David Franklin Bowles was born August 21,1851 in Carroll Co. Missouri. His parents were Stephen D. and Frances Judy Bowles.. David married MaryFlora Greenman Gray in 1883. They had 10 children, Kate Effie was the oldest. He is buried with MaryFlora Greenman Bowles in Spring Grove, Kansas, a Quaker cemetery. This cemetery is located in Miami CO.KS. It is on the road from Lane to Osawatomie. It is in front of the Spring Grove Quarker Church on the hill.
He is on the 1860 census at 9 yrs. old Washington, Clay,Missouri...see Stephen Decatur Bowles..
he is found in 1900 married in Dickinson Kansas with Kate and 5 other children..
On the 1920 census David is 68 yrs. old and Mary is listed as head of household...3 children are still home. They are in Paola Twp. Miami CO. KS.
Below is a story written by Myrtle Bowles Crabtree about her parents
David Franklin Bowles born August 21, 1851 at Carrol County MO.. His parents were Stephen Decatur Bowles and Frances Emily Judy Bowles. He had three sisters. His mother died when he was but 10 years old.
He was six feet tall, lanky with beautiful blue eyes and red hair.
He loved people and in his younger days was quite a rambler. I remember him telling of climbing Pike's Peak before there was a trail. He was a great worker and it was his delight to pitch more hay, more grain to the threshing machine or shuck more corn than anyone that he could get into a contest. He loved to play horse shoes on Sunday afternoon and many the time that the neighbors gathered for a about.he was honest but quick tempered. Although his education was limited to a small amount of schooling he was able to converse with the best of them. Many times during a long winter my mother read books aloud to him and we children.
My greatest embarrassments was when he came to school to get us and I had to ride double with him on a mule while my brothers rode the horse.
We were always poor, making our living out of the Kansas soil. We always had something for Christmas, usually he would find a beautiful cedar for our tree. It was sometimes just candy and an orange but usually one gift. I remember one time my gift was a beautiful red ribbon sash.
My parents moved many times. My father liked to trade. Before I was born they came by covered wagon from Dickinson Co. to Franklin Co.
He told me he saw Custer ride out of Ft. Riley when he went on the last trip to fight the Indians. he talked much about the James Boys who were grown boys in the school where he first went.
He suffered a stoke in about 1919 and although never fully recovered, he worked plowing corn, cutting wood and other jobs on the farm.
He loved for my husband (Albert Crabtree) to sing Kitty Wells and Brooklin Theater.
He passed away in 1924 a short time before his 73rd birthday and his resting place is the beautiful Quaker Cemetery at Spring Grove church between Lane and Osawatome Kansas.
Oh, yes he accepted Christ in Dickinson Co. and was baptized in the Christian Church.
At the time of his death he was a member of the Spring Grove (a country church) Quaker or Friend Denomination.
Obit:
BOWLES - David F. Bowles died at his home near Osawatomie, Kansas, on Tuesday, June 17th, in his 73rd year. Mr. Bowles was born on August 21st, 1851, in Carrol county, Missouri, and on February 25th, 1883, was married to Mrs. Mary F. Gray. Besides Mrs. Bowles, he is survived by nine children: Mrs. A. M. Haman, of Fariboult, Minnesota; Mrs. D. D. Mitchel, of Bowie, Arizona; Mrs. C. E. Tede, of Ajo, Arizona; Frances Bowles, a teacher, in Gary, indiana; Mrs. J. A. Crabtree, of Oroville, California; Steve and Arthur Bowles, of Taft, California; Ellis Bowles, in the United States service, at El paso, Texas, and Ernest Bowles, at home. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. John Mitchell, assisted by C. N. Averill, were held at the Spring Grove church, Saturday afternoon, and interment was in the Spring Grove cemetery.
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BOWLES - Mrs. Mary F. Bowles died Saturday, Sept. 5, at the home of her daughter, Miss Frances Bowles, in Las Cruces, N. M., at the age of 90 years, one month and 19 days. She was born July 16, 1863.
