married at Knoxville, Tenn., where the. father worked as a saddler. In 1823 the family moved to Vigo County, Ind., but two years later settled in Putnam County, of the same State, where
they resided twelve years. In that county the father followed his trade, and was also engaged in agricultural pursuits. On May 2, 1835, they land- ed at Barfield Point, Ark., but only remained there four years, when they returned to Indiana. Still not satisfied, they came back to Arkansas, and set- tled on a tract of land near Osceola. Here the father died, in 1873, at the age of eighty-four years, but the mother died a number of years pre- vious. The character of Mr. Bowen, the subject i of this sketch, was modeled in such a manner that it was natural for him to look, perhaps unconsciously. upon farming and stock raising as the only call- ing with which he should identify himself. He received limited educational advantages, and re- mained at home until thirty years of age. He then chose Miss Catherine Martin as his future wife, but she lived only about eleven months after marriage. In 1839 Mr. Bowen entered 160 acres of land, on which he is living at the present time. He has all of this tract under cultivation, and his improvements are all of the best-good buildings. extensive orchards, etc. In 1853 Mr. Bowen mar- ried Miss Amelia O. Driver, a daughter of Abner Driver, one of the first settlers in this section. She lived about ten years, and became the mother of five children, all now deceased. They were named as follows: Martha, Nellie, James Lawson, Viola C. and Katie. In 1868 Mr. Bowen was united in marriage to Mrs. Sallie M. Driver, nee Baley. a native of Ohio. Six children were the result of this union: Robert L .. William E. (deceased), Wal- ter, Sallie, Charley and Joseph. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Osceola, of which Mr. Bowen has been steward for twenty years. He has been quite ac- tive in political affairs; was deputy sheriff from 1843 to 1849, under his cousin. Sheriff John Bowen. In addition to his home plantation, he is the owner of 800 acres in another tract.
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the town of Osceola now stands, May 13, 1848, and there he remained until thirteen years of age, when he moved with his parents to the farm where his father, Capt. Charles Bowen, is now living, three miles west of the village. Here W. J. Bowen remained until of age, and received such education as could be obtained in the slab school- house erected by his father near the place. The slabs were obtained from the saw mill that stood where Capt. Ayres' place now is, two miles west of Osceola. This was the first saw-mill in the coun- ty. The first grist-mill was a horse mill kept by Felix R. Lanier. The first teacher in the county was John W. DeWitt, who taught school in the old lay court house, about 1854, spelling and reading being about the only branches taught. The teacher lived in a little shanty built from old steamboat lumber, and he was also the postmaster, and kept the postoffice in an old cracker box, into which the letters would be thrown promiscuously. Those wishing their mail might go and help themselves from the box, taking out all the mail, looking it over and returning what they did not want. DeWitt, the teacher and postmaster, was quite a man for his bottle, and at times would go on a regular spree. Sometimes he would take a child on his shoulder and run through the town, yelling like an Indian. In those good old days a negro with a good gourd fiddle would be propped up in one corner of a 15x15 log cabin, and for the pleasure of dancing to his music, the young man would get a horse or mule, go sometimes as far as twenty-five miles, get some pretty country lass be. hind him and-
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Others would take a yoke of oxen, hitch to a cart and take the whole family, making a two days' trip of it. An incident Mr. Bowen relates of his father, when a young man, is as follows: He started from where Osceola stands with a young lady, in a dug out, to go to Barfield, twenty-five miles up the river, to a dance. By some misman- agement the canoe was capsized and they were spilled out: but Mr. Bowen was equal to the emer- gency, and after swimming to shore with the lady,
returned to the dug-out, saved his saddle bags, and again returned to the canoe, which he brought to shore in a passably good condition. This they again entered, and went on their way to the dance. This was no unusual occurrence, as they frequently went to dances and camp meetings in dug-outs, and as frequently were upset. One time at a camp meeting "Old Stormy," a preacher from Big Lake, rode a mule into camp, and while he was expounding the gospel, the boys got his mule, tied a bee hive to its tail, and sent it flying through the camp grounds. It is hardly neces- sary to add that "Old Stormy " was filled with righteous wrath, and that the camp meeting was broken up. W. J. Bowen is the owner of 160 acres in one tract, 100 acres being under cultiva- tion, and he is also the owner of forty acres near Osceola. He is now living on the Dan. Matthews' place, one mile from the town, where he has about 300 acres under cotton and corn, and has on his place about forty people. He was married to Miss Mollie J. Wilks, a daughter of John Wilks, of Pemiscot County, Mo., and five children were born to this marriage, two of whom died in childhood: Ollie P., who died at the age of seven years, and Charles E., who died at the age six years. Those now living are named as follows: Sallie E., at home; Ella L., and an infant unnamed. Mr. Bowen's father, Capt. Charles Bowen, is one of the oldest known citizens of the county.
