Laura Belle Kindle1,2

b. 30 January 1871, d. 30 November 1959
Pedigree
FatherJames A. Kindle1,3
MotherElizabeth Dwiggans1,3

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     Laura Belle Kindle was born on 30 January 1871 in Anderson, Madison Co., Indiana.4,5 She married first Harry Fleming Vice on 11 June 1896 in Anderson, Madison Co., Indiana.1,6 They were divorced on 28 October 1911 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana, with Laura receiving custody of their children Lillian, Mable, Lucile, and Hallie.7 She married second Nathan Ingersoll Bowman, son of Joseph Henry Bowditch and Elizabeth Blanchard Abbot, on 6 November 1912 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana.8,9 She died from bladder cancer on 30 November 1959 at the Wistaria Rest Home in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California, at age 88.5 She was buried on 4 December 1959 at Crown Hill Cemetery (Sec. 96, Lot 698) in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana.10
     She and her first husband Harry moved from Anderson, Madison Co., Indiana, to Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana, in 1906.1 She continued living in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana, after her second husband Nathaniel's death, where she is listed in the 1920 to 1940 censuses.11,12,13 She owned a restaurant in 1920, and was working as a restaurant cook in 1930.14,15
     On 8 November 1927 she filed for a pension based on Nathaniel's service in the Spanish-American War, and in the Indian wars. The Indian wars application was rejected on 11 Apr 1928 because he hadn't served in any zone of active Indian hostilities. The other pension was granted, after a lengthy special examination to determine her eligibility, on 22 August 1929. She was awarded $30/month, which was reduced to $15/month on 1 July 1933, then increased to $40/month on 1 April 1944.16
     From change of address forms in the pension file, it appears that starting in 1948 she moved back and forth between Indianapolis and her daughter Mabel's home in southern California several times, staying a few months to a year or more in each place. She apparently permanently moved in with Mabel in Glendale, California, in March 1956.16

Citations

  1. [S5159] Nathan I. Bowman pension file, Cert. No. XC 3000017; deposition of Laura B. Bowman, 8 September 1928, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  2. [S1617] Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992. Record for Nathan Ingersoll Bowman and Laura B. Vice, FHL Film 499399, Ref. No. 453. The groom gave his parents names as Joseph Henry Bowman and Elizabeth Abbott.
  3. [S1617] Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992. Record for Nathan Ingersoll Bowman and Laura B. Vice, FHL Film 499399, Ref. No. 453.
  4. [S1617] Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992. Record for Nathan I. Bowman and Laura B. Vici, FHL Film 413545, p. 318.
  5. [S6637] Laura Bell Bowman, Death Certificate.
  6. [S1617] Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992. Record for Harry F. Vice and Laura B. Kindle, FHL Film 2108302, Vol. 6, p. 197.
  7. [S5159] Nathan I. Bowman pension file, Cert. No. XC 3000017; Certified Copy of Divorce Decree, Marion Superior Court, File No. 20526.
  8. [S5159] Nathan I. Bowman pension file, Cert. No. XC 3000017; Authenticated Copy of Marriage Record for Nathan I. Bowman and Laura B. Vice.
  9. [S1617] Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992. Record for Nathan Ingersoll Bowman and Laura B. Vice, FHL Film 499399, Ref. No. 453. The groom's parents are listed as Joseph Henry Bowman and Elizabeth Abbott.
  10. [S1871] Find A Grave. Memorial for Laura (Bell) Bowman (Mem. No. 45885457), Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana. Created by John C. Anderson, 27 December 2009.
  11. [S4333] 1920 U.S. Census, Laura Bowman household, Marion Co., Indiana. Living with her were her daughters Lillian Griswold (divorced) and Lucile Vice, and grandson Harry Griswold.
  12. [S4334] 1930 U.S. Census, Ray Bennett household, Marion Co., Indiana. She is listed as "mother-in-law" in the household of Ray and Hallie Bennett, along with Ray's stepdaughter Mary L. Mitchell and nephew Warren Wingenread.
  13. [S4335] 1940 U.S. Census, Laura Bowman household, Marion Co., Indiana. Living with her were her widowed daughter Lillian Graham, grandchildren Mary Lou Mitchell and Harry Griswold, and Harry's wife Mary and daughter Barbara June.
  14. [S4333] 1920 U.S. Census, Laura Bowman household, Marion Co., Indiana.
  15. [S4334] 1930 U.S. Census, Ray Bennett household, Marion Co., Indiana.
  16. [S5159] Nathan I. Bowman pension file, Cert. No. XC 3000017.

Ellen Gilman Porter1

b. 30 June 1871, d. 30 December 1896
Pedigree
FatherWilliam Henry Porter1 b. 26 Mar 1836, d. 1873
MotherEllen Gilman1 b. 3 Apr 1833, d. 3 Oct 1913
Relationship2nd cousin 3 times removed of Jane Ellen Bowditch

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     Ellen Gilman Porter was born on 30 June 1871 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.1,2 She died on 30 December 1896 in North Carolina at age 25, two hours after taking strychnine during a "melancholy attack."3,4
     She went by the nickname "Nellie."3

Citations

  1. [S3186] Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915. Record for Ellen Gilman Porter, FHL Film 1428074, Image 403, p. 293.
  2. [S4356] 1880 U.S. Census, Catherine Gilman household, Ward 4, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland.
  3. [S726] Henry Dutch Lord, Memorial of the Family of Morse, pp. 156j-156p.
  4. [S4360] "Selbstmord eines Mädchens [Suicide of a girl]", Der Deutsche Correspondent, 1 January 1897, p. 6, col. 6.

Sula Gardner1,2

b. 16 March 1914, d. 5 December 1988
Pedigree
FatherRaymond T. Gardner2
MotherAnnie M. Andrews2

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     Sula Gardner was born on 16 March 1914 in Rockingham, Richmond Co., North Carolina.2 She married first John Howard Bowditch, son of John Henry Bowditch and Belva Ida Silver, on 12 February 1938 in Bakersville, Mitchell Co., North Carolina.1 She married second James Raymond Guy.3 She died on 5 December 1988 at the Hillcrest North nursing home in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee, at age 74.3 She was buried at Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee.4
     In 1940, after her first husband's death, she was living with her widowed mother and three younger siblings in Hamlet, Richmond Co., North Carolina.5 She was a registered nurse at St. Mary's Medical Center in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee.3

Citations

  1. [S4367] North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011. Record for Jack Bowditch and Sula Gardner, from Mitchell Co. Marriage Register (1862-1992).
  2. [S4174] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Record for Sula Gardner Guy, No. 414-88-4545.
  3. [S6934] Obituary, Sula Gardner Guy, Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee, 7 December 1988, p. 17, col. 3.
  4. [S1871] Find A Grave. Memorial for Sula Andrews (Gardner) Guy (Mem. No. 169837635), Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee. Created by Michael McNeal, 12 September 2016.
  5. [S4366] 1940 U.S. Census, Annie Mau Gardner household, Richmond Co., North Carolina.