The Bowles family lived for many years in the vicinity of Lane, Paola and Osawatomie. Mrs. Bowles was an active member of the Quaker church, southwest of Osawatomie, for many years. Her husband, David F. Bowles, died in 1924. Mrs. Bowles is survived by 87 descendants, including ten children, 22 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in the Quaker church Thursday, Sept. 10, at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Freda Craven in charge. Mrs. Irl Shively sang "In the Garden", "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye". Lela Smith, Eliza Edwards, May Hutchens and Effie Duncan had charge of the flowers. Pallbearers were Curt Duncan, Clarence Heiber, Guy Edwards, Tom McDougal, Charlie Smith and Ira Waggoner. Burial was in the Quaker cemetery under the direction of the Birchard funeral home.
Surviving are 10 children, George Gray and Mrs. Kate Hamann of Northfield, Minn., Frances Bowles and Ethel Tide of Las Cruces, N. M., Mrs. Martha E. Higgins, Los Angeles, Mrs. Myrtle Crabtree and Orville Ernest Bowles of Sacramento, Calif., Steve Bowles, Wellington, Colo., Arthur Bowles, Wellington, Calif., Arthur Ellis Bowles of North Dakota. Seven of the ten children attended the funeral. Twenty-three grandchildren, 61 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren also survive.
According to the heading, these were in the Miami Republic. David's was not dated. Mary's was dated Sept. 5, 1953.
He is on the 1860 census at 9 yrs. old Washington, Clay,Missouri...see Stephen Decatur Bowles..
he is found in 1900 married in Dickinson Kansas with Kate and 5 other children..
On the 1920 census David is 68 yrs. old and Mary is listed as head of household...3 children are still home. They are in Paola Twp. Miami CO. KS.
Below is a story written by Myrtle Bowles Crabtree about her parents
David Franklin Bowles born August 21, 1851 at Carrol County MO.. His parents were Stephen Decatur Bowles and Frances Emily Judy Bowles. He had three sisters. His mother died when he was but 10 years old.
He was six feet tall, lanky with beautiful blue eyes and red hair.
He loved people and in his younger days was quite a rambler. I remember him telling of climbing Pike's Peak before there was a trail. He was a great worker and it was his delight to pitch more hay, more grain to the threshing machine or shuck more corn than anyone that he could get into a contest. He loved to play horse shoes on Sunday afternoon and many the time that the neighbors gathered for a about.he was honest but quick tempered. Although his education was limited to a small amount of schooling he was able to converse with the best of them. Many times during a long winter my mother read books aloud to him and we children.
My greatest embarrassments was when he came to school to get us and I had to ride double with him on a mule while my brothers rode the horse.
We were always poor, making our living out of the Kansas soil. We always had something for Christmas, usually he would find a beautiful cedar for our tree. It was sometimes just candy and an orange but usually one gift. I remember one time my gift was a beautiful red ribbon sash.
My parents moved many times. My father liked to trade. Before I was born they came by covered wagon from Dickinson Co. to Franklin Co.
He told me he saw Custer ride out of Ft. Riley when he went on the last trip to fight the Indians. he talked much about the James Boys who were grown boys in the school where he first went.
He suffered a stoke in about 1919 and although never fully recovered, he worked plowing corn, cutting wood and other jobs on the farm.
He loved for my husband (Albert Crabtree) to sing Kitty Wells and Brooklin Theater.
He passed away in 1924 a short time before his 73rd birthday and his resting place is the beautiful Quaker Cemetery at Spring Grove church between Lane and Osawatome Kansas.
Oh, yes he accepted Christ in Dickinson Co. and was baptized in the Christian Church.
At the time of his death he was a member of the Spring Grove (a country church) Quaker or Friend Denomination.
Obit:
BOWLES - David F. Bowles died at his home near Osawatomie, Kansas, on Tuesday, June 17th, in his 73rd year. Mr. Bowles was born on August 21st, 1851, in Carrol county, Missouri, and on February 25th, 1883, was married to Mrs. Mary F. Gray. Besides Mrs. Bowles, he is survived by nine children: Mrs. A. M. Haman, of Fariboult, Minnesota; Mrs. D. D. Mitchel, of Bowie, Arizona; Mrs. C. E. Tede, of Ajo, Arizona; Frances Bowles, a teacher, in Gary, indiana; Mrs. J. A. Crabtree, of Oroville, California; Steve and Arthur Bowles, of Taft, California; Ellis Bowles, in the United States service, at El paso, Texas, and Ernest Bowles, at home. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. John Mitchell, assisted by C. N. Averill, were held at the Spring Grove church, Saturday afternoon, and interment was in the Spring Grove cemetery.