H. E. Bowen, farmer of Swan Township, is now successfully following the occupation to which he was reared, and which has been his life-work, a calling that has for ages received undivided ef- forts from many worthy individuals, and one that always furnishes sustenance to the ready worker. Mr. Bowen first saw the light of day in a log cabin near the present site of the village of Osceola, Mis- sissippi County, 'Ark., in the year 1853. His father, Reece Bowen, came to Mississippi County at a very early date, and there died in 1856, leaving his widow and six children to the tender mercies of the world. She kept her children together un- til her death, which occurred in 1866, and then the home place was divided and sold. H. E. Bowen was so unfortunate as to receive very limited
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educational advantages in youth. and when eight- een years of age he began renting land, engaged in agricultural pursuits. and this occupation he has followed ever since. His marriage with Miss Minnie Fassett, daughter of J. J. Fassett, occurred in 1878, and three interesting children are the result of this union: William Douglass, Howard E. and Joseph Reece. At the age of thirty Mr. Bowen bought 480 acres of land. and has opened up 125 acres of as rich bottom land as can be found, and which averages from three fourths of a bale to a bale per acre each year, with a cost of from $5 to $6 per acre for the work. He is classed among the live, energetic farmers of the county, and is a man universally respected.
Howard H. Bowen. To show what industry, perseverance and good management can do in con- quering difficulties, it is only necessary to record some of the facts of Mr. Bowen's career from ear- liest childhood up to the present day. Left an or- phan in infancy, he has carved out his own fortune and has attained an enviable footing among the leading agriculturists of the county. He was born in Osceola on the 21st of January, 1856, being the only child born to his parents, and the day follow- ing his birth his father died and was followed to the grave by the mother eight days later. At the time of his death the father was engaged in farm- ing, and was also in commercial business in Os- ceola. He belonged to one of the prominent pio- neer families of the county, a short history of whom is given in the sketch of Capt. Bowen Howard H. Bowen was cared for by his grandpar- ents, but they, too, died when he was about two years of age, after which he was cared for by an aunt, Mrs. Ruth Burk, and then resided with James H. Edrington, an uncle by marriage. Later he made his home with an uncle, John C. Bowen, and then again with his aunt, Mrs. Burk. When he was about eight years of age he was taken into the family of his uncle, Arthur C. Bowen, with whom he remained until he attained his majority. During this time his advantages for acquiring an education were of a rather inferior description, but this fault he has remedied in a great . measure by reading, contact with business life and intercourse
with his fellowmen. After starting out in life for himself he began working on a farm at $22 per month, less board, washing and mending, for John Matthews, and at the end of six months had saved $107, only spending during this time the sum of $2.60 for his personal needs, an instance of fru- gality rarely seen in the young men of the present day. He was employed as a farm laborer, work- ing by the month, until the 27th of December, 1879, and up to that date had saved $500. With this money he made a payment of $450 on an un- improved farm of 120 acres, near Elmont. On this place he at once began clearing land, selling. his wood at 50 and 65 cents per cord, and lived in a little log cabin, 8 x 10 feet, which was scarcely high enough for him to stand erect in. Here he worked until the fall when he went to Osceola, and during the winter was employed in a cotton-gin. In the spring of 1881 he put in the first crop that was ever raised on the place, which amounted to some eight acres of cotton and corn, and the next year had in about twenty-five acres, which he cul- tivated by hiring men with teams. not yet having been able to purchase a span of horses. About this time he met with some reverses, the floods of 1882-83 injuring his fences by washing them away and piling up logs and drift of all descrip- tions; but with the energy, push and pluck which are among his leading characteristics, he continued at his work and now has the entire tract cleared and under cultivation, it