Individual Details

Marriage record lists his parents as William Bowman and Emaline Bridgewater.

Lee was age 44 when he registered for the WW I Draft. He was born 8 Sep 1874 and was living at RFD 1, Beardstown, Cass Co, IL. He was a farmer. Maud Bowman, wife, listed as nearest relative. He signed as Lee E. Bowman. Description was Medium Height - 5' 9 1/2", stout build; dark brown hair and eyes. Dated 12 Sep 1918.

1940 Census. Bluff Springs Twp, Cass, IL, Hh 189
Lee Bowman, 65, b. IL - all lived in the same house in 1935 and all born in IL, Farmer
Maud, wife, 65
Keneth, son, 42, Partner
Wilma, dau-in-law, 31
Robert Lee Bowman, nephew, 7
Sarah Lashbrook, sister, age 80, widowed
Marrion Hohmin, Male, 46, widowed, laborer

Lee's death was in the Illinois Death Index at Ancestry.com. It also gives his parents as William Bowman and Emma Bridgewater; his wife as Maude.
Buried Beardstown City Cemetery, Cass, IL

Birth	8 Sep 1874	Schuyler County, Illinois
Marriage	20 Sep 1894	Chandlerville, Cass County, Illinois - Maude May IRWIN
Death	27 Aug 1945	Bluff Springs, Cass County, Illinois
Burial		Beardstown City Cemetery, Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois

Spouse	Maude May IRWIN (1875 - 1957)
Child	Kenneth Bowman (1897 - 1976)
Child	Living