Infant Boiled To Death.
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Peru, Ind., Feb. 10 - Charles, the 4-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bowman of this city, fell into a wash boiler containing hot water yesterday, and before rescued was literally parboiled, dying shortly afterward. The child was alone in the room at the time, and his screams brought assistance too late.
(*Article copied as printed.)
*Richmond Daily Palladium, Richmond, IN - February 10, 1900
Thank you Contributor: Angels A-Far (47320339)
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Charles Austin Bowman, s/o Rebecca Olive Wilkinson & Josephus Austin Bowman
This lil angel had submitted to his injuries of burns after 16 hours. His father was a local farmer per his 1910 census and retired Superintendent of Mount Hope Cemetery per his father's death cert.
Known siblings:
Claude Alvin Bowman 1880–1932
Edwin Lafayette Bowman 1882–1965
Albert Zern Bowman 1884–1954
Ethel Olive Bowman 1886–1970
Charles Austin Bowman 1896–1900
Ruby Bowman 1897–1898
Arthur Leroy Bowman 1899–1919
Eugene Clinton Bowman 1905–1942
Age: 4
Birth Date: abt 1896
Birth Place: Miami Co
Death Date: 9 Feb 1900
Death Place: Peru, Miami, Indiana, USA
Father: Austin Bowman
Mother: Rebecca Bowman
Source: Indiana Certs
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Peru, Ind., Feb. 10 - Charles, the 4-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bowman of this city, fell into a wash boiler containing hot water yesterday, and before rescued was literally parboiled, dying shortly afterward. The child was alone in the room at the time, and his screams brought assistance too late.
(*Article copied as printed.)
*Richmond Daily Palladium, Richmond, IN - February 10, 1900
Thank you Contributor: Angels A-Far (47320339)
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Charles Austin Bowman, s/o Rebecca Olive Wilkinson & Josephus Austin Bowman
This lil angel had submitted to his injuries of burns after 16 hours. His father was a local farmer per his 1910 census and retired Superintendent of Mount Hope Cemetery per his father's death cert.
Known siblings:
Claude Alvin Bowman 1880–1932
Edwin Lafayette Bowman 1882–1965
Albert Zern Bowman 1884–1954
Ethel Olive Bowman 1886–1970
Charles Austin Bowman 1896–1900
Ruby Bowman 1897–1898
Arthur Leroy Bowman 1899–1919
Eugene Clinton Bowman 1905–1942
Age: 4
Birth Date: abt 1896
Birth Place: Miami Co
Death Date: 9 Feb 1900
Death Place: Peru, Miami, Indiana, USA
Father: Austin Bowman
Mother: Rebecca Bowman
Source: Indiana Certs
Infant Boiled To Death.
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Peru, Ind., Feb. 10 - Charles, the 4-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bowman of this city, fell into a wash boiler containing hot water yesterday, and before rescued was literally parboiled, dying shortly afterward. The child was alone in the room at the time, and his screams brought assistance too late.
(*Article copied as printed.)
*Richmond Daily Palladium, Richmond, IN - February 10, 1900
Thank you Contributor: Angels A-Far (47320339)
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Charles Austin Bowman, s/o Rebecca Olive Wilkinson & Josephus Austin Bowman
This lil angel had submitted to his injuries of burns after 16 hours. His father was a local farmer per his 1910 census and retired Superintendent of Mount Hope Cemetery per his father's death cert.
Known siblings:
Claude Alvin Bowman 1880–1932
Edwin Lafayette Bowman 1882–1965
Albert Zern Bowman 1884–1954
Ethel Olive Bowman 1886–1970
Charles Austin Bowman 1896–1900
Ruby Bowman 1897–1898
Arthur Leroy Bowman 1899–1919
Eugene Clinton Bowman 1905–1942
Age: 4
Birth Date: abt 1896
Birth Place: Miami Co
Death Date: 9 Feb 1900
Death Place: Peru, Miami, Indiana, USA
Father: Austin Bowman
Mother: Rebecca Bowman
Source: Indiana Certs
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Peru, Ind., Feb. 10 - Charles, the 4-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bowman of this city, fell into a wash boiler containing hot water yesterday, and before rescued was literally parboiled, dying shortly afterward. The child was alone in the room at the time, and his screams brought assistance too late.
(*Article copied as printed.)
*Richmond Daily Palladium, Richmond, IN - February 10, 1900
Thank you Contributor: Angels A-Far (47320339)
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Charles Austin Bowman, s/o Rebecca Olive Wilkinson & Josephus Austin Bowman
This lil angel had submitted to his injuries of burns after 16 hours. His father was a local farmer per his 1910 census and retired Superintendent of Mount Hope Cemetery per his father's death cert.
Known siblings:
Claude Alvin Bowman 1880–1932
Edwin Lafayette Bowman 1882–1965
Albert Zern Bowman 1884–1954
Ethel Olive Bowman 1886–1970
Charles Austin Bowman 1896–1900
Ruby Bowman 1897–1898
Arthur Leroy Bowman 1899–1919
Eugene Clinton Bowman 1905–1942
Age: 4
Birth Date: abt 1896
Birth Place: Miami Co
Death Date: 9 Feb 1900
Death Place: Peru, Miami, Indiana, USA
Father: Austin Bowman
Mother: Rebecca Bowman
Source: Indiana Certs
Gravesite Details
*NO visible headstone, interred next to his sister Ruby & brother Arthur.
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