John Woody (Woodie) was born 4 Apr 1895 in Menifee County, Kentucky.In his 1918 Draft Registration, he says that he was born 4 Apr 1895,[1] but his tombstone says 1896, [2] and Social Security gives the date of 2 Apr 1896. [3] He was raised in Pomeroyton, Menifee, Kentucky and remained in the county until after the 1920 US Census.[4][5] He was able to go to school through the 5th grade.[6] He married Sarah Pelfrey (1899-1962) and by 1918, they had two small children. They were still living in Menifee Co., Kentucky where he worked as a farmer for another man.[1] The 1920 Census indicates that they had two children, one of whom was under a year old, so it is possible that a young child had died between 1918 and 1920.[7] By 1930, Woodie and Sarah had moved to Indiana with their young family. Records indicate that he was a laborer during the Great Depression.[8] In 1940, he worked for the WPA. He and his wife had eight children living with them between 2 and 23 years of age. [6] Sarah died in 1962, and John joined her in 1967.[2]
↑ 2.02.12.2 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90299668 : accessed 23 June 2020), memorial page for Woodie Bowman (1896–1967), Find a Grave Memorial no. 90299668, citing Stipps Hill Cemetery, Franklin County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Glenda Barry (contributor 47272780) .
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9Q1-1Q7 : 20 May 2014), Woodie Bowman, Jun 1967; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
↑ 4.04.1 "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9H4-4JQ : accessed 23 June 2020), John W Bowman in household of James Bowman, Magisterial District 5, Menifee, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61, sheet 7B, family 109, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,543.
↑ 5.05.1 "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M268-SMX : accessed 23 June 2020), Woody Bowman in household of James Bowman, Pomeroyton, Menifee, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 127, sheet 9A, family 152, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 493; FHL microfilm 1,374,506.
↑ 6.06.16.2 Year: 1940; Census Place: Salt Creek, Franklin, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01044; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 24-19. Source Information. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. Ancestry Record 2442 #52975183 Accessed 23 Jun 2020.
↑ 7.07.1 Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 5, Menifee, Kentucky; Roll: T625_590; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 180. Source Information. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Ancestry Record 6061 #74196109. Accessed 23 Jun 2020.
↑ 8.08.1 Year: 1930; Census Place: Salt Creek, Franklin, Indiana; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0018; FHL microfilm: 2340322. Source Information. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Ancestry Record 6224 #117407093 Accessed 23 Jun 2020
Woodie Bowman (1896-1967) on Find A Grave: Memorial #90299668 retrieved 15 June 2021
Bowman-4281 was created by Mike Crain through the import of TestTree(2).ged on Jan 10, 2015. Bowman-4290 was created by Mike Crain through the import of TestTree(2).ged on Jan 10, 2015.
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