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Gen George C Bowyer

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Gen George C Bowyer Veteran

Birth
White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
Death
4 Feb 1906 (aged 76)
Winfield, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Winfield, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Putnam County.

Brigadier General of Union Militia - present at the Battle of Appomattox.

Son of John Bowyer and Permelia Brown
Married Mary Sophia Miller March 23, 1853 in Mason Virginia.

Middle name was Cantrill, Cantrell or Crawford. Family and friends referred to Sr as General or George C Bowyer. 1875 birth record for his son Frank Chancellor Bowyer gives his dad's middle name as Crawford. An 1882 photo of son George refers to him as Jr whose headstone has middle name Cantrill which may have been Cantrell, misspelled.
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Putnam County.

Brigadier General of Union Militia - present at the Battle of Appomattox.

Son of John Bowyer and Permelia Brown
Married Mary Sophia Miller March 23, 1853 in Mason Virginia.

Middle name was Cantrill, Cantrell or Crawford. Family and friends referred to Sr as General or George C Bowyer. 1875 birth record for his son Frank Chancellor Bowyer gives his dad's middle name as Crawford. An 1882 photo of son George refers to him as Jr whose headstone has middle name Cantrill which may have been Cantrell, misspelled.


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