Birkett Davenport Bowmer
[son of George Bowmer and Priscilla Duncan]
born: 7 September 1791 - Virginia
died: 14 March 1881 - Williamson County, Texas
buried:
1820 Census -
1830 Census - Howard County, Missouri
1840 Census - Johnson County, Missouri
1850 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 58]
1860 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 65]
1870 Census -
1880 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 88, living with grandson-in-law and granddaughter, William M. and Sarah R. Davis]
1st marriage: 24 December 1812 - Warren County, Kentucky
1st wife: Ruth Clara Ray
[daughter of John Ray and Verlinda Swearingen]
born: 15 October 1795 - Maryland
died: 2 December 1855 - Williamson County, Texas
buried:
1850 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 54]
2nd marriage of Birkett Davenport Bowmer: 6 May 1857 - Travis County, Texas
2nd wife of Birkett Davenport Bowmer: Martha Ann "Patsy" Williams
[widow of Nathan Huckaby and a Mr. Carroll]
born: 10 June 1789 - Morgan, Rutherford County, North Carolina
died: 6 October 1865 - Kings River, Fresno County, California
buried:
1860 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 60]

Children of Birkett Davenport Bowmer and Ruth Clara Ray Bowmer:

1. Verlinda Ann Bowmer
born: 16 November 1815 - Kentucky
died: 1900 - Killeen, Coryell County, Texas
married: 8 June 1834 - Lafayette County, Missouri
husband: Thomas Fletcher Windsor, Sr.
[son of Thomas Bolen Windsor and Milly Ann Hornbuckle]
born: 3 November 1815 - Caswell County, North Carolina
died: 10 January 1866 - Brazoria County, Texas

2. Samuel Sellers Bowmer
born: 13 November 1812 - Kentucky
died: Texas
buried:
1840 Census - Howard County, Missouri [age 30-39]
1850 Census - Johnson County, Missouri [age 35]
1st marriage:
1st wife: ? ?
[daughter of ]
born:
died:
buried:

2nd marriage of Samuel Sellers Bowmer: 5 May 1850 - Johnson County, Missouri
2nd wife: Cynthia Ann ? (Pringle)
[possible widow of Robert D. Pringle? - Cynthia Ann Harrison, married 21 April 1840 in Benton County, Missouri]
born: c1825 - Indiana
died:
buried:
1850 Census - Johnson County, Missouri

Children of Samuel Sellers Bowmer and Cynthia Ann ? (Pringle) Bowmer:

2.1. Birkett "Buck" Edward Bowmer
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 13 May 1854 - Round Rock, Williamson County, Texas
died: 6 December 1943 - Bell County, Texas
buried: Hubbard Cemetery - Hubbard, Hill County, Texas
Graduated from Trinity University in Waxahachie, Texas - 1883
1860 Census -
1870 Census - Hays County, Texas [living with James L. and Mary E. Bowmer, age 16]
1880 Census -
1900 Census - Burnet County, Texas
1910 Census - Tom Green County, Texas
1920 Census - Hill County, Texas
1930 Census - Hill County, Texas
married: 24 August 1881 - Burnet County, Texas
wife: Sarah Florence Lashbrooks
[daughter of Elisha L. Lashbrooks and Sarah Florence Jones]
born: 22 April 1860 - Burnet County, Texas
died: 13 January 1949 - Hill County, Texas
buried: Fairview Cemetery - Texas
obituary
1860 Census - Burnet County, Texas [living with parents, age 2 months]
1870 Census - Burnet County, Texas [living with mother and step-father, age 10]
1880 Census -
1900 Census - Burnet County, Texas
1910 Census - Tom Green County
1920 Census - Hill County, Texas
1930 Census - Hill County, Texas

Children of Birkett Edward Bowmer and Sarah Florence Lashbrooks Bowmer:

