Nellie Agnes (Dawes) Bowen (1874 - 1949)

Born 10 Nov 1874 in Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States

Wife of Homer Gardner — married 16 Oct 1890 in St. Clair, Illinois, United States

Wife of Evan Chattuc Bowen — married 19 Jun 1914 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Jan 1949 at age 74 in O'Fallon, St. Clair, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Nellie was born in 1874 to parents James D. and Malinda A. (Peach) Dawes.

She married Omar (Homer) Gardner in 1890.

Her second marriage to Evan C. Bowen occurred before 1918.

Nellie passed away in 1949.

Research Notes

From Find a Grave memorial :

Obituary

Mrs. Nellie A. Bowen, 74, of 114 East Fourth Street, widow of the late Evan C. Bowen, died in St. Elizabeth's Hospital at 5:45 o'clock Friday morning (7 Jan 1949), of complications.

The deceased, who lived in the community practically all of her life, had been seriously ill for the past three months.

Nellie Bowen was born in Belleville, November 10, 1874, a daughter of the late James D. and Malinda Peach Dawes. In 1890 she was married in her home to Homer Gardner, who died July 29, 1907. Later she was married to Evan C. Bowen, a coal miner, who died in this city, February 18, 1929. Surviving are two sons and two daughters, Roland C. Gardner, Belleville; Rev. James L. Gardner, Granite City; Ada, wife of Levi Ladd, of this city and Madeline, wife of Tony Edmiston, Tomball, Tex. Also nine grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a brother, William Dawes, Lebanon. One brother, Albert, preceded her in death. She was a member of the Pentecostal church of Lebanon.

Funeral services were conducted at the Wolfersberger-Meyer funeral home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Roland J. Gardner and Rev. Carl Harris officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery.

• 13 Jan 1949, O'Fallon IL Progress

Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, O'Fallon, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA.

Family Members

Parents

James D. Dawes 1847-1915

Malinda A. Peach Dawes 1851-1924

Spouses

Homer Gardner 1867-1907

Evan Chattuc Bowen 1867-1929

Children

James Lester Gardner 1900-1985

Sources

• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q284-R4VD : 22 July 2021), Omar Gardner and Nellie Dawes, 16 Oct 1890; citing Alma, St. Clair, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 2,169,837.
• "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H955-XN2M : 13 February 2020), Nellie A. Davis in entry for Roland Cleveland Gardner, 10 Nov 1892, St. Clair, Illinois, citing Birth.
• "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2LW-X2V : 11 January 2020), Nellie Davis in entry for Ada A. Gardner, 4 May 1894, St. Clair, Illinois, citing Birth.
• "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H9R9-D8PZ : 13 February 2020), Nellie Agnes Davis in entry for James Gardner, 4 Aug 1899, St. Clair, Illinois.
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSH8-X2J : 9 March 2022), Nellie Gardner in entry for Homer Gardner, 1900, Caseyville, St. Clair, Illinois.
• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q284-4S4V : 22 July 2021), Nellie Dawes in entry for Levi Ladd and Ada Agnes Gardner, 26 Feb 1913; citing O'Fallon, St. Clair, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 2,148,654.
• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q284-WJJQ : 22 July 2021), Nellie Davies Or Dawes in entry for Roland Gardner and Iva May Wolff, 10 Sep 1915; citing Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 2,148,656.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:74Q1-FQW2 : 25 December 2021), Nellie Bowen in entry for James Lester Gardner, 1918.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJMC-CZQ : 3 February 2021), Nellie A Bowen in entry for Evan C Bowen, 1920, Dow, Pittsburg, Oklahoma.
• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q284-K11N : 22 July 2021), Nellie Dawes in entry for James Gardner and Marguerite Wolff, 19 Apr 1922; citing Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 2,148,884.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105618947/nellie-a-bowen: accessed 17 January 2023), memorial page for Nellie A. Dawes Bowen (10 Nov 1874–7 Jan 1949), Find a Grave Memorial ID 105618947, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, O'Fallon, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by James Bridges (contributor 47700383).
• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q59G-SW5L : 28 July 2020), Mrs Omar Gardner in entry for Mr Roland Gardner, 9 Jun 1958, citing Death.