BOWDOIN CEMETERY

This old family cemetery is located west from Porter Springs on the James L. Gossett Survey. It was established by Mrs. Martha A. Bowdoin (also Bowdon) who purchased 500 acres of the League from Elisha and William Clapp for $2000 in gold (HCDR-Book S/page 164; also Book 200/page 174). Mrs. Darden Welsh, daughter of R. K. Bowdoin updated the previous readings of the family burial ground which had been made in 1970 by Dorothy Hawk; verified by Eliza Bishop for second edition and present one.

BOWDOIN

Baby; b: No Dates; d/o M/M C. W. Bowdoin

J. B.; b: 8-26-1825; d: 12-26-1890

Lou B.; b: 4-1-1836; d: 4-6-1897; w/o J. B.
Thomas Oscar; b: 5-20-1856; d: 10-20-1856

Infant girl; no dates; d/o J. Howard Bowdoin

BYNUM
Martha A :Middlebrooks Bowdoin; b. no date; d. abt. 1895; w/o James Bowdoin; w/o Griffin A. Bynum
Griffin A; b. 1-12-1828; d. 12-3-1889; h/o Martha Bynum

OLIVER

Lucy; b: 5-20-1911; d: 9-30-1920

Baby; ; d: 1-3-1917

MIDDLEBROOKS
------, no dates; brother of Martha Bynum

SHIVERS

Fannie Bowdoin; b: -; d: -

UNKNOWN
Child; no dates; Child of travelers on their way to Alabama Crossing, died and parents asked permission to bury it on the roadside of the Bowdoin property. The family had the burial in their smaIl cemetery instead.
 

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