His remains were brought to Fairfield Wednesday night and taken to the home of G. E. Branch and on Thursday they were interred in the Jeffersonville cemetery.
(Fairfield Republican - April 25, 1901 - Page 4 - Col. 4)
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Note that G.E. Branch and his wife, Prudence (Dye) Branch, adopted John Leo Branch (16298482), the son of Joseph and Samantha (Straley) Bowling, shortly after Samantha's death in December 1886. The date of birth for John Branch should be October 1885 and Jessie Bowling's should be October 1886, not 1888.
Source: Obituary of George Branch, and John Branch and Jessie Bowling's 1900 U.S. Federal Census.
His remains were brought to Fairfield Wednesday night and taken to the home of G. E. Branch and on Thursday they were interred in the Jeffersonville cemetery.
(Fairfield Republican - April 25, 1901 - Page 4 - Col. 4)
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Note that G.E. Branch and his wife, Prudence (Dye) Branch, adopted John Leo Branch (16298482), the son of Joseph and Samantha (Straley) Bowling, shortly after Samantha's death in December 1886. The date of birth for John Branch should be October 1885 and Jessie Bowling's should be October 1886, not 1888.
Source: Obituary of George Branch, and John Branch and Jessie Bowling's 1900 U.S. Federal Census.
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JOSEPH P.
BOWLING
DIED
APR. 23, 1901
AGED
53 Y. 5 M.
8 D.
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