Washington Cemetery
Taylor County, Iowa

William Oliver Bowers, son of Eli Luark Bowers and Sarah Adeline Russell, was born Jan. 16, 1888 in Monogalia Co., West Virginia and died Oct. 2, 1929 in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri. He married 1) Jessie May Cole Nov. 15, 1911 at Maryville, Nodaway Co., Missouri. They divorced in 1923. He then married Ruth Frances Rankin Sept. 1, 1924.
Submitted by volunteer Julia Johnson
Photographed Oct. 2012