tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13196976.post3681984692061584735..comments2007-10-09T23:37:31.378-04:00Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386406270744275223noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13196976.post-88606748295333569162007-10-09T23:37:00.000-04:002007-10-09T23:37:00.000-04:002007-10-09T23:37:00.000-04:00Yes, a few years after breaking up the marriage of Thomas and Eliza Dunham, Dr. Marcellus Bowen "<A HREF="http://books.google.com/books?id=ME43AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA240" REL="nofollow">sacrificed himself to his work</A>, overtasking his strength in an epidemic of fever in South Boston, Mass., especially among the poor; on whose petition, (so says cousin Nancy (Bowen) Davis,) a street there was named for him."<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Bowen+St,+Boston,+MA+02127,+USA&ie=UTF8&z=16&om=1" REL="nofollow">The name remains</A>.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386406270744275223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13196976.post-41397571910558785292007-10-09T23:10:00.000-04:002007-10-09T23:10:00.000-04:002007-10-09T23:10:00.000-04:00Dr Marcellus Bowen, but I don't see any honors. I see other folks named Marcellus Bowen who were known for their humanitarian efforts, but they don't appear to be the same Dr Bowen.<BR/>Debdebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05362011861463622240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13196976.post-83415809775547333902007-10-09T20:05:00.000-04:002007-10-09T20:05:00.000-04:002007-10-09T20:05:00.000-04:00Had a street named for him in south Boston after his death in 1848?Texhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17432175759270143492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13196976.post-78263229664978400452007-10-09T19:49:00.000-04:002007-10-09T19:49:00.000-04:002007-10-09T19:49:00.000-04:00...and is he the same guy who was indicted but found not guilty of embezzling funds in 1838 from the Lafayette Bank in Boston?<BR/><BR/>The other Marcellus Bowen I keep running into worked for the American Bible Society. hmmmmmTexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17432175759270143492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13196976.post-15599962142646029292007-10-09T19:30:00.000-04:002007-10-09T19:30:00.000-04:002007-10-09T19:30:00.000-04:00Dr. Marcellus Bowen.<BR/>Still looking for the honor.Texhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17432175759270143492noreply@blogger.com