Bowen Line - pafn03 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File

Don Walter and Constance Gaye Hall Bowen Lines

Notes

Alexander BAIRD

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

Alexander BAIRD

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

Alexander BAIRD

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

Mary BAIRD

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

Peter BAIRD

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Franklin Lawrence BOWEN

Biography of Franklin Lawrence Bowen

William Bowen
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Thomas Bowen
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William Bowen/Frances Evans
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John Bowen/Ann Davis
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John David Bowen/Elizabeth Williams
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Franklin John Bowen/Minnie Myrtle Miller
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Franklin Lawrence Bowen

Franklin Lawrence Bowen was born January 8, 1891. He was the first son and
oldest child of Franklin Johhn Bowen and Minnie Myrtle Miller. He was born in
a little mining town called Tuscarora, in Elko County, Nevada. Which is about
50 miles north of Elko.

He has a sister Minnie Elizabeth Bowen Mckinster of Sacramento, California.
He had one sister that died of the measles when she was two years old,
her twin sister died 2 or 3 hours after birth. They had seven other children, but
they were all premature stillborn or died at birth.

Frank's dad made his living by mining. Frank attended gramar school in Tus-
carora and then went on to two years of high school in Elko.

He was baptized into the Prespretarian Church in Tuscarora. They did not
have their own minister, but they came around once a year. His mother and
father were divorced in July of 1907, when Frank was only 16 years old. She
later married Erd C. Chapman of Tuscarora (21 Aug 1907.) She died of
Bright's diease in Feb 1912.

After high school Frank went to work for the Western Pacific Railroad this
was about 1911. He stayed with a Mrs. Mefley. He came to Salt Lake City
in 1913, where he met Pearl Agnes Baird. He was then transferred to Iowa.
they corresponded for a year before he came back to Utah. He asked Pearl
to marry him and then asked her father for his permission, he said No, then
changed his mind and said they could be married if they could be married if
they would read the books he gave them. The books were: Book of Mormon,
Doctrine and Covenant, Pearl of Great Price and Voice of Warning.

They were married 28 Jun 1915 by Judge Harris in Ogden, Ut. From here they
went to work on Pearl's cousins ranch at Promintory Point. They came back
to Willard at the end of the year to help Pearl's mother, as her dad was stricken
with cancer and her mother needed their help. He died May 1916.

Frank was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on
31 Mar 1917 in Willard, UT. Frank then decided that he wanted to go to me-
chanics school. So he and Mrs. Bowen went to Kansas City, Missouri. On
Sunday's they would walk 52 blocks to Sunday School and meetings. Then at
night they would go to headquarters at Indepedence, Missouri to meeting. Mrs.
Bowen worked with the missionaries and Mr. Bowen was called on at the
Branch to take charge of the Sacrament. After they returned home, they went
to Willard to live, where Mr. Bowen opened a mechanic shop. Then they moved
to Ogden, where he worked in Mr. Chessman's garage.

When the first World War has started and they were drafting
men, Mr. Bowen was called. He was supposed to have gone, but they were
expecting the first baby and Mr. Bowen was given a deferment until it was
born. Their baby, a girl named Gwendolyn after Pearl's mother, born 14 Nov
1918, and Minnie after Frank's mother. the war ended by the time the baby
was born and Mr. Bowen did not have to go. They lived on 26th street at this
time but decided to move. They found a home at 2012 Quincy Ave, and decided
to buy.

Mr. Bowen went to work for the Southern Pacific Railroad as
a mechinist about 1920. On Oct 31, 1920 a second child, a boy, Franklin Baird
was born to them. On 17 Sep 1921, 1921 their girl, Gwendolyn, died of Rhumatic
fever. Then on 4 Jan 1923, another son, Don Walter, was born to them. They
gave him the name of Walter S. Merlin. On 17 sep, 1924 Mr. Bowen's father,
Franklin John Bowen died in Yreka, Ca, of Heart trouble.

On 23 Oct 1925 Mr. & Mrs. Bowen were endowed and sealed
in the Salt Lake Temple. They had their children sealed to them. Another son, Blaine
LaVar, was born to them on 23 Dec 1926. Mr. Bowen was ordained a seventy by J.
Golden Kimball on the 29th of Dec 1929 in the 31st Ward. He headed Missionary
groups and labored as a missionary in both 13th and 20th Wards. He also severed
as Ward Teachers in the 31st Ward since it was organized, and served as President
of the Elders Quorum in the 13th Ward. They never moved once and were in 4 different
Wards: 13th, 20th, 31st, and 4th.

