Ann Bowen
(Washington County)
Featured Character – The Home Front
Ann
Bowen
Courtesy of Karen Nethercutt and the
Oden Family of Bath, NC
Henry Hunter Bowen was born in the
Long Acre Community of
Washington County, North Carolina in 1823. He married Nancy "Ann"
Latham Boyd in December of 1848. Henry
was 41 years old when he joined the Confederate States Marine Corps. He
was sent
to Camp Holmes
outside of Raleigh, North Carolina in October 1864
and then later transferred to Charleston,
South Carolina
as a Marine recruit aboard the Indian
Chief, a receiving ship for
the CSS
Columbia. Henry and Ann often wrote
each other on topics
such as how to handle the crops and livestock and the news of events
occurring
in nearby Plymouth,
North Carolina. Henry surrendered at Appomattox
in 1865 and returned home to his life
as a farmer. Ann
died in 1903 and Henry
followed in 1907. They had 8 children during their marriage of over 50
years.