Henry Franklin Bowling

Brief Life History of Henry Franklin

When Henry Franklin Bowling was born on 29 March 1890, in Alabama, United States, his father, Charles Dison Bowling, was 22 and his mother, Louise H Beavers, was 18. He married Margaret Marinda Scott on 14 April 1912, in Cullman, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Kimberly, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1950. He died on 8 November 1962, in Fairfield, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Valhalla Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States.

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Henry Franklin Bowling
1890–1962
Margaret Marinda Scott
1892–1963
Marriage: 14 April 1912
Charles Louis Bowling
1914–1965
Emmett Ottie Bowling
1918–1986
Louise Margaret Bowling
1921–1994
Lillian Marie Bowling
1924–2008
Henry Joseph Bowling
1927–1976
James Braxton Bowling
1932–1992

Sources (26)

  • Henry F Bowling, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Henry Bowling, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Henry Bowling, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Bowling in Bradford, Yorkshire.

Americanized form of German Bolling or Bohling .

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

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