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Launa Capitola BOWYER

Launa Capitola BOWYER

Female 1878 - 1937  (59 years)

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  • Name Launa Capitola BOWYER 
    Born 24 Jul 1878  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Residence Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Residence 1900  Troy, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 17 Dec 1937  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Buried Greenlawn Memorial Park (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Notes 
    • The likely origin of Launa Capitola Bowyer's middle name was the popular culture of that time. Capitola "Black Cap" Black was the spunky, cross-dressing heroine of "The Hidden Hand: Or, Capitola the Madcap" (serialized 1859, published in book form 1888) by Mrs. E.D.E.N. [Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte] Southworth (1819-1899). Searchable census indexes for 1860 and 1870 bring up 202 and 595 Capitolas respectively, suggesting the popularity of serial fiction in general, and of this novel in particular. Towns in California (www.capitola.net) and Texas (extinct) were named for this heroine. [Source: The Daily Genealogist blog at AmericanAncestors.org]
      http://www.americanancestors.org/Blogs.aspx?id=28537&blogid=112&blogid=112
    Person ID I189  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2014 

    Father George Allen BOWYER,   b. 18 Jan 1851, Highland Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1933, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Melissa Launa STOUT,   b. CA 1849,   d. 4 Mar 1884, Horn Creek, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 35 years) 
    Family ID F1382  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eli Willis GASTON,   b. 8 Jun 1880, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1919, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 8 Jun 1903  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. Auldra Ashton GASTON,   b. 10 May 1904, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1975, Warren, Trumbull Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. Seldon Obra GASTON,   b. 25 Feb 1906, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1965  (Age 59 years)
     3. Marlin O. GASTON,   b. 3 Mar 1907, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1907, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Bonnie Meredith GASTON,   b. 10 Sep 1908, Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1958, Miami, Miami-Dade Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
    Family ID F4602  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Troy, Gilmer Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Dec 1937 - Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Greenlawn Memorial Park (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    153_EliWillisGaston_LuanaBowyer.JPG    		153_EliWillisGaston_LuanaBowyer.JPG
    189_GASTON_LaunaCapitolaBowyer_GreenlawnCem_ClarksburgWV.jpg    		189_GASTON_LaunaCapitolaBowyer_GreenlawnCem_ClarksburgWV.jpg

    Documents
    189_GASTON_LaunaBowyer_1878-1937_DeathRecord.jpg    		189_GASTON_LaunaBowyer_1878-1937_DeathRecord.jpg
    189_GASTON_LaunaBowyer_1878-1937_Obit.jpg    		189_GASTON_LaunaBowyer_1878-1937_Obit.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S14] Obituary.

    4. [S1662] 1900 Census.

    5. [S1801] City Directory, Clarksburg, WV, 1923.
      Identified as C. Laura Gaston, widow of Eli W. Gaston, 441 Stealey Ave, Stealey Heights.

    6. [S5] Headstone, Lot 30, Section 3.

    7. [S1739] Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989)).
      Identified as E. W. Gaston, age 23, of Doddridge Co; and L. C. Bowyer, age 24, of Gilmer Co. Married June 8 1903.