and lived on a farm north of Bogard, Missouri. Although they were quite poor, they worked the farm to make their living.
They had ten children, but only seven survived to full adulthood.
Emanuel had built Middie a loom upon which she wove rugs with beautiful borders using strips of cloth or gunny sacks. She also quilted lovely quilts on frames built by Emanuel charging only a penny a yard for the thread to those who wanted to purchase her quilts.
She also was a wonderful Sunday school teacher at the non-instrumental Church of Christ in Coloma, Missouri. She created her own illustrations or charts for the lessons making them interesting and informative. She also had a lovely voice and occasionally lead the singing.
Middie lost three sons and was pregnant and delivered two sons during a two year period of time from May 1918 to March 1920. After surviving those difficult two years, the Great Depression started in 1929, and when she was just 52 years old, she lost her mother in 1930, lost her father in 1932, then two months later lost her husband, and three years later lost her fourth child, Otey in 1936 in an accident.
In the fall of 1936, the decision was made to move to Indiana, and she lived on a farm with her youngest son, Fred, until she passed away.
and lived on a farm north of Bogard, Missouri. Although they were quite poor, they worked the farm to make their living.
They had ten children, but only seven survived to full adulthood.
Emanuel had built Middie a loom upon which she wove rugs with beautiful borders using strips of cloth or gunny sacks. She also quilted lovely quilts on frames built by Emanuel charging only a penny a yard for the thread to those who wanted to purchase her quilts.
She also was a wonderful Sunday school teacher at the non-instrumental Church of Christ in Coloma, Missouri. She created her own illustrations or charts for the lessons making them interesting and informative. She also had a lovely voice and occasionally lead the singing.
Middie lost three sons and was pregnant and delivered two sons during a two year period of time from May 1918 to March 1920. After surviving those difficult two years, the Great Depression started in 1929, and when she was just 52 years old, she lost her mother in 1930, lost her father in 1932, then two months later lost her husband, and three years later lost her fourth child, Otey in 1936 in an accident.
In the fall of 1936, the decision was made to move to Indiana, and she lived on a farm with her youngest son, Fred, until she passed away.
Family Members
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Christie Harvey Bowen
1901–1918
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Robert Otey Bowen
1902–1936
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Lovey Eunice "Tony" Bowen Whitacre
1905–1990
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Lola Marie Bowen Cook
1907–2004
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James D. "Jimmy" Bowen
1909–1985
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John Willard Bowen
1910–1919
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Martin Jessie Bowen
1913–1993
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PFC Orval Leo Bowen
1914–1985
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Jasper Fred Bowen
1918–2010
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Earnest Carlyle Bowen
1920–1920
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