DeAlton H BOWELL

Brief Life History of DeAlton H

When DeAlton H BOWELL was born on 13 August 1856, in La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana, United States, his father, Absalom Carr Bowell, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Ann Ireland, was 30. He married Sarah Viola Melson in 1892. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Kankakee Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Kankakee, Johnson Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States in 1910. He died in 1919, in La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana, United States.

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DeAlton H BOWELL
1856–1919
Sarah Viola Melson
1861–1943
Marriage: 1892
Roy Melson BOWELL
1893–1971
Clarence DeAlton BOWELL
1896–1906

Sources (9)

  • Dealton H Bowel in household of A C Bowel, "United States Census, 1870"
  • DeAlton H. Bowell, "Find A Grave Index"
  • De Alton Bowell in entry for Roy Nelson Bowell, "Brazil, São Paulo, Immigration Cards, 1902-1980"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1866

Historical Boundaries 1866: La Porte, Indiana, United States

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Bouelles in Seine-Maritime, France, so named with Old Norman French boelle ‘enclosure, dwelling’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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