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Joseph Weldon Bowlby

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Joseph Weldon Bowlby

Birth
Ridge Township, Wyandot County, Ohio, USA
Death
14 Apr 1918 (aged 41)
Dover, Chatham-Kent Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 25, Lot 336, Space 1
Memorial ID
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Joseph W. BOWLBY was suffocated Sunday at Tilbury, Ontario, when his automobile skidded down an embankment and turned turtle, pinning him underneath, says the Findlay Republican. He had driven his five-passenger car to Ontario for a car license and was accompanied by another man. The
accident happened when they were on their way home, and both men were killed.
BOWLBY was an experienced and careful driver and the exact manner of the accident is only conjecture. The body arrived Tuesday evening on the Toledo and Ohio Central accompanied by Mrs. BOWLBY, and was taken to the Renshler mortuary where the funeral services were held at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Joseph N. BOWLBY was 41 years and 5 days old, and was born at Carey, his father being William BOWLBY. He came to Findlay when a lad of nineteen, going to Canada twelve years ago, where he has been engaged in the oil fields. He married Miss Myrtle WOOLSEY, of Findlay. Rev. C.H. Gatchell, who officiated at the burial service

There are three brothers and one sister surviving.
The family came to the home of the Findlay brother, R.D. BOWLBY, of 205 Elm street, Wednesday. Bert BOWLBY arrived from Florence, Colo.; Orville from Carey, and Mrs. Emma O'BRIEN from Detroit.
Joseph W. BOWLBY was suffocated Sunday at Tilbury, Ontario, when his automobile skidded down an embankment and turned turtle, pinning him underneath, says the Findlay Republican. He had driven his five-passenger car to Ontario for a car license and was accompanied by another man. The
accident happened when they were on their way home, and both men were killed.
BOWLBY was an experienced and careful driver and the exact manner of the accident is only conjecture. The body arrived Tuesday evening on the Toledo and Ohio Central accompanied by Mrs. BOWLBY, and was taken to the Renshler mortuary where the funeral services were held at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Joseph N. BOWLBY was 41 years and 5 days old, and was born at Carey, his father being William BOWLBY. He came to Findlay when a lad of nineteen, going to Canada twelve years ago, where he has been engaged in the oil fields. He married Miss Myrtle WOOLSEY, of Findlay. Rev. C.H. Gatchell, who officiated at the burial service

There are three brothers and one sister surviving.
The family came to the home of the Findlay brother, R.D. BOWLBY, of 205 Elm street, Wednesday. Bert BOWLBY arrived from Florence, Colo.; Orville from Carey, and Mrs. Emma O'BRIEN from Detroit.


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