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Person Details
 
Last NameBOWEN
First NameEPHRAIM
Maiden 
RelationH/O SALLY; FOURTH S/O DR EPHRAIM
Cemetery NumberPV011
Cemetery NameST JOHN'S CEMETERY
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1753c
Death Day2
Death MonthSEP
Death Year1841
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00325
Stone Materialslate
Conditiongood
Shapefancy top
Carvingurn/willow
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)44
Stone Width (inches)24
Exists?
Last Seen Date1992
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"a volunteer at the burning of the Gaspee (British tax collecting ship) in Apr 1772. He joined the army in 1775 and was promoted intill, in 1778, he was appointed Deputy Quarter Master General of the Army in RI. He sustained several high civil offices.... He survived his 10 children,leaving a widow in his old age." [the Gaspee was burned June 9, 1772] [Rev. War pension file #S46643, says he was born 29 Aug 1753 in Providence, wife Sarah] [SAR: Col.]
Transcribed ByJCB,JES