Individual Details
Sarah Emma Gholson
(25 Apr 1850 - 3 Apr 1918)
"Genealogy of a Bowman Family, by Byron Whitener Bowman, 1956:
Biography of Sarah Emma Gholson Bowman - 1850-1918 - wife of Thomas A. Bowman
The wife of Rev. T. A. Bowman was Miss Sarah Emma Gholson, daughter of Felix
G. Gholson, of an old Kentucky family, and Harriett Elizabeth McNeal Gholson,
who was born and raised in Washington County, Missouri.
Mrs. Bowman was born near Jackson, Mo., April 25, 1850, where she grew to
womanhood. Her father died when she was five years of age, and her mother died
when she was twelve, after which she lived with the family of Jasper Tooke.
She attended the public schools and, when grown, taught several terms in the
schools of the neighborhood.
Her parents were Methodists, and she attended the services at the McKendry
Chapel and campground. She never heard a Baptist preach until she was grown
and never saw anyone baptized until the day she herself was baptized, along
with others at Hubble Creek Church in 1868, by Rev. John Henry Clark. She had
been accustomed all her life to witnessing the sprinkling of converts and
little children, but when the "played church" with her dolls, she always had
them shout and then dipped in a barrel of water for the baptism. Evidently she
got her ideas from the New Testament, for she had always been a Baptist from
her earliest recollection.
She was married to Thomas A. Bowman on October 21, 1873, Rev. James Reid
performing the ceremony.
She became the mother of six chldren, all of whom died before her death except
John J., the oldest, and Thomas DeWitt, next to the youngest. There were three
boys and three girls.
She was an extensive reader, having read most of the popular books of her day,
was a great lover of flowers, and showed some talent for painting but did not
cultivate it to any extent. She did much fancy work, in which she delighted.
She was very true and faithful in three things: to her husband, her children,
and her church. Though never rugged in health, yet she devoted her life to
these things without stint. She made friends wherever she went, yet never
flattered people to gain their friendship. She was strongly favorable to the
Woman's Missionary Society, but took very little stock in Ladies Aids. She was
an anti-suffragist, believing that woman's sphere is in the home.
After the death of her husband, she made her home with her son, John J., at
Bonne Terre, Missouri, and died there April 3, 1918.
Biography of Sarah Emma Gholson Bowman - 1850-1918 - wife of Thomas A. Bowman
The wife of Rev. T. A. Bowman was Miss Sarah Emma Gholson, daughter of Felix
G. Gholson, of an old Kentucky family, and Harriett Elizabeth McNeal Gholson,
who was born and raised in Washington County, Missouri.
Mrs. Bowman was born near Jackson, Mo., April 25, 1850, where she grew to
womanhood. Her father died when she was five years of age, and her mother died
when she was twelve, after which she lived with the family of Jasper Tooke.
She attended the public schools and, when grown, taught several terms in the
schools of the neighborhood.
Her parents were Methodists, and she attended the services at the McKendry
Chapel and campground. She never heard a Baptist preach until she was grown
and never saw anyone baptized until the day she herself was baptized, along
with others at Hubble Creek Church in 1868, by Rev. John Henry Clark. She had
been accustomed all her life to witnessing the sprinkling of converts and
little children, but when the "played church" with her dolls, she always had
them shout and then dipped in a barrel of water for the baptism. Evidently she
got her ideas from the New Testament, for she had always been a Baptist from
her earliest recollection.
She was married to Thomas A. Bowman on October 21, 1873, Rev. James Reid
performing the ceremony.
She became the mother of six chldren, all of whom died before her death except
John J., the oldest, and Thomas DeWitt, next to the youngest. There were three
boys and three girls.
She was an extensive reader, having read most of the popular books of her day,
was a great lover of flowers, and showed some talent for painting but did not
cultivate it to any extent. She did much fancy work, in which she delighted.
She was very true and faithful in three things: to her husband, her children,
and her church. Though never rugged in health, yet she devoted her life to
these things without stint. She made friends wherever she went, yet never
flattered people to gain their friendship. She was strongly favorable to the
Woman's Missionary Society, but took very little stock in Ladies Aids. She was
an anti-suffragist, believing that woman's sphere is in the home.
After the death of her husband, she made her home with her son, John J., at
Bonne Terre, Missouri, and died there April 3, 1918.
Events
| Birth | 25 Apr 1850 | Jackson, Cape Girardeau, MO | |||
| Marriage | 24 Oct 1873 | , Cape Girardeau, MO - Thomas Anderson Bowman | |||
| Death | 3 Apr 1918 | Bonne Terre, Saint Francois, MO |
Families
| Spouse | Thomas Anderson Bowman (1850 - 1915) |
| Child | John Jasper Bowman (1874 - 1965) |
| Child | Connie Irene Bowman (1876 - 1891) |
| Child | Myrta May Bowman (1879 - 1898) |
| Child | Bessie Beulah Bowman (1882 - 1912) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Orren Clyde Bowman (1887 - 1888) |