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Charles Bowman

Birth
Saline County, Missouri, USA
Death
26 Feb 1918 (aged 14)
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
Ewing 1st Addition Lot 150 Space 7
Memorial ID
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MO Death Cert # 5362

Father = Chas. Bowman/Illinois
Mother = Minnie Carter/Missouri
Single
Informant = E.E. Freeman
Occupation = Farmhand
COD = Accidental (Struck by RR Engine)

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Lexington Intelligencer, March 01, 1918

TWO MEN INJURED AT MYRICK, ONE DIES

Men Were Run Down by Switch Engine. Both Employed with Section Gang

Tuesday morning about 9 o'clock Elmer Smalley and Charles Bowman, two section hands on the Missouri Pacific, suffered serious injuries when they were run down by a switch engine at Myrick. Mr. Smalley had his right hand crushed off above the wrist. Mr. Bowman was less fortunate; he lost an arm and a leg and died on the train on the way to the hospital in Kansas City.

Mr. Bowman was a son of Mrs. Charles Bowman, Sr., who lives on North 11th street. He was born in Saline county, September 10, 1902. The body was brought to Lexington Wednesday night.
MO Death Cert # 5362

Father = Chas. Bowman/Illinois
Mother = Minnie Carter/Missouri
Single
Informant = E.E. Freeman
Occupation = Farmhand
COD = Accidental (Struck by RR Engine)

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Lexington Intelligencer, March 01, 1918

TWO MEN INJURED AT MYRICK, ONE DIES

Men Were Run Down by Switch Engine. Both Employed with Section Gang

Tuesday morning about 9 o'clock Elmer Smalley and Charles Bowman, two section hands on the Missouri Pacific, suffered serious injuries when they were run down by a switch engine at Myrick. Mr. Smalley had his right hand crushed off above the wrist. Mr. Bowman was less fortunate; he lost an arm and a leg and died on the train on the way to the hospital in Kansas City.

Mr. Bowman was a son of Mrs. Charles Bowman, Sr., who lives on North 11th street. He was born in Saline county, September 10, 1902. The body was brought to Lexington Wednesday night.


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