benfamily.tif (1299579 bytes) This photo was taken in the summer of 1958.  In the front row are Agnes age 67 and Benjamin Clinton Bowen age 77.  The back row left to right are their five daughters, Eilene Grace Lefrancois age 29, Dolly Eleanor Nicols (McDonel) age 33, B onnie Elevera Peterson age 35 (Webb), (Peggy) Agnes Anna Mauller age 36 and Leona Rhea Pogue age 38.

 

 

 

The photo below was taken at my home in Bloomington, Minnesota in 1997.  The woman on the left is Leona Rhea Bowen the oldest daughter of Benjamin C. and Agnes Bowen.  The second from the left is Eilene Grace Bowen the youngest daughter. Third from the left is Christa Joy Harden Spaeth, daughter of Wesley Richard Bowen Harden and Cynthia Marie Harden.  On the right in Agnes Anna Bowen (Peggy) the second oldest.  The Bowen ladies are half sisters to William Wesley Bowen Harden, my father.  Unfortunately, they never had the opportunity to meet their brother in this world.christa&sisters.tif (1949454 bytes)