In 1934 during the depression when it was so hard to find work, Mr. Bowen
worked for the Weber Central Dairy, the C.W.A. for $3.00 a day digging drains and other
things which needed to be done. He also worked for the Railroad, when they would call
him. One year he worked at Sears as Santa Clause. He went to Sparks, Nevada at
one time to work awhile.

All of Mr. & Mrs. Bowen's sons served in the second World War,
Franklin in the Medical Corps and Don in the Engineers, Blaine served in the Navy
as a radar technician. No child could ask for a more faithful writer than Mr. Bowen.
He wrote regular to all three of them.

Mr. Bowen got to see all of his sons married, but at the time of his
death, Franklin was divorced. Mr. Bowen liked children very much and they liked
him too. He got to see two of his grandchildren, this was Bruce, Don's oldest boy
and Brent Blaine's oldest boy. Brent died the day after his birth and Mr. Bowen
dedicated his grave. When ever Bruce was left with Mr. & Mrs. Bowen to tend,
he would get down on the floor and play with him. Bruce happened to be born on
Mr. Bowen's payday and for months every payday they would buy him a gift. Mr.
Bowen was very happy to help bless Bruce in Church.

Mr. Bowen was able to make three trips, which were very important
to him, before he died. the first one was to see his sister Mrs. Bessie McKinster
of Sacramento, CA. and her husband, Earl, and their daughter Bettyo. From here
they went down the coast to Los Angeles and back home. The second trip was
made to Denver to see his mother's only living sister and her husband, Alice and
Henry Folscraft. Then the third trip was taken by Mr. & Mrs. Bowen, their son
Don, his wife and their son Bruce. This trip was made to Elko and also to Tuscarora,
Mr. Bowen's home town, which he hadn't visited for 44 years. Here he visited with
old friends and with a cousin Irene Metzler, who lived at a town called Jack Creek.
They stayed at Irene's over night.

Mr. Bowen had a heart attack on 28 Nov 1950 and went to the Hospital,
where he later had more attacks. He died 16 Dec 1950 of what was called coronary
occulusion with enfaration. He was survived by his wife, three sons and a grandson.
He was buried in Willard Cementary.

Pearl Agnes BAIRD

Pearl Agens Baird Bowen
Pearl had double Phnemonia once. Also note that she had neuritis of the nerves and
arthitis in the head and legs. She was also going blind.

John Baird/Helen Cockrane
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Robert Baird/Agnes Bell
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Robert Bell Baird/Ann Gwenthyn Davis
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Pearl Agnes Baird

Pearl Agnes Baird was born 25 Oct 1890 in Willard, B-Elder, UT to Robert Bell Baird and
Ann Gwenthlyn Davis. Pearl studied music after High School and taught piano lessons.

My mother was a beautiful singer, my father a natural born musician. He composed
many songs in the Sunday school book. We had an orchestra of our own in our
family. 3 girls and 3 boys with father playing the clarinet. We spent many happy even-
ings practicing for church and dances. At the age 14 I was playing for Mutual, for 10
years. At 16 I was also choister for the Religion class. At 17 I was playing for the choir
with my father as leader.

After I finished High School, he sent me to Salt Lake City for one year to study music.
My oldest brother, being married and living in Salt Lake, I stayed with them, until father
recieved his railroad pass. Then I came home, helped me mother and one day a week
I went to Salt Lake city to keep up my music lessons and one day a week I went to
northern Utah and taught piano lessons.

While on these trips to Salt Lake, I met Mr Bowen. He was working on the railroad down
there and then was transfered to Iowa. We corresponded for a year, then he decided to
back to see me. He was born and raised in Tucsarora, Nevada, until time to go to high
school, which he attended at Elko, Nevada. He wasn't Mormon when I met him. It seems
the people at that time in Elko, didn't know the difference between a Latter Day Saint and
a mormon.

When he asked my dad if we could get married he said No! On second thought, father
said: On one condition, if we would promise to read through the Books he gave us. We
were married in Ogden by Judge Harris on June 28 1915. We then went to Promotory
to work on my cousin's ranch. Our Books went with us. In the evenings we would take
reading. The books were: The Book of Mormon... Pearl of Great Price... Doctrine and
Covenants and the Voice of Warning.

At the end of the year, my father was stricken with cancer. It became to much for my
mother, so they had us come back home and help. He passed away in May 1916.

Mr. Bowen was baptized after we came back to Willard. He then decided he wanted to
go to a mechanic school, so back to Kansas City, Missouri we went. While he was
at school I worked in the Mission Field. On Sundays we would walk 52 blocks to
Sunday School and meeting, one after the other. Then at night we would go to Inde-
pendence Missouri. to headquarters for evening meetings. President Bennion was
President at that time of the Mission. He gave me 3,000 pamplets to address to Knox-
ville Tennessee. Mr Bowen was called on at the branch Mission in Kansas City to
take charge of the Sacrament. We sure enjoyed working with the missionarys.

