Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Jesse Lewis Bowyer 1   
                Born: Oct-  -1884          in Gilmer Co, WV  2,3,4,5
                Died: Mar-24-1964          in Ritchie Co, WV  6,7
              Buried:                      in Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV  8
             Resided: 1958                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  9
             Resided: 1953                 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  10
             Resided: 1937                 in Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV  11
             Resided: 1900                 in Troy, Gilmer Co, WV  2
              Father: George Allen Bowyer   (1851 - 1933) 
              Mother: Mary Burrows   (1852 - 1942) 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Alma Mae Sponaugle  9   
             Married: Jan- 8-1953          in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  12
                Born: Jul-25-1907          in Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV  13 (see note 1)
                Died: Mar-  -1977           14
             Resided:                      in Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV  14
              Census: 1940                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1935                 in Gilmer Co, WV  15
              Census: 1930                 in Troy, Gilmer Co, WV  16
             Resided: 1927                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  17
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV  18
              Father: George Washington Sponaugle   (1873 - 1952) 
              Mother: Verenia Jurisha Adams   (1879 - 1955) 
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 3

Sources:
(1) Obituary of daughter. 
(2) 1900 Census. 
(3) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989) 
(4) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999) 
(5) Headstone (year only) 
(6) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999), Identified as Jesse 
L. Bowyer, 79, b. Gilmer Co, son of George Bowyer & Mary Burroughs [sic].  Died Mar 24 
1964. 
(7) Headstone. 
(8) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) 
(9) Obituary of brother. 
(10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(11) Obituary of sister. 
(12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Jesse Lewis Bowyer, 68, b. Gilmer Co, res. Smithburg, 
son of George & Mary Bowyer (both deceased); and Alma Mae Sponaugle White, 45, b. Doddridge Co, res. Smithburg, dau of 
George (deceased) & Verena Jerushia Sponaugle.  Married Jan 8 1953 in Smithburg. MR p. 
456. 
(13) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 154 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2612005&Type=Birth. 
(14) Social Security Death Index. 
(15) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) 
(16) 1930 Census, Gilmer County, WV. 
(17) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(18) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District). 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in SSDI as Dec 27 1905.  But age 12 at time of 1920 Census
would put birth in about 1908, and birth record specifies Jul 25 1907. 
Birthplace given in marriage record as Ritchie County, but her birth record
states Auburn in Doddridge County, which is on the Ritchie County line near the
Ritchie County community of Auburn.







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