BOWEN CEMETERY - VINTON COUNTY, TOMBSTONE RECORDS

TOMBSTONE RECORDS AT BOWEN CEMETERY, VINTON COUNTY

Compiled by: Joyce Bowen & Carolyn Bowen McGuire 09/25/98.
Please direct any questions about the cemetery to Joyce.
Markers are in the order that they were found in the cemetery.

Additional info about Lightfoot relationships provided by Andrea Coleman .

Surnames that appear in the cemetery are:
Adkins, Allen, Barbee, Barber, Barney, Bolton, Boring, Bowen, Bratton, Cottrill, Curtis, Davis, Dixon, Erickson, Geer, Jayjohn, Jeffers, Lightfoot, McLain, Mulhern, Mullins, Nixon, Perdew, Perry, Petty, Queen, Quesinberry, Simpson, Smith, Townsend, Wells, Weyland, and a few unidentified markers.

MARKER #	NAMES ON MARKER	DOB	DOD	MISC. NOTES
1	Perry, Kenneth Ray		01/08/1968	only date on marker
2	Perry, Manring	1916	1980
2	Perry, Mary E.	1925	1970
3	Perry, Rosanna M.	02/21/1893	03/05/1963
3	Perry, Ernest	11/29/1882	08/10/1946
4	Weyland, Maude L. Perry	09/30/1911	02/06/1950	sister was written above name, probably sister of Ernest on #3 above.
5	Bowen, Woodrow W.	09/02/1917	06/03/1972	Ohio PFC US Army WW I
5	Bowen, Hazel B.	1914	1978	wife of Woodrow
6	Bolton, Floyd	1903	1977
6	Bolton, Edna	1899	1983
7	Bolton, Arch	1891	02/09/1926	"Ohio PVT US Army WW I" (05/24/1890 - 02/09/1926 on this mkr.)
8	Bolton, Margaret C.	1924	1924	Probably child of Floyd & Edna
9	Bolton, Robert G.		11/20/1942	only date on marker. Probably child of Floyd & Edna
10	Bolton, Frances M.	1938	1943	Probably child of Floyd & Edna
11	Bolton, Floyd Jr.	11/9/1927	07/02/1963	Probably child of Floyd & Edna. Ohio Corporal Co. C 862 Engineer BN WW 2 11/9/1927 - 07/02/1963
12	, Ann	01/09/1849	02/01/1862	Only date on broken stone. reads DAU of xxx aged 13 yrs, 23 days.
13	McLain, Frank A.	1886	1952	"Gone But Not Forgotten"
14	McLain, Emma O.	1883	1943	"Gone But Not Forgotten" probably wife of Frank
15	McLain, G. G.	1846	1918	Probably parents of Frank
15	McLain, Mary E.	10/15/1846	11/12/1914	Probably parents of Frank
16	McLain, Cora L.	1878	1897	"Gone But Not Forgotten" probably child of GG & Mary
17	McLain, J. Lewis	1871	1891	"Gone But Not Forgotten" probably child of GG & Mary
18	McLain, Marcus W.	1878	1917
19	McLain, Alice	12/27/1871	06/04/1967	"The Lord is My Shepherd"
20	Jeffers, S. J.	03/27/1840	03/22/1915
20	Jeffers, Elizabeth S.	05/04/1846	01/08/1911	wife of S. J. Jeffers
21	Jeffers, Delmont H.	1881	1949
21	Jeffers, Emma E.	1885	1962	wife of Delmont
22	Dixon, Gilbert	05/12/1923	05/18/1945	Ohio F 1 US Navy WW II 05/12/1923 - 05/18/1945 prob. son of Chloe & Tom
22	Dixon, Tom	1882	1959
22	Dixon, Chloe	1891	1969
23	Unidentified marker			next to the Dixon's above, there are flowers & a stake.
24	Dixon, John A.	1918	1980
24	Dixon, C. June	1921
25	Allen, Martha A.	1860	1936
25	Allen, Willis H.	1854	1925
26	Allen, Owen F.		1899	reads "born 1899 died"
27	Allen, Barrett	01/04/1829	05/28/1900	Company K 32 Regiment OVI
28	Perry, Ronald Jr.	06/03/1964	06/23/1979	His guardian angel
29	Bowen, Herbert E.	1919	1932	says "Son" above his name
29	Bowen, Elijah H.	1878	1946	says "Father" above his name
29	Bowen, Stella M.	1881	1929	says "Mother" above her name
30	Bowen, Chester E.	05/29/1924	12/28/1924	says "Son". Marker actually reads" 05,29,12,28,1924"
30	Bowen, Infant		09/26/1905	says "Daughter"
30	Bowen, Ora Mae	1909	1911	says "Daughter"
31	Bowen, Neva M.	1907	1915	says "Daughter"
31	Bowen, Sarah M.	1845	1913	says "Grandmother"
31	Bowen, Iva M.	1903	1921	says "Daughter"
