Urban {Age 1} is recorded on the
1900 census at Bingham, Somerset, Maine
dwelling in the household of his parents.
Cause of death - Suicide.
Occupation - Shoemaker.
Urban and Abbie married 21 July 1917
at Farmingdale, Kennebec, Maine
They were the parents of three children;
Anne [born and died on 18 November 1917],
Richard Foster, Urban Lawrence.
This marriage ended in divorce in 1930.
On 12 September 1918 Urban signed the
draft for service in WW I.
Urban {Age 40} is recorded on the 1940 census at Farmingdale, Kennebec, Maine
dwelling in the household of his mother.
KENNEBEC JOURNAL - 24 August 1940:
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Urban A. Gowen, age 42, committed suicide
at about noon yesterday in the garage of
his Clark Street home in Farmingdale.
He shot himself in the right temple with
a .38 caliber revolver.
He was found at 7 o'clock last evening by
his sister, Mrs. Myra Shaw when she opened the garage doors to drive her car in. Despondency was probably the cause.
He was a laster at the Commonwealth Shoe
& Leather Company factory at Gardiner and made his home with his mother and sister.
1900 census at Bingham, Somerset, Maine
dwelling in the household of his parents.
Cause of death - Suicide.
Occupation - Shoemaker.
Urban and Abbie married 21 July 1917
at Farmingdale, Kennebec, Maine
They were the parents of three children;
Anne [born and died on 18 November 1917],
Richard Foster, Urban Lawrence.
This marriage ended in divorce in 1930.
On 12 September 1918 Urban signed the
draft for service in WW I.
Urban {Age 40} is recorded on the 1940 census at Farmingdale, Kennebec, Maine
dwelling in the household of his mother.
KENNEBEC JOURNAL - 24 August 1940:
********************************
Urban A. Gowen, age 42, committed suicide
at about noon yesterday in the garage of
his Clark Street home in Farmingdale.
He shot himself in the right temple with
a .38 caliber revolver.
He was found at 7 o'clock last evening by
his sister, Mrs. Myra Shaw when she opened the garage doors to drive her car in. Despondency was probably the cause.
He was a laster at the Commonwealth Shoe
& Leather Company factory at Gardiner and made his home with his mother and sister.
Urban {Age 1} is recorded on the
1900 census at Bingham, Somerset, Maine
dwelling in the household of his parents.
Cause of death - Suicide.
Occupation - Shoemaker.
Urban and Abbie married 21 July 1917
at Farmingdale, Kennebec, Maine
They were the parents of three children;
Anne [born and died on 18 November 1917],
Richard Foster, Urban Lawrence.
This marriage ended in divorce in 1930.
On 12 September 1918 Urban signed the
draft for service in WW I.
Urban {Age 40} is recorded on the 1940 census at Farmingdale, Kennebec, Maine
dwelling in the household of his mother.
KENNEBEC JOURNAL - 24 August 1940:
********************************
Urban A. Gowen, age 42, committed suicide
at about noon yesterday in the garage of
his Clark Street home in Farmingdale.
He shot himself in the right temple with
a .38 caliber revolver.
He was found at 7 o'clock last evening by
his sister, Mrs. Myra Shaw when she opened the garage doors to drive her car in. Despondency was probably the cause.
He was a laster at the Commonwealth Shoe
& Leather Company factory at Gardiner and made his home with his mother and sister.
1900 census at Bingham, Somerset, Maine
dwelling in the household of his parents.
Cause of death - Suicide.
Occupation - Shoemaker.
Urban and Abbie married 21 July 1917
at Farmingdale, Kennebec, Maine
They were the parents of three children;
Anne [born and died on 18 November 1917],
Richard Foster, Urban Lawrence.
This marriage ended in divorce in 1930.
On 12 September 1918 Urban signed the
draft for service in WW I.
Urban {Age 40} is recorded on the 1940 census at Farmingdale, Kennebec, Maine
dwelling in the household of his mother.
KENNEBEC JOURNAL - 24 August 1940:
********************************
Urban A. Gowen, age 42, committed suicide
at about noon yesterday in the garage of
his Clark Street home in Farmingdale.
He shot himself in the right temple with
a .38 caliber revolver.
He was found at 7 o'clock last evening by
his sister, Mrs. Myra Shaw when she opened the garage doors to drive her car in. Despondency was probably the cause.
He was a laster at the Commonwealth Shoe
& Leather Company factory at Gardiner and made his home with his mother and sister.
