Sarah Elizabeth Ann (Jobe) Bowden

--b. July 19, 1848 Tishomingo Co., MS
--d. January 11, 1914 Pope Co., AR
----buried Bowden Cemetery, Crow Mountain, Pope Co., Arkansas
--m. Lafayette T. 'Fate' BOWDEN
--December 6, 1868 Pope Co., AR
----b. February 1849 Lawrence Co., TN
----d. March 26, 1931 Pope Co., AR
------buried Bowden Cemetery, Crow Mountain, Pope Co., Arkansas
----Lafayette T. Bowden m/2 Eva WATKINS AFTER 1914 Pope Co., AR
------s/o James Newton I. Bowden and Mary Ann 'Polly' POLLOCK
--------gs/o John Bowden and Elizabeth Anna BLACKBURN
----------gt gs/o William Bowden and Martha -
----------gt gs/o Samuel Blackburn and Ann MATTHEWS
--------gs/o John Pollock and Elizabeth JENNINGS
----------gt gs/o Henry Pollock and Mary KIRKMAN
----------gt gs/o Samuel Jennings and Judith SIMMONS

Lafayette 'Fate' established the Bowden Cemetery on Crow Mountain, Pope Co., Arkansas in 1889. He also gave the land for the Mars Hill Methodist Church, of which he was a member.

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L. T. Bowden Cemetery - Pope Co., AR
Courtesy of Thomas Hellmer

Thomas Hellmer, who photographed the tombstone, writes:

Hard to read in the picture but this is definitely Sarah Ann's stone. Next to her are several childrens' markers which all read ...son or daughter of Sarah & LT Bowden.

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My Websites for Sarah

• Job(e) Legacy - Gedcom on Rootsweb World Connect

  	JOB(E) LEGACY Descendants of Andrew Job Jr

• 1850 Tishomingo Co, Mississippi

  JOBE  , John               1818 TN
        , Sarah              1820 ALA
        , Wesley             1843 MS
        , William            1842 MS
        , James              1840 MS
        , Sarah              1848 MS
  CHOATE, Nancy              1825
        , Eliza              1847 TN
  

• 1860 Scott Co, Arkansas ,Revalee Township, p. 765 #463/457

  JOBE,     John      44 TN
       Sarah          39 ALA
       William        15 MS
       S.C. (f)       11 MS          (Sarah)  (should be S. A.)
       M.E. (f)        9 MS          (Martha)
       M.A. (f)        6 MS
       N.   (m)        3 MS          (Nehemaiah)
  

• 1880 Pope Co., AR, Gum Log Twp, page 110B

  John F. SCOTT     Self    M  Male   W  22   AR Farmer   -
  Eliza J. SCOTT    Other   M  Female W  19   NC Keeping House NC   NC  
  Ritcard H. SCOTT  Son     S  Male   W  11M  AR               AR   NC  
  Laffayet BOWDEN   Other   M  Male   W  30   TN Farmer   
  Sarah A. BOWDEN   Other   M  Female W  32   MS Keeping House TN   TN  
  William H. BOWDEN Other   S  Male   W  11   AR Farming       TN   MS  
  Mary B. BOWDEN    Other   S  Female W   6   AR               TN   MS  
  Sarah W. BOWDEN   Other   S  Female W   5   AR               TN   MS  
  Martha A. BOWDEN  Other   S  Female W   3   AR      
  James F. BOWDEN   Other   S  Male   W   1   AR               TN   MS  
  

• 1910 Pope Co., Arkansas, Gum Log Twp, ED 84, sheet 3A, Lines 27-33, #43-43
  -enumerated April 19 and 20, 1910

  Lafayette F. BOWDEN Head     M W 59 m39 yrs Farmer              TN-TN-TN
  Sarah A.            Wife     F W 59 m39 yrs 11 children-6 alive MS-TN-MS
  Adar                Dau      F W 29                             AR-TN-MS
  Etta                Dau      F W 21 s.                          AR TN-MS
  Leonard JACKSON     grandson M W 17 s       F. laborer
  Virgil JACKSON      grandson M W 15 s       F. laborer
  Berl JACKSON        grandson M W  9 s                           AR-AR-AR
  

• 1920 Pope Co., Arkansas, Gum Log Township, ED 92, page 5B, #92-97, Lines 52-60
  --enumerated Jan 13, 1920

  LaFayette BOWDEN            Head  M  W  79 married                 TN TN TN  Farmer
  Eva                         Wife   F  W   24 married       AR AL  MO
  Ada                         Dau    F  W   38 single        AR TN  MS
  Etta                        Dau    F  W   31 single        AR TN  MS
  Berla                       Dau    F  W    6               AR TN AR
  Arlie W.                    Dau    F  W    4 3/12          AR TN AR
  Mable                       Dau    F  W    2 1/12          AR TN AR
  Thelma L.                   Dau    F  W    1/12            AR TN AR
  Lee R. WATKINS              b-in-l M  W   21 single        AR AL MO
  
  My Note:  The age difference between Lafayette and Eva is CORRECT!
  