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BOWLES - Mrs. Mary F. Bowles died Saturday, Sept. 5, at the home of her daughter, Miss Frances Bowles, in Las Cruces, N. M., at the age of 90 years, one month and 19 days. She was born July 16, 1863.
The Bowles family lived for many years in the vicinity of Lane, Paola and Osawatomie. Mrs. Bowles was an active member of the Quaker church, southwest of Osawatomie, for many years. Her husband, David F. Bowles, died in 1924. Mrs. Bowles is survived by 87 descendants, including ten children, 22 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in the Quaker church Thursday, Sept. 10, at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Freda Craven in charge. Mrs. Irl Shively sang "In the Garden", "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye". Lela Smith, Eliza Edwards, May Hutchens and Effie Duncan had charge of the flowers. Pallbearers were Curt Duncan, Clarence Heiber, Guy Edwards, Tom McDougal, Charlie Smith and Ira Waggoner. Burial was in the Quaker cemetery under the direction of the Birchard funeral home.
Surviving are 10 children, George Gray and Mrs. Kate Hamann of Northfield, Minn., Frances Bowles and Ethel Tide of Las Cruces, N. M., Mrs. Martha E. Higgins, Los Angeles, Mrs. Myrtle Crabtree and Orville Ernest Bowles of Sacramento, Calif., Steve Bowles, Wellington, Colo., Arthur Bowles, Wellington, Calif., Arthur Ellis Bowles of North Dakota. Seven of the ten children attended the funeral. Twenty-three grandchildren, 61 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren also survive.
According to the heading, these were in the Miami Republic. David's was not dated. Mary's was dated Sept. 5, 1953.
David Franklin Bowles was born August 21,1851 in Carroll Co. Missouri. His parents were Stephen D. and Frances Judy Bowles.. David married MaryFlora Greenman Gray in 1883. They had 10 children, Kate Effie was the oldest. He is buried with MaryFlora Greenman Bowles in Spring Grove, Kansas, a Quaker cemetery. This cemetery is located in Miami CO.KS. It is on the road from Lane to Osawatomie. It is in front of the Spring Grove Quarker Church on the hill.
He is on the 1860 census at 9 yrs. old Washington, Clay,Missouri...see Stephen Decatur Bowles..
he is found in 1900 married in Dickinson Kansas with Kate and 5 other children..
On the 1920 census David is 68 yrs. old and Mary is listed as head of household...3 children are still home. They are in Paola Twp. Miami CO. KS.
Below is a story written by Myrtle Bowles Crabtree about her parents
David Franklin Bowles born August 21, 1851 at Carrol County MO.. His parents were Stephen Decatur Bowles and Frances Emily Judy Bowles. He had three sisters. His mother died when he was but 10 years old.
He was six feet tall, lanky with beautiful blue eyes and red hair.
He loved people and in his younger days was quite a rambler. I remember him telling of climbing Pike's Peak before there was a trail. He was a great worker and it was his delight to pitch more hay, more grain to the threshing machine or shuck more corn than anyone that he could get into a contest. He loved to play horse shoes on Sunday afternoon and many the time that the neighbors gathered for a about.he was honest but quick tempered. Although his education was limited to a small amount of schooling he was able to converse with the best of them. Many times during a long winter my mother read books aloud to him and we children.
My greatest embarrassments was when he came to school to get us and I had to ride double with him on a mule while my brothers rode the horse.
We were always poor, making our living out of the Kansas soil. We always had something for Christmas, usually he would find a beautiful cedar for our tree. It was sometimes just candy and an orange but usually one gift. I remember one time my gift was a beautiful red ribbon sash.
My parents moved many times. My father liked to trade. Before I was born they came by covered wagon from Dickinson Co. to Franklin Co.
