Lilburn Treadway Bowers

1856 - 1935  (78 years)

• Name	Lilburn Treadway Bowers
  Birth	26 Aug 1856	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Jan 1935	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Burial	Bowers Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee
  Notes	"Elizabethton Star," Sunday, January 12, 1935 HOLDS RITES FOR LILBURN BOWERS Funeral services for Lilburn T. Bowers, 79, more familiarly known as "Uncle Lil" and one of the most prominent farmers in Carter County, who died Friday night at his home near Charity Hill following a long illness, will be conducted this afternoon at two o'clock in the Siam Baptist Church. The Rev. H. C. Hopkins assisted by the Rev. C. L. Bowden will officiate. Interment will be in the Bowers Cemetery near the home. Mr. Bowers was an outstanding character in his community as well as a large landowner. He was active in church affairs and was a member of the Baptist church for more than fifty years. He was born and reared near Siam, August 26, 1856, the son of the late Joseph and Emmaline Bowers, descendant of the early settlers in this section. He was married twice, first to Miss Martha Collins, who died Feb. 27, 1926. Later he was united in marriage to Miss Annie Garrison, who survives him, together with four children of the first marriage, Arnold Bowers and Mrs. D. E. Buck of Route 5 Johnson City, Mrs. J. C. Hyder and Mrs. J. L. Hyder of Elizabethton. He is also survived by five grandchildren, one brother, Vol Bowers of Orlando, Florida; and one half brother, Robert Bowers of Elizabethton. Active pallbearers will be Dr. G. G. Collins, Pat Heston, Will Bowers, Alfred Peters, Nelson Shell, Britton Randolph, Blevin Heaton and Delbert Holsclaw. Flower bearers include the Misses Pearl Bowers, Ruby Lovelace, Hazel Ellis, Bertha Scalf, Carrie Scalf, Pearl Lovelace, Ruth Montgomery, Pauline Pierce, Bernice Heaton, Arcy Hardin, Frances Collins, Martina Hardin, Beulah Hardin, and Ruth Allen.
  Person ID	I3552	DeLoach Ancestry
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Joseph P. Bowers,   b. Abt 1838   d. Abt 1878, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age ~ 40 years)
  Mother	Emaline Bowers,   b. Abt 1838
  Marriage	Abt 1855	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Family ID	F1861	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Martha "Mattie" Collins,   b. 4 Feb 1857, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 27 Feb 1926, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1875	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Children	1. Emiline E. "Emma" Bowers,   b. 12 Sep 1874, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 13 Jul 1952, Washintgon County, , , Tennessee (Age 77 years)   2. Joseph Powell Bowers,   b. 3 Aug 1877, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 22 Feb 1878, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 0 years)   3. Margaret Bowers,   b. Abt 1879, Carter County, , , Tennessee   4. James Lilburn Bowers,   b. 16 Jun 1882, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 25 May 1889, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 6 years)   5. Ida Bowers,   b. 12 Nov 1882, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 3 Nov 1966, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 83 years)   6. Rosco C. Bowers,   b. 15 Apr 1887, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 26 Nov 1897, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 10 years)   7. Arnold R Bowers,   b. Abt Jun 1892, Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Family ID	F132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Annie Bartlett,   b. 5 Sep 1862, , Yancey County, , North Carolina d. 2 Feb 1949, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	6 Sep 1926	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Family ID	F1860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart