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Anna <I>Gay</I> Bowen

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Anna Gay Bowen

Birth
Death
14 Dec 1905 (aged 65)
Burial
Bulloch County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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John Bowen married Anna Gay in Bulloch County, Georgia on 29 Nov 1860.
Source: Bulloch County, Georgia Marriages, Book 19, 1857-67, 1867-68

There's a discrepancy in the date of death. The newspaper has her funeral before the death date on her gravestone. Since it wasn't printed in the paper until Jan. 12 - it's probably the newspaper that's wrong.

Statesboro News
Issue of Friday, January 12, 1906

Died - The funeral of Mrs. Anne Bowen, 65, wife of Mr. John Bowen, mother of Mrs. J. A. Scarboro, was preached on the first Sunday in December at Poplar Springs Church. She died of a stroke of paralysis.

(Thanks to FAG volunteer, nu2ga (#47084636, who provided the obituary and points out the discrepancy in the dates.)
John Bowen married Anna Gay in Bulloch County, Georgia on 29 Nov 1860.
Source: Bulloch County, Georgia Marriages, Book 19, 1857-67, 1867-68

There's a discrepancy in the date of death. The newspaper has her funeral before the death date on her gravestone. Since it wasn't printed in the paper until Jan. 12 - it's probably the newspaper that's wrong.

Statesboro News
Issue of Friday, January 12, 1906

Died - The funeral of Mrs. Anne Bowen, 65, wife of Mr. John Bowen, mother of Mrs. J. A. Scarboro, was preached on the first Sunday in December at Poplar Springs Church. She died of a stroke of paralysis.

(Thanks to FAG volunteer, nu2ga (#47084636, who provided the obituary and points out the discrepancy in the dates.)


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  • Created by: Carol
  • Added: Feb 17, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48270421/anna-bowen: accessed ), memorial page for Anna Gay Bowen (17 Sep 1840–14 Dec 1905), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48270421, citing Poplar Springs Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Carol (contributor 47092002).