1900 Census - Lamar County, Texas
Justice Precinct 5, District 84

  96 98
  Bowden, William A.  Head W M Apr 1846 54 M 32     Georgia Georgia Georgia Farmer
  Mary E.             Wife W F Sep 1847 52 M 32 9 6 Georgia Georgia Georgia
  Mary A.             Dau  W F Mar 1881 19 S        Texas   Georgia Georgia Farmer
  William A.          Son  W M Sep 1883 18 S        Texas   Georgia Georgia At School
  Charles O.          Son  W M Nov 1888 11 S        Texas   Georgia Georgia At School

  97 99
  Bowden, Burton C.   Head W M May 1873 27 M  1     Texas   Georgia Georgia Farm Laborer
  Annie A.            Wife W F Jun 1881 18 M  1 1 1 Texas   Unk     Unk
  William A.          Son  W M Aug 1899  1 S        Texas   Texas   Texas

  293 295
  Bowden, John        Head W M May 1872 28 M 7     Texas Georgia Georgia Farmer
  Jesse V.            Wife W F Sep 1870 29 M 7 3 3 Texas Tenn    Tenn
  [Children listed on sheet 16A, a couple of sheets further in the record]
  Gertrude            Dau  W F Sep 1894  5 S       Texas Texas Texas
  Elbert              Son  W M Mar 1896  4 S       Texas Texas Texas
  Clara               Dau  W F Aug 1897  2 S       Texas Texas Texas

From Mike Bybee:

Ron Brothers, The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, On-Line Edition (Paris, TX:
ReBroMa Press, 1999), RootsWeb.com.
Database available online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlamar/cemetery/1cemmain.htm.
"Interment Record for J. M. Bowden
Name: J. M. Bowden
Born: 11 May 1872 
Died: 20 Oct 1901
Buried: Pyles
Location: NORTHWEST
Notes: Buried next to William A. & Mary E. Bowden. Woodman of the World marker."
Accessed online 25 Mar 2007. 

...John and Jessie died that decade [1900-1910], and some of the children went to live with their
grandparents William and Mary Bowden. On the 1910 census, those children (Mary Gertrude and John
Burton) are listed with their father (John Madison) born in Louisiana.
 
I also found John and Jessie's children on the 1900 census. John and Jessie are listed at the bottom
of sheet number 14B, and their children Gertrude, Elbert, and Clara are listed on sheet number 16A
(not sure how that happened). They also had a son John after than census. 

From Teresa Dorsey:

Son of John Madison Bowden and wife Jessie Viola (Owens) Bowden-
 
Elbert Dudley Bowden
Born-March 01, 1897
Paris, Texas  Lamar County
 
Died-October 04, 1945
Midvale, Utah
Cause of death-Heart Attack
 
Married- Libby U. Blade-Wells
Date-April 29, 1931
Libby Died-March 07, 2002
 
Elbert's Occupation-Worked in oil fields in Wyoming
                             He later had a small farm in Murray, Utah   
                             He sold the farm and worked for Salt Lake County
 
Mary Elizabeth (Burk) Bowden----Born September 14, 1847
 
Her Obituary-
 
                                     In Memoriam
                                Mary Elizabeth Bowden
 
    Sister Mary E. Bowden departed this life Wednesday morning, December 7, 1927.  She was buried at
Pyles cemetery near her home.  She and Bro. W.A. Bowden, her beloved companion had lived together 60
years, less on month and five days.  Sister Bowden was converted early in life and joined the
Methodist church in Henry County, Georgia, where she was born on September 14, 1847.  She was 80
years, 2 months, and 22 days old the day she went to be with Jesus.  Sister Bowden had been a
consistent Christian since 1862.  They, she and Bro. Bowden, came to Texas about the year 1870 and
settled near Douglasville, in Cass Co., Georgia, moving from there to Louisiana for three years, then
to Texarkana, and finally coming to Mayes Prairie where they settled for life.
 
