James William Bowen was the son of George Walker Bowen and Rebecca Everheart Crigler. He married Savilla Nethers on 10 June 1891 in Madison Co., VA. Savilla was born 27 Dec. 1872 in Madison and died 24 Oct. 1935 in Brandy Station, Culpeper Co., VA. Her parents were Arnold Nethers and Ellen Hoffman.∼THE CULPEPER EXPONENT
Culpeper, Virginia, Thursday, May 9, 1918, Page 2, column 2:
DEATH OF J. W. BOWEN
Mr. James William Bowen, who died of heart failure Monday night, April 29th, and was buried in the Masonic Cemetery, Culpeper, Va., with Masonic honors, Thursday, May 2 at 3 o'clock p.m., in the sixtieth year of his age was one of the oldest residents and a popular, well-known merchant of Brandy Station, where as a teacher in his youth, he was in close touch with the youth of the community, and was a public spirited citizen of strong convictions and much energy.
Funeral services at his home, were conducted by the Rev. Alexander Galt, rector of Christ Church. The impressive rites of the Masonic order were led with unusual solemnity by the Rev. Henry M. Quarles, of Manassas, in the presence of a large and notable company of Masons, relatives and friends of the family. Mr. Bowen was born in Culpeper county. He was a student at the University of Virginia in 1888, and married in 1891, to Miss Savilla Nethers, of this county, by whom he is survived. He leaves eight sons, Warren, Lucian, Nethers, Edward, Ray, Arnold, Kermit and Roger; one daughter, Miss [Olda] Ellen Bowen; two grandchildren, two brothers, [George] Eugene and John Bowen, and five sisters, Mrs. V. G. Johnson, Mrs. G. Johnson, Mrs. John Fincham, Culpeper; Mrs. C. T. Lohr, Radiant, Va.; and Mrs. H. B. Schrodes, of Ohio."
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The Culpeper Exponent, Culpeper, Virginia, Thursday Morning, May 2, 1918:
"Death of J. W. Bowen.
The death of Mr. J. William Bowen, on Monday night, at his home in Brandy, from heart failure, was a shock to the community in which he has lived for over thirty years. Though long in declining health, and recently in a critical condition, Mr. Bowen was able to be out of the house all day Monday and attempted light exercise in his garden. Retiring at his usual hour, he seemed better than he had been for some time. When the morning was well advanced, it was found that he had died in the night without warning or sound.
Interment was made in the Masonic Cemetery at one o'clock p.m."