Murton Bowers (1873 - 1946)

Born 19 Aug 1873 in Henry, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Irene Juanita (Wardwell) Ridgeway — married 23 Dec 1922 in Henry, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Jun 1946 at age 72 in Fortville, Vernon Township, Hancock, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Morton was born in 1873, son of David Bowers (1847–1906) and Elizabeth Ginn (1847–1917). For reasons unknown he is not shown on a census with them. His siblings are Myrtle (1870– bef 1900), Curtis Kirk (1875–1958) and Daisy E (1881–1903).

His first wife was Melissa Melville Harvey (1868–1921) they married in 1897^[1]. In 1900 they were living on Jackson street with his wifes parents, and daughter Edna May Bowers (1897–1989) who was 3, his wife was 32^[2], he was a farm laborer. They were living on a farm Chapman road in 1910 with his mother in law^[3] Edna was 13. He was still farming at the time of the WWI draft^[4]. In 1920 it was just he and his wife on Washington St^[5] he was now employed as a carpenter.

Melissa passed away in 1921.

He married Irene Wardwell Cory 1922^[6].

He was working as a repairman in a cabinet factory in 1930^[7]. Irene was 36 and her 2 children Alice 14 and Omar 12 Cory were living with them, they also had a daughter Joyce who was 2. 1930 - 1940s brought sorrow and happiness; his stepson Omar passed away and his stepdaughter Alice married^[8], they lived on Spring st, young Joyce was now 12.

He passed away in 1946 at 72 years of age, interred in the White Union Cemetery, Henry County, Indiana, USA^[9].

Mendenhall Person: I92074

Sources

1. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HSLG-T52M : 13 January 2020), Murton Bowers, 1897.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM16-W7C : accessed 15 August 2021), Murton Bowers in household of Augustus Harvey, Jefferson Township Sulfur Springs town, Henry, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 68, sheet 4A, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,377
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKPM-RZ8 : accessed 15 August 2021), Merton Bowers, Jefferson, Henry, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 93, sheet 4B, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 355; FHL microfilm 1,374,368.
4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7C17-GVW2 : 25 December 2021), Murton Bowers, 1917-1918.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF7K-KW7 : 1 February 2021), Merton Bowers, 1920.
6. ↑ Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXNQ-5X5 : accessed 11 Mar 2014), John Wardwell in entry for Murton Bowers and Irene Cory, 1922
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHMT-57C : accessed 15 August 2021), Merton Bowers, Sulphur Springs, Henry, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 26, sheet 1B, line 97, family 30, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 593; FHL microfilm 2,340,328.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1TH-R1S : 5 January 2021), Merton Bowers, Sulphur Springs, Henry, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 33-26, sheet 1A, line 25, family 7, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1052.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #67639106