32	Bowen, John	12/24/1785	09/31/1845	"aged 59 year, 9 months, 6 days". "Farewell dear wife, my children and friends, this is the way that Jesus sends to take us to that Heavenly shore where we shall meet to part no more."
33	Bowen, Thomas S.	06/02/1877	07/05/1878	"son of J M & S D Bowen aged 1 yr, 1 month, 3 days"
34	Bowen, Thomas W.	05/27/1846	07/04/1849	"son of Gabriel & Nancy A. Bowen". "Aged 3 yrs, 1 month, 7 days"
35	Bowen, Mathilda Margaret	12/25/1839	10/17/1876	"dau of J. R. & E. Gregory, 2nd wife of D. Bowen" (Daniel), "aged 36 yrs, 9 mnths, 22 days"
36	Petty, Ida Belle	1881	1961	Ida's maiden name was Bratton
36	Petty, Elmer	1873	1959
37	Petty, Blanche	11/04/1903	08/09/1904	probably daughter of Ida & Elmer
38	Petty, Vince	07/03/1899	03/29/1919	Ohio F3 US Navy WW I. probably son of Ida & Elmer
39	Lightfoot, Flora M.	1879	1914	She is the first wife of George W.
39	Lightfoot, George W.	1874	1956
39	Lightfoot, Naoma M.	1894	1934	She is the second wife of George W. (Reports are that her middle initial should be N.)
40	Bolton, Linda Marie		1948	"infant"
41	Mulhern, Melinda Dawn		11/02/1971	only date on stone
42	Perry, Jeffrey Pete	12/29/1947		says "Son" above name
42	Perry, F. Ilene	01/09/1929		says "Mother" above name
42	Perry, Sherwood K.	07/30/1928	12/24/1991	says "Father" above name
43	Perry, Elias	08/20/1889	01/29/1957	"Father"
43	Perry, Angie	09/08/1896	04/23/1934	"Mother"
43	Perry, Vera	12/31/1926	03/12/1928	"Daughter"
44	Jeffers, Daisy	11/18/1880	04/23/1905	"wife of A.F. Jeffers, aged 24 yrs. 5 mon. 7 days"
45	Jeffers, Aaron Paul	1898	1921	probably son of Daisy Jeffers
46	Jeffers, Clara A.	1910	1975
46	Jeffers, Arthur O.	1905	1971
47	Jeffers, Crystal L.	1938
47	Jeffers, Roger L.	1937	1985
48	Wells, Hazel M.	1915	1968
48	Wells, Joseph V.	1901	1954
49	Wells, J. Victor	1945	1974
50	Cottrill, Harry R.	1899	1967
50	Cottrill, Bessie B.	1914	1971
51	Jayjohn, Beth Ann		03/13/1966
52	Unidentifed marker			Probably a child
52	Cottrill, James M.	1857	1943
52	Cottrill, Luzanna M.	1874	1959	maiden name was Bowen, dau. of Nathanial & Elizabeth B. Bowen
53	Bowen, David G.	1842	1870
53	Bowen, Mary A.	1842		"his wife"
53	Bowen, Mary E.	1869	1870	"Daughter"
53	Bowen, M. Kate	1866	1897	"Daughter"
54	Unidentified marker
55	Bowen, David G.		03/22/1870	aged 47 years, 11 months, 26 days.(Same death date as David G. above)
56	Boring, James Bryce	1920	1941	F N US Navy WW II may or may not be son of Florence & George
57	Boring, George F.	1872	1926
57	Boring, Florence	1878	1920
58	, Joseph	1912	1913	"Son" no last name on stone, assumed to be son of George & Florence Boring
59	, Mae	1900	1924	"Daughter" no last name on stone, assumed to be dau. of George & Florence Boring
60	Boring, Myrta J.	02/10/1915
60	Boring, Theodore R.	09/05/1907	04/17/1996
61	Dixon, Amos	1854	1930
61	Dixon, Charlotte	1855	1948
62	Bowen, Guy	1885	1952
63	Bowen, Stephen A.	1852	1936
63	Bowen, Margaret C.	1853	1909
64	Lightfoot, Angeline	1843	1913	Mother of George Lightfoot above
65	Bowen, Nathanial G.	1837	1916
65	Bowen, Elizabeth S.	1834	1907	maiden name was Barnhouse
66	Townsend, Elmer	1868	1898	reads "and infant daughters" he was married to Melvina Bowen
67	Bowen, David H.	03/28/1892		son of Giles and Martha Sharp Bowen.
67	Bowen, Sarah Ann	12/20/1893	09/18/1925	"his wife" (Reports are that her maiden name is Quick.)
68	Bowen, Timothy E.	1922	1979	Timothy Everal Bowen, Sgt. US Marine Corp. WW II 1922-1979. Father of Roger
68	Bowen, Roger D.	03/20/1944	09/12/1975	Roger Dale Bowen, PFC US Marine Corp, Vietnam 03/20/1944 - 09/12/1975
