Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Eldon Clair Bowyer    
                Born: May-10-1918          in Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV  1
                Died: Mar-10-1968          in Akron, Summit Co, OH  2
              Buried:                      in Akron, Summit Co, OH  1
             Resided: 1949, 68             in Akron, Summit Co, OH  3,1
             Resided: as a youth           in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1920                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
           Education:                      Doddridge Co H.S. graduate  1
              Father: Leon Brison Bowyer   (1891 - 1943) 
              Mother: Lovie Mae Gaston   (1891 - 1949) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Mary Kathryn Spencer     
             Married: Dec-25-1945          in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  4
                Born: Apr- 1-1926          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  5,6,7,8
                Died: Jan-24-1978          in Polk Co, FL  9,7,8
             Resided:                      in Lakeland, Polk Co, FL  10
              Census: 1940                 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  11
             Resided: 1935                 in Upshur Co, WV  11
              Census: 1930                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  11
              Father: William Clyde Spencer   (1896 - 1958) 
              Mother: Nina Olive Ford   (1895 - 1931) 
Other spouse 2

Sources:
(1) Obituary. 
(2) Obituary - Hospital. 
(3) Obituary of mother. 
(4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Eldon Bowyer, 27, b. Gilmer Co, res. Doddridge Co, son 
of Lovie Bowyer; and Mary Kathryn Spencer, 19, b. & res. in West Union, dau of Clyde Spencer.  Married Dec 25 1945 in 
Smithburg, officiated by Ithra M. Ward, a minister of the Gospel. MR p. 361 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11798496&Type=Marriage. 
(5) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 228. 
(7) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) Social Security Death Index. 
(9) Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and Florida Dept of Health, Office of Vital Records. 
(10) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(11) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 







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