Launa Capitola BOWYER
1878 - 1937 (59 years)
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Name Launa Capitola BOWYER Born 24 Jul 1878 [1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Female Residence Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 
[1, 5] Residence 1900 Troy, Gilmer Co, WV [4] Died 17 Dec 1937 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [1, 3] Buried Greenlawn Memorial Park (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [3, 6] Notes - The likely origin of Launa Capitola Bowyer's middle name was the popular culture of that time. Capitola "Black Cap" Black was the spunky, cross-dressing heroine of "The Hidden Hand: Or, Capitola the Madcap" (serialized 1859, published in book form 1888) by Mrs. E.D.E.N. [Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte] Southworth (1819-1899). Searchable census indexes for 1860 and 1870 bring up 202 and 595 Capitolas respectively, suggesting the popularity of serial fiction in general, and of this novel in particular. Towns in California (www.capitola.net) and Texas (extinct) were named for this heroine. [Source: The Daily Genealogist blog at AmericanAncestors.org]
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Person ID I189 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 14 Dec 2014
Father George Allen BOWYER, b. 18 Jan 1851, Highland Co, VA , d. 6 Feb 1933, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV (Age 82 years) Mother Melissa Launa STOUT, b. CA 1849, d. 4 Mar 1884, Horn Creek, Gilmer Co, WV (Age ~ 35 years) Family ID F1382 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Eli Willis GASTON, b. 8 Jun 1880, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 25 Sep 1919, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 39 years) Married 8 Jun 1903 Gilmer Co, WV [7] Children + 1. Auldra Ashton GASTON, b. 10 May 1904, Gilmer Co, WV , d. 5 Jun 1975, Warren, Trumbull Co, OH (Age 71 years)2. Seldon Obra GASTON, b. 25 Feb 1906, Gilmer Co, WV , d. 10 May 1965 (Age 59 years)3. Marlin O. GASTON, b. 3 Mar 1907, Harrison Co, WV , d. 14 Sep 1907, Harrison Co, WV (Age 0 years)4. Bonnie Meredith GASTON, b. 10 Sep 1908, Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV , d. 29 Dec 1958, Miami, Miami-Dade Co, FL (Age 50 years)Family ID F4602 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- The likely origin of Launa Capitola Bowyer's middle name was the popular culture of that time. Capitola "Black Cap" Black was the spunky, cross-dressing heroine of "The Hidden Hand: Or, Capitola the Madcap" (serialized 1859, published in book form 1888) by Mrs. E.D.E.N. [Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte] Southworth (1819-1899). Searchable census indexes for 1860 and 1870 bring up 202 and 595 Capitolas respectively, suggesting the popularity of serial fiction in general, and of this novel in particular. Towns in California (www.capitola.net) and Texas (extinct) were named for this heroine. [Source: The Daily Genealogist blog at AmericanAncestors.org]
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Photos 
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Documents 
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Sources - [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
- [S5] Headstone.
- [S14] Obituary.
- [S1662] 1900 Census.
- [S1801] City Directory, Clarksburg, WV, 1923.
Identified as C. Laura Gaston, widow of Eli W. Gaston, 441 Stealey Ave, Stealey Heights. - [S5] Headstone, Lot 30, Section 3.
- [S1739] Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989)).
Identified as E. W. Gaston, age 23, of Doddridge Co; and L. C. Bowyer, age 24, of Gilmer Co. Married June 8 1903.
- [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).