Charles Bowman and Family

Charles Bowman and Family

Bowman, Charles Curtis (1875-1955)

Bowman, Dooney Edna Furr (1877-1953)

Bowman, C. Cortland (1904-1949)

Bowman, Gordon Derwood Sr. (1906-1975)

Bowman, Francis Lorain (1908-1987)

Compton, Maxine Elizabeth Bowman (1913-1989)

Freese, Ruth Vonbora Bowman (1915-2004)

Steadman, Helen Bowman (1916-2003)

Bowman, Willis M. (1918-1986)

Photograph of Charles Curtis Bowman, his wife, Doonie, and seven of their children posed together outside their home in Mt. Jackson.

Identified are:

Standing (l to r): Gordon D. Bowman, Sr., C. Cortland Bowman

Seated (l to r): Francis L. Bowman, Maxine E. (Bowman) Compton, Charles Curtis Bowman, Ruth V. (Bowman) Freese, Willis M. Bowman, Dooney (Furr) Bowman, and Helen (Bowman) Steadman.

Morrison Studio

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Shenandoah County Library

ca 1919 based on the age of the children

Identified in 2023 by Kenna Fansler who had seen the photograph before and knew the family was from Mt. Jackson.

Additional identifications were made in 2025 by library staff who used information available on the Find-A-Grave web site.

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Gordon Bowman, Sr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 020220, 028390, 028842, 028910, 029271, 029274, 029283, and 029296.

020220

Glass Negative

8x10 inches