Sarah STRONG ^{2 3}

  Death Notes:

Death Certificate:

I believe the information provided by Mrs. Ernie Nell for Sarah Bowlin's Certificate of Death is incorrect in the following respects:
1. Her date of birth is given as 1 Dec 1848, while other records show 30 Nov 1848.
2. Morgan Co., MO is listed as her birthplace, yet there is no evidence her parents ever lived in Morgan Co. Going by deed records, it would seem the family lived in Cole Co., MO at the time of her birth.
2. Eli Strong was the name given for her father, but he was a brother.

Obituary from The Sedalia Democrat:

"Mrs. Sarah Bowlin
Mrs. Sarah Bowlin, aged 86 years, died Sunday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. R. Nell, at Ionia.
Mrs. Bowlin had long been a resident of that place. She was born in Morgan County [probably Cole County], November 30, 1848 and soon after her marriage to Allen Bowlin on February 27, 1871, went to Ionia where she had resided since. Mr. Bowlin died four years ago.
She was the mother of five children, one dying in infancy. Those surviving are Charles Bowlin, Olympia, Wash., James Bowlin, Mrs. Minnie Ragar and Mrs. Mollie Nell, of Ionia. A sister, Mrs. Margaret Kingery, of Eldon, nine grand-children and nine great-grandchildren also survive her.
When a young woman she united with the Presbyterian church, but in later years belonged to the Methodist church at Ionia, where the funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The Rev. C. W. Saye will officiate and interment will be in Christian cemetery.
Pallbearers will be G. D. Brown, L. T. Pittman, C. D. Ferguson, J. T. Woods, R. A. Willis and H. D. Howe."

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census: 1850, Newton County, Missouri. ²

Household of Hiram Strong: Sarah Strong, age 1, female, born in Missouri.

2. Census: 1860, Cole County, Missouri. ³

Household of Becker ['Becca] Strong: Sarah Strong, age 11, female, born in Missouri.

3. Census: 1870, Moniteau County, Missouri. ⁷

Household of Ely Strong: Strong, Sarah, age 23, female, white, keeping house, born in Missouri.

[This might be Sarah, Eli's sister, but that would mean Sarah, Eli's daughter age 3, was omitted from the census. See Events for Eli for more discussion of his 1870 household. Given that Eli was identified as Sarah's father in her death certificate, I suspect she may have been living with Eli's family in 1870; otherwise, there is no other record of her in the 1870 census.]

4. Census: 1880, Pettis County, Missouri. ⁸

Household of Allen N. Bowlin: Sarah Bowlin, wife, married, female, white, age 31, born in Missouri, housekeeper, father and mother born in Tennessee.

5. Census: 1900, Pettis County, Missouri. ⁹

Household of Allen N. Bowlin: Bowlin, Sarah; wife; white; female; born Nov 1848; age 51; married 29 years; born in Missouri; father and mother born in Missouri; reads, writes and speaks English.

6. Census: 1910, Pettis County, Missouri. ¹⁰

Household of Allen N. Bowlin: Bowlin, Sarah; wife; female; white; age 61; married 39 years; born in Missouri; father and mother born in Tennessee; speaks English; none for occupation; can read and write.

7. Census: 1920, Pettis County, Missouri. ¹¹

Household of A. N. Bowlin: Bowlin, Sarah; wife; female; white; age 71; married; can read and write; born in Missouri; father and mother born in Tennessee; no occupation.

8. Census: 1930, Benton County, Missouri. ¹²

Household of Allen N. Bowlin: Bowlin, Sarah; wife; female; white; married at age 22; can read and write; born in Missouri; father and mother born in Tennessee; speaks English; no occupation.

Sarah married Allen Napolean BOWLIN on 26 Feb 1871 in Morgan County, Missouri.¹³ (Allen Napolean BOWLIN was born on 4 Dec 1847 in Moniteau County, Missouri,⁴ died in 1930 in Ionia, Pettis County, Missouri ^{4 14} and was buried on 7 Nov 1930 in Christian Cemetery, Ionia, Pettis County, MIssouri ⁴.)