John deKoven Bowen, B.A. 1910.
Born June i6, 1887, in Chicago, 111
Died November 22, 1927, in New York City.
Father, Joseph Tilton Bowen, vice-president of American Surety Company of New York; son of William Horatio and Edna Baker (Goodhue) Bowen; descendant of Richard Bo wen, who came from Wales to Weymouth, Mass., in 1640 and settled in Reheboth, Mass., in 1642.
Mother, Louise (de- Koven) Bowen; daughter of John and Helen (Hadduck) deKoven; descendant of Capt. John Louis deKoven, who came to America about 1778 and settled at Fort Washington, N. Y.
Cousins: Joseph W. Alsop, '98 S., John deK.
Alsop, '02, and Francis J O. Alsop, '03.
Chicago Latin School and The Hill School. Second colloquy appointment Junior year; first colloquy appointment Senior year; member 1910 Freshman and Class Basketball teams, 1910 Class and University Tennis teams, Class Cup Committee, and Zeta Psi. Secretary and treasurer of the Sanitary Steel Couch Company of Chicago 1910-15; was subsequently engaged in stocks and bonds business; salesman for William A. Read & Company, bankers, in Chicago 1915-17 and for Lage Brothers & Company of New York City 1921-24, of late years had not been engaged in any occupation and had made his home in Noroton, Conn.; enlisted in May, 1917; commissioned Ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve on June 29; stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station for a time; on February 1, 1918, after a course of training at Annapolis, appointed Ensign for temporary service in the U. S Navy; later promoted to Lieutenant; on overseas duty from August, 1917, to December, 1918, serving on a destroyer in the North Sea; received his discharge March 18, 1919.
Married June 23, 1910, in New York City, Elizabeth Winthrop, daughter of Ledyard Stevens, '64, and Elizabeth Winthrop (White) Stevens, granddaughter of Dr Alexander H. Stevens (B.A. 1807); great-granddaughter of John N. Lloyd (B.A 1802); great-great-great-granddaughter of the Rev. Ebenezer White (B A 1733); and grandniece of
Samuel Stevens (B.A. 1805), By am K. Stevens (B.A. 1811), and John A Stevens (B A 1813).
Children: John deKoven, Jr., the Class Boy of 1910; Elizabeth Winthrop (died in childhood); Ledyard Stevens, and Louise deKoven.
Death due to status lymphaticus; died suddenly under anesthesia before an intended operation at the Harbor Hospital, New York City.
Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn.
Survived by wife, two sons, one daughter, two sisters, Helen B. Blair, the wife of W McCormick Blair, '07, and Louise B Phelps, the wife of Mason Phelps, '06 S , and a brother, Joseph T. Bowen, Jr , of Lake Forest, Ill.
Born June i6, 1887, in Chicago, 111
Died November 22, 1927, in New York City.
Father, Joseph Tilton Bowen, vice-president of American Surety Company of New York; son of William Horatio and Edna Baker (Goodhue) Bowen; descendant of Richard Bo wen, who came from Wales to Weymouth, Mass., in 1640 and settled in Reheboth, Mass., in 1642.
Mother, Louise (de- Koven) Bowen; daughter of John and Helen (Hadduck) deKoven; descendant of Capt. John Louis deKoven, who came to America about 1778 and settled at Fort Washington, N. Y.
Cousins: Joseph W. Alsop, '98 S., John deK.
Alsop, '02, and Francis J O. Alsop, '03.
Chicago Latin School and The Hill School. Second colloquy appointment Junior year; first colloquy appointment Senior year; member 1910 Freshman and Class Basketball teams, 1910 Class and University Tennis teams, Class Cup Committee, and Zeta Psi. Secretary and treasurer of the Sanitary Steel Couch Company of Chicago 1910-15; was subsequently engaged in stocks and bonds business; salesman for William A. Read & Company, bankers, in Chicago 1915-17 and for Lage Brothers & Company of New York City 1921-24, of late years had not been engaged in any occupation and had made his home in Noroton, Conn.; enlisted in May, 1917; commissioned Ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve on June 29; stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station for a time; on February 1, 1918, after a course of training at Annapolis, appointed Ensign for temporary service in the U. S Navy; later promoted to Lieutenant; on overseas duty from August, 1917, to December, 1918, serving on a destroyer in the North Sea; received his discharge March 18, 1919.
Married June 23, 1910, in New York City, Elizabeth Winthrop, daughter of Ledyard Stevens, '64, and Elizabeth Winthrop (White) Stevens, granddaughter of Dr Alexander H. Stevens (B.A. 1807); great-granddaughter of John N. Lloyd (B.A 1802); great-great-great-granddaughter of the Rev. Ebenezer White (B A 1733); and grandniece of
Samuel Stevens (B.A. 1805), By am K. Stevens (B.A. 1811), and John A Stevens (B A 1813).
Children: John deKoven, Jr., the Class Boy of 1910; Elizabeth Winthrop (died in childhood); Ledyard Stevens, and Louise deKoven.
Death due to status lymphaticus; died suddenly under anesthesia before an intended operation at the Harbor Hospital, New York City.
Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn.
Survived by wife, two sons, one daughter, two sisters, Helen B. Blair, the wife of W McCormick Blair, '07, and Louise B Phelps, the wife of Mason Phelps, '06 S , and a brother, Joseph T. Bowen, Jr , of Lake Forest, Ill.
