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Note: ram arrived in November, 1837, with his wife and four small children and accompanied his brother Daniel B. Bowen who brought his bride of three weeks to this wild wilderness. The next day after arrival he planted apple seeds in a sapthrough and from these raised the first orchard and the first apples grown in the township as they were bearing in six years. D.B. Bowen's house was a well known stopping place for pioneers and travlers. He lived to be the oldest living resident of the town."
Note: REF: History of Eaton Co, Michigan by Daniel Strange, 1923, pg 101: "Hi
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