John Reed Boman

parents: John R Bowman and Nancy Jane Spaulding

this entire page updated 2019/2020

	*Birth:* 27 Mar 1878 Daviess Co, IN
	*Death:* 01 May 1921 Coalinga, Fresno, CA
	*Burial:* Virgil Cemetery, Virgil, Greenwood, KS

Marriage #1

Ethel Cora Dean

May 1905

Children

Merritt Olive Boman		13 Mar 1906
Harold Otis Boman		31 Jan 1908
Ida May Boman		11 Jan 1910
Henry Ralph "Pete" Boman		19 Jun 1917

children of John Reed Boman and Ethel Cora (Dean) Boman

Sources

1880 Federal census	Elinore Twp, Daviess, IN - 22 Jun 1880 - age 3 (view census information)
1900 Federal census	Ponca Reservation, Terr. of OK, Noble, OK - 22 Jun 1900 - age 22 (view census information)
1910 Federal census	Buffalo, Noble, OK - 22 Apr 1910 - age 32 (view census information)
1920 Federal census	Buffalo, Noble, OK - 02 Jan 1920 - age 41 (view census information)
Ancestry.com	WWI draft cards
Greenwood County Historical Society, Eureka, Kansas	Obituaries (viewed and copied or transcribed)
Greenwood Co, KS Courthouse, Eureka, KS	Probate records (viewed and copied or transcribed)
Virgil Cemetery, Virgil, Greenwood, KS	Viewed and photographed tombstones
Gridley Cemetery, Gridley, Coffey, KS	Viewed and photographed tombstones
Find a Grave volunteer Cindy	Tombstone photos - Imperial Memorial Gardens, Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado
Find a Grave volunteers Gary L Maize and Grave Hound	Tombstone and cemetery photos - Grand View Burial Park, Hannibal, Ralls, MO
Find a Grave volunteers Sherri Golightly and Jodi Bash	Tombstone and cemetery photos - South Park Cemetery, Pearland, Brazoria, TX
Family records	Records belonging to Jesse Ralph Boman
Family records	Records belonging to Ida May (Boman) Gasaway
Family research	Research belonging to Valerie Boman and Debra Branigan

Miscellaneous Information

1) When the family moved from Indiana to Kansas, they took the train. They first made camp south of Virgil, Greenwood Co, Kansas (per Jesse Ralph Boman). They lived - at different times - in the areas of Keck, New Albany and Independence, Kansas (per Charles Monroe Boman obituary)

2) John is mentioned as an heir in the will of his father, John R Boman.

3) John's daughter, Ida, recalled the story of their trip to California. The family went there in an effort to help John's illness (tuberculosis).

4) For some period of time, John Reed Boman worked on the world-famous 101 Ranch near Marland, Oklahoma.

5) We have a copy of John's WWI draft registration card (09 Sep 1918). He was of medium height, medium build, black hair, and grey eyes.

6) We have a copy of John Reed's obituary; cause of death: pulmonary tuberculosis.

Photos and/or signatures

(click here for layout diagram and information on Bowman/Boman
family plot in Virgil, Greenwood Co, Kansas)

Virgil Cemetery
Virgil, Greenwood, KS

cemetery photos taken by Dean and Valerie Boman