Ira Edgar Bowman

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U.S. Army 
WWI

                       parents:  William Howard Bowman and Margaret Sims

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Birth:  27 Jan 1881  Bogard Twp, Daviess, IN
Death:  30 Dec 1945  Washington, Daviess, IN
Burial:  Walnut Hill Cemetery, Odon, Daviess, IN

Marriage #1

Hazel Pearl Myers

20 Jun 1912  Daviess Co, IN

Children

Orin Howard Bowman 05 Mar 1914
Olga Alene Bowman 04 Jul 1916

children of Ira Edgar Bowman and Hazel Pearl (Myers) Bowman

 

Sources
1900 Federal census Bogard Twp, Daviess, IN - age 19 (view census information)
1910 Federal census Madison, Daviess, IN - age 28 (view census information)
1930 Federal census Bogard, Daviess, IN - age 48 (view census information)
FamilySearch.org Marriages
"Billy Bowman Bugle" Issues 1-2, printed by Ned Alan Bowman 1986
Volunteer Cynthia Frederick Obituaries
Walnut Hill Cemetery, Odon, Daviess, IN Viewed and photographed tombstones
Find a Grave volunteers Indiana Bill and David M Habben Tombstone and cemetery photos - Lake Prairie Cemetery, Lowell, Lake, IN
Family records Records and photos belonging to Hal Bowman
Family research Research belonging to Valerie Boman and Debra Branigan

 

Miscellaneous Information

1) Wife of Ira Edgar Bowman: Hazel Pearl Myers - born 16 Aug 1889 Daviess Co, IN; died 30 Jun 1962 Vincennes, Knox, IN; obituary; death certificate; cause of death: ventricular fibrillation, arteriosclerotic heart disease; buried Walnut Hill Cemetery, Odon, Daviess, IN (see tombstone photo below); daughter of Louis Harrison Myers (03 Apr 1853 - 01 Jul 1939- buried Walnut Hill Cemetery, Odon, Daviess, IN; tombstone photo) and Martha Jane Killion (10 Oct 1855 - 28 Jun 1922 - buried Walnut Hill Cemetery, Odon, Daviess, IN; tombstone photo); news article regarding Pearl.

2) We have a copy of Ira's WWII draft registration card.

3) We have a copy of Ira and Hazel's wedding announcement and marriage certificate.

4) We have news articles about Ira that were printed in the local paper.

5) We have a copy of a letter written by Ira when he was at Fort Sam Houston, Texas in 1918.  It was sent to his nephew Carval Stotts.

6) We have an obituary and death certificate for Ira; cause of death: carcinoma of lung.

7) We have a copy of Ira's will, with Orin Bowman as executor. Contact us if you need any part of this will.

Photos and/or signatures

thanks to Hal Bowman for all personal photos

 

Bowman siblings
back: Allegra, Starlin, Victor and Nora
front: Alpha, Ira, Sidney

unknown date

 

William and Margaret Bowman family

back: unknown, Margaret, William, Ira, James Taylor, 
John Ben Stotts, Allegra (Bowman) Taylor
front: Nora (Bowman) Stotts, probably Carval Stotts,
 Arla (Myers) Bowman, Sidney, Jeanne (Manteaux) Bowman, Victor
children on left: probably Alene Bowman, probably Orin Bowman

c. 1920

This photo of the home of 
Dr Ira Bowman was in a book called 
The History of Odon (Indiana)

Ira Edgar Bowman

c. 1918

Ira Edgar Bowman and his wife Hazel Pearl (Myers) Bowman

Walnut Hill Cemetery
Odon, Daviess, Indiana

photo taken by Valerie Boman