BROWN, BURT, ABNEY, WATTS, and related families

Mary Elizabeth Bowen¹

F, b. 27 March 1859, d. 23 August 1898

Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Bowen

Mary Elizabeth Bowen, daughter of Seth Green Bowen and Ila Minerva Bowen, was born on 27 March 1859 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.¹ She was also known as Betsy.

Mary married George Washington WEAVER, son of Zachariah WEAVER and Sarah Vaughn, on 8 March 1877 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. They married at the home of Milton J. and Minerva Moses, the bride's mother and stepfather. She was the daughter of Seth Green Bowen and Ila Minerva Bowen, who were cousins.¹

Mary Elizabeth Bowen filed for divorce from George Washington WEAVER on 18 May 1880 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. They separated 19 Aug 1877. She alligned abuse.²

Mary Elizabeth Bowen appeared on a census, enumerated 16 June 1880, in the household of Milton Moses, her stepfather, and her mother, Manerva Bowens Moses, in Beat 15, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Milton Moses, 49, a farmer born in Tennessee; his wife, Minerva Moses, 54, born Alabama; M. H. Moses [Mary E.?], daughter, 21, single, help about home; H. M. [Helen] Moses, daughter, 12; and Hallace [Hollis] Moses, son, age 10, helps on farm.

Mary Elizabeth Bowen died on 23 August 1898 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, at age 39. She was buried in Enterprise Cemetery, Vance, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

Last Edited=16 Aug 2022

Children of Mary Elizabeth Bowen and George Washington WEAVER

Clementine WEAVER b. 18 Apr 1883, d. 9 Apr 1944
Sadie WEAVER b. 28 Feb 1884, d. 31 Jul 1907
Mary WEAVER b. 28 Feb 1885, d. 21 Sep 1910
Lillie Lanaun WEAVER b. 16 Jan 1887, d. 11 Apr 1981
Charlie WEAVER b. 9 Jul 1889, d. Apr 1975
George Festus WEAVER¹ b. 31 Oct 1890, d. 8 Jul 1982
Lula Augustus WEAVER b. 15 Aug 1893, d. 20 Mar 1914
Florence Mae WEAVER b. 18 Jan 1895, d. 14 Dec 1975
Infant WEAVER b. 23 Aug 1898, d. 23 Aug 1898

Citations

[S291] Betty Jean Weaver, "Weaver Family Genealogy," e-mail to John K. Brown, 11 August 2001 listing her Weaver lineage.
[S1154] "Seventh Floor Archives Project", Loose Records Project - Divorce Records -- Folder 5110 Case 260 and Folder 5075 Case 225 - Mary Elizabeth Weaver vs. George W. Weaver.

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