Jul-28-2018
Husband: Walter Wesley Bowen 1 Also known as: Wesley W. Bowen 2
Born: 1866 in Greene Co, PA 3,4 (see note 1) Died: Apr- 2-1915 in Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 5,3 Buried: in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 6,7 Cause of death: killed in workplace accident on drilling rig at Standing Stone 5 Census: 1900, 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1898 in Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1880 in Elk Co, Kansas Father: Thomas Hudson Bowen (1835 - 1909) Mother: Mary Lynch (1839 - 1897)
Wife: Alice Cora VanScoy 2 Also known as: Cora Alice Vanscoy 9 Married: Mar-10-1898 in Doddridge Co, WV 10
Born: 1877 in Doddridge Co, WV 3 Died: Sep- 9-1963 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,3 Buried: in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 6,7 Census: 1900, 1930, 1940 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Daniel VanScoy (1836 - 1928) Mother: Rachel Louise Yoke (1840 - 1916)
F Child 1: Mary L. Bowen Born: Dec- -1898 12,3 Died: 1914 3 Buried: in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 6,7 Census: 1900, 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 2: Grace Bowen Census name: Gracie Bowen Born: Dec- -1899 12 Census: 1900, 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 3: Carl W. Bowen Born: Sep-24-1901 3 Died: May-12-1929 3 Buried: in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 6,7 Census: 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 4: Ruth Bowen Born: ca 1904 13 Census: 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 5: Ruby Bowen Born: Sep-28-1905 in Doddridge Co, WV 14 Died: Oct- -1979 14 Resided: in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 14 (see note 2) Census: 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Oddie Clarence LeMasters b. Jun-13-1907 d. Feb- 6-1976 Also known as: Oddie Carson LeMasters 15 Married: Oct-30-1927 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 16
M Child 6: John W. Bowen Born: Oct-16-1907 in Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 17,18 Died: Mar-17-1948 15 Buried: in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1940 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1931 in Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910, 1930 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV 18 Occupation: road construction worker 19 Wife: Eltie Sarah Taylor b. Jul- 2-1909 d. Sep-25-1996 Married: Aug-22-1931 in Doddridge Co, WV 18
F Child 7: Gay Bowen Born: 1909 13 Census: 1910, 1930 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 8: Lot Thomas Bowen 2 5 Born: May-25-1911 in Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 5,14 Died: Mar-14-1983 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 20,14 Buried: in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Resided: in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV 5,14 Census: 1930 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: machinist for Hart Machine Shop 5 Wife: Margaret Saphira Swann b. May-11-1913 d. Oct-25-1990 Also known as: Marguerite Saphira Swann 8 (see note 3) Married: Mar-20-1935 in Doddridge Co, WV 21
F Child 9: Fay Bowen Census name: Faye Born: ca 1913 in Doddridge Co, WV 18 Resided: 1940 in Bristol, Harrison Co, WV 22 Census: 1940 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Resided: 1936 in Doddridge Co, WV 18 Resided: 1935 in Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 23 Census: 1930 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Harold Junior Richards b. Mar-24-1913 d. Sep-29-1997 Married: Apr-19-1936 in Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 18
M Child 10: Corbley P. Bowen Born: Feb-20-1915 7 Died: Nov- 4-1978 7 Buried: in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 6,15 Census: 1930, 1940 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
Sources: (1) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 199. (2) Obituary of son. (3) Headstone (year only) (4) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) (5) Obituary. (6) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (7) Headstone. (8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (9) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >. (10) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as W. W. Bowen, 28, b. Greene Co PA, res. Doddridge Co; and Alice Vanscoy, 20, of Doddridge Co. Married Mar 10 1898. (11) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (12) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (13) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (14) Social Security Death Index. (15) Findagrave.com. (16) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Oddie Lemasters, 22, b. Doddridge Co, res. West Union; and Miss Ruby Bowen, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Oct 30 1927 in Parkersburg. (Note: Although the ceremony was held in Wood County, the marriage license was issued and the marriage recorded in Doddridge County, residence of the bride.), MR p. 110 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11796635&Type=Marriage. (17) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (19) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (20) Obituary - United Hospital Center. (21) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Lot Thomas Bowen, 23, of Doddridge Co; and Marguerite Saphira Swann, 21, of Doddridge Co. Married Mar 20 1935. (22) World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (23) 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV. Event Notes Note (1) 1900 Census states age as 31, with birth date Aug 1868. But headstone shows it as 1866. Note (2) Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951. Note (3) middle name has also been reported as Sophiah and SophiaName Index