Below are some of the census records on the family of Walker McGowen of White Co., TN and the Marion Co., AL area. Also included is census data on the family of George B. McGowen, a son of one of the daughters of Samuel McGowen, Walker McGowen's brother. As you will see, there is much work that needs to be done. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. If you have any further information on this or any other branch of our McGowan / McGowen family, please contact me. Thanks.

p.113B  Walker McGowen      32 m       Farmer       $300    NC
53/53   Jane        "       32 f                            TN
        Ellender E. "       10 f                            AL
        James A.    "        8 m                            AL
        Margaret    "        6 f                            AL
        Mary C.     "        4 f                            AL
        Nancy Jane  "        1 f                            AL

NOTE: Judging from the birthplaces of their children, Walter and Jane (Markham ?) McGowen had moved from White Co., TN to Alabama prior to 1840, however I haven't been able to find them in that census... anywhere. Also, they don't appear in either the 1860 or 1870 Alabama censuses. Their son James A. McGowen appears in Marion County in 1880.
NOTE: The widow, Sarah McGowen, and family of Walker McGowen's brother, Samuel McGowen, lived a few houses away in the 1850 census. In the 1860 census, Sarah and children were living in adjacent Walker Co., AL. Please see: Samuel McGowen Census Records.

p.66B   William Franks   30 m      Farmer            $100      AL
735/735 Caroline  "      27 f      Housekeeper                 AL
        James W.  "       6 m                                  AL
        Nancy E.  "       4 f                                  AL
        Lawrah J. "       2 f                                  AL

NOTE: Margaret Caroline McGowen, d/o Samuel & Sarah (Markham) McGowen, married William Franks in 1862. William served in the 1st AL Cavalry, USA. By 1880, William & Caroline were living in Itawamba Co., MS.

p.110B  James McGowen       38         Farmer      $???    AL/NC/TN
??/??   Martha    "         39 wife  Keeping House         GA/GA/GA
        Thomas    "         10 son     At Home             AL/AL/GA
        William   "          8 son                         AL/AL/GA
        Franklin  "          6 son                         AL/AL/GA
        Faithey   "          4 dau                         AL/AL/GA
        Newton    "          2 son                         AL/AL/GA
        Mary      "        4/12 dau                        AL/AL/GA

NOTE: James A. McGowen served in the 1st AL Cavalry, USA during the Civil War. He married Martha Bozeman in 1869.

p.???   Martha E. McGowen    60 f       ??Occupation??     GA  
??/??   Thomas J.    "       30 m                          AL
        James F.     "       26 m                          AL  
        Faithy J.    "       24 f                          AL  
        Samuel N.    "       22 m                          AL  
        Mary E.      "       20 f                          AL  
        Sarah F.     "       18 f                          AL

NOTE: Widow of James A. McGowen. James died in 1899.

p.???   William W. McGowen   28 m      ??Occupation??      AL  
??/??   Idela         "      25 f                          AL  
        James V.      "       2 m                          AL  
        Infant        "     3/12 m                         AL

Note: Son of James A. & Martha (Bozeman) McGowen. William married Idellia M. Stanford about 1895.

p.???   George B. McGowen   41 m      ??Occupation??       AL  
??/??   Margaret M.  "      41 f                           AL  
        Lusc?? E.    "      20 f                           AL  
        Moses D.     "      15 m                           AL  
        James F.     "      12 m                           AL  
        Mintia       "      10 f                           AL  
        Manda V.     "       6 f                           AL  
        Faney (?) L. "       4 f                           AL

NOTE: Illigimate son of Samuel & Sarah McGowen. Mother's name unknown, but probably one of Samuel & Sarah's older daughters, Nancy or Mary McGowen. George's middle name Buchannan. He married in 1878 to Sarah M. Johnson.

p.???   Martha E. McGowen    71 f      ??Occupation??       GA  
??/??   Thomas       "       39 m                           AL  
        James F.     "       36 m                           AL  
        Faithe       "       33 f                           AL

NOTE: Widow of James A. McGowen.

p.???   William W. McGowen   39 m      ??Occupation??       AL  
??/??   Idella        "      35 f                           AL 
        James V.      "      11 m                           AL  
        George C.     "       9 m                           AL  
        William C.    "       7 m                           AL  
        Ida E.        "       5 f                           AL

NOTE: Son of James A. & Martha (Bozeman) McGowen.

p.???   John Rutledge family  ?? m     ??Occupation??       ??
??/??   Moses McGowen         25 m     ??Occupation??       AL

NOTE: No census info on John Rutledge family. Moses a boarder with John Rutledge family, possibly his sister's husband?

p.???   Thomas J. McGowen   50        ??Occupation??        AL  
??/??   James F.     "      30 bro                          AL  
        Leona        "      25 s-i-l                        AL  
        Martha E.    "      79 mother                       GA

NOTE: Son of James A. & Martha McGowen. Martha McGowen died in 1925.

p.???   William W. McGowen  47 m       ??Occupation??        AL  
??/??   Idella        "     45 f                             AL  
        James V.      "     22 m                             AL  
        George C.     "     20 m                             AL  
        William C.    "     11 m                             AL  
        Ida           "     15 f                             AL

NOTE: Son of James A. & Martha McGowen. William married Idellia M. Stanford in about 1895.

p.???   Samuel N. McGowen   43 m       ??Occupation??       AL  
??/??   Malinda      "      28 f                            AL  
        Ellis E.     "      13 m                            AL  
        Joseph K.    "       9 m                            AL  
        Coy A.       "       1 m                            AL

NOTE: Son of James A. & Martha (Bozeman) McGowen. He married Lena Bash Taylor in 1905.

p.???   George B. McGowen    61         ??Occupation??      AL  
??/??   Betty        "       51 wife                        AL 
        Ira Adams            19 boarder                     AL

NOTE: Son of one of Samuel & Sarah McGowen's daughters. Mother's name unknown.

p.???   M. D. McGowen       35          ??Occupation??      AL  
??/??   Effie    "          20                              AL  
        Thelma   "           3                              AL  
        Hoyt     "           1                              AL

NOTE: Moses Dudley McGowen, son of George B. McGowen. He married Effie Hicks in 1898.

McGowan Family History