1870 Census - Davis County, Texas
Precinct #3 - 26 August 1870

  482 482
  Bawden, William    23 M W Farmer  Geor
  Mary               20 F W         Geor
  Sallie              2 F W         Geor

1880 Census - Bowie County, Texas
District 1

  54 54
  Bowden, W.A.  W M 34      Farmer        Ga Ga Ga
  M. E.         W F 32 Wife Keeping House Ga Ga Ga
  S.L.          W F 11 Dau  At Home       Ga Ga Ga
  Burton + John W M  8 Sons At Home       La Ga Ga
  Lizzie        W F  6 Dtr  At Home       La Ga Ga
  Cora B.       W F  1 Dtr  At Home       Tx Ga Ga

1900 Census - Lamar County, Texas
Justice Precinct 5, District 84

  96 98
  Bowden, William A.  Head W M Apr 1846 54 M 32     Georgia Georgia Georgia Farmer
  Mary E.             Wife W F Sep 1847 52 M 32 9 6 Georgia Georgia Georgia
  Mary A.             Dau  W F Mar 1881 19 S        Texas   Georgia Georgia Farmer
  William A.          Son  W M Sep 1883 18 S        Texas   Georgia Georgia At School
  Charles O.          Son  W M Nov 1888 11 S        Texas   Georgia Georgia At School

  97 99
  Bowden, Burton C.   Head W M May 1873 27 M  1     Texas   Georgia Georgia Farm Laborer
  Annie A.            Wife W F Jun 1881 18 M  1 1 1 Texas   Unk     Unk
  William A.          Son  W M Aug 1899  1 S        Texas   Texas   Texas

  293 295
  Bowden, John        Head W M May 1872 28 M 7     Texas Georgia Georgia Farmer
  Jesse V.            Wife W F Sep 1870 29 M 7 3 3 Texas Tenn    Tenn
  [Children listed on sheet 16A, a couple of sheets further in the record]
  Gertrude            Dau  W F Sep 1894  5 S       Texas Texas Texas
  Elbert              Son  W M Mar 1896  4 S       Texas Texas Texas
  Clara               Dau  W F Aug 1897  2 S       Texas Texas Texas

Information about William Andrew Bowden and his family from Teresa Dorsey, a descendant:

William Andrew Bowden
Born: April 20, 1846  Henry County, Ga.
Died: August 06, 1932  Lamar County, Texas
Buried: Pyles Cemetery  Lamar Co.
Occupation: Farmer
Resided: Direct, Texas
Married: Margurette (Mary) Elizabeth Burk
Date: Oct. 20, 1867  Macon, Ga.
Religion: Methodist
Service:  Civil War -Confed.
Enlisted: March 29, 1864 in Dekalb Georgia
Served with-Georgia Infantry Co. H, 2nd Infantry
Discharged: Mary 1865 at Camp Lawton in Florida
Applied for pension-March 11, 1925  Approved: June 18, 1925

William Andrew (Ancey) Bowden- Born: April 20, 1846  Henry County, Ga. 
Married: Mary Elizabeth Burk  abt. October 20, 1867  Moved to Texas about 1875.  Resided in Lamar
County, Texas.
Children : John Madison Bowden- Born: May 11, 1872  Farmersville, La.
John M. Bowden had a twin brother- Burton Columbus Bowden.

From Teresa Dorsey:

Mary Elizabeth (Burk) Bowden----Born September 14, 1847
 
Her Obituary-
 
                                     In Memoriam
                                Mary Elizabeth Bowden
 
    Sister Mary E. Bowden departed this life Wednesday morning, December 7, 1927.  She was buried at
Pyles cemetery near her home.  She and Bro. W.A. Bowden, her beloved companion had lived together 60
years, less on month and five days.  Sister Bowden was converted early in life and joined the
Methodist church in Henry County, Georgia, where she was born on September 14, 1847.  She was 80
years, 2 months, and 22 days old the day she went to be with Jesus.  Sister Bowden had been a
consistent Christian since 1862.  They, she and Bro. Bowden, came to Texas about the year 1870 and
settled near Douglasville, in Cass Co., Georgia, moving from there to Louisiana for three years,
then to Texarkana, and finally coming to Mayes Prairie where they settled for life.
 
    She was a member of Mayes Prairie Methodist Church since its organization.  Sister Bowden was
the preacher's friend, the door of their home always stood ajar for their comfort.  She was a
devoted mother, loving wife, and a true friend to all  Surviving her is her husband, Bro. W.A.
Bowden, five children and 18 grandchildren, besides a host of relatives and friends who mourn her
departure.
   
   A Mother in Israel is gone, a friend to humanity has passed on.  Her race is run, her journey
completed, she has entered into the vale, she will not be back, But thanks be unto God, we many go
to where she is.  We can only see her in fond memory, but there we see here face to face.  We bade
her good bye for the last time on the morning of the 7Th of December last, but then we will say good
morning in our eternal home.  There will be no more sadness or sighing, no more heart-aches, all
tears will be dried in that great reunion in Heaven.
 
J.H. Johnson
 Her Pastor
 
 
Interment Record for William A Bowden
William A Bowden
Born-April 20, 1846
Henry County, Georgia
Died-August 08, 1932
Lamar County, Texas
Buried-Pyles Cemetery
Location-Northwest
 
Notes: Buried next to Mary E. Bowden.  Also in the burial records of J.W. Milliagan, Pastor of
Chicota Baptist Church, as Grandpa Bowden.  William Andrew "Ancy" Bowden recieved pension from the
State of Texas for his service in the Confederate Army #40927. 
 
 The Paris Morning News, Tuesday, August 09, 1932  Page 5
W. A. Bowden 86 died Monday afternoon, 3:15 o'clock, at the residence of his daughter Mrs. M.G.
Gegan, 105 N.E. 12th Street.  Funeral services will be Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at Pyles
Church, the Rev. J.W. Milliagan conductiong the services.  Burial well be at Pyles Cemetery.
Grandsons will act as pallbearers.  Mr. Bowden is survived by three sons, Burton C. Bowden of
Gainsville, Texas; Andrew W. Bowden of Paris, Texas; C.O. Bowden of Lubbock, Texas.  Two daughters,
Mrs. A.B. Ewell of Tigertown, Texas and Mrs. M.G. Fegan of Paris, Texas.  Until fours years ago, Mr.
Bowden lived at Direct, Texas