Gaston, Joseph.  "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912."  Vol. 3. 
Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 615.

	EDWARD CRANSTON BOWEN is engaged in farming near Baker and is a western man
by birth, training and preference.  He was born in Idaho City, February 11,
1864, one of a family of thirteen children, seven sons and six daughters, whose
parents were I. B. and Ann (Dooley) Bowen.  The father, who was born on the
Mohawk river in Michigan, was a locomotive engineer and machinist.  In Illinois
he wedded Ann Dooley, a native of New York, and after living in Illinois several
years they removed westward to Oregon in 1862, crossing the plains with ox
teams.  In September they arrived at Auburn, Oregon, and the father, in company
with Mr. Leverage, owned and operated the first sawmill in eastern Oregon.  The
afterward removed their mill to Idaho City, Idaho, in the spring of 1863, having
the first plant of that kind there.  In 1864 Mr. Bowen became interested in the
mercantile firm of Brooks  & Cranston, the name being then changed to Bowen &
Cranston.  He followed merchandising afterward in various places, including
Auburn, Clark‚s Creek, Salem and Baker City, until 1870, when he and his partner
became interested in building the Eagle canal then being constructed to furnish
water to the Koosta mines.  He then engaged in merchandising and in managing the
ditch until about 1876, when he came to Baker City and purchased and conducted
the Cosmopolitan Hotel, remaining its proprietor until his death in May 1881.
His wife died April 25, 1902, in Baker.
	Edward C. Bowen attended pay schools and the public schools of Baker county
and entered business life as a dealer in cattle on the Powder river.  Later he
was in Malheur county near Castle Rock, and in January, 1904, removed to the
farm which he now owns, comprising about five hundred acres on Powder river
nearly four miles south of Baker.  Thereon he is largely engaged in
stock-raising and also in the production of hay, cutting from four to five
hundred tons each year.  He also has over one hundred acres of grain land and
his property is valued at one hundred dollars per acre.  He also runs cattle and
horses upon his place.  His land is well improved according to modern methods,
good buildings are upon his farm, and he has the best water right on Powder
river for irrigation.
	Mr. Bowen was married in Baker City, June 12, 1894, to Miss Euphrosyne
Relling, who was born in Portland, Oregon, July 10, 1874, a daughter of John
Michael Relling, who was a native of Holland.
	Mr. And Mrs. Edward C. Bowen have four sons and two daughters:  Dudley E.,
whose birth occurred May 25, 1895, now attending the high school; Francis A.,
born July 29, 1897; Mary Kathleen, born February 8, 1900; Edward Clifford, born
March 18, 1902; Robert R., born January 9, 1905; and Marcella Grace, born
December 9, 1906.  All are now in school and it is the purpose of their parents
to give them the best educational opportunities possible and so train them that
they may become upright and useful men and women.  Mrs. Bowen was educated in
Peoria, Illinois, and in St. Louis, Missouri.  She attended the Academy of the
Lady of the Sacred Heart conducted by the Sisters of St. Joseph, and later the
St. Joseph academy at Carondelet, St. Louis, Missouri.  She had instructions in
oil, crayon and pastel painting and has received a number of prizes for her
work.  She still continues to paint and her artistic nature has found expression
in many beautiful pictures.  Mr. and Mrs. Bowen have an attractive home and are
held in high esteem by all who know them.  He is a democrat of the Cleveland
school and the religious faith of himself and family is that of the Roman
Catholic church.  He deserves much credit for what he has accomplished for he
has worked hard, and a busy and useful life has brought him his success.

Transcriber's note: Genealogy for above individual is located at:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bakerco&id=I298

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in November 2008 by Dale Givens, odg -at-
hiwaay dot net.