After Claudius' wife passed away in 1862, he married his wife's sister, Samantha Washburn Gilson (his wife had requested this union before her passing); remained at Makawao and also worked at Lahainaluna until 1876 when he visited the United States with his wife; passed away en route back to the Hawaiian Islands.
FUNERAL TODAY
The Funeral Services For the Late Mrs. B. B. Bowman Held This Afternoon.
The funeral of Mrs. B. B. Bowman took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. D. B. Merrill, 449 west Lovell street. Many beautiful floral offerings were received and prettily arranged about the room and casket. Miss Lola Owen and Miss Cora Foote sang. The pall-bearers were John F. Muffley, Frank Fuller. P. H. Oggel, S. O. Bennett, W. F. Cowlbeck and R. P. Warren. Rev. Howard Murray Jones officiated. Burial was in Riverside cemetery. Mrs. Bowman died February 25, at her residence, 314 west Cedar street. Her end was peaceful. She fell into slumber and slept her life away as her daughter Lucy watched at the bedside. The interment by Mr. Bowman's side in Riverside cemetery occurred Saturday afternoon. Samantha Gllson Andrews-Bowman was born in Vermont June 5. 1828. One of eleven children, she was educated at Mount Holyoke seminary, coming directly under the personal influence of that epoch making woman, Mary Lyon. Mrs. Bowman in her practical sagacity and moral earnestness was of the Mary Lyon type, without her austerity. Before the war Samantha followed her sister Ann as teacher at Port Gibson academy, in the state of Mississippi. Then she became governess in the Archer family, who were the largest slaveholders in Mississippi. Delicate health was Mrs. Bowman's lot as a young woman. For change of climate she went with her sister Ann and Mr. Andrews, Ann's husband, to the Hawaiian islands. The cruise in a sailing vessel from New York to Honolulu lasted 127 days. It was then considered good time in which to "round the Horn." The missionaries on board (Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, with others, were under commission from the American board for foreign missions) never failed during the long voyage to hold religious services in the cabin daily. The sister Ann was of markedly intellectual type, gifted with literary talent. Her ideal was a literary career had the opportunity come she doubtless would have clothed the message of her gifted personality in some worthy literary form. Her dying request was that her younger sister should as Mrs. Andrews become mother to her children. This sacred trust was accepted. Mr. Andrews had taken all of his patrimony to establish a girl's seminary in the islands. Here Samantha's great practical sagacity and executive ability displayed itself in marked manner. The sister Ann was distinctively intellectual. while Samantha was many-sided, strong, sympathetic, symmetrical, intensely human through and through. While mother to her sister's children in a tender and devoted way, she was also mother to the girls of the seminary in a most practical and helpful manner. Mr. Andrews was a man of broad culture and original mind, a pioneer in education, especially that of women. Fifty years ahead of his time, he conceived and projected a system of education for women which was successful. He embodied those ideals in a seminary for girls. Here was a field for Mrs. Andrews' executive ability. So wise was she as adviser and administrator that an Invaluable piece of pioneering in woman's education was brought to a most successful issue. After her husband's decease. Mrs. Andrews returned to the United States and settled in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Here she did a distinguished work in the interest of missions, while her influence on the charities of the city was marked, her strength of character and her sanctified common sense telling in every good work. Many a student remembers her gratefully as a spiritual mother. In the student volunteer movement she was a center of light and power. On his death bed Mr. Andrews expressed the hope that his wife and her first love. B. B. Bowman, might some day be united in marriage, which her delicate health in youth had prevented. Forty years after their first betrothal they were married and went to Peoria, Ill. to live, where Deacon Bowman, a most worthy and lovable man was in business. Here again Mrs. Bowman took a most active part in church and charitable work, wielding a great influence for good. Mr. Bowman's falling health led him to move to Kalamazoo that he might be near the Battle Creek sanitarium. Their worth was at once recognized, and shortly after uniting with the First Congregational church of this city, Mr. Bowman was made deacon and Mrs. Bowman deaconess. She burled Mr. Bowman last summer, regarding her earthly work as done. However, her lifelong passion to build up God's kingdom on earth was as intense in closing days as ever. For within a few days of the end she was planning large things for God. She was intensely human. Characteristic, was one of her latest remarks. "Whenever I see a girl behind the counter, I see my sister."