2.1.1. Minnie M. Bowmer
born: 23 June 1883 - Texas
died: 11 October 1972 - Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas
buried:
1900 Census - Burnet County, Texas [living with parents, age 17]
1910 Census - Tom Green County, Texas [wife, age 27]
1920 Census - Dallas County, Texas [wife, age 37]
1930 Census - Milam County, Texas [wife, age 47]
In 1949 she lived in Cameron, Texas, at the time of her mother's death.
In 1964 she lived in Wichita Falls, Texas at the time of her brother's death.
married:
husband: James "Jim" W. Kemp
[son of ? Kemp and ? ?]
born: 12 April 1882 - Texas
died: May 1971 - Ellis County, Texas
buried:
1910 Census - Tom Green County, Texas [head, age 29]
1920 Census - Dallas County, Texas [head, age 38]
1930 Census - Milam County, Texas [head, age 49]

Children of Minnie M. Bowmer Kemp and James W. Kemp:

2.1.1.1. J. B. Kemp
born: c1908 - Texas
1910 Census - Tom Green County, Texas [living with parents, age 2]
1920 Census - Dallas County, Texas [living with parents, age 12]

 

2.1.2. Edward Isaac Bowmer
born: June 1885 - Texas
died: 15 April 1980 - Hill County, Texas
buried:
1900 Census - Burnet County, Texas [living with parents, age 14]
1910 Census - Tom Green County [living with parents, age 24]
1920 Census - Hill County, Texas [living with parents, age 35
1930 Census -
In 1943 he lived in San Pedro, California, at the time of his father's death.
In 1949 he lived in Hubbard, Texas, at the time of his mother's death.
In 1964, he lived in Hubbard, Texas at the time of his brother's death.
married:
wife:
[daughter of ]
born:
died:
buried:

2.1.3. Della M. Bowmer
born: 12 July 1888 - Texas
died: 26 January 1974 - Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas
buried:
1900 Census - Burnet County, Texas [living with parents, age 12]
1910 Census - Tom Green County [living with parents, age 22]
1920 Census - Hopkins County, Texas [wife, age 31]
1930 Census - Wichita County, Texas [wife, age 40]
In 1949 she lived in Wichita Falls, Texas, at the time of her mother's death.
In 1964 she lived in Wichita Falls, Texas at the time of her brother's death.
married: 3 August 1916
husband: Fred Lee Story
[son of ? Story and ? ?]
born: 23 October 1887 - Tennessee
died: 11 July 1954
buried:
1920 Census - Hopkins County, Texas [age 33]
1930 Census - Wichita County, Texas [age 43]

Children of Della Bowmer Story and Fred L. Story:

2.1.3.1. Fred Lee Story, Jr.
born: 15 February 1919 - Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas
1920 Census - Hopkins County, Texas [living with parents, age 11 months]
1930 Census - Wichita County, Texas [living with parents, age 11]
died: August 1983 - Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas
married: 1 October 1946
wife: Blanche Corbett
born: 19 September 1924 - Florida
died: July 1976 - Texas

Children of Fred Lee Story, Jr. and Blanche Corbett Story:

2.1.3.1.1. James Story

2.1.3.1.2. Michael Story

 

2.1.3.2. James V. Story
born: 28 July 1925 - Texas
1930 Census - Wichita County, Texas [living with parents 4 years and 8 months]
married: 6 September 1947
wife: Carolyn Campbell
born: 28 August 1926

Children of James V. Story and Carolyn Campbell Story:

2.1.3.2.1. Jerry Story

2.1.3.2.2. David Lee Story

 

2.1.4. Samuel Sellers Bowmer
Elder - Hubbard Cumberland Presbyterian Church
born: 6 August 1890 - Burnet County, Texas
died: 20 January 1964 - Hubbard, Hill County, Texas
buried:
Obituary
1900 Census - Burnet County, Texas [living with parents, age 9]
1910 Census - Tom Green County [living with parents, age 19]
1920 Census - Hill County, Texas [head, age 29]
1930 Census - Hill County, Texas [head, age 39]
In 1949 he lived in Hubbard, Texas, at the time of his mother's death.
married: c1912 - Texas
wife: Mattie Lou ?
[daughter of ]
Member - Hubbard Cumberland Presbyterian Church
born: 11 September 1890 - Texas
died: 16 October 1972 - Hubbard, Hill County, Texas
buried:
Obituary
1920 Census - Hill County, Texas [wife, age 29]
1930 Census - Hill County, Texas [wife, age 39]

