Zola May Bowman

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parents:  Jacob Wilson Bowman and Nackey Ann Manley

this entire page updated 2019

 
Birth:  09 Jan 1884  Burns City, Martin, IN
Death:  30 Jul 1961  Iowa City, Johnson, IA
Burial:  Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn, IA

Marriage #1

Charles Lewis Waggoner

 15 Nov 1917  Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, SD

Children
Wilma May Waggoner 08 May 1919
Lorraine Inez Waggoner 14 Oct 1920
Robert Lee Waggoner 11 Mar 1927

children of Charles Lewis Waggoner and Zola May (Bowman) Waggoner

 
Sources
1900 Federal census Harold's  Prairie Twp, White, IL - age 16 (view census information)
1910 Federal census Elbon Twp, Stanley, SD - age 25 (view census information)
1930 Federal census Cedar Rapids, Linn, SD - age 46 (view census information)
1940 Federal census Cedar Rapids, Linn, SD - age 56 (view census information)
Ancestry.com WWI draft registration cards; City Directory listings; 
Random Acts of Kindness, Linn Co, IA volunteer Kathy Rutherford Tombstone photos - Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa
Find-A-Grave volunteer Jeff Cesler Tombstone and cemetery photos - Ontario Cemetery, Ames, Story, IA
Find a Grave volunteers Gail Wenhardt and Sam Tombstone and cemetery photos - Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn, IA
Find-A-Grave volunteer Cindy Tombstone and cemetery photos - Rorabough Cemetery, Colfax, Jasper, IA
Find a Grave volunteers "Anonymous" and "Rick" Tombstone and cemetery photos - Oakdale Cemetery, Wilton, Muscatine, IA
Find-A-Grave volunteers K Mountain and Grover1962 Tombstone and cemetery photos - Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange, California
Family records Records and photos belonging to Sharon DeBolt
Family research Research belonging to Valerie Boman and Debra Branigan

 
Miscellaneous Information

1) Husband of Zola May Bowman: Charles Lewis Waggoner - born 30 Aug 1887 Colfax, Jasper, IA; birth certificate; photo of Charles; died 31 Dec 1958 Iowa City, Johnson, IA; obituary; death certificate; cause of death: congestive heart failure; buried Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn, IA - see tombstone photo below; WWI and WWII draft registration cards; Social Security record; signature:

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son of George W F Waggoner/Wagner (25 Apr 1846 PA-12 Sep 1897 Jasper CO, IA; death notice; cause of death: tumorous cancer; buried Rorabaugh Cemetery, Colfax, Jasper, IA - tombstone photo; - Civil War) and Catherine Arminta Hall (31 Mar 1866 PA-30 Jul 1944, Iowa Soldier's Home Hospital, Marshalltown, Marshall, IA; obituary; cause of death: bronchial pneumonia and complications; buried Ontario Cemetery, Ames, Story, IA - tombstone photo; c. 1901, Catherine married (2) David Ward (27 Feb 1844 OH-31 Mar 1914 Ames, Story, IA; cause of death: stroke; cemetery records; buried Ontario Cemetery, Ames, Story, IA - tombstone photo; - Civil War).

2) Charles and Zola's marriage records.

3) Zola's obituary; cause of death: stroke.

 

Photos and/or signatures

thanks to Sharon DeBolt for all photos  

The Bowman Family 

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

c. 1902

Advanced History Class - Walnut Grove 
Zola May is on the far right (next to teacher) in the front row 

c. 1902

siblings: Ina, Fay and Zola

unknown date

Zola (Bowman) Waggoner (on right)
with her sister, either Ina or Ella

unknown date

sisters: Zola, Ina, Mildred, Alice and Ella

c. 1955

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

Charles Lewis Waggoner and his wife Zola May (Bowman) Waggoner

Linwood Cemetery
Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa

thanks to Kathy Rutherford for this photo