Alma H. Bowman was born in 1866, in Whitesville, Missouri to Frank Bowman and Susannah E. (Hileman) Drown.

Her mother Suzannah was first married in 1858 to Henry Drown in Seneca County, Ohio. They had one son together, Melville W. Drown, and then they divorced. In the 1860 census Suzannah is living in her father's household, i.e., Daniel Hileman, in Adams Township, Green Springs, Seneca County, Ohio. She is shown as Susan Hileman instead of "Drown", but at least her son Melvin Drown is shown and his age is 10 months.

In the 1870 census Suzannah is living in her father, Daniel Hileman's household again, this time in Platte Township, Whitesville Post Office, Andrew County, Missouri. She again is shown as Susannah E. Hileman instead of "Bowman", and again her son Melville Drown is shown, he's 10 in this census, and also shown is her daughter ALMA BOWMAN, and she is 3.

In the 1880 census Susannah is shown as the wife of Nelson Crockett, and they are living in Platte Township, Andrew County, Missouri. Nelson is "Head", but it is not shown, Suzannah is shown as "Anna Crockett Wife", also shown are Melville Crockett, 21, son, and Alma Crockett, 13, daughter. It should be Melville Drown, step-son and ALMA BOWMAN, STEP-DAUGHTER, but matters not.

Five years later records show that Alma H. Bowman married Ernest N. Crockett, October 17, 1885, in Grelton, Henry County, Ohio.

There is no 1890 census, however in the 1900 census I found the following in Portland City, Multnomah County, Oregon; Dr. Ernest N. Crockett, Head, 37, Alma Crockett, Wife, 34, and Gladys A. Crockett, Daughter, 10.

Alma's marriage to Ernest Crockett lasted about 25 years, they divorced and Alma remarried John H. Williams, March 17, 1909 in Clarke County, Vancouver, Washington.

It's believed that John died in 1923, Alma is found living in her daughter Gladys Willis's household in 1930 and 1940 in Wilmette, Cook County, Illinois.

Alma died June 12, 1943 in Wilmette at 76 years of age.

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Chicago Daily Tribune
June 13, 1942
Page 18

WILLIAMS - Alma Williams of 1606 For-
est avenue, Wilmette, mother of Mrs.
Gladys Willis, Services Monday, 4 p.m.,
St. Augustine's church, Wilmette. In-
terment Memorial Park. Remains at
chapel, 1118 Greenleaf avenue, Wilmette.

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WILMETTE LIFE
June 17, 1943

MRS. ALMA WILLIAMS
Burial of Mrs. Alma Williams at
Memorial Park cemetery took place
Monday afternoon following services
at St. Augustine's Episcopal church
Wilmette, of which she had for
many years been a member and
teacher in the Church school. She
was also a former member of the
Woman's guild of the church.
Mrs. Williams, the widow of J. H.
Williams, died Saturday after a long
illness at the home of her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jacques
Willis, with whom she had resided
for many years. She was 76 years
old.
She was a native of Whitesville,
Mo. Dr. Hubert Carleton, rector
emeritus of St. Augustine's con-
ducted the services.

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Below is the full obituary for her mother Susannah E. "Annie" (Hileman) Drown Bowman Crockett. The full obituary was submitted for her site but the person who maintains her site edited it down for some reason and essentially changed history:

Mrs. Annie E. Crockett
was born in Wayne county, Ohio,
Nov. 19, 1840 and died in the
Mother Bickerdyke Home, Ells-
worth, Kansas, Aug. 18, 1913,
aged 72 years and 9 months.
Mrs. Crockett was an invalid
for a number of years and was
moved away from this city in
search of health and medical
treatment. Every attention was
given her. No one expected the
end so near although her condi-
tion was deemed critical a few
months ago when she left here.
She seemed to rally but became
fretful with her nurses. Her
death came as a relief to long
suffering.
She embraced Christianity
when a girl and was converted
in one of the old-fashioned Meth-
odist revivals and she was a lov-
er of the good, all through life.
She had a pious, praying father
and mother who loved to do good
and help the needy. Mrs.
Crockett suffered greatly in the
later years of her life yet she
never lost faith in her Redeemer.
Among us all she ranked al-
ways as a woman of culture, re-
finement, sympathy, a kind
neighbor, and true friend and
withall a woman of heroic mould
in bravely meeting the stern re-
quirements and often the disap-
pointments of life.
We learn that a daughter,
Mrs. Alma Williams lives at
Portland, Oregon.
Out of a family of seven chil-
dren all have passed to the Great
Beyond except three brothers,
viz: J. S. Hileman, Edna, Kan-
sas; M. D. Hileman, Baxter
Springs, Kansas; D. O. Hileman
Oswego, Kansas.
The two first named brothers
were here and extend thanks to
the people of Lenora for the
many kindnesses shown to their
sister while she lived here. They
state that Mrs. Crockett always
had kind words for her Lenora
neighbors. The brothers left
Wednesday for their homes feel-
ing grateful to all the Lenora
friends of their sister.
The body was shipped here
from Ellsworth, Kansas, and a
short service was held in the
Methodist church conducted by
Rev. Flowers. A large audience
attended the funeral service to
pay their last respects to the de-
ceased. The remains were laid
to rest in the Lenora east ceme-
tery.

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