When Bessie Eileen Durbin was born on 17 September 1898, in Windsor, Henry, Missouri, United States, her father, William Edward DURBIN, was 31 and her mother, Lavina Jane SIMMONS, was 28. She married Earl Lamar Bowen on 25 February 1920, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1920 and Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States in 1940. She died on 17 April 1986, in La Vista, Sarpy, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 87.