He told me he saw Custer ride out of Ft. Riley when he went on the last trip to fight the Indians. he talked much about the James Boys who were grown boys in the school where he first went.
He suffered a stoke in about 1919 and although never fully recovered, he worked plowing corn, cutting wood and other jobs on the farm.
He loved for my husband (Albert Crabtree) to sing Kitty Wells and Brooklin Theater.
He passed away in 1924 a short time before his 73rd birthday and his resting place is the beautiful Quaker Cemetery at Spring Grove church between Lane and Osawatome Kansas.
Oh, yes he accepted Christ in Dickinson Co. and was baptized in the Christian Church.
At the time of his death he was a member of the Spring Grove (a country church) Quaker or Friend Denomination.
Obit:
BOWLES - David F. Bowles died at his home near Osawatomie, Kansas, on Tuesday, June 17th, in his 73rd year. Mr. Bowles was born on August 21st, 1851, in Carrol county, Missouri, and on February 25th, 1883, was married to Mrs. Mary F. Gray. Besides Mrs. Bowles, he is survived by nine children: Mrs. A. M. Haman, of Fariboult, Minnesota; Mrs. D. D. Mitchel, of Bowie, Arizona; Mrs. C. E. Tede, of Ajo, Arizona; Frances Bowles, a teacher, in Gary, indiana; Mrs. J. A. Crabtree, of Oroville, California; Steve and Arthur Bowles, of Taft, California; Ellis Bowles, in the United States service, at El paso, Texas, and Ernest Bowles, at home. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. John Mitchell, assisted by C. N. Averill, were held at the Spring Grove church, Saturday afternoon, and interment was in the Spring Grove cemetery.
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BOWLES - Mrs. Mary F. Bowles died Saturday, Sept. 5, at the home of her daughter, Miss Frances Bowles, in Las Cruces, N. M., at the age of 90 years, one month and 19 days. She was born July 16, 1863.
The Bowles family lived for many years in the vicinity of Lane, Paola and Osawatomie. Mrs. Bowles was an active member of the Quaker church, southwest of Osawatomie, for many years. Her husband, David F. Bowles, died in 1924. Mrs. Bowles is survived by 87 descendants, including ten children, 22 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in the Quaker church Thursday, Sept. 10, at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Freda Craven in charge. Mrs. Irl Shively sang "In the Garden", "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye". Lela Smith, Eliza Edwards, May Hutchens and Effie Duncan had charge of the flowers. Pallbearers were Curt Duncan, Clarence Heiber, Guy Edwards, Tom McDougal, Charlie Smith and Ira Waggoner. Burial was in the Quaker cemetery under the direction of the Birchard funeral home.
Surviving are 10 children, George Gray and Mrs. Kate Hamann of Northfield, Minn., Frances Bowles and Ethel Tide of Las Cruces, N. M., Mrs. Martha E. Higgins, Los Angeles, Mrs. Myrtle Crabtree and Orville Ernest Bowles of Sacramento, Calif., Steve Bowles, Wellington, Colo., Arthur Bowles, Wellington, Calif., Arthur Ellis Bowles of North Dakota. Seven of the ten children attended the funeral. Twenty-three grandchildren, 61 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren also survive.
According to the heading, these were in the Miami Republic. David's was not dated. Mary's was dated Sept. 5, 1953.
He is on the 1860 census at 9 yrs. old Washington, Clay,Missouri...see Stephen Decatur Bowles..
he is found in 1900 married in Dickinson Kansas with Kate and 5 other children..
On the 1920 census David is 68 yrs. old and Mary is listed as head of household...3 children are still home. They are in Paola Twp. Miami CO. KS.
Below is a story written by Myrtle Bowles Crabtree about her parents
David Franklin Bowles born August 21, 1851 at Carrol County MO.. His parents were Stephen Decatur Bowles and Frances Emily Judy Bowles. He had three sisters. His mother died when he was but 10 years old.
He was six feet tall, lanky with beautiful blue eyes and red hair.
He loved people and in his younger days was quite a rambler. I remember him telling of climbing Pike's Peak before there was a trail. He was a great worker and it was his delight to pitch more hay, more grain to the threshing machine or shuck more corn than anyone that he could get into a contest. He loved to play horse shoes on Sunday afternoon and many the time that the neighbors gathered for a about.he was honest but quick tempered. Although his education was limited to a small amount of schooling he was able to converse with the best of them. Many times during a long winter my mother read books aloud to him and we children.
