Joseph Earl and Joyce A. (Dellinger) Bowman

Joseph Earl and Joyce A. (Dellinger) Bowman

Bowman, Joseph Earl (1894-1977)

Bowman, Joyce Augusta Dellinger (1893-1970)

Weddings - Virginia - Shenandoah County

Joseph Earl Bowman, seated, with his bride, Joyce Augusta (Dellinger) Bowman, standing beside him. This image was probably their wedding photograph.

Joseph was a grandson of Ephriam Bowman and a son of Martin Luther and Ida Roseanna (Myers) Bowman from the rural Edinburg area of Shenandoah County.

He married Joyce Augusta (Dellinger) Bowman, a daughter of Charles Peter and Mary Catherine "Cassie" (Dodson) Dellinger.

Together, the couple raised three sons: Wilbur Alden Bowman, Twymore Elmore Bowman, and Dick Delford Bowman.

Both he and his wife are buried together in Conicville, Shenandoah County.

Morrison Studio

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Shenandoah County Library

The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "July 1922".

Identified in 2009 by Nancye L. Bowman, a distant relative of the couple. She remembered seeing this photograph at their home on S. Middle Road in the Hamburg area.

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Joseph Earl Bowman appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 012585, 014302, 019205, 019209, and 020020.

019209

Glass Negative