James Bowker LAST NAME: Bowker FIRST NAME: James MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME:  MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3:  TITLE: Mr. GENDER: M MILITARY:  BORN: Abt 1813-1820 DIED: 29 Jul 1890 BURIED: 2 Aug 1890 ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:   BIRTH PLACE:   DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon NOTES:  IOOF - James Bowker, age 70, died at the poor farm of old age OBITUARY:  BOWKER-- At the Marion county poor farm, a mile north of Salem, Tuesday, July 29, 1890, James Bowker, aged about 77 years. The deceased had been an occupant of the institution in which he died for about 4 years. A couple of months ago he came to Salem and returning home after night rolled down the river bank, striking on the rocks some fifte feet below. The fall badly bruised him and from it his death resulted. Weekly Oregon Statesman 1 August 1890 12:4 INSCRIPTION:  No marker SOURCES:  LR  IOOF Register of Burials  WOS 1 August 1890 12:4  OS 1 Jan 1891 (Necrology) CONTACTS:  LOT: 288 SPACE:  LONGITUDE: N 44 ° 55.234' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.721'