Children of Samuel Sellers Bowmer and Mattie L. ? Bowmer:

2.1.4.1. Bertha E. Bowmer
born: 29 July 1914 - Texas
died: 22 February 2006 - Hubbard, Hill County, Texas
1920 Census - Hill County, Texas [living with parents, age 5]
1930 Census - Hill County, Texas [living with parents, age 15]
husband: Charles Rutledge

2.1.4.2. Sammie Louise Bowmer
born: 1920 - Texas
1920 Census - Hill County, Texas [living with parents, age 4 months]
1930 Census - Hill County, Texas [living with parents, age 10]
In 1964 she lived in Lake Charles, Louisiana at the time of her father's death.
husband: Richard Ward

 

2.1.5. George Dallas Bowmer
born: March 1894 - Texas
died: 23 July 1950 - Dallas County, Texas
buried:
1900 Census - Burnet County, Texas [living with parents, age 6]
1910 Census - Tom Green County [living with parents, age 16]
1920 Census - Ellis County, Texas [head, age 26]
1930 Census - Ellis County, Texas [head, age 37]
In 1949 he lived in Dallas, Texas, at the time of his mother's death.
married:
wife:
[daughter of ]
born:
died:
buried:

2.1.6. Lena Laverne Bowmer
born: 3 September 1899 - Texas
died: 15 June 1995 - Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas
buried:
1900 Census - Burnet County, Texas [living with parents, age 9 months]
1910 Census - Tom Green County [living with parents, age 10]
1920 Census -
1930 Census - Milam County, Texas [living with brother-in-law and sister, James W. Kemp and Minnie M. Bowmer Kemp, age 28]
In 1949 she lived in Gallup, New Mexico at the time of her mother's death.
In 1964 she lived in Wichita Falls, Texas at the time of her brother's death.
married:
husband: Mike Coleman
[son of ? Coleman and ? ?]
born:
died:
buried:

 

 

3. John Ray Bowmer
born: 7 March 1818 - Missouri
died: 18 April 1903 - Williamson County, Texas
married: 14 December 1843 - Independence, Jackson County, Missouri
wife: Hily Ann Thaxton
born: 12 July 1822
died: 19 July 1913 or 1918 - Texas

4. George Davenport Bowmer
born: 20 August 1820 - Missouri
died: 1848 - Johnson County, Missouri

5. Priscillia D. or Gal Bowmer
born: 14 October 1823 - Missouri
died: 8 May 1907 - Williamson County, Texas
buried: Davis Cemetery - Williamson County, Texas
1850 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 26]
1860 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 37]
1870 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 46]
1880 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 56]
1900 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 76, living in household of Bern Anderson]
married:
husband: Josiah or Joseph Brown Davis
born: 3 June 1803 - South Carolina
died: 6 June 1893 - Williamson County, Texas
buried: Davis Cemetery - Williamson County, Texas
1850 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 46]
1860 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 57]
1870 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 66]
1880 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 77]

Children of Priscillia Bowmer Davis and Joseph Brown Davis:

5.1. Joseph B. Davis
born: 25 September 1832 - Tennessee
died: 12 May 1885

5.2. Amzi A. Davis
born: 26 October 1834 - Tennessee
died: 6 February 1897
married: 31 December 1861
wife: Lauraney B. Bowmer
born: c1835

5.3. Gallant R. Davis
born: c1836

5.4. William N. Davis
born: 2 January 1838 - Tennessee
died: 16 November 1924 - Williamson County, Texas
married: 3 April 1862
wife: Sarah R. Bowmer
born: 30 March 1845
died: 6 March 1912 - Williamson County, Texas

5.5. Robert B. Davis
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 12 May 1841 - Johnson County, Missouri
died: 3 June 1887 - Williamson County, Texas
buried: Davis Cemetery - Williamson County, Texas
1850 Census - Williamson County, Texas [living with parents, age 9]
1860 Census -
1870 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 29, minister]
1880 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 39]
married: 6 July 1863 -
wife: Arminta Anderson
born: August 1842 - Missouri
died: after 1900
buried:
1870 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 27]
1880 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 37]
1900 Census - Lampasas County, Texas [age 57]

