Captain John Wood Bowles

McCurtain County News
Saturday December 13, 1919 

Captain John R.* Bowles Died 

Sunday at His Home at Ashdown, Arkansas 

Ashdown- December 10---

Captain John R.* Bowles, aged 78, died Sunday at his home in this city.  He was a veteran of the Civil War and had lived here for the last 20 years.  He and his wife, who survives him, recently observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary.  

In addition to his wife he is survived by three sons, Ivy Bowles, of Beaumont, Texas; C.I. Bowles, and J.R. Bowles, both of Ashdown, and one daughter, Mrs. Thomas Franklin.   

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Memorial Link: Ashdown Cemetery, Ashdown Arkansas, Little River County

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5388230/john-wood-bowles

John Wood Bowles
wife: Sarah Jordan Bowles
Children: Iver Moten Bowles, Charles I. Bowles, John R. Bowles, & Leila Ann Bowles Franklin 

Newspaper obit states his middle initial as "R" but I believe his middle name was Wood according to death and census records.  

Martha Ann Cook Jordan McCreary

 Martha Ann Cook 

B: 5/25/1827 Lawrence County Alabama
 D: 9/2/1866 Little River County Arkansas 

Married : R.A. Jordan  before 1847 in Lawrence Co Al
Two children:  Martha Roberta Jordan (1848-1924) Sarah Jordan (1846-1871)  

Married: Matthew Pollard McCreary  1/31/1854 Lawrence Co Al
Two children: Louisiana McCreary (1860-?)  Nathan Chalwar McCreary (1858-1938)  

Martha was the daughter of Nathan and Patience Cook
I believe the two children with her are Martha & Sarah Jordan
& this photo was probably taken early to mid 1850's.  

Martha was the mother-in-law of my uncle's grand aunt.

photo from LRCGS : Richmond Collection