Elvira C. Bowen

Daughter of Elisha Chandler & Elvira Caroline (DALY) BOWEN. Mary Jane Galer's list of persons interred in the New Cemetery area of Linwood shows: Elvira BOWEN, born 26 MAY 1847, died 13 SEP 1863, aged 6 years; buried in Section 2, Lot 1085 - remarks: daughter of E. C. & Elvira BOWEN; information copied from grave.John H. Martin’s “The Making of a Modern City: Columbus, Georgia, 1827-65,” Volume II (1875), p. 165, shows: Miss Elvira BOWEN was buried 14 SEP 1863 (from Sexton's report published in the newspaper).Mary Jane Galer's "COLUMBUS, GA: Lists of People, 1828-1852, and Sexton's Reports to 1866" (2000), p. 238, shows: Miss E. BOWEN, born in Columbus, died aged 16 years of congestion of the brain; buried 14 SEP 1863 as a non-resident (from "September 30, 1863 Sexton's Report of interments for quarter," dated 05 OCT 1863).Also buried in this lot: Elvira Caroline BOWEN (1808-1857); & Eliza D. BEVILL (1837-1883?), & Rachael (DAYLE - or DALY?) BENNETT (1793-1885).* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 17 2018, 2:03:13 UTC