BOWEN, ZAZA, was born Oct. 24, 1806, in Guilford county, N. C. His father died when he was two years old, and his mother, with her four children, the eldest of whom was married, moved to Cabell county, West Va., in 1817. Zaza Bowen and Mary Knight were married June 25, 1827, in that county, and in the fall of that year moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Dec. 4, 1827, in what is now Loami township. They had seven children in Sangamon county. The two eldest died under five years. Of the other five children--

REBECCA J., born June 28, 1831, married in 1850, to James W. George. They have three living children, and reside near Mt. Auburn, Christian county.

ABNER, born Feb. 24, 1833, in Sangamon county, married March 16, 1856, to Frances A. Cutter. They have four children. WALTER, N. C., and JOHN CALHOUN, twins; ZAZA A. and WILLIAM J. Not having a daughter, they adopted one, whom they call KATIE BOWEN. They reside on the farm settled in 1828 by Mrs. B.'s father, S. R. Cutter. It is two and a half miles north-west of Loami.

ELIZABETH, born Nov. 13, 1834, in Sangamon county, married Robert M. Park. See his name.

ISABEL A., born Dec. 26, 1836, married in 1855, to Charles W. Fisher. They had five children, MARY E., NANCY E., ELIZABETH C., WILLIAM Z. and JOHN N. Mrs. F. and her children reside three miles west of Loami.

WILLIAM A., born July 28, 1838, died Oct. 11, 1860.

Mrs. Mary Bowen died Dec. 31, 1839, and Zaza B. married, Jan. 7, 1841, to Sarah Park. They had four children; all died under nine years.

Mrs. Sarah Bowen died Sept. 28, 1860, and Zaza Bowen was married, Sept. 17, 1863, to Mrs. Lydia M. Light, whose maiden name was Patterson. They reside three miles west of Loami, on the farm where he settled in 1836. Zaza Bowen remembers Springfield when it was a collection of round log huts, covered with clapboards held on by weight poles. He remembers seeing the jail covered with a stack of hay.