Sarah Alice Bowman

parents: Jacob Wilson Bowman and Nackey Ann Manley

this entire page updated 2019

	*Birth:* 02 Oct 1879 Burns City, Martin, IN
	*Death:* 07 Dec 1967 Pierre, Stanley, SD
	Burial: Scotty Philip Memorial Cemetery, Ft Pierre, Stanley, SD

Marriage #1

Clarence Merrill Weirauch

07 Apr 1899 Norris City, White, IL (marriage record)

Children

Stewart A or L "Steve" Weirauch		1902
Maurice V Weirauch		04 Feb 1904
Cheerful Maxine Weirauch		19 Jan 1908
Charles W "Chuck" Weirauch		01 Jan 1909
Ruth E Weirauch		09 Jan 1911
Wilma Theodosia Weirauch		07 Dec 1913

children of Clarence Merrill Weirach and Sarah Alice (Bowman) Weirach

Sources

1880 Federal census	Brown Twp, Martin, IN - 18 Jun 1880 - age 7 months (view census information)
1920 Federal census	Stanley Co, SD - age 40 (view census information)
1930 Federal census	Fort Pierre, Stanley, SD - age 50 (view census information)
Ancestry.com	WWI draft registration cards; SD Marriages 1905-1949;
Family History Center, Salt Lake City, UT	White County Illinois Marriage Records (viewed and transcribed or copied)
Find-A-Grave volunteers "Always with Love", Andrea, and Joseph Paige	Tombstone photos - Riverside Cemetery, Pierre, Hughes, South Dakota
Find a Grave volunteer BlackHillsFam	Tombstone photos - Scotty Philip Memorial Cemetery, Ft Pierre, Stanley, SD
Find a Grave volunteer Gene Hammerstrom	Tombstone photos - Lennox Cemetery, Lennox, Lincoln, SD
Find a Grave volunteers Jason Presley and Janet Mackey-Bodine	Tombstone photos - West Union Cemetery, Carmi Twp, White, IL
Find a Grave voluntters Cemetery Crawler, and Tim and Grace	Tombstone and cemetery photos - Norway Pine Grove Cemetery, Paris, Oxford, ME
Find a Grave volunteers Leslie Thompson Frisius and Neil B (John 3:16)	Tombstone and cemetery photos - Shelton Memorial Park, Shelton, Mason, WA
Family records	Records belonging to Laura Jacobs
Family records	Records and photos belonging to Sharon DeBolt
Family research	Research belonging to Valerie Boman and Debra Branigan

Miscellaneous Information

1) ) Husband of Sarah Alice Bowman: Clarence Merrill Weirauch - born 29 Aug 1879 White Co, IL; see photo below; died 13 Mar 1977 Shelton, Mason, WA; obituary and death record; buried Scotty Philip Memorial Cemetery, Ft Pierre, Stanley, SD - see tombstone photo below; WWI draft registration card; son of Charles Frederick Weirauch (29 May 1853-18 Aug 1943) and Emily Caroline Brockett (13 Jan 1857 White Co, IL-23 Mar 1941); Charles and Emily buried West Union Cemetery, Brownsville, White, IL - tombstone photo.

2) According to Charles W Reedy (nephew of Sarah and Clarence): Clarence Weirauch was in political life in the city (justice of peace) and state (as a representative). Clarence was very close friends with Kit Carson and Calamity Jane.

3) We have a copy of a newspaper article that details Clarence and Alice's 50th Wedding Anniversary celebration (includes a photo).

4) We have Sarah's obituary.

Photos and/or signatures

thanks to Sharon DeBolt for all photos

The Bowman Family

c. 1902

back row, left to right: Willmina (Ina), Mary Ella, David Delmer, Sarah Alice, Zola May
front row, left to right: Fay, Jacob, Nora, Mildred (in front), Nackey, W Alva

The Bowman Family
Jacob and Nackey's 50th Wedding Anniversary

1927

back row, left to right: Margaret (Schwarz) Bowman, Howard Reedy, Wilma Weirauch, Gerald Honsinger, Mildred (Bowman) Honsinger, Clarence Weirauch, Ruth Weirauch, Curtis Reedy Sr

middle row, left to right: Fay Bowman, Zola (Bowman) Waggoner holding Robert Lee Waggoner, Willmina (Bowman) Reedy, Jacob Bowman holding Robert L Honsinger, Nackey Bowman, Mary Ella (Bowman) Griesel, Sarah Alice (Bowman) Weirauch, Alva Bowman

front row, left to right: Charles Reedy, Curtis Reedy Jr, Hal Bowman, Virginia Bowman, Wilma Waggoner, Lorraine Waggoner

Bowman sisters:
Mary Ella, Sarah Alice, Wilmina "Ina" and Mildred

unknown date
Detroit, Michigan

sisters: Zola, Ina, Mildred, Alice and Ella

c. 1955

Clarence Merrill Weirauch and his wife Sarah Alice (Bowman) Weirauch

Scotty Philip Memorial Cemetery
Ft Pierre, Stanley, South Dakota

thanks to BlackHillsFam for this photo