William D. BOWERS b.~1864 MI or OH
died by 1894 MI logging accident
married:
Cora WATERHOUSE (b.Dec 1872 MI)
m.26 May 1889 Lincoln Twp, Isabella, MI

after William's death Cora married Bert Loomis in 1894 Cora & Bert moved to WI then back to MI.

parents:
Jacob BOWERS
Hannah SHIRTS
children: BOWERS
  1. Elmer Leroy (b.1890)
siblings:

Research of Kevin Everingham

1889 Marriage Record Isabella Co. MI (film #2342485) image 146
William D. Bowers, 25 b.MI, s/o Jacob Bowers & Hannah Shirts,... &... Cora Watterhouse, 17, b.MI, d/o Burton Watterhouse & Kittie Flansbury,... married 26 may 1889 Lincoln Twp., Isabella Co. MI.
it was said by family that William Bowers died in a logging accident in the early 1890s.

Isabella County Marriages (film #2342499, image 542)... Bert Loomis, 23, b.MI, s/o St.Clair Loomis & Helen Vanberger,... married... Cora Waterhouse Bowers, 22, b.MI, d/o Bert Waterhouse... married at Fremont, Isabella, MI on 24 Nov 1894.

CENSUS data
1900 Cavour Town, Forest, WI Bert Loomis, b.Oct 1871 MI,... Cora Loomis, b.Dec 1872 MI, wife, married 5 years,.. Elmer Bowers, son b.Mar 1890

1910 Sherman, Isabella Co. MI (family #176, page 10),... Bert Loomis, 38, married, b.MI parents born in MI... Cora Loomis 37, wife, b.MI father born in NY, mother born in MI.

1920 Isabella County, MI (film #1820770, sheet 8) ...Bert Loomis 48, Cora Loomis, 47, b.MI, Clarbelle Neebes, 22, b.MI, single

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