1838 "Marriages of Lawrence County, Tenn." Film #976304

  Bond - Mar. 12 1838 Bowden, James  Elizabeth McAnally   
                William Bowden

  Bond - Sep. 20 1838 Bowden, Charles W.  Elvira Lysle 
                George W. Franks
  Lic. - Sep. 20 1838 Bowden, Charles W.  Elvira Lad 
                Sep. 20 1838
                William Kirk, J.
	
1850 Census - Lawrence County, Tennessee
District #7 - 30 Oct. 1850

  143 143 [Near Many McAnally families]
  Jas Bowden    44 M Farmer 400   Ga
  Mary A.       16 F              Tenn
  Wm. J.        13 M              Tenn
  Charles W.    11 M              Tenn
  Elizabeth J.   8 F              Tenn
  Lois M.        7 F              Tenn
  Sarah K[?]     3 F              Tenn
  John A.        4 M              Tenn

From The Bowden Family of Pope County, Arkansas by Lina Jane Owens Boyd

2-3. BOWDEN, james born 06 Feb 1806 Georgia (family bible) was still living in 1880 census of
Lawrence Co. TN.
married 1st Elizabeth McANALLY 12 Mar 1830 Lawrence Co. TN (BIBLE)
married 2nd Lois (Louise) J. LADD about 1852 in Lawrence Co. TN

children: Mary Ann, William S., Charles Winston, Elizabeth, Lois, Sarah Frances, John Archibald/James
H., David F., Margaret G or J.