"An honored life, a peaceful end,
And heaven to crown it all."
KALAMAZOO EVENING TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 27, 1901.
FUNERAL TODAY
The Funeral Services For the Late Mrs. B. B. Bowman Held This Afternoon.
The funeral of Mrs. B. B. Bowman took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. D. B. Merrill, 449 west Lovell street. Many beautiful floral offerings were received and prettily arranged about the room and casket. Miss Lola Owen and Miss Cora Foote sang. The pall-bearers were John F. Muffley, Frank Fuller. P. H. Oggel, S. O. Bennett, W. F. Cowlbeck and R. P. Warren. Rev. Howard Murray Jones officiated. Burial was in Riverside cemetery. Mrs. Bowman died February 25, at her residence, 314 west Cedar street. Her end was peaceful. She fell into slumber and slept her life away as her daughter Lucy watched at the bedside. The interment by Mr. Bowman's side in Riverside cemetery occurred Saturday afternoon. Samantha Gllson Andrews-Bowman was born in Vermont June 5. 1828. One of eleven children, she was educated at Mount Holyoke seminary, coming directly under the personal influence of that epoch making woman, Mary Lyon. Mrs. Bowman in her practical sagacity and moral earnestness was of the Mary Lyon type, without her austerity. Before the war Samantha followed her sister Ann as teacher at Port Gibson academy, in the state of Mississippi. Then she became governess in the Archer family, who were the largest slaveholders in Mississippi. Delicate health was Mrs. Bowman's lot as a young woman. For change of climate she went with her sister Ann and Mr. Andrews, Ann's husband, to the Hawaiian islands. The cruise in a sailing vessel from New York to Honolulu lasted 127 days. It was then considered good time in which to "round the Horn." The missionaries on board (Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, with others, were under commission from the American board for foreign missions) never failed during the long voyage to hold religious services in the cabin daily. The sister Ann was of markedly intellectual type, gifted with literary talent. Her ideal was a literary career had the opportunity come she doubtless would have clothed the message of her gifted personality in some worthy literary form. Her dying request was that her younger sister should as Mrs. Andrews become mother to her children. This sacred trust was accepted. Mr. Andrews had taken all of his patrimony to establish a girl's seminary in the islands. Here Samantha's great practical sagacity and executive ability displayed itself in marked manner. The sister Ann was distinctively intellectual. while Samantha was many-sided, strong, sympathetic, symmetrical, intensely human through and through. While mother to her sister's children in a tender and devoted way, she was also mother to the girls of the seminary in a most practical and helpful manner. Mr. Andrews was a man of broad culture and original mind, a pioneer in education, especially that of women. Fifty years ahead of his time, he conceived and projected a system of education for women which was successful. He embodied those ideals in a seminary for girls. Here was a field for Mrs. Andrews' executive ability. So wise was she as adviser and administrator that an Invaluable piece of pioneering in woman's education was brought to a most successful issue. After her husband's decease. Mrs. Andrews returned to the United States and settled in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Here she did a distinguished work in the interest of missions, while her influence on the charities of the city was marked, her strength of character and her sanctified common sense telling in every good work. Many a student remembers her gratefully as a spiritual mother. In the student volunteer movement she was a center of light and power. On his death bed Mr. Andrews expressed the hope that his wife and her first love. B. B. Bowman, might some day be united in marriage, which her delicate health in youth had prevented. Forty years after their first betrothal they were married and went to Peoria, Ill. to live, where Deacon Bowman, a most worthy and lovable man was in business. Here again Mrs. Bowman took a most active part in church and charitable work, wielding a great influence for good. Mr. Bowman's falling health led him to move to Kalamazoo that he might be near the Battle Creek sanitarium. Their worth was at once recognized, and shortly after uniting with the First Congregational church of this city, Mr. Bowman was made deacon and Mrs. Bowman deaconess. She burled Mr. Bowman last summer, regarding her earthly work as done. However, her lifelong passion to build up God's kingdom on earth was as intense in closing days as ever. For within a few days of the end she was planning large things for God. She was intensely human. Characteristic, was one of her latest remarks. "Whenever I see a girl behind the counter, I see my sister."
"An honored life, a peaceful end,
And heaven to crown it all."
KALAMAZOO EVENING TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 27, 1901.