1. William H. 'Billy' Bowden

   --b. September 10, 1869 Gumlog Twp, Pope Co., AR
   --d. July 25, 1950 Lubbock, Texas
   ----buried City of Lubbock Cemetery, Lubbock, Texas
   --m/1 Sarah Leona WALBURN
   --January 22, 1888 Pope Co., Arkansas
   ----b. 1870 Arkansas
   --m/2 Lizzie A. GILLUM
   --December 1, 1889 Pope Co., AR
   ----b. abt 1870
   --m/3 Rebecca C. TEETER
   --abt 1895
   ----b. May 11, 1869 Pope Co., AR
   ----d. October 9, 1947
   ----Rebecca m/1 J. S. SPEER
   ------d/o Peter Napoleon Teeter and Mary Jane PARKER
   --------gd/o Archibald Monroe Teeter and Rebecca SOSSAMON
   ----------gt gd/o Peter Teeter and Elizaeth DRY
   
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   City of Lubbock Cemetery - Lubbock Co., Texas
   Tombstone of William Bowden
   Courtesy of David Sifford

   
   

2. Mary B. Bowden

   --b. September 6, 1874 Gumlog Twp, Pope Co., AR
   --d. February 14, 1891 Pope Co., AR
   
   

3. Sarah W. 'Sallie' (Bowden) Jackson

   --b. December 29, 1875 Gumlog Twp, Pope Co., AR
   --d. January 3, 1902 Pope Co., AR
   ----buried Bowden Cemetery, Pope Co., AR
   --m. Sherman James JACKSON
   --about 1895
   ----b. February 15, 1871
   ----d. April 8, 1917 Pope Co., AR
   ------buried Bowden Cemetery, Pope Co., AR
   ------Sherman m/2 Mrs. Levisee Caroline "Callie" MILLIGAN
   ------s/o James J. Jackson and Mary W. -
   
   

4. Martha Ada Bowden

   --b. January 20, 1878 Gumlog Twp, Pope Co., AR
   --d. September 3, 1906 Pope Co., AR
   
   

5. James Frank 'Jim' Bowden

   --b. December 1878 Gumlog, Pope Co., AR
   --m. Lillie M. BLACKWOOD
   --about 1898
   ----b. 1876 Pope Co. AR
   ------d/o William S. Blackwood and Arseletta Elizabeth TAYLOR
   --------gd/o Joseph J. Blackwood and Mary E. NEAL
   
   

6. Dow Robert Bowden

   --b. January 20, 1884 Gum Log Twp, Pope Co., AR
   --d. February 14, 1889 Pope Co., AR
   
   

7. Minnie Ida (Bowden) Teeter

   --b. January 20, 1884 Gum Log Twp, Pope Co. AR
   --d. 1966 Caddo Co., Oklahoma
   --m. James Monroe TEETER
   --September 19, 1900 Pope Co., AR
   ----b. January 29, 1881 Pope Co., AR
   ----d. October 15, 1966 Caddo Co., Oklahoma
   ------s/o Wallace Raymond Teeter and Dora Alvera JACKSON
   --------gs/o Archibald Monroe Teeter and Rebecca SOSSAMON
   ----------gt gs/o Peter Teeter and Elizaeth DRY
   
   

8. Calvin M. Bowden

   --b. February 20, 1886 Gum Log Twp, Pope Co., AR
   --d. January 1962 Pope Co., AR
   ----buried Bowden Cemetery, Crow Mountain, Pope Co., Arkansas
   --m. Lillie B. HEFLIN
   --October 22, 1903 Pope Co., AR
   ----b. June 20, 1886 Pope Co., AR
   ----d. July 21, 1959 Pope Co. AR
   ------buried Bowden Cemetery, Crow Mountain, Pope Co., Arkansas
   
   

9. Etta L. (Bowden) Teeter

   --b. 1888 Gumlog Twp, Pope Co., AR
   --d. 1984 Caddo, Oklahoma
   

If you have any old photos for any descendants of this family, please send to me at

Ann (Jobe) Brown

• Katherine Reynolds (1968-1974)

• Bill Jobe (1990)

• Randy Jobe (1998-2008)

• Diane Shelton (2001)

• Anne C. Bowden

• Terri Qayyum (2000)