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Bowen, Charles, 1807-1845


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  • Variants

    • Bowen, Charles, active 1833-1839
    • Bowen, Charles, publisher
  • Additional Information

    • Birth Date

        1807-11-24
    • Death Date

        1845-12-19
    • Has Affiliation

        • Affiliation Address: 141 Washington Street , Boston , Massachusetts
        • Affiliation Address:
        • City: Boston
        • State: Massachusetts
    • Has Affiliation

        • Affiliation Address: 6 Water Street , Boston , Massachusetts
        • Affiliation Address:
        • City: Boston
        • State: Massachusetts
    • Birth Place

        Charlestown (Boston, Mass.)
    • Associated Language

        English
    • Field of Activity

      Book industries and trade

      Publishers and publishing


    • Occupation

      Publishers and publishing

      (itoamc) Editors

      (itoamc) Legislators (State government)

      (itoamc) Merchants

      (itoamc) Publishers

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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Bowen, Charles, active 1833-1839
    • Bowen, Charles, publisher
  • Sources

    • found: Kingsley, S. Sunday school singing book, 1832:title-page (Charles Bowen)
    • found: PP files(Charles Bowen; publisher in Boston, Mass.)
    • found: OCLC, September 15, 2014(access points: Bowen, Charles; Bowen, Charles, publisher; usage: Charles Bowen; note: activity found between 1832 and 1839)
    • found: Stimpson's Boston directory, 1833-1838(Charles Bowen listed as publisher at 141 Washington Street (1833-1836) and at 6 Water Street (1837-1838), after which he is not listed; he is listed prior to 1833 only as part of firm Gray and Bowen)
    • found: American almanac and repository of useful knowledge, 1846:p. 323 (Charles Bowen; age 38; native of Charlestown, Mass.; resident of Boston for most of his life; publisher of the North American review, American almanac, The token, and other works; moved to Ohio in 1838 and settled at Zanesville; represented Muskingum Co. in the Ohio legislature; he, his wife and son were drowned Dec. 19, 1845 on the Mississippi River, about 500 miles north of New Orleans, by the sinking of the steamer Belle Zane)
    • found: America's Historical Newspapers, via WWW, Jan. 26, 2015:Boston evening transcript, 1-5-1846 (Mr. Charles Bowen; formerly of the firm of Gray & Bowen, of this city, publishers of the North American review, American almanac, and other works; lost by the unfortunate disaster to the steamer Belle Zane)
    • found: American Ancestors, via WWW, Jan. 26, 2015:Mass. vital records to 1850 (Charles Bowen; b. Nov. 24, 1807, Charlestown, son of Dijah and Elizabeth)
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  • Change Notes

    • 1991-08-29: new
    • 2017-02-03: revised
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