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Dr William Branch Bowcock

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Dr William Branch Bowcock

Birth
Keswick, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
Death
15 May 1884 (aged 22)
Virginia, USA
Burial
Keswick, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Branch Bowcock was a stellar student and a model young man. He was the one all his siblings looked up to. Just as he completed medical school and was practicing medicine at Retreat for the Sick in Richmond, Virginia he became ill and died of typhoid fever.


His younger brother Robert Lee Bowcock was considered the black sheep of the family. Branch's early death shook him deeply and he realized that he had been wasting the gift of his life.

In memory of his brother Branch, he went to medical school. Dr. Robert Lee Bowcock became a much beloved physician in Anniston, Alabama where he lived the rest of his life. In Dr. Robert L. Bowcock's memory a statue was erected in his honor in Anniston.

Branch Bowcock was a stellar student and a model young man. He was the one all his siblings looked up to. Just as he completed medical school and was practicing medicine at Retreat for the Sick in Richmond, Virginia he became ill and died of typhoid fever.


His younger brother Robert Lee Bowcock was considered the black sheep of the family. Branch's early death shook him deeply and he realized that he had been wasting the gift of his life.

In memory of his brother Branch, he went to medical school. Dr. Robert Lee Bowcock became a much beloved physician in Anniston, Alabama where he lived the rest of his life. In Dr. Robert L. Bowcock's memory a statue was erected in his honor in Anniston.



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