Lemuel Bowers: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Lemuel Bowers was born on 15 Nov 1806 in Tennessee; died on 15 Jan 1878 in Pope Co, Arkansas; was buried in Oakland Cem, Atkins, Pope Co, Arkansas.

Lemuel married Susanna Read about 1840. Susanna (daughter of William Read and Mary Scarlett) was born on 3 Oct 1831 in Tennessee; died on 18 Jul 1898 in Atkins, Pope Co, Arkansas; was buried in Oakland Cem, Atkins, Pope Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. William Arthur Bowers was born in 1852 in Arkansas; died after 1860 in of, Wilson, Pope Co, Arkansas.
3. Mary Frances Bowers was born in Jul 1856 in Atkins, Pope Co, Arkansas; died in 1941 in Pope Co, Arkansas.
4. John Kenneth Bowers was born on 14 Feb 1858 in Pope Co, Arkansas; died on 27 Nov 1912 in Atkins, Pope Co, Arkansas; was buried in Oakland Cem, Atkins, Pope Co, Arkansas.

Generation: 2

2. William Arthur Bowers (1.Lemuel¹) was born in 1852 in Arkansas; died after 1860 in of, Wilson, Pope Co, Arkansas.

Mary Frances Bowers

(1.Lemuel¹) was born in Jul 1856 in Atkins, Pope Co, Arkansas; died in 1941 in Pope Co, Arkansas.

Mary married Hezekiah Daniel Barton about 1879. Hezekiah (son of Hezekiah Adison Barton and Lucy Ann Taylor) was born on 10 Feb 1849 in Yalobusha Co, Mississippi; died on 3 Jul 1918 in Pope, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

5. Ada L. Barton was born on 12 Sep 1887 in Arkansas; died on 17 Sep 1916 in Moreland, Pope Co, Arkansas.

John Kenneth Bowers

(1.Lemuel¹) was born on 14 Feb 1858 in Pope Co, Arkansas; died on 27 Nov 1912 in Atkins, Pope Co, Arkansas; was buried in Oakland Cem, Atkins, Pope Co, Arkansas.

John married Alice Boyd about 1882. Alice (daughter of Samuel A. Boyd and Eunice Cleland) was born on 24 Dec 1862; died on 28 Nov 1912 in Atkins, Pope Co, Arkansas; was buried in Oakland Cem, Atkins, Pope Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 3

Ada L. Barton

(3.Mary², 1.Lemuel¹) was born on 12 Sep 1887 in Arkansas; died on 17 Sep 1916 in Moreland, Pope Co, Arkansas.

Ada married Marian T. Burris about 1910. Marian (son of James Taylor Revere Burris and Mary McGee) was born on 20 Jan 1887 in Arkansas; died after 1920 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

6. Eldridge W. Burris was born in 1907 in Arkansas; died after 1910 in of, Moreland, Pope Co, Arkansas.
7. Ellis Burris was born on 19 Dec 1909 in Moreland, Pope Co, Arkansas; died on 30 Dec 1987 in Muskogee, Muskogee Co, Oklahoma.

Generation: 4

6. Eldridge W. Burris (5.Ada³, 3.Mary², 1.Lemuel¹) was born in 1907 in Arkansas; died after 1910 in of, Moreland, Pope Co, Arkansas.

Ellis Burris

(5.Ada³, 3.Mary², 1.Lemuel¹) was born on 19 Dec 1909 in Moreland, Pope Co, Arkansas; died on 30 Dec 1987 in Muskogee, Muskogee Co, Oklahoma.

Ellis married Ester Bias about 1929. Ester (daughter of Claud Richard Bias and Lois Sanders) was born in 1911 in Arkansas; died after 1940 in of, Harris, Muskogee Co, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

8. (living) Burris

Ellis married Sarah Nadine Langley after 1945. Sarah was born on 12 Mar 1924 in Bristow, Creek Co, Oklahoma; died on 22 Nov 1988 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]