being also highly im- proved, with a fine dwelling house, a good barn, warehouse and a large steam cotton gin. The lat- ter has a capacity of twenty-five bales per day and was erected at a cost of $4,000. In addition 1 to this admirable farm he owns a tract of 120 acres, two miles west of the river, forty acres of the land being under cultivation, and from this he derives a very fair rent. Four years ago it was a tract of wild land, but is now being put under cul- tivation and is improved with a good house. In the year 1SS7 he was united in marriage to Miss Fannie S. Boyles, a native of the county and a daughter of Charles Boyles, who was one of the old settlers of this region. Their only child. Charley Bard, died on the 15th of May, 1SS9, at the age
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of fourteen months and fourteen days, deeply mourned by his sorrowing parents. Mr. Bowen is a member of Lodge No. 27, of the A. F. & A. M., at Osceola. He has always been very temperate, and up to the age of twenty-six years had never taken a drink of liquor in a saloon.
Charles Boyles. A lifetime spent in pursuing one calling will usually result in substantial suc- cess, especially if energy and perseverance are ap- plied, and such is found to be the case with Mr. Boyles, who, from boyhood, has given the occu- pation of agriculture the principal part of his time and attention. He was born on Tennessee soil in 1831, and was brought to Arkansas by his father, William J. Boyles, in 1849, settling on a tract of extremely wild land in Mississippi County. Like the majority of native Tennesseeans, the father was energetic and thrifty, and the first year cleared four acres, cutting down the canebrake with a hatchet, and by perseverance and industry soon had a comfortable home. Here he resided | until his death, which occurred the first year of the Rebellion. His wife was a Miss Marjory Blackmore, of Tennessee, who bore him a family of ten children, of whom Charles is the eldest. The latter was an attendant of the schools of Os- ceola, being compelled to walk a distance of four miles to receive his instruction. His first en- trance upon life's duties for himself was in the capacity of a farmer when in his twenty-first year. The first two years he worked out by the month, then cut cord-wood for the same time, after which he gave his attention to raising crops of cotton and corn on rented land. After the death of his par- : ents. the old homestead was divided, and sixty acres fell to his share, of which forty are under cultivation. His marriage with Miss Emeline Pace was celebrated May 20, 1852. She is a native of Chicot County, Ark., coming to this county in 1840. Their union has been blessed in the birth of ten children, four of whom are living: John P .; Thomas, who is married to a Miss Blackwood and lives on his father's farm; Fannie, wife of H. H. Bowen, and Nauflett D. Mr. Boyles is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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rapidly and surely making his way to the front in agricultural pursuits and is considered by all & careful, painstaking farmer. He was born in South Carolina in 1854, and was the second of four children born to Wiley and Sarah (Otts) Bragg, who were also born in the "Palmetto State," the former being an energetic farmer of that region. The earliest recollections of T. P. Bragg are of spending his time upon the home farm. but at the early age of fourteen years he left the parental roof and emigrated westward to Tennes- see, in which State he was engaged in farm labor for four years. He was married there in 1873, to Miss Margaret Denton, and immediately after came to Mississippi County where, after working as a farm laborer for five years, he rented land and put in a crop for himself. He has farmed in this manner ever since, but conducts business on a very exten- sive scale, and his success has been exceptionally good. He has 250 acres in crops, and besides this has a farm of eighty acres (which he purchased in 1887) under the plow, it being located about two and one half miles north of Osceola, and is very advan- tageously situated. On coming to this county the greater portion of the land in this section was in a wild condition, but has been opened up since his arrival. He has been quite an active politician. and his votes are cast for Democratic candidates. The names of the children born to himself and wife are Ada Elizabeth, Maud M., Thomas W .. William Walker, Maggie L. and Charles.
