Murl Gibson Bowers1,2

#18253, (5 April 1885 - )
Father*Henry D Bowers1 (1825 - 1913)
Mother*Almira Baker1 (1842 - 1927)

Family

Ruby V Hayes b. 1891
Child 1.Murl Valentine Bowers8 (1912 - 1973)
Birth*5 April 1885He was born on 5 April 1885 at Barry Twp., Pike Co., IllinoisG.1,3 
8 June 1900He appeared on the census of 8 June 1900 in the household of Almira Baker and Henry D Bowers at Barry, Pike Co., IllinoisG, age 15, b. IL Apt 1885.4 
11 April 1910He appeared on the census of 11 April 1910 in the household of Henry D Bowers and Almira Baker at Barry, Pike Co., IllinoisG, age 26, single, b. and mother b. IL, father b. MS [sic], restaurant cook.5 
Marriage*29 October 1910He married Ruby V Hayes, daughter of Frank Hays and Hattie A Blake, on 29 October 1910 at Pike Co., IndianaG.6 
12 January 1920He and Ruby V Hayes appeared on the census of 12 January 1920 at Kinderhook, Pike Co., IllinoisG.7 

Citations

  1. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census.
  2. [S1278] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, image viewed online FamilySearch.org or Ancestry.com. Ser. No. 773, Order No. 2803, Pittsfield, Pike Co. IL, 12 Sep 1918. Murl Gibson Bowers, age 34, b. 5 Apr 1884, farmer, contact Ruby Hayes Bowers.
  3. [S1411] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Washington, D.C.: Social Security Administration), index online Ancestry.com, Murl Gibson Bowers, b. Barry, Pike Co. IL 5 Apr 1884, son of Henry D Bowers and Almyra Baker; appl. May 1941.
  4. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Henry (75), b. VT Feb 1825, parents b. VT, teamster; Elmira (57), b. IL Dec 1842, parents b. OH, 9 children, 5 living; marr. 32 yrs.
  5. [S8] 1910 U.S. Federal Census. Henry F [sic] (75), b. MS [sic], parents b. VT, laborer, odd jobs, 2nd marr.; Almyra (67), IL, parents b. OH, 9 children, 5 living, 1st marr.; marr. 42 yrs.
  6. [S1110] Illinois County Marriages 1810–1934/1940, online FamilySearch.org, Murl G Bowers and Ruby V Hays, marr. Pike Co. 29 Oct 1910; citing Pike County offices, IL; FHL microfilm 1,315,808.
  7. [S11] 1920 U.S. Federal Census. Murl G (35), b. and mother b. IL, father b. VT, laborer, butcher shop; Ruby V (26), b. and mother b. IL, father b. US, dress maker at home.
  8. [S7] 1930 U.S. Federal Census.