Children of Robert B. Davis and Arminta Anderson Davis:

5.5.1. James B. Davis
born: c1863 - Texas
1870 Census - Williamson County, Texas [living with parents, age 7]
1880 Census - Williamson County, Texas [living with parents, age 16]

5.5.2. Robert E. Davis
born: c1865 - Texas
1870 Census - Williamson County, Texas [living with parents, age 5]
1880 Census - Williamson County, Texas [living with parents, age 14]

5.5.3. Mary D. Davis
born: c1867 - Texas
1870 Census - Williamson County, Texas [living with parents, age 3]
1880 Census - Williamson County, Texas [living with parents, age 12]

5.5.4. George W. Davis
born: c1869 - Texas
1870 Census - Williamson County, Texas [living with parents, age 1]
1880 Census - Williamson County, Texas [living with parents, age 10]

5.5.5. Thomas H. Davis
born: c1871 - Texas
1880 Census - Williamson County, Texas [living with parents, age 9]

5.5.6. Nannie J. Davis
born: 18 April 1873 - Texas
died: 21 April 1875 - Williamson County, Texas

5.5.7. Lewis Hudson Davis
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
After 1919 Methodist Minister
born: 24 November 1874 - Leander, Williamson County, Texas
died: 30 June 1955 - Alpine, Brewster County, Texas
buried: Elm Grove Cemetery - Alpine, Brewster County, Texas
1880 Census - Williamson County, Texas [living with parents, age 5]
1900 Census - Lampasas County, Texas [living with widowed mother, age 25]
1910 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 35]
1920 Census - Swisher County, Texas [age 45]
1930 Census -
married: 19 March 1902 - Hutto, Williamson County, Texas
wife: Martha "Mattie" Blair Flinn
[daughter of John Carroll Flinn and Susan Frances McGuire]
born: 22 March 1871 - Hutto, Williamson County, Texas
died: 5 November 1937 - Clyde, Callahan County, Texas
1910 Census - Williamson County, Texas [age 38]
1920 Census - Swisher County, Texas [age 46]
1930 Census -

Children of Lewis Hudson Davis and Mattie B. ? Davis:

5.5.7.1. Robert O. Davis
born: c1904 - Williamson County, Texas
died: c1914 - Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas
1910 Census - Williamson County, Texas [living with parents, age 6]

5.5.7.2. Glenn Francis Davis
born: 15 April 1906 - Liberty Hill, Williamson County, Texas
1910 Census - Williamson County, Texas [living with parents, age 4]
1920 Census - Swisher County, Texas [living with parents, age 13]
wife: Vivian Boston

 

 

5.6. Mary Jane Davis
born: 1843 - Missouri
husband: ? McFarland
born: c1845

5.7. John Ray Davis
born: 3 June 1845 - Missouri
died: 23 March 1891 - Williamson County, Texas
buried: Davis Cemetery -
married: 1 February 1866
wife: Harriet Jane Asher
[daughter of Tobias B. Asher and Mirian A. Davis]
born: 30 October 1849 - Williamson County, Texas
died: 15 December 1915 - Williamson County, Texas
buried: Davis Cemetery -

5.8. Elizabeth R. Davis
born: 16 December 1850 - Missouri
died: 13 November 1852 - Williamson County, Texas

 

6. Elizabeth Hammond Bowmer
born: 9 September 1825 - Howard County, Missouri
died: 10 September 1892 - Johnson County, Missouri
married: 17 February 1847 - Johnson County, Missouri
husband: William Smith Ramsey
born: 17 August 1823 - Clark County, Kentucky
died: 15 January 1905 - Johnson County, Missouri

7. Charles Bowmer
born: 10 September 1827 - Missouri
died:

8. Peter E. Bowmer
born: 31 October 1829 - Missouri

died: 5 February 1861 - Williamson County, Texas

9. Mary E. Bowmer
born: 7 June 1832 - Missouri
died:

10. Margaret Ruth Bowmer
born: 13 March 1834 - Missouri
died: 25 May 1909 - Burnet County, Texas
husband: Lewis Clark Kincheloe
born: 22 Mach 1829
died: 25 May 1909