After Claudius' wife passed away in 1862, he married his wife's sister, Samantha Washburn Gilson (his wife had requested this union before her passing); remained at Makawao and also worked at Lahainaluna until 1876 when he visited the United States with his wife; passed away en route back to the Hawaiian Islands.
FUNERAL TODAY
The Funeral Services For the Late Mrs. B. B. Bowman Held This Afternoon.
The funeral of Mrs. B. B. Bowman took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. D. B. Merrill, 449 west Lovell street. Many beautiful floral offerings were received and prettily arranged about the room and casket. Miss Lola Owen and Miss Cora Foote sang. The pall-bearers were John F. Muffley, Frank Fuller. P. H. Oggel, S. O. Bennett, W. F. Cowlbeck and R. P. Warren. Rev. Howard Murray Jones officiated. Burial was in Riverside cemetery. Mrs. Bowman died February 25, at her residence, 314 west Cedar street. Her end was peaceful. She fell into slumber and slept her life away as her daughter Lucy watched at the bedside. The interment by Mr. Bowman's side in Riverside cemetery occurred Saturday afternoon. Samantha Gllson Andrews-Bowman was born in Vermont June 5. 1828. One of eleven children, she was educated at Mount Holyoke seminary, coming directly under the personal influence of that epoch making woman, Mary Lyon. Mrs. Bowman in her practical sagacity and moral earnestness was of the Mary Lyon type, without her austerity. Before the war Samantha followed her sister Ann as teacher at Port Gibson academy, in the state of Mississippi. Then she became governess in the Archer family, who were the largest slaveholders in Mississippi. Delicate health was Mrs. Bowman's lot as a young woman. For change of climate she went with her sister Ann and Mr. Andrews, Ann's husband, to the Hawaiian islands. The cruise in a sailing vessel from New York to Honolulu lasted 127 days. It was then considered good time in which to "round the Horn." The missionaries on board (Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, with others, were under commission from the American board for foreign missions) never failed during the long voyage to hold religious services in the cabin daily. The sister Ann was of markedly intellectual type, gifted with literary talent. Her ideal was a literary career had the opportunity come she doubtless would have clothed the message of her gifted personality in some worthy literary form. Her dying request was that her younger sister should as Mrs. Andrews become mother to her children. This sacred trust was accepted. Mr. Andrews had taken all of his patrimony to establish a girl's seminary in the islands. Here Samantha's great practical sagacity and executive ability displayed itself in marked manner. The sister Ann was distinctively intellectual. while Samantha was many-sided, strong, sympathetic, symmetrical, intensely human through and through. While mother to her sister's children in a tender and devoted way, she was also mother to the girls of the seminary in a most practical and helpful manner. Mr. Andrews was a man of broad culture and original mind, a pioneer in education, especially that of women. Fifty years ahead of his time, he conceived and projected a system of education for women which was successful. He embodied those ideals in a seminary for girls. Here was a field for Mrs. Andrews' executive ability. So wise was she as adviser and administrator that an Invaluable piece of pioneering in woman's education was brought to a most successful issue. After her husband's decease. Mrs. Andrews returned to the United States and settled in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Here she did a distinguished work in the interest of missions, while her influence on the charities of the city was marked, her strength of character and her sanctified common sense telling in every good work. Many a student remembers her gratefully as a spiritual mother. In the student volunteer movement she was a center of light and power. On his death bed Mr. Andrews expressed the hope that his wife and her first love. B. B. Bowman, might some day be united in marriage, which her delicate health in youth had prevented. Forty years after their first betrothal they were married and went to Peoria, Ill. to live, where Deacon Bowman, a most worthy and lovable man was in business. Here again Mrs. Bowman took a most active part in church and charitable work, wielding a great influence for good. Mr. Bowman's falling health led him to move to Kalamazoo that he might be near the Battle Creek sanitarium. Their worth was at once recognized, and shortly after uniting with the First Congregational church of this city, Mr. Bowman was made deacon and Mrs. Bowman deaconess. She burled Mr. Bowman last summer, regarding her earthly work as done. However, her lifelong passion to build up God's kingdom on earth was as intense in closing days as ever. For within a few days of the end she was planning large things for God. She was intensely human. Characteristic, was one of her latest remarks. "Whenever I see a girl behind the counter, I see my sister."
