STOWE, Joel

Birth Name STOWE, Joel [1] [2]
Also Known As STOW, Jowel N.
Unknown STOWE, Joseph Nunn [3]
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth about 1830 KY  
 

Parents

Father STOWE, James
Mother NUNN, Martha Patsy
Siblings
  1. STOWE, William Henry
  2. STOWE, Edward Hall
  3. STOWE, Ingram A.
  4. STOWE, Sarah J.
  5. STOWE, James H.
  6. STOWE, Robert J.
  7. STOWE, Mary E.
  8. STOWE, Martha A.
  9. STOWE, Lucinda F.

Families

Married Wife CONKLIN, Mary Wilmina
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage 1859-11-23 Fannin Co., TX  
[3a] [4]
  Children
  1. STOWE, Sarah Ellen
  2. STOWE, Amanda
  3. STOWE, [Living]
  4. STOWE, Betty
  5. STOWE, [Living]
  6. STOWE, [Living]
  7. STOWE, [Living]
  8. STOWE, [Living]

Narrative

Is Joel STOW, son of Martha Patsy NUNN and James STOW, the same person as Jowell N. STOWE, father of Amanda? In my opinion, all of the indications (dates, names, places of birth, etc.) point to this conclusion. But it remains circumstantial evidence.

Jess Headley [http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:2716375] presents an entirely different family. In Headley's version, Jowel STOWE (husband of Mary Wilmina Conklin) is the son of Ollie WHITE (born abt. 1873) and Runyon STOWE. Jowell's siblings, Martha, Albert, Ada, Foy, Mattie are born betwen 1894 and 1902 in Indian Territory. The incompatible dates indicate to me that Mr. Headley has followed the perfectly good branch to a very wrong, strange fruit. It happens...

Source References

  1. 1880 US Census: TX, Denton Co., Precinct No. 8, Enumeration District 105
  2. Walter Maynard
  3. Jan Lawson, “Post-em” note on Jess Headley’s ancestry.com site
      • Source text:

        Joseph Nunn "Joel" Stowe, husband of Mary Wilmina (Conklin) Stowe was not a child of Runyan Stowe and Ollie White. He was a son of James Stowe and Martha "Patsy" Nunn and was born in KY. ca. 1830. Joseph (listed as Joel N. Stowe) married Mary W. Conklin in Fannin Co., TX. 11-23-1859. Joseph's brother, Edward Hall Stowe (listed as E. H. Stowe) married Mary's sister Ellen Jemima Conklin in Fannin Co., TX. 7-13-1859. Both Ellen and Mary daughters of James Runyan Conklin and Amanda Connet.

  4. Fannin Co. Texas Marriage Records

Pedigree

  1. STOWE, James
    1. NUNN, Martha Patsy
      1. STOWE, William Henry
      2. STOWE, Joel
        1. CONKLIN, Mary Wilmina
          1. STOWE, Sarah Ellen
          2. STOWE, [Living]
          3. STOWE, [Living]
          4. STOWE, [Living]
          5. STOWE, [Living]
          6. STOWE, Amanda
          7. STOWE, [Living]
          8. STOWE, Betty
      3. STOWE, Edward Hall
      4. STOWE, Ingram A.
      5. STOWE, Sarah J.
      6. STOWE, James H.
      7. STOWE, Robert J.
      8. STOWE, Mary E.
      9. STOWE, Martha A.
      10. STOWE, Lucinda F.

Ancestors