name and years of b and d from ground reading in the1970's exact date of death and county from SD deaths on Ancestry.

VAN BUREN BOWERS
WWI Registration Card, September 5, 1918, Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming:
Van is a farmer and is described as being tall, stout, and as having brown eyes and brown hair.

1925 South Dakota Census-Van is a farmer having an 8th grade education.
1935 South Dakota Census-Van is working as a carpenter.
1940 South Dakota Census-Van is a carpenter employed by the railroad.
1945 South Dakota Census-By this time Van is still working as a carpenter and has completed an 11th grade education.

parents:
JOSEPH CYRUS BOWERS, MD
birth: January 16, 1861 Linneus, Linn County, Missouri
death: November 25, 1905 Oxford, Harlan County, Nebraska
burial: Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Harlan County, Nebraska
AGNES WATSON
birth: December 22, 1856 Astoria, Queens County, New York
death: January 6, 1934 Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
burial: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming

siblings of Van Buren Bowers:
1. VAN BUREN BOWERS
2. unnamed baby boy Bowers
birth: Dalton, Chariton County, Missouri
death: infancy, Dalton, Chariton County, Missouri
burial: unknown
3. Corp James Harvey Bowers
birth: September 20, 1888 Bucklin TWP, Linn County, Missouri
death: March 31, 1940 Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
burial: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
4. unnamed baby boy Bowers
birth: 1891 Bucklin TWP, Linn County, Missouri
death: infancy, Bucklin TWP, Linn County, Missouri
burial: unknown
5. unnamed baby boy Bowers
birth: 1892 Bucklin TWP, Linn County, Missouri
death: infancy, Bucklin TWP, Linn County, Missouri
burial: unknown

half-siblings (from Agnes Watson's 1st marriage to William Lawrence Smith):
1. Agnes Morrison Smith Callander
birth: January 7, 1879 Spring Creek, Harlan County, Nebraska
death: 1962 Tryon, McPherson County, Nebraska
burial: Miller Cemetery, Tryon, McPherson County, Nebraska
2. William Lawrence Smith ("Willie")
birth: March 22, 1880 Spring Creek, Harlan County, Nebraska
death: June 6, 1907 from blood poisoning, place unknown
burial: unknown

VAN BUREN BOWERS
marriage: October 1, 1913 Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
HULDA (HILDA) MARIE REINHOLD
birth: July 20, 1890 Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
death: November 16, 1981 Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota
burial: Hill City Cemetery, Hill City, Pennington County, South Dakota

children:
1. Robert Van Bowers
birth: September 26, 1914 Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
death: April 14, 2010 Hurricane, Washington County, Utah
burial: Redwood Memorial Cemetery, West Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah
2. Edward Leroy Bowers
birth: March 17, 1916 Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
death: March 19, 1916 Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
burial: unknown
3. Alice Louise Bowers Duster
birth: September 23, 1917 Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
death: December 28, 2003 Hurricane, Washington County, Utah
burial: Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota
4. Vivian Joean Bowers Fairbank
birth: May 21, 1925 Hill City, Pennington County, South Dakota
death: October 19, 2002 Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
burial: Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota