Born in Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Daniel Rufus Bowers
and Margaret Jane (Hatley) Bowers
Sister of
Will Bowers, Daniel Crawford Bowers, Flora B Bowers, Velma Pauline Bowers, John Floyd Bowers and Raymond Theodore Bowers
Wife of
Pearl Harwood
— married
25 Dec 1931 in Chesterfield, South Carolina, USA
[children unknown]
Died
at age 95
in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 May 2011
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Biography
This profile is part of the Bowers Name Study.
Zora Mae Bowers was born on 15 April 1909 in Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, United States, daughter of Daniel Rufus Bowers and Margaret Jane Hatley.[1]
In 1910, Zora was living in household of Daniel R Bowers (27) in Almond, Stanly, North Carolina, USA. [2]
Zora (22) and Pearl Harwood (23) were married on 25 December 1931 in Chesterfield, South Carolina, USA. Pearl was born in North Carolina.[3]
Zora died on 2 June 2004 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, aged 95.[4] She was buried in Carolina Memorial Park.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63155483/zora-mae-harwood: accessed 01 October 2023), memorial page for Zora Mae Bowers Harwood (15 Apr 1909–2 Jun 2004), Find A Grave: Memorial #63155483, citing Carolina Memorial Park, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by TMcManaway (contributor 47226355).
- ↑ "1910 United States Federal Census," database with images, Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry Record 7884 #152890268 : accessed 1 October 2023), Zora M Bowers (1), single daughter, in household of Daniel R Bowers (27) in Almond, Stanly, North Carolina, USA. Born in North Carolina; citing Year 1910, Census Place Almond, Stanly, North Carolina, Roll T624_1125, Page 12a, Enumeration District 0117, FHL microfilm 1375138.
- ↑ "South Carolina, Chesterfield County, Original Marriage licenses, 1911-1951," database with images, (FamilySearch Record: QGTD-XXL5 : accessed 6 October 2023) FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C91J-YSFQ-S, Zora Bowers (22) marriage to Pearl Harwood (23) on 25 Dec 1931 in Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States; citing Digital film/folder number: 007748156; Image number: 1176 & 1177.
- ↑ "North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004," database, (Ancestry Record 8908 #12674209 : accessed 6 October 2023), Zora Bowers Harwood death 2 Jun 2004 (born 15 Apr 1909) in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina.
See also:
- Mrs Zora Bowers Harwood (95), obituary, Charlotte Observer The (Charlotte, North Carolina, USA), 3 June 2004, Page B14, column 4; created Newspapers Clip: 133002182 on Friday, October 6, 2023.
Acknowledgments
- Profile Bowers-1344 was created through the import of HAYER.GED on May 29, 2011 by Larry Hayer.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Zora by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Zora:
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