Lester
Herman
[uncertain]
Bowen
Born in Hersman, Brown, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Charles Marion Bowen
and Susan A (Jaques) Bowen
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Bertha Adell (Surratt) Bowen
— married
17 May 1895 in Brown County, Illinois USA
Descendants 
Father of
Florence L. (Bowen) Graham, Marie (Bowen) Marie Behrends, Opal (Bowen) Riley, Stella (Bowen) Dunbar, Charles Abslom Bowen, Gennis Bowen, Zelma (Bowen) Scheel and Mildred Corine (Bowen) Sunseri
Died
at age 54
in Elkhorn Township, Brown, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jan 2017
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Biography
Lester was born in 1877. Lester passed away in 1931.
Lester Herman and Bertha Adele Surratt Bowen were the parents of Florence L. Bowen who married Leo M. Graham on 10-05-1918 in Sioux City, Iowa.
- 1877 May 18 IL birth [1][2]
- 1880 Census IL age 3 "Larster" age 3 in home of grandparents Herman age 65 and Nancy age 56 Jaquis[sic][3]
- 1900 Census IL age 23 with wife Bertha I. age 23 Bowen[4]
- 1910 Census IL age 33 with wife Bertha age 33 Bowen[5]
- 1918 Sep 12 IL age 41, WWI Military Draft Registration, Lester Bowen[6]
- 1920 Census IL age 42 with wife Bertha age 42 Bowen[7]
- 1930 Census IL age 53 "married 22 years", wife not present.[8]
- 1931 Jul 1 IL aged 54 death[9][10]
Sources
- ↑ Year: 1877; Find A Grave: Memorial #33561652
- ↑ Year: 1877; "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original records.
- ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Elkhorn, Brown, Illinois; Roll: 176; Page: 489A; Enumeration District: 036
- ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Elkhorn, Brown, Illinois; Roll: 238; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0003
- ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Elkhorn, Brown, Illinois; Roll: T624_231; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0003; FHL microfilm: 1374244
- ↑ Year: 1918; United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.
- ↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Mount Sterling, Brown, Illinois; Roll: T625_300; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 6
- ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Elkhorn, Brown, Illinois; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0003; FHL microfilm: 2340142
- ↑ Year: 1931; "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original records.
- ↑ Year: 1931; Find A Grave: Memorial #33561652
- "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2R6-P69 : 4 November 2017), Lester B Bowen and Bertha Surratt, 1895; citing Brown, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 2,021,549.
- A Logsdon Family Genealogy compiled by William Robert and Mary Ann Logsdon
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lester by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lester:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lester by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lester:
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~25.00%
50.00%
Terry Scheel 
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~2.34%
~6.25%
Lynnie (Jessee) Beckwith :
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~1.17%
~6.25%
Chris Beckwith :
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Bowen-4677 and Bowen-4571 appear to represent the same person because: Please approve this merger of profiles of the same person. Thank you.
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Bowen-4677 and Bowen-4571 appear to represent the same person because: The information for these two profiles is the same indicating that they are duplicates.
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Bowen-4677 and Bowen-4571 do not represent the same person because: Merge was in the wrong direction
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