Bowden
Insurance Agency has been serving insurance needs in Shannon County
since 1908 when it was founded by Charles Bowden. He
ran the agency, the Bank of Birch Tree, and a grocery store until about
1937.
At that time, the agency and bank were passed down to his sons Douglas
Charles Bowden and Keith Bowden. Douglas' son D. Douglas Bowden came
into the business in late 1956 just after college and military service.
David Bowden, D. Douglas' son, entered the agency after graduating
from college in 1978 and built it to the point that it was a full-time
occupation for one person and is now the insurance agency Birch Tree
is familiar with today.
