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     William Francis Bowen was buried at Riverview Cemetery, Oxford, Chenango Co., New York.² He was born on October 15, 1859 at Patterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey.^3,4 He married Cora E. Wright in 1898.^2,5 William Francis Bowen married Dora Myrtle Conner, daughter of Thomas Unknown and Mary Isabel "Sis" Conner, on December 19, 1906 at Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^6,4,7 William Francis Bowen died on December 9, 1957 at Binghamton, Broome Co., New York, at age 98.⁷ He Princeton, Dec 9 - W. F. Bowen, 98, formerly of the Beckley Road, died this morning in Binghamton, N.Y., after a five week illness. He had resided in New York for the past five years. His wife, the former Dora Conner, preceded him in death in 1951. Survivors include eight sons, Lynn of Ateto, N.Y., George of Binghamton, N.Y., James of Bainbridge, N.Y., Frank, Delbert, and Pete, all of Wilmington, Del., Douglas of Jacksonville, Fla., and Bill Bowen of Princeton, and two daughters, Ruby of Unadilla, N.Y., and Lillian of Princeton. The funeral and burial will be in New York. on December 10, 1957.⁷

     His Social Security Number was 235-07-1322.⁸ William Ellis "Bill" Bowen was buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Courthouse Road, Princeton, Mercer Co., West Virginia.² He was born on October 26, 1907 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania.^3,8,2 He married Violet Elizabeth Clemson on March 6, 1932 at Princeton, Mercer Co., West Virginia.¹ William Ellis "Bill" Bowen died on September 3, 1978 at Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia, at age 70.²