Mary "Milly" was born about 1853. She married Willis M. Bowen. Sometimes, his name was written as William. Willis was a farmer who could neither read nor write. He and Milly lived on Hog Mountain, Gwinnett, Georgia in 1870. Willis was 26. Milly was 17 and had a 1-year-old son.[1]
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JF-ZH9 : 12 August 2017), Willis M Bowen, Beat 18, DeKalb, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 58, sheet 657C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,012.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M98X-Y4L : accessed 4 October 2020), Willis M Bowen, Precinct 18 Lathamville, DeKalb, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 75, sheet 23A, family 416, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,014.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQC-KB8 : accessed 4 October 2020), Marion Bowen, Hendrixville, DeKalb, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 37, sheet 3A, family 51, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 10; FHL microfilm 1,374,023.
Son's death record names parents:
"Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDXB-426 : 12 August 2020), Marion Bowen in entry for George Thomas Bowen, 1927.
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