1870 Census - Pope County, Arkansas
Moreland TWP - 22 Aug 1870

  1047 1065
  Bowden, John W.      28 M W Works on Farm  --- $350 Tenn
  Susan J.             24 F W Keeping House           Tenn
  Willy E.              3 M W At Home                 Ark
  Thomas L.          8/12 M W At Home                 Ark
  Kendrick, William    17 M W Labourer                Ark
  Chronister, Susan W. 49 F W At Home                 NCar
  ---, Susan C.        14 F W At Home                 Ark

1880 Census - Van Buren County, Arkansas
Craig TWP - 7 June 1880

  88 88
  Bowden, John W.   W M 37      M Farmer        Tenn Geor NCar
  Susan             W F 34 Wife M Keeping House Tenn Tenn Tenn
  Wiley E.          W M 13 Son  S Works on Farm Ark  Tenn Tenn
  Thomas L.         W M 11 Son  S Works on Farm Ark  Tenn Tenn
  Nancy A.          W F  9 Dau  S               Ark  Tenn Tenn
  Rebecca C.        W F  7 Dau  S               Ark  Tenn Tenn
  Amanda J.         W F  6 Dau  S               Ark  Tenn Tenn
  Cora E.           W F  3 Dau  S               Ark  Tenn Tenn
  Wesley M.         W M  1 Son  S               Ark  Tenn Tenn

1886 Cemetary Inscriptions Eastland Co., Texas 976.4547 V22C Vol 3

	p. 121 Susan, wife of J.W. Bowden June 22, 1845 - Apr. 9, 1886

From http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbosqu2/Contents/VeteransAllWars.html:

BOWDEN, John Wesley, Rev.--John W. CASALL
Rev. John Wesley Bowden entered the service of the Confederacy on 15 JUL 1861
at Russellville, Pope County, AR.  Rev. Bowden born 6 JUL 1742[sic] in Lawrence Co.,
TN is buried in Meridian, Bosque Co., TX.  He died 26 AUG 1932, a Pioneer
minister of the Methodist-Episcopal Church South. Bowden, John W. Texas Pension
#30072 Coryell Co., TX Bowden, John W. (Mrs.) Texas Pension # 50949 Bosque
Co., TX; husband John W. Bowden his Pension #30072.

Miscellaneous:

  According to Carline Harp Doyle, the Rev. John Wesley Bowden was born 6 Jul 1842 in Lawrence
County, Tennessee.  He married Susan J. Chronister (no bd) on 19 Nov 1863 (no place), and married
Mrs. Emma Green Trawick Taylor (no bd) on 12 Aug 1886.  I've included this information provisionally
while I verify her research.