Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #266 from Delaware Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Memoirs 1865-1950

Date of Conference Journal Memoir/Obituary April 4-9, 1923
Deceased Person John W. Bowling
Birth 3/27/1857; Brandywine, Prince Georges County, Md
Death 6/3/1922; Mardella Springs, Md.; 65 yo. Funeral services held at Mardela Springs Church on 6/5/1922 & buried there.
Church Service, Charges Served, Affiliated Locations, and Other Biographical Information Converted at Wye Campground, Queen Anne County, Md in 1885 & joined John Wesley M. E. Church at Carmichael, Md. Held positions in Delaware Conference at: St Daniel M. E. Church, Chester, Pa; Ridgely, Md; Woodland, Md; Warwick, Del, Mt Vernon, Md.; Widgton (Wigeon?), Md; Wachapreague, Va.; Hurlock, Md; Woodland, Md. Moved church from Boonsboro to Ridgely & built parsonage. Moved a church at Hillsboro, Md. Retired 1918. Then served at Fruitland & Mardela Springs & remodelled church there.
Family and Other Information Parents: John & Henrietta Bowling 1st Spouse: Lucy Mead; died 1885 2nd Spouse: Annie M. Flamer. Survived by spouse, 4 sons, 4 daughters & 2 grandchildren
Online PDF Page Number (if available) pdg pg 100
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