Felix and Gladys Bowman



BOWMAN, Felix G.
Born Sep. 26, 1906 Busch,Carroll Co., AR
Died Jan. 5, 1981 Kansas City,Jackson Co., MO

He was a son of John William Bowman and Charlotte Amanda Moon and the husband of Gladys Alene Young.

SSDI
Name: Felix Bowman
SSN: 430-22-1049
Last Residence: 66102 Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States of America

Born: 26 Sep 1906
Last Benefit: 66102 Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States of America Died: Jan 1981

State (Year) SSN issued: Arkansas (Before 1951)

1981 obituary: Felix G. Bowman, 74 of 216 N 30th, Kansas City, KS, died Monday at St. Luke's Hospital. He was born in Carroll Co., AR, and had lived in this area since 1953. Mr. Bowman was a truck driver for 20 years for the Tamm Lumber Co before he retired in 1974. He was a 50 year member of the Mount Vernon Masonic Lodge No 428 in Pea Ridge, AR. He leaves five sons, all police officers. They are Jay R. Bowman, Don L. Bowman and Paul D. Bowman, all of Kansas City, KS, and Ray F. Bowman and Jim W. Bowman of Kansas City; four brothers, Jake Bowman, St. Joseph, MO; Milton Bowman, Rogers, AR; Glenn Bowman, Pueblo, CO; and Roy Bowman, Kansas City, Kansas; two sisters, Mrs. Vesta McDonald, Springfield, MO; and Mrs. Dot Ford, Auburn, CA; 14 grandchildren and a great-grandson. Services will be at 1 PM Thursday at the Fulton-Nickel Chapel; burial at 1 PM Friday at the Hickman Cemetery, Washburn, MO.

On page 434 of the Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939, Felix Bowman and Gladys Young obtained a marriage license on May 22, 1933.

1910 Census Arkansas, Carroll, Cedar, District 52
John S. Bowman, head, age 52, Married 21 years, born MO, parents born TN, farmer
Amanda, wife, age 42, mother of 8 children, 8 living, born NC, parents born NC
Vesta, daughter, age 20, born AR
Jacob, son, age 17, born AR
Lewis, son, age 16, born AR
Alta, daughter, age 13, born MO
Milton, son, age 9, born AR
Glen, son, age 6, born AR
Felix, son, age 3, born AR
Roy, son, age 9 months, born AR
Stephen Weddington, boarder, age 38, single, born KY
Jefferson Bowman, boarder, age 61, widowed, born KY

1920 Census Arkansas, Carroll, Cedar, District 54
John W. Bowman, head, age 64, born MO, parents born TN, farmer
Charlotte, wife, age 51, born NC, parents born NC
Jacob son, age 27, born AR
Joseph, son, age 25
Alta, daughter, age 23, born AR
James M. (Milton), age 18, born AR
John G. (Glen), age 15, born AR
Felix G., son, age 13, born AR
Lester R., son, age 10, born AR
Dottie B., daughter, age 7, born AR
Henry E. Bowman, head, age 50, single, born MO, parents born TN, works in timber

1930 Census Arkansas, Carroll, Cedar, District 5
John W. Bowman, head, age 75, married at age 34, born MO, parents born TN, farmer
Charlotte A., wife, age 62, married at age 21, born NC, parents born NC
Felix, son, age 23, born AR
Roy, son, age 20, born AR
Dottie B., daughter, age 17, born AR
John, Charlotte, James Milton and wife Buena Crystal Walden Bowman (1905 - 1974), and Joseph (never married), are all buried at Roller Cemetery, Gateway. Also Oscar and Effie Hamblin. Effie's maiden name was Young.

BOWMAN, Gladys A. (YOUNG) Born June 29, 1911 Marshall Searcy Co., AR
Died May 20, 1977 Kansas City, Wyandotte Co., Kansas
(Last Residence According to SSDI)

SSDI
Name: Gladys Bowman
SSN: 514-40-7656
Last Residence: 66102 Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States of America
Born: 29 Jun 1911
Died: May 1977
State (Year) SSN issued: Kansas (1956-1958)

1920 Census Arkansas, Searcy, Spring, District 116
Ellis Motleur, head, age 42, born VT, father born Canada, mother VT
Myrtle, wife, age 24, born AR, parents born AR
Charlie, son, age 17, born MO
Earl, son, age 16, born MO
Maudie, daughter, age 13, born MO
Lodina, daughter, age 10, born MO
Eva, daughter, age 7, born AR
Jewel, daughter, age 3, born AR Gladys Young, step- daughter, age 8, born AR, parents born AR
Helen Young, step-daughter, age 7, born AR, parents born AR
Thelma Young, step-daughter, age 3, born AR, parents born AR

1930 Census Arkansas, Carroll, Beaver, District 1
Oscar Hamblin head, age 44, married at age 20, born AR, father born US, mother AR
Effie, wife, age 45, married at age 22, born AR, father born KY, mother US (maiden name Young) Fay, son, age 17, born AR
Gladys Young, niece, age 18, born AR, father born AR, mother OK
George Weston, lodger, age 20, born AR, farm laborer
On this same page is Milton Bowman, brother of Felix Bowman who was Gladys' husband to be in 1933.

Research notes by Phyllis Long and Jeff Bowman