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Frances Bowles

Probable daughter of William Anderson Bowles · Mrs. Fathergail

Frances Bowles

Probable

Probable daughter of William Anderson Bowles · Mrs. Fathergail

Parents
William Anderson Bowles & Iona Belle Brock
Sources
2

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE daughter of William Anderson Bowles and Iona Belle Brock; by 1947 she was Mrs. Fathergail. Evidence: two entries in an index of newspaper obituaries S1663. The first, for her mother’s obituary in the Abilene Reporter-News of 5 July 1947 S1632, lists Frances Fathergail among the survivors; the second, for the obituary of her brother S. A. Bowles in the same paper on 3 June 1964, lists her as his sister. Added to the family tree on 11 October 2026

Evidence: Two entries in an index of newspaper obituaries list Frances Fathergail as a survivor of her mother, Iona Belle Bowles, in 1947 and as a sister of S. A. Bowles in 1964 (S1663). Weak or missing: Both are machine-made index entries and neither clipping was read for her name; the papers give only “Frances”; no birth, marriage or death record of hers has been read, and no dates are known. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

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What is weak or missing: both are machine-made index entries, and neither newspaper clipping was read for her name. The papers give only “Frances” and no first name for her husband. No birth, marriage or death record of hers has been read, so no dates are given. She may be the Clara F. Fathergail, born in Arkansas in October 1891, who died in California in 1970, but that rests on the surname and her age alone. Reading the 5 July 1947 obituary by eye would confirm or correct this. Know more? Use “Add to this record”.
Cited on this card S1632 S1663 Card added 2026-10-11

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2 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S1632Obituary of Mrs. Iona Belle Bowles — Abilene Reporter-News, 5 July 1947, p. 1; burial report 8 July 1947, p. 5. Newspapers.com pages 761535105 and 761535181. Read from the newspaper text (OCR); the page images are not yet read by eye. Died Friday 4 July at the home of her son John W. Bowles near Potosi; born 31 December 1865 near London, Kentucky; married 24 December 1880 at Taft, Arkansas; to Taylor County in 1892. Names nine daughters, six sons, one brother (John Brock, Louisiana) and three sisters (Ada Estes, Mary Stansburry, Ida Stansburry). No parent is named.
  2. S1663Newspapers.com Obituary Index — two entries naming Frances Fathergail, Abilene Reporter-News, 5 July 1947 and 3 June 1964. Ancestry records 891865732 and 958498523, index entries read on 2 October 2026; neither clipping was read for these entries. 1947: obituary of Iona Belle Bowles; Frances Fathergail is listed as a survivor, with Iona Belle Bowles as her mother. 1964: obituary of S. A. Bowles; Frances Fathergail is listed as his sister. The entries are extracted from the newspaper text by machine. The 1947 obituary is the one cited as [S1632].

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