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Personal data Clara Abigail (Clara Abigail "Abby") "Abby" Deems 

• Alternative name: Abigail Deems Bowen
• Nickname is Abby.
• She was born on November 1, 1876 in fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten.
• (note1) .Source 1

  Sources: Katherine Mathis & Ronald R. Bowen

• She died in the year 1959 in fortasse, somewhere in OK, she was 82 years old.
• She is buried in the year 1959 in Fairland Cem., Afton-Fairland Twp., Ottawa Co., OK.
• A child of James Hiram Deems and Eliza Jane Ward
• This information was last updated on May 25, 2017.

Household of Clara Abigail (Clara Abigail "Abby") "Abby" Deems

She is married to Elias Emery Bowen.

They got married at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten.

Elias E. Bowen oo Abigail Deems

Marriage source: Mathis, Katherine, Handwritten notes on Diane Mathis funeral card, (Grove, OK, KDNM, xvi Dec MMXI)

"Abigail Deems Bowen (Bobby's [Robert Lynn Mathis] Great Gmother) Nov 1 1876 E E (Elias) Bowen Aug 3 1860 (Bobby's Great GFather) E.O. Huck Bowen (Bobby's Grandfather) Zelma ..." <>

Child(ren):

1. Emery Owen Bowen  1919-1970 

Notes about Clara Abigail (Clara Abigail "Abby") "Abby" Deems

Clara Abigail "Abby" Deems

Source: Author: Mathis, Katherine, Title: Handwritten notes on Diane Mathis funeral card, (Publication location: Grove, OK, Publisher: KDNM, Publication date: xvi Dec MMXI)

"Abigail Deems Bowen (Bobby's [Robert Lynn Mathis] Great Gmother) Nov 1 1876 E E (Elias) Bowen Aug 3 1860 (Bobby's Great GFather) E.O. Huck Bowen (Bobby's Grandfather) Zelma ..."

Might Abigail Deems be Clara A. Bowen reference 10077 (1/4 Cherokee)?

Author: NN (anonymous), Title: Terry Mathis/Diana Bowen Social Services Chart One MOA 73 (Publication location unknown, Publisher: Bureau of Indian Affairs?, Publication date: no date)

"Under or above each line, insert Tribe, Roll Number and Degree, as appropriate ... FA: Chne
Emery Bowen (3) PGF: [This is marked out, "CH 10078 1/8 Sanford M. Bowen"] Written above the X-ed out name is Ch 6034 - 1/16 John F Word
PGM: (20) [circled 20 is X-ed out] ch-10077 1/4
Ch100077 1/4 [x-ed out]
Clara A Bowen [X-ed out]
Clara A. Bowen ..."

From the notes, I put forth this hypothesis: Clara A. Bowen, mother of Emery Bowen & Abigail Deems are the same individual. This would make her birth name Clara Abigail Deems. - D.A. Navorska - xvi Jan MMXIII - Gran Carey Estates, Twp. 25N, Delaware Co., OK

Author: Bowen, Ronald R., Title: Native American Bowens', (Publication location unknown, Publisher: Freepages at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: no date [read xxix Jan MMXIII])

Link: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bowen/nativeamericans.html

"Hello! Osiyo!

I got this address from an internet page so I have no idea if it is still active or not. Therefore I won't go into a lot of detail, but I am a Bowen myself, born and raised in Fairland, OK, and I am Native American. There was a list ofBowens on the Dawes list and my family members were not among them. My great-grandmother Abigail (Deems) Bowen (married to Elias Bowen) is an original enrollee as were their children born early enough to be included. This includes my grandfather Sanford Bowen. This is all very verifiable and I am in facta direct descendent of Amatoya Moytoy, b. ~1650. Nancy Ward of the Cherokee is also descended from this Moytoy. As is Dragging Canoe and many others. I am a 'direct' descendent of the Ward that married Nancy after the death of her firsthusband, Kingfisher. So I'm kind of related to her twice. Anyway, I am a "card-carrying" Cherokee and also part Potawatomie on my mother's side. ....

Thanks. Wado,

Ron Bowen

A second e-mail from Ron states...

..... I do have E.E. Bowen and Clara Abigail Bowen's names and birth dates on a scrap of paper kept in my Bible (they're written in her handwriting).

Okay, here goes ("?" means the handwriting was a little hard to make out):

Elias Bowen, age 56 years (?). Born Aug. 3 1860 (?)

Abby Bowen, age 40 years. Born Nov. 1 (?), 1876

Sanford Bowen, age 16 years. Born Nov. 9, 1900

Othel Bowen, age 12 years. Born July 6, 1904

Wm Bowen, age 10 years. Born Dec. 3, 1906

Jean Bowen, age 7 years. Born Sept. 6, 1909

Maudie Bowen, age 4 years. Born. Sept. 19, 1912

Sybil Bowen, age 2 years. Born Feb. 18, 1914

Elias is the same person as E. E. Bowen. Abby is a nickname for Clara Abigail (Deems) Bowen

She also listed: Truman Bowen, age 45 years. Born Sept. 21, 1870.

Truman was E. E. Bowen's brother.

NOTE: They went on to have at least two more children, Jo (daughter) and Emory Owen (son).

So, there ended up being quite a few Cherokee Bowens in NE Oklahoma as a result of these two marrying. She stated on the Dawes application that she was "1/4", or possibly "about a 1/4". Most of educated tribal members were trying to understate their CDIB to 1/4 as you then had complete control of your land allotment versus having to get permission to sell, etc. I have a picture of E. E. Bowen and Abby if anyone is interested.

As you will see, tracing Clara Abigail Deems to the Ward family is complicated the the fact that she, her sister and brother are at times listed as Deems, Deans and/or Dean. Also, Eliza Jane Ward was illegitimate (her mother's name was Betsy Pigeon), but was given the surname and raised by her father as a Ward alongside her many younger 1/2 siblings.

I sent some info. to James Hicks and he put it on his webpage. Here is a link from these Bowens all the way back to Amatoya Moytoy:"

[web-site is defunct]

Author: Roberts, Judy K., Title: "Clara Abigail Deems Bowen," (Publication location: Fairland, OK, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: iv Mar MMXII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86236631

"Clara Abigail Deems Bowen Birth: 1876 Death: 1959

Family links:
Parents:
James Hiram Deems (1846 - 1886)
Eliza Jane Ward Stout (1857 - 1892)

Spouse:
Elias Emery Bowen (1866 - 1953)

Children:
Infant Son Bowen (1899 - 1899) *
Sanford Marion Bowen (1899 - 1965) *
Helma Bowen (1902 - 1903) *
Othel M. Bowen (1904 - 1924) *
William Paul Bowen (1906 - 1979) *
Nellie Jean Bowen Stone (1909 - 2002) *
Sybil Dee Bowen Thompson (1914 - 2002) *

Siblings:
Martha Ellen Deems Barnhart (1874 - 1952) *
Clara Abigail Deems Bowen (1876 - 1959)
John Lovell Deems (1878 - 1951) *
Edna Almeda Deems Bowman (1886 - 1948) *

*Calculated relationship
Burial: Fairland Cemetery Fairland Ottawa County Oklahoma, USA

Created by: Judy K. Roberts Record added: Mar 04, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 86236631"
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