10. Burkett Theophilos Bowmer
born: 1 June 1835 or 1836 - Missouri
died: 18 February 1872 - Williamson County, Texas
married: 6 February 1862 - Burnet County, Texas
wife: Margaret A. Barton
[daughter of John Barton and Mary McFarland]
born: 17 June 1847 - Johnson County, Missouri
died: 5 January 1921 - Burnet County, Texas
buried: Mt. Zion Cemetery - Bertram, Burnet County, Texas

11. Sarah Prudence Bowmer
born: 7 September 1840 - Missouri
died: 30 December 1901 - Burnet County, Texas
buried: Mt. Zion Cemetery, near Bertram, Burnet County, Texas

Obituary of Sarah Florence Lashbrooks Bowmer

Mrs. B. E. Bowmer, Texas

Funeral services for Mrs. B. E. Bowmer, who passed away at her home in Hubbard, Texas, January 13, 1949, were held at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. L. C. Kerans, pastor of the church, conducted the services and was assisted by Rev. O. N. Baucom, of Hillsboro, former pastor of the local church, and Rev. G. L. Waddle, of Midlothian, and Rev. N. A. Woychuk, of Shreveport, La., and former pastor of the Dawson Church. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery.

Mrs. Bowmer was the youngest daughter of Sarah and Elisah Brooks and was also the youngest child of a family of seven brothers and sisters, all of whom preceded her in death. Her parents came to Texas in the early pioneer days and settled in Burnet County, then the frontier of Texas which was still troubled with hostile Indians. She was born near Burnet, April 22, 1860. She was married to Rev. B. E. Bowmer, at Burnet, Texas, August 5, 1881. Mr. Bowmer at that time was a frontier evangelist of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and it was under his ministry that Mrs. Bowmer was converted and later became his wife and the mother of six children, all of whom survive her and were present with the exception of the youngest daughter, Mrs. Laverne Coleman of Gallup, N.M. The children are; Mrs. Minnie Kemp, of Cameron, Ed I. Bowmer, of Hubbard, Mrs. Della Story of Wichita Falls, S. S. Bowmer of Hubbard, Dallas Bowmer of Dallas, and Mrs. Coleman.

Her husband preceded her in death four years ago. Rev. and Mrs. Bowmer made their home in Burnet for several years, later moving to San Angelo and in 1907 came to Hubbard, where they have since resided with the exception of three years spent in Marshall, where Mr. Bowmer did pastoral and missionary work.

In the passing of Mrs. Bowmer and her companion, who preceded her in death, we have an outstanding example of faith which enabled them to live courageously the life of frontier missionaries and serve their church and state in a most exemplary manner.
                        Mrs. L. C. Kerans
                        Mrs. Sellers Bowmer
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, February 17, 1949, page 15]

Obituary of Samuel Sellers Bowmer

Samuel Sellers Bowmer, 73, died January 20 at Hubbard, Texas. He was the son of the late Rev. B. E. Bowmer, a pioneer minister in Texas. He had served as an elder in the Hubbard church 45 years, and had served as commissioner at all levels of the church courts, and as moderator of his presbytery and Texas synod, and as Stated Clerk of his presbytery. He had served as Sunday school superintendent of the Hubbard church, and was chairman of the building committee for their new church.

He is survived by his wife, and two daughters, Mrs. Richard Ward of Lake Charles, La., and Mrs. Charles Rutledge of Hubbard, one granddaughter, and one brother, Ed I. Bowmer of Hubbard, three sisters, Mrs. J. W. Kemp, Mrs. Fred Story, and Mrs. Mike Coleman, all of Wichita Falls, Texas.

The funeral was conducted at the church with Revs. M. F. Allen, Paul Capehart, G. L. Waddle, and L. E. McCoy officiating.
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, February 18, 1964, page 15]

Deaths
Mrs. Mattie Lou Bowmer, Hubbard (Texas) church, October 16.
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, December 19, 1972, page 15]