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Melvin Leon BOWERS 1924–1969 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Apr 1924

Birth Location: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 13 Jan 1969

Death Location: Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA

Father: William Bowers

Mother: Jerusa Grant

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Melvin Leon BOWERS was born in 1924 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA, the child of William Edgar Bowers And Jerusa Edith Grant. Melvin Leon BOWERS passed away in 1969 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • Melvin Leon BOWERS was born in 1924 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA, the child of William Edgar Bowers And Jerusa Edith Grant.
  • Melvin Leon BOWERS passed away in 1969 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA.

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Melvin BOWERS's Ancestors

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Melvin BOWERS
1924–1969
Birth Place: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA
Parents
William Edgar Bowers
1894–1963
Knox County, Tennessee, USA
Jerusa (Edith) Grant
1898–1990
Liberty Hill, Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
James (Rufus) Grant
1872–1902
Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
Susan ("Suda" Ellen) Walker
1879–1941
New Tazewell, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States
Great-Grandparents
John Walker
1855–1941
Margaret Houston
1856–1944
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jacob Walker
1826–1887
Martha Davis
1825–1900
William Houston
1838–1863

Melvin BOWERS's Timeline

2 Records

1924
11 Apr 1924
Birth of Melvin Leon BOWERS in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA
Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA
1969
13 Jan 1969
Age 45
Death of Melvin Leon BOWERS in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA
Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Apr 1924
    Event Place: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Jan 1969
    Event Place: Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA

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