Bowen, Christopher Columbus

Controversial and colorful northern-born South Carolina planter and lawyer elected twice to Congress from South Carolina's Second District.

Life Span
to
    Full name
    Christopher Columbus Bowen
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    South
    Origins
    Free State
    Family

    Francis Hicks (reputed first wife who sued him for bigamy), Susan Dupont Petigru (second wife, died 1875), Mary Richardson Moses Geddings (third wife)

    Occupation
    Politician
    Attorney or Judge
    Farmer or Planter
    Political Parties
    Republican
    Government
    US House of Representatives
    State legislature
    Other state government
    Military
    Confederate Army
    How to Cite This Page: "Bowen, Christopher Columbus," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/47378.