Mt. Hope Pioneer Cemetery ~ Archie Lewis Bowen
Bowen, Archie Lewis
LAST: Bowen FIRST: Archie MID: Lewis
GENDER: M MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE: 
BORN: 26 Oct 1878 DIED: 9 Feb 1960 BURIED: 11 Feb 1960
OCCUPATION:  Farmer
BIRTH PLACE:  Pratum, Marion Co., Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Pratum, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
*OSBH DC (Marion County 1960) #1991;
1880 OR CENSUS - Archy Bowen, age 1, b. Oregon, is enumerated with father Wm. Bowen, age 34, b. Missouri, and Alace Bowen, age 20, b. Oregon;
1930 OR CENSUS - Archie L. Bowen, age 51, married at age 26, occupation farmer, b. Oregon, is enumerated with wife Ida M., age 46, married at age 20, b. North Dakota, along with Helen I., age 20, single, b. Oregon, and Dorothy G., age 15, b. Oregon;
OBITUARY: 
A.L. Bowen, Pratum, Dies – Pratum – Archie Lewis Bowen, 81, native of the Pratum area, died Monday morning at his farm home here.
He was born on the family farm, known as the Lewis Pooler farm near Pratum, on October 26, 1878. He was married in Salem in 1905. The widow, Ida, survives.
Bowen was a member of Pratum Methodist Church and of the Macleay Grange. He had resided on his Pratum farm since 1918. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Helen Davis, Hillsboro, and Mrs. Dorothy Wusz, Portland; two brothers, Roy and Clifford Bowen, Salem; and four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at W.T. Rigdon’s Funeral Home, Dr. G.W. Bruce officiating. Interment will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Oregon Statesman 9 Feb 1960 3:2.

At the residence, Rt. 5, Box 793, Salem, Feb. 8th, at the age of 81 years. Husband of Ida M. Bowen; father of Mrs. Roy (Helen) Davis, Hillsboro, Ore., Mrs. George (Dorothy) Wusz, Portland; brother of Roy Bowen and Clifford Bowen, both of Salem. Four grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive. Services will be held Wednesday, February 10th at 10:30 in the W.T. Rigdon Chapel. Concluding services at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Rev. George W. Bruce will officiate.
Oregon Statesman 9 Feb 1960 Sec. I-5:1.
INSCRIPTION: 
Archie L. Bowen
1878 - 1960
SOURCES: 
Hellie, Mader & Rickey
Saucy
ODI
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Silverton, ED 85, pg 117A)
1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Macleay, ED 38, sheet 3B)
OS 9 Feb 1960 3:2
OS 9 Feb 1960 Sec. I-5:1
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