    She was a member of Mayes Prairie Methodist Church since its organization.  Sister Bowden was the
preacher's friend, the door of their home always stood ajar for their comfort.  She was a devoted
mother, loving wife, and a true friend to all  Surviving her is her husband, Bro. W.A. Bowden, five
children and 18 grandchildren, besides a host of relatives and friends who mourn her departure.
   
   A Mother in Israel is gone, a friend to humanity has passed on.  Her race is run, her journey
completed, she has entered into the vale, she will not be back, But thanks be unto God, we many go to
where she is.  We can only see her in fond memory, but there we see here face to face.  We bade her
good bye for the last time on the morning of the 7Th of December last, but then we will say good
morning in our eternal home.  There will be no more sadness or sighing, no more heart-aches, all
tears will be dried in that great reunion in Heaven.
 
J.H. Johnson
 Her Pastor
 
 
Interment Record for William A Bowden
William A Bowden
Born-April 20, 1846
Henry County, Georgia
Died-August 08, 1932
Lamar County, Texas
Buried-Pyles Cemetery
Location-Northwest
 
Notes: Buried next to Mary E. Bowden.  Also in the burial records of J.W. Milliagan, Pastor of
Chicota Baptist Church, as Grandpa Bowden.  William Andrew "Ancy" Bowden recieved pension from the
State of Texas for his service in the Confederate Army #40927. 
 
 The Paris Morning News, Tuesday, August 09, 1932  Page 5
W. A. Bowden 86 died Monday afternoon, 3:15 o'clock, at the residence of his daughter Mrs. M.G.
Gegan, 105 N.E. 12th Street.  Funeral services will be Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at Pyles
Church, the Rev. J.W. Milliagan conductiong the services.  Burial well be at Pyles Cemetery.
Grandsons will act as pallbearers.  Mr. Bowden is survived by three sons, Burton C. Bowden of
Gainsville, Texas; Andrew W. Bowden of Paris, Texas; C.O. Bowden of Lubbock, Texas.  Two daughters,
Mrs. A.B. Ewell of Tigertown, Texas and Mrs. M.G. Fegan of Paris, Texas.  Until fours years ago, Mr.
Bowden lived at Direct, Texas
 
 
John Madison Bowden died on October 20, 1901 in Paris, Texas
 
His Headstone- The incription on the marker---------Direct Camp #832
              "Dum Laret Cemat"
               Asleep in Jesus
               Which no one Wakes
                   To Weep
 
 
Jessie Viola Owens-Bowden
Her Father- J. J. Owens  Born:1820 in Tennessee
 
He was with-Confederate Soldiers of Northeast Texas
 
                   Owens, J. J.     Age 42      Born: 1820
                    Private            Lamar County, Texas
                    Beat # 1           9th Brigade
                             Texas Militia

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Mary Gertrude Bowden-daughter of John Madison Bowden
Born-Sept. 14, 1894  Paris, Texas
Died-April 15, 1960   Houston, Texas   ( Massive Stroke)
Buried-Katy Cemetery, Katy Texas
 
Married- Thomas Jefferson Hollingshead
  Born- March 22, 1893   Lamar County, Texas
  Died-April 15, 1963    ( Car Accident )
  Buried-Katy Cemetery, Katy Texas
 
Father: T.J. Hollingshead
  Born-Abt. 1860  Arkansas
  Died-1894  Paris, Texas
Mother: Eliza Ann Dickerson
  Born-April 1860  Arkansas 
  Died-Dec.07, 1902   City Hospital  Paris, Texas
                                                                                  
 
Children of Mary Gertrude Bowden and Thomas Jefferson Hollingshead
  Frances Viola        
    Born-October 29, 1914
 
  Valeria Gertrude     
    Born-Nov. 09, 1917
    Died-April 17, 1988         ( Cancer)
 
  Mary Oneta
    Born-Feb. 14, 1921
 
  Verna Merle
    Born-May 22, 1923
    Died-May 21, 1926        ( Pneumonia)
 
Twins---   
  Jay D.
    Born-August 14, 1927

  Verna Lee
    Born-August 14, 1927
    Died-August 18, 2003    ( Massive Stroke )