The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-02-14
IN MEMoR1UM.
Of General George C. BOwysr, of
Winfield. W. Va.

Of General George C. BOwyer, of
Winfield, W. Va.
1t is with great SORROW that We
chronicle the demise of one of the
most prominent citizens of this
part of the Kanawha Valley. Gen.
eral George g Bowyer.
He was called to join
"The innumerable caravan;
which moves
To that mysterious realm,
Where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls
of DEATH"
in the early morning hours of last
Sabbath Day: 1t was six O'Clock
on the morning of February 4th,
1906. when his soul peacefully
took Its fight to the Great Beyond;
aud had he lived until the 18th
day of next March. he would have
completed his seventy-seventh
year. His illness was of short
duration, and not thought to be
fatal. The INN ediate cause of
his death was heart failure.
The funeral services were held
at his late home on Wednesday
afternoon. February 2, 1906. and
were conducted by the Rev. j. 81
Gibbons. of the Episcopal church
in which church the deceased was
christened in infancy of Point
Pleasant, West Virginia. and the
interment was in the Winfield
cemetery.
To fully and. completely narrste
the many transactions in which he
has been engaged during his long
and eventful career would require
more space in your paper than is
allotted to the writer. Sufficient,
therefore, shall it be to mention
some of the more important events
connected with his life's history.
And, in doing this. We may men,
tion en-passant that George @.
BowyeT was the eldest child of
Capt. John BoWyeT, a veteran of
the war of 1872, residing at Blue
Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier ooun-
ty, Virginia, on March 18th, 1929,
the date of Georges birth.
John Bowyer was of German de.
cent, was at one time sheriff
OF Greenbrier county, afterwards
United States Marshall of the
Western District of Virginia, and
removed from Gresnbrier to what
was then part of Kanawha (formed
into Putnam in 1849) when the
subject of this sketch was of ten.
der age. Was the owner of some
$1,000 acres of lsni in Putnam
and FaYette counties, and repres
ented Putnam county in the Vir-
ginia Legislature one term He
died in 1878 in his S5th year, and
is still survived by his second
wife.
The cid homestead, erected by
him in 1871. one mile below Win
field, is still in fine state of pre-
servation. One of his sons, G. l..
Bowyer, resides there and it was
here, on the Nth day of August,
1898, while Col. n. B Bouyer, of
Florida, was on visit TO his BROTH
ers and sisters. all of whom were
then living. that happy reunion
OF the John Bowyer family was
held, and the birthday anniversary
of Col. n. B Bowyer was celebrat.
ed. Since that date three immedi-
ate members of said family have
died, viz: L r. Bowyer, the
youngest member of the family,
Mrs. NJ. L Miller and George G.
George @ Bowyer when boy Ie-
ceived such an education as the
schools of the surrounding country
afforded. which schools he attend
ed assiduously. a.d bssldes spent
some time at school in Lewisburg
While a boy he travelled about a
great deal with his father when
huainasa OompaIIad him - A. -
and acquired sort of fondness for
rowing. Shortly after arriving at
his majority Ee took a fancy to
make trip to California, and did
30 going alone, by the isthmus
route. After few months he re-
turned. and though he kept his
health remarkably we'll on the trip
when there was great deal of sick
ness all around him, he took the
Ifhmna favar O fau, lo-o H.