Dr. Thomas G. Brewer, whose celebrity in the healing art is widespread, was born in Aberdeen. Miss .. in 1851. His parents were Samuel C. and Mary A. (Pritchett) Brewer, of Virginia, who : moved to the State of Mississippi at an early period, where the father became a very prominent contractor for the erection of buildings. Thomas was the youngest of fourteen children. of whom four boys entered the Confederate army, one of them being killed at Gettysburg. one dying in prison at Rock Island, having been captured at the battle of Chickamauga, and the other two serving through the entire period of the war, of whom one is residing at Water Valley, Miss., and the other is a popular physician at Lamar, Miss. The father of
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these boys died in 1879, and the mother nine years previous. Thomas remained at home during the war, being then too young to bear arms, and studied mathematics under his father, preparatory to entering the university. His first intention was to adopt the law, but his father's financial ruin soon after the war changed his plans, and he joined his brother, W. W. Brewer, at Lamar, to study medicine. He remained with his brother one year, and then attended the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, where he remained one year. On his return he won a scholarship at a competitive examination held in the Louisville Medical College at Water Valley, Miss., and re- mained at that college during the years 1873-74, graduating in February of the latter year. On his return to Lamar he began practicing his pro- fession, and continued at that place until 1879. It was during the yellow fever epidemic of 1878, that the Doctor displayed his heroism, and the courage to face death, where thousands were panic- stricken and fleeing in all directions to escape the scourge. He remained at his post, and with his brother's assistance attended case after case with a nerve that was magnificent, and won the ad- miration of thousands. During his residence in Lamar he was elected mayor and quarantine com- missioner, and held the office of mayor for several years. In 1879 he removed to Monroe, Phillips County, Ark., where he remained for two years, but losing his health to some extent, he thought it better policy to return to Lamar. After one year's residence there he improved, and then came to Mississippi County, Ark., settling at Pecan Point, to practice his profession. He remained here until 1887, and then moved to Fort Smith, but the ill health of his family again compelled him to change, and he returned to Mississippi County, where he has since been permanently lo- cated, and has built a comfortable home. His skill is too well known to comment upon, and his practice embraces a stretch of some twenty miles upon the river front, and several of the islands; besides this it is rapidly increasing. The Doctor is a member of the County Medical Society and of the Tri-State Medical Association of Mississippi, Arkansas and
Tennessee, and at one time was vice-president of the latter society. He also belongs to the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Honor, Lodge No. 3315, of Pecan Point, and was instrumental in the organization of these lodges. In 1876 he was married to Miss Mollie C. Hudson, of Lamar, Miss., and they are the parents of one child, a boy named Norman W. Dr. and Mrs. Brewer are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and are both active in all church work. Some idea of the Doctor's skill may be gathered from the fact that last year he attended 130 families, and but two deaths occurred out of that number, which is one of the most creditable records of any physi- cian in that section.
Gideon R. Brickey, of the firm of G. R. Brickey & Bros., general merchants and planters of Osceola, Mississippi County, Ark., first saw the light of day in Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., in 1850. The paternal ancestors of Mr. Brickey came orig- inally from France in 1680, and settled in South Carolina, but later moved to Georgia. They left their native land on account of religious oppres- sion, and were among the Huguenots who came to America at that time for freedom of belief. Since then this family has been among the pioneers in the settlement of several States. In 1814, John Brickey, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, settled in Washington, Mo. Of the nine living children born to John C. and Emma (Carpenter) Brickey. Gideon R. is the fourth. His parents were natives of Missouri, and the father was for a long time a miller in that section, but is now in business in Festus, Mo. Gideon R. Brickey at- tended the public schools of Missouri, and had a more thorough course of private instruction at home, until the age of eighteen: then, in 1872, with his brother Peter, made a trip on a flatboat, taking photographs on the Mississippi River. They were engaged in this novel life for three years, and in 1875 Mr. Brickey came to Osceola and started a general store. He is the oldest business man in this place. In 1878, his brother Peter, who was also interested in the business, made his home in Osceola, and in 1885, another brother, John, joined them also, so that the individual members 1
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