My greatest embarrassments was when he came to school to get us and I had to ride double with him on a mule while my brothers rode the horse.
We were always poor, making our living out of the Kansas soil. We always had something for Christmas, usually he would find a beautiful cedar for our tree. It was sometimes just candy and an orange but usually one gift. I remember one time my gift was a beautiful red ribbon sash.
My parents moved many times. My father liked to trade. Before I was born they came by covered wagon from Dickinson Co. to Franklin Co.
He told me he saw Custer ride out of Ft. Riley when he went on the last trip to fight the Indians. he talked much about the James Boys who were grown boys in the school where he first went.
He suffered a stoke in about 1919 and although never fully recovered, he worked plowing corn, cutting wood and other jobs on the farm.
He loved for my husband (Albert Crabtree) to sing Kitty Wells and Brooklin Theater.
He passed away in 1924 a short time before his 73rd birthday and his resting place is the beautiful Quaker Cemetery at Spring Grove church between Lane and Osawatome Kansas.
Oh, yes he accepted Christ in Dickinson Co. and was baptized in the Christian Church.
At the time of his death he was a member of the Spring Grove (a country church) Quaker or Friend Denomination.
Obit:
BOWLES - David F. Bowles died at his home near Osawatomie, Kansas, on Tuesday, June 17th, in his 73rd year. Mr. Bowles was born on August 21st, 1851, in Carrol county, Missouri, and on February 25th, 1883, was married to Mrs. Mary F. Gray. Besides Mrs. Bowles, he is survived by nine children: Mrs. A. M. Haman, of Fariboult, Minnesota; Mrs. D. D. Mitchel, of Bowie, Arizona; Mrs. C. E. Tede, of Ajo, Arizona; Frances Bowles, a teacher, in Gary, indiana; Mrs. J. A. Crabtree, of Oroville, California; Steve and Arthur Bowles, of Taft, California; Ellis Bowles, in the United States service, at El paso, Texas, and Ernest Bowles, at home. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. John Mitchell, assisted by C. N. Averill, were held at the Spring Grove church, Saturday afternoon, and interment was in the Spring Grove cemetery.
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From: J.C. and Penny James
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 1:05 PM
To: James; James, Nathan
Subject: Obituaryfound at the Swan River Museum. I will type them in for you.
BOWLES - Mrs. Mary F. Bowles died Saturday, Sept. 5, at the home of her daughter, Miss Frances Bowles, in Las Cruces, N. M., at the age of 90 years, one month and 19 days. She was born July 16, 1863.
The Bowles family lived for many years in the vicinity of Lane, Paola and Osawatomie. Mrs. Bowles was an active member of the Quaker church, southwest of Osawatomie, for many years. Her husband, David F. Bowles, died in 1924. Mrs. Bowles is survived by 87 descendants, including ten children, 22 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in the Quaker church Thursday, Sept. 10, at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Freda Craven in charge. Mrs. Irl Shively sang "In the Garden", "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye". Lela Smith, Eliza Edwards, May Hutchens and Effie Duncan had charge of the flowers. Pallbearers were Curt Duncan, Clarence Heiber, Guy Edwards, Tom McDougal, Charlie Smith and Ira Waggoner. Burial was in the Quaker cemetery under the direction of the Birchard funeral home.
Surviving are 10 children, George Gray and Mrs. Kate Hamann of Northfield, Minn., Frances Bowles and Ethel Tide of Las Cruces, N. M., Mrs. Martha E. Higgins, Los Angeles, Mrs. Myrtle Crabtree and Orville Ernest Bowles of Sacramento, Calif., Steve Bowles, Wellington, Colo., Arthur Bowles, Wellington, Calif., Arthur Ellis Bowles of North Dakota. Seven of the ten children attended the funeral. Twenty-three grandchildren, 61 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren also survive.
According to the heading, these were in the Miami Republic. David's was not dated. Mary's was dated Sept. 5, 1953.
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