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Catherine Rebecca “Kate” <I>VanFossen</I> Bowers

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Catherine Rebecca “Kate” VanFossen Bowers

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
14 Oct 1879 (aged 42)
Butte County, California, USA
Burial
Chico, Butte County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 8,A Lot 11 sp 3
Memorial ID
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•Born: Aug 6, 1837, Ohio
•Marriage: John William Bowers on Nov 10, 1855 in El Dorado County, California
•Died: Oct 14, 1879, Bowers Ranch on the Farwell Grant near Chico, California at age 42
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U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 Rebeka C Bowers Female Married Place of Birth: Ohio abt 1837. Age: 43 Month of Death: Oct Cause of Death: Heart Disease. Census Year: 1880 Census Location: (City, County, State)Dayton, Butte, California Enumeration District: 12 Line: 1 Archive Collection Number: 97:7.
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" ... I got married about a year afterwards to Miss Catherine Van Fossen, a seventeen year old Ohio girl. My wife had been in California two or three years..." Source: Biography of John William Bowers, contributed by Gerald Lively April 2004, from article printed in the Butte County Edition of the San Francisco Journal of Commerce, 1887.
•Born: Aug 6, 1837, Ohio
•Marriage: John William Bowers on Nov 10, 1855 in El Dorado County, California
•Died: Oct 14, 1879, Bowers Ranch on the Farwell Grant near Chico, California at age 42
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U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 Rebeka C Bowers Female Married Place of Birth: Ohio abt 1837. Age: 43 Month of Death: Oct Cause of Death: Heart Disease. Census Year: 1880 Census Location: (City, County, State)Dayton, Butte, California Enumeration District: 12 Line: 1 Archive Collection Number: 97:7.
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" ... I got married about a year afterwards to Miss Catherine Van Fossen, a seventeen year old Ohio girl. My wife had been in California two or three years..." Source: Biography of John William Bowers, contributed by Gerald Lively April 2004, from article printed in the Butte County Edition of the San Francisco Journal of Commerce, 1887.

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Wife of
J.W. BOWERS
Aged 42 Y's 2 Mo's 8 D'ys.
She was a kind and affectionate wife, a perfect mother, and a friend to all.



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  • Maintained by: Adriana
  • Originally Created by: J
  • Added: Nov 2, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61024929/catherine_rebecca-bowers: accessed ), memorial page for Catherine Rebecca “Kate” VanFossen Bowers (6 Aug 1837–14 Oct 1879), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61024929, citing Chico Cemetery, Chico, Butte County, California, USA; Maintained by Adriana (contributor 47328225).