69	Bowen, Dorothy Mae	1934	1935	sister of Timothy, daughter of Luella & Gomer Bowen
70	Bowen, W.J.	12/04/1848	06/25/1929	William Jasper
70	Bowen, Harriett	10/20/1848	09/13/1911	"His Wife" maiden name was Chapman
71	Bowen, Jerry Davis	05/29/1885	08/27/1899	son of W. Jasper
72	Barber, Emma	09/13/1871	12/29/1906	"Emma Bowen, wife of James Barber" dau. of W. Jasper & Harriett Bowen
73	Bowen, Laura M.	1879	1924	dau of W. Jasper & Harriett Bowen
74	Geer, Norma Barber	1897	1938	dau of Emma Bowen & James Barber
75	Nixon, Mary E.	1885	1959	dau of Giles Bowen
75	Nixon, Audney	1881	1950
76	Nixon, Ronald F.	09/11/1924	05/20/1994
76	Nixon, Jean L.	09/24/1930
77	Dixon, Herman	1914
77	Dixon, Esther	1917	1992
77	Dixon, George	1936	1993
78	Bowen, Sarah Gregory			1st wife of Daniel Bowen
79	Bowen, Emily		1863	daughter of Sara & Daniel Bowen. Aged 17years
80	Perry, Edward Reeves	1969	1993
81	Curtis, Wilbert	1924	1997
82	Erickson, Charles F.	1930
82	Erickson, Maxine L.	1932	1980
83	Simpson, Isa V.	1897	1976
83	Simpson, Dewey E.	1899	1975
84	Perry, Ceanna	1895	1982
84	Perry, Alma A.	1893	1973
85	Perry, Richard		1918
85	Perry, Laurence		1922
85	Perry, Charlie		1924
86	Perry, Joanna		12/17/1933
87	Perry, Hiram	10/11/1866	10/26/1902
88	Boring, Nancy J.	08/29/1848	04/20/1899	"Wife of J. T. Boring"
89	Boring, Benjamin H.	1815	1884
89	Boring, Joseph T.	1847	1927
90	, Brian		1908	no last name on marker, probably Boring since it is next to Joseph & Benjamin
91	, Mabel			name was on top of small stone next to Elmer Townsend. Was probably his wife.
92	Queen, Eliza J.	1871	1923
92	Queen, John W.	1869	1944
93	Queen, Will	1869	1944	right next to John W. dates are also same. Could be 2 markers for same person.
94	Cottrill, William E.	1883	1970
94	Cottrill, Elizabeth	1888	1911
94	Cottrill, Arlie R.	1911	1940
95	Dixon, Emmett T.		1912
96	Dixon, Clarence		1919
97	Queen, George E.	1889	1948
97	Queen, Norma F.	1895	1947
98	Queen, Geraldine			stone is flat on ground and almost unreadable
99	Queen, Donald Ishmel			stone is flat on ground and almost unreadable
100	Quesinberry, Leonard	1904	1995
100	Quesinberry, Ira Katheryn	1924
101	Quesinberry, Sandra L.	04/04/1951	04/04/1951
102	Quesinberry, Marilyn E.	08/19/1957	05/16/1959
103	Bratton, William Earl	03/20/1897	01/31/1986
104	Bratton, Erma	1898	1957
105	Bratton, Eldon E.	1924	1942
106	Perry, Russell	1849	1923
106	Perry, Hester R.	1850	1930
107	Perry, Emma B.	1882	1973
107	Perry, David L.	1875	1950
108	Unidentified marker			appears to be only a rock, but is decorated & is in the middle of Perry's
109	Perry, Elsie	1912
109	Perry, Armsterd	1893	1962
110	Allen, Barrett S.	10/26/1921	02/17/1994
110	Allen, Lucille E.	01/22/1930		parents of Rex, Carol, Debbie
111	Perry, D. R.	1873	1918
111	Perry, Nannie	1880	1944
112	Perry, Infant		1921	lies close to Emma & David
113	Perry, Lawrence	1918	1920
114	Davis, Jack L.	1918	1996
114	Davis, Velma M.	1920	1987
115	Davis, David Scott	11/25/1972	12/12/1972
116	Barbee, Vaughan			no dates at all on this stone
116	Barbee, Sallie			no dates at all on this stone
117	Mullins, Melinda E.		06/16/1972	"Dau of Paul and Rose"
118	Mullins, Milton E.	1900	1966
118	Mullins, Lessie	1906	1969
119	Perdew, Earl	1902	1964	"He lives in our memory"
120	Adkins, Gordon E.	1892	1973	Vet. WW I
121	Smith, Ben F.	11/26/1924	04/27/1989	PFC US Army WW II
122	Smith, Vivian Rife Kendall	02/02/1918	03/07/1996
123	Barney,

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