Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND Harvey Sylvester BOWERS
	Birth	11 June 1879	Hancock County, Ohio⁴⁰
	Death	21 February 1966	Elkhart IN⁴⁰
	Misc	after 1900	was a teacher, builder, farmer and free minister; Elkhart Co IN¹³⁰
	Burial	1966, Feb	Olive Cemetery, Elkhart County IN¹³¹
	Marriage	24 December 1904	Montgomery Co OH at Bear Creek Church of the Brethren¹³
	Marriage	25 December 1910	Leta Cook WALTER; Northern Indiana¹³²
	Father	Enos Woods BOWERS
	Mother	Mary Jane BUSHONG
WIFE Rhoda WINELAND
	Birth	26 April 1882	Girard IL^45,46
	Education	between 1902 and 1904	Manchester College, North Manchester IN⁴⁵
	Burial	January 1910	cemetery of old Pleasant Hill Church of the Brethren, between Girard and Virden IL^134,135
	Death	21 January 1910	St. Joseph Co. IN^28,47
	Father	David WINELAND
	Mother	Susanna STUTSMAN
CHILDREN
F	Vinna BOWERS²⁸
	Birth	29 May 1906	St. Joseph Co. IN⁴¹
	Illness	1920	rheumatic fever; Elkhart Co IN¹²⁰
	Misc	1945	kept family finances in order alone; Montgomery Co OH^45,93
	Death	31 October 1995	Brethren Retirement Community, Greenville OH⁴²
	Cremation	December 1995	Wright State Univ. School of Medicine¹²¹
	Burial	1996	Wright State Univ. School of Medicine, Rockafield Cemetery, Dayton OH¹²¹
	Occupation	1925-27, 1946-48, and 1953	Public Schoolteacher; northern INdiana, Preble Co OH, Montgomery Co OH¹¹⁷
	Residence	from 1911 to 1927	on a small farm; Elkhart Co IN¹²²
	Religion	from 1906 to 1995	lifelong member of the Church of the Brethren,; Elkhart Co IN and Montgomery Co OH¹²³
	Marriage	16 April 1927	Russell Fred "Russ" HELSTERN; St. Joseph Co. IN²⁷
F	Floy BOWERS
	Birth	18 July 1908	St. Joseph Co. IN
	Death	25 May 2003	North Manchester, IN
	Burial	27 May 2003	South Bend, IN
F	Viola Ruth BOWERS
	Birth	17 January 1910	St. Joseph Co. IN¹³⁶
	Adoption	after 1910	Iowa,¹³⁷
	Death	8 September 1989	¹³⁸
	Marriage		James Witham; ¹³⁸
	Marriage		Ivol Stump; ¹³⁹