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Josephus
Bowers
Josephus was born 1836 in
Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Jane
Koons, of Ohio, 13 June 1858 in DeWitt Co., IL. They are on the 1860 DeWitt Co., IA census
and the 1870 Clayton Twsp, Taylor Co., IA census.
Josephus and Sarah had the
following children:
Laura A. born 1859
in IL
Elizabeth born
1861 in IL
John H. born 1863
in IL
Maria S. born 1865
in IL
Norell B. born
1867 in IL and died 1871 in Bedford, IA
James Franklin
born 17 Feb 1871 in Bedford, IA
Research Notes on Josephus:
Born in
Pennsylvania (census)
Moved to IL and
married Sarah in DeWitt Co. (marriage
certificate)
DeWitt Co. in 1860
(census)
Taylor Co. in 1870
(census)
While doing
research in Bedford, IA I had the pleasure of spending a few hours with Mrs.
Avis Bowers. She told me about her
family migration from Pennsylvania to Bedford.
She also drove me out to the Bowers Cemetery to see Norell’s
marker. We came to the conclusion our
families may be related in Pennsylvania and Josephus may have traveled to
Bedford to work on the Bowers farm.
James
Franklin Bowers
James Franklin was born 17 Feb
1871 in Bedford, IA, died in Kalamazoo, MI on 16 Jul 1947, and is buried in the
Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, MI. He
married Sarah Bell Schooley, daughter of Isaac Schooley (1837-1919) & Lydia
Jane Schriner.
James and Sarah had the following
children:
Cecil Guy born 1895 in IL
Theodore born 1898 in Sac City, IA
Emil Arthur born 1900 in IA
Fletcher Harold born 1902 in IA
Irene Hilda born 1906 in IA
James Shriner born 1908 in IA
Charles Franklin born 1911 in IA
Lulu Belle born 1904 in IA and died 1905 in Sac Co., IA
Research Notes on James Franklin:
Sac Co., IA 1900
(census)
Retired from
Kalamazoo College (obituary)
Remarried after
Sarah passed (death certificate)
Moved to Kalamazoo
in 1926 (Irene Bowers)
Raise horse on a
leased farm in Sac Co., IA
Theodore
Bowers
Theodore Bowers was born 24 Jul
1898 in Sac City, IA, died 1 Apr 1971 in Kalamazoo, MI, and is buried in the
Oak Grove Cemetery in Galesburg, MI.
On 18 Feb 1920, when Theodore was
21, he first married Letha Arelia Jenks, daughter of Marion Jenks (-1932) &
Cora Almeda Buttolph (-1958), in Sac City, IA.
Letha was born on 4 Jul 1901 in Calhoun Co., IA and died in Lake City,
IA on 9 Jul 1986, she was 85.
Theodore an Letha had the
following children:
Laurene Arelia
Lavon Alene (1922-1997)
Lois Anita
On 18 Jun 1928, when Theodore was
29, he second married Margaret Lucille Smith, daughter of Franklin C. Smith
(1878-) & Lottie M. Duncan (1883-1962), in Kalamazoo, MI. Margaret was born on 12 Feb 1910 in
Kalamazoo, MI and died in Kalamazoo, MI on 18 Jan 1983, she was 72. She is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery,
Galesburg, MI.
Theodore and Margaret had the
following children:
Rosemarie (1929-1986)
Theodore
James Edward
Franklin Delano
Margaret Ann
Howard Charles
Rosalind
Sydney Sue
Research Notes on Theodore:
1900 census for
Bedford Twsp, IA.
Master Plumber
Copy of birth
certificate on file, Sac Co., IA
Obituary on file,
Kalamazoo Gazette, 01 Apr 1972, D, 004:5
Death certificate
extract on file, Kalamazoo Co., 1971 Book 2, Pg. 352
Death certificate
on file
Theodore's
nickname in Iowa was TIB, leads me to believe he had a middle name but dropped
it.
All court records
in Calhoun Co., IA use his middle initial "I"
Laurene
Arelia Bowers
Laurene married Clifford Donald
Dowling, son of Charles Otto Dowling & Jane Cornelia Cooper, in Lake City,
IA.
They had the following children:
Dianne Arelia
Donald Arthur
Wayne Anthony
Tom Albert
Jane Aletha
Paul Arlo
Keith Arnold
Lavon
Alene Bowers
Lavon was born on 13 May 1922 in
Lake City, IA, and died in Lake City, IA on 26 Jan 1997, she was 74.
Lavon Alene first married Earl
Hucka.
They had one child:
Rex Alan
Lavon Alene second married
Maurice Peterson.
Lois
Anita Bowers
Lois married Cecil Dean McCoy,
son of Hugh McCoy & Mina Collins, in Grant City, Missouri.
They had the following children:
Judy Anita
Dean Allen
Betty Alene
Eddie Arnold
Rosemarie
Bowers
Rose was born in Apr 1929 and
died in Kalamazoo, MI on 13 May 1986, she was 57.
Rosemarie married Peter Paul
Johnson.
They had the following children:
Denise Gay
Deborah Marie
John Michael
Joseph Mathew
Mary Elizabeth
Theresa Ann
Theodore
Bowers Jr.
Theodore married Sharon V.
Eldridge.
They had the following children:
Teddy James
Jody Lynn
Jamie Lee
Beth Ann
Sherry Gail
Nancy Lou
James
Edward Bowers
James Edward married Betty June
Srackangast.
They had the following children:
Brent
Timothy James
Amy
Franklin
Delano Bowers
Franklin first married Margo
Leigh Harrington.
They had the following children:
Franklin Delano
Leslie Rae
Franklin second married Joan.
They had one child:
Darren
Margaret
Ann Bowers
Margaret married Raymond Arthur
Schott
They had the following children:
Robert James
Marcia Rae
Melissa Ann
Russell Arthur
Howard
Charles Bowers
Howard first married Diane Kay
Carpenter.
They had the following children:
Michelle Lynn
Jill Ann
Howard second married Phyllis
Jean Klinger.
Rosalind
Bowers
Rosalind married Jerome Dale
Lambert.
They had one child:
Sydney
Sue Bowers
Sydney first married Dan Chorny.
They had the following children:
Scott Brian
Kimberly Sue
Mathew Ryan
Sydney second married David
Arthur Matheny.
They had the following children:
David Andrew
Jonathon Paul
James Arthur