John deKoven Bowen, B.A. 1910.
Born June i6, 1887, in Chicago, 111
Died November 22, 1927, in New York City.
Father, Joseph Tilton Bowen, vice-president of American Surety Company of New York; son of William Horatio and Edna Baker (Goodhue) Bowen; descendant of Richard Bo wen, who came from Wales to Weymouth, Mass., in 1640 and settled in Reheboth, Mass., in 1642.
Mother, Louise (de- Koven) Bowen; daughter of John and Helen (Hadduck) deKoven; descendant of Capt. John Louis deKoven, who came to America about 1778 and settled at Fort Washington, N. Y.
Cousins: Joseph W. Alsop, '98 S., John deK.
Alsop, '02, and Francis J O. Alsop, '03.
Chicago Latin School and The Hill School. Second colloquy appointment Junior year; first colloquy appointment Senior year; member 1910 Freshman and Class Basketball teams, 1910 Class and University Tennis teams, Class Cup Committee, and Zeta Psi. Secretary and treasurer of the Sanitary Steel Couch Company of Chicago 1910-15; was subsequently engaged in stocks and bonds business; salesman for William A. Read & Company, bankers, in Chicago 1915-17 and for Lage Brothers & Company of New York City 1921-24, of late years had not been engaged in any occupation and had made his home in Noroton, Conn.; enlisted in May, 1917; commissioned Ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve on June 29; stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station for a time; on February 1, 1918, after a course of training at Annapolis, appointed Ensign for temporary service in the U. S Navy; later promoted to Lieutenant; on overseas duty from August, 1917, to December, 1918, serving on a destroyer in the North Sea; received his discharge March 18, 1919.
Married June 23, 1910, in New York City, Elizabeth Winthrop, daughter of Ledyard Stevens, '64, and Elizabeth Winthrop (White) Stevens, granddaughter of Dr Alexander H. Stevens (B.A. 1807); great-granddaughter of John N. Lloyd (B.A 1802); great-great-great-granddaughter of the Rev. Ebenezer White (B A 1733); and grandniece of
Samuel Stevens (B.A. 1805), By am K. Stevens (B.A. 1811), and John A Stevens (B A 1813).
Children: John deKoven, Jr., the Class Boy of 1910; Elizabeth Winthrop (died in childhood); Ledyard Stevens, and Louise deKoven.
Death due to status lymphaticus; died suddenly under anesthesia before an intended operation at the Harbor Hospital, New York City.
Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn.
Survived by wife, two sons, one daughter, two sisters, Helen B. Blair, the wife of W McCormick Blair, '07, and Louise B Phelps, the wife of Mason Phelps, '06 S , and a brother, Joseph T. Bowen, Jr , of Lake Forest, Ill.
Born June i6, 1887, in Chicago, 111
Died November 22, 1927, in New York City.
Father, Joseph Tilton Bowen, vice-president of American Surety Company of New York; son of William Horatio and Edna Baker (Goodhue) Bowen; descendant of Richard Bo wen, who came from Wales to Weymouth, Mass., in 1640 and settled in Reheboth, Mass., in 1642.
Mother, Louise (de- Koven) Bowen; daughter of John and Helen (Hadduck) deKoven; descendant of Capt. John Louis deKoven, who came to America about 1778 and settled at Fort Washington, N. Y.
Cousins: Joseph W. Alsop, '98 S., John deK.
Alsop, '02, and Francis J O. Alsop, '03.
Chicago Latin School and The Hill School. Second colloquy appointment Junior year; first colloquy appointment Senior year; member 1910 Freshman and Class Basketball teams, 1910 Class and University Tennis teams, Class Cup Committee, and Zeta Psi. Secretary and treasurer of the Sanitary Steel Couch Company of Chicago 1910-15; was subsequently engaged in stocks and bonds business; salesman for William A. Read & Company, bankers, in Chicago 1915-17 and for Lage Brothers & Company of New York City 1921-24, of late years had not been engaged in any occupation and had made his home in Noroton, Conn.; enlisted in May, 1917; commissioned Ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve on June 29; stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station for a time; on February 1, 1918, after a course of training at Annapolis, appointed Ensign for temporary service in the U. S Navy; later promoted to Lieutenant; on overseas duty from August, 1917, to December, 1918, serving on a destroyer in the North Sea; received his discharge March 18, 1919.
Married June 23, 1910, in New York City, Elizabeth Winthrop, daughter of Ledyard Stevens, '64, and Elizabeth Winthrop (White) Stevens, granddaughter of Dr Alexander H. Stevens (B.A. 1807); great-granddaughter of John N. Lloyd (B.A 1802); great-great-great-granddaughter of the Rev. Ebenezer White (B A 1733); and grandniece of
Samuel Stevens (B.A. 1805), By am K. Stevens (B.A. 1811), and John A Stevens (B A 1813).
Children: John deKoven, Jr., the Class Boy of 1910; Elizabeth Winthrop (died in childhood); Ledyard Stevens, and Louise deKoven.
Death due to status lymphaticus; died suddenly under anesthesia before an intended operation at the Harbor Hospital, New York City.
Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn.
Survived by wife, two sons, one daughter, two sisters, Helen B. Blair, the wife of W McCormick Blair, '07, and Louise B Phelps, the wife of Mason Phelps, '06 S , and a brother, Joseph T. Bowen, Jr , of Lake Forest, Ill.
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