"An honored life, a peaceful end,
And heaven to crown it all."
KALAMAZOO EVENING TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 27, 1901.
FUNERAL TODAY
The Funeral Services For the Late Mrs. B. B. Bowman Held This Afternoon.
The funeral of Mrs. B. B. Bowman took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. D. B. Merrill, 449 west Lovell street. Many beautiful floral offerings were received and prettily arranged about the room and casket. Miss Lola Owen and Miss Cora Foote sang. The pall-bearers were John F. Muffley, Frank Fuller. P. H. Oggel, S. O. Bennett, W. F. Cowlbeck and R. P. Warren. Rev. Howard Murray Jones officiated. Burial was in Riverside cemetery. Mrs. Bowman died February 25, at her residence, 314 west Cedar street. Her end was peaceful. She fell into slumber and slept her life away as her daughter Lucy watched at the bedside. The interment by Mr. Bowman's side in Riverside cemetery occurred Saturday afternoon. Samantha Gllson Andrews-Bowman was born in Vermont June 5. 1828. One of eleven children, she was educated at Mount Holyoke seminary, coming directly under the personal influence of that epoch making woman, Mary Lyon. Mrs. Bowman in her practical sagacity and moral earnestness was of the Mary Lyon type, without her austerity. Before the war Samantha followed her sister Ann as teacher at Port Gibson academy, in the state of Mississippi. Then she became governess in the Archer family, who were the largest slaveholders in Mississippi. Delicate health was Mrs. Bowman's lot as a young woman. For change of climate she went with her sister Ann and Mr. Andrews, Ann's husband, to the Hawaiian islands. The cruise in a sailing vessel from New York to Honolulu lasted 127 days. It was then considered good time in which to "round the Horn." The missionaries on board (Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, with others, were under commission from the American board for foreign missions) never failed during the long voyage to hold religious services in the cabin daily. The sister Ann was of markedly intellectual type, gifted with literary talent. Her ideal was a literary career had the opportunity come she doubtless would have clothed the message of her gifted personality in some worthy literary form. Her dying request was that her younger sister should as Mrs. Andrews become mother to her children. This sacred trust was accepted. Mr. Andrews had taken all of his patrimony to establish a girl's seminary in the islands. Here Samantha's great practical sagacity and executive ability displayed itself in marked manner. The sister Ann was distinctively intellectual. while Samantha was many-sided, strong, sympathetic, symmetrical, intensely human through and through. While mother to her sister's children in a tender and devoted way, she was also mother to the girls of the seminary in a most practical and helpful manner. Mr. Andrews was a man of broad culture and original mind, a pioneer in education, especially that of women. Fifty years ahead of his time, he conceived and projected a system of education for women which was successful. He embodied those ideals in a seminary for girls. Here was a field for Mrs. Andrews' executive ability. So wise was she as adviser and administrator that an Invaluable piece of pioneering in woman's education was brought to a most successful issue. After her husband's decease. Mrs. Andrews returned to the United States and settled in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Here she did a distinguished work in the interest of missions, while her influence on the charities of the city was marked, her strength of character and her sanctified common sense telling in every good work. Many a student remembers her gratefully as a spiritual mother. In the student volunteer movement she was a center of light and power. On his death bed Mr. Andrews expressed the hope that his wife and her first love. B. B. Bowman, might some day be united in marriage, which her delicate health in youth had prevented. Forty years after their first betrothal they were married and went to Peoria, Ill. to live, where Deacon Bowman, a most worthy and lovable man was in business. Here again Mrs. Bowman took a most active part in church and charitable work, wielding a great influence for good. Mr. Bowman's falling health led him to move to Kalamazoo that he might be near the Battle Creek sanitarium. Their worth was at once recognized, and shortly after uniting with the First Congregational church of this city, Mr. Bowman was made deacon and Mrs. Bowman deaconess. She burled Mr. Bowman last summer, regarding her earthly work as done. However, her lifelong passion to build up God's kingdom on earth was as intense in closing days as ever. For within a few days of the end she was planning large things for God. She was intensely human. Characteristic, was one of her latest remarks. "Whenever I see a girl behind the counter, I see my sister."
"An honored life, a peaceful end,
And heaven to crown it all."
KALAMAZOO EVENING TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 27, 1901.
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