After we returned home, 6 months later, we had a mechanic shop at Willard for a while.
Then we decided to move to Ogden. Mr Bowen worked at Cheesman's garage. We
lived in the 2nd ward. There our first baby (a girl, Gwendolyn) was born Nov 1918.
Then we had to move, but no places to move to, so we decided to buy. We found a
nice new house at 2012 Quincy and here we are yet.

Mr Bowen went to the Southern Pacific Railroad to work as a machinist. Our first boy
(Franklin) was born, eleven days before he came, my mother died of Rheumatism and
10 months later our girl passed away withRheumatic Fever. It made me very bitter
against religion for a long time.

I had spent my entire life working in the church. Two years later our second boy (Don)
was born. When he was 4 yrs old, we were married in the Salt Lake Temple and had
our children sealed to us 23 Oct 1925. One year after we went to the Temple our
third boy (Blaine) came.

Mr Bowen was busy working in Missionary work in the 13th Ward. The ward was divided
and we were in the 20th Ward. The Bishop Airis Belnap use to visit our place often and when
he found out that I could play the piano, he called me to work in the Primary. So a baby
in the buggy and one on each side, to Primary we went. I use to have to get up the programs
and play them. I remember getting up a Fairy dance and a Minstrel show, which went over big.
The bishop cmplimented me a lot on that. I worked 6 yrs in the Primary. After that I went to
the Mutual for 2 yrs and then relief society. I was organist and work and business.

Time went on and one by one my boys had to go to War. When the last one went, it was too
much, I worked and worked to pass the time, but contacted double phuemonia and nearly
died. Then arthritis set in. But I am still alive and my boys back home.

I joined th DVP when Mrs Midgley was President. Have been organist, choister and now
Chaplin, for the different Presidents. I sure appreciate the daughters and Presidents that
picked me up in their cars to go to camp, since my sickness.

I had the extreme pleasure of going through the Temple to see my second son Don and
wife Constance, in Sep 1948. My oldest Son Franklin, was in New Guinea for 3 years
and the States 1 year. He contracted Malaria Fever, which has left him very delicate.
He is married and living in Ogden. Our 3rd son Blaine, will be married soon to Beverly
DeVere. Mr Bowen and I have been in 3 wards and never moved.

We have had many hardships raising our children. 6 years depression with the
Railroad and many severe sickness with the children. But now own our home and
3 handsome boys some be 3 daughter-in-laws. Oh! Oh! While finishing this sketch or
biography the telephone rings and my son Don, tells me I have a grandson. Our first
grandchild born January 10 1949, named Bruce.

After 1 year has passed I am back at the music for our camp fire.

Dec 16th 1949 Mr Bowen passed away with heart trouble. That left me all alone and very
lonesome. I spent most of my time making quilts. She made lots of quilts for my sons.
3 years later I met Brother Norton and one year later we were married. Then became
interested in church again. I played for the Relief society in the 31st Ward for one year,
then was called on a stake mission for one year. In the past 3 yrs we have done a
lot of temple endowments for my relatives on the Baird side. A number of sealings
and marriages for the ward. Hope to do more when the winter is over.

My health is not very good in the winter with neuritis of the nerves and artistis in the head
and legs. I now have 4 grandchildren and 2 more coming soon.. (Transcipt) On 24 Feb
1957, Pearl's oldest son died from heart trouble. On the 1 Feb 1957 my fifth grandchild
a girl (Candy) was born to her second son: Don and his wife Constance. Pearl and Mr
Norton came out to take the baby to be blessed. Mr Norton blessed her. Pearl's oldest
grandson was confirmed the same day, so she got to attend both of these. Then on
29 Mar 1957 her sixth grandchild a boy (Scott) was born to her third son Blaine and Wife.

Pearl had not been feeling too good for sometime and was going blind. Then about the
13th Jul, she became quite sick and two days later was taken to the hospital with
pheumonia. Then one week later the phuemonia, heart trouble and other complications
caused her death, which was 22 Jul 1957.

After high school Franklin went to work for the Union Pacific Railroad. Franklin
transferred to Iowa and corresponded with Pearl for a year and Franklin asked
Pearl to marry him.

She married Franklin Lawrence Bowen 28 Jun 1915 in Ogden, Weber, UT. Pearl was
going blind for many years. Franklin and Pearl had one daughter that passed away
when young and three boys. All of the boys served in the Armed forces. They lived
in Willard, Ogden, Kansas City, Missouri.

Pearl died 22 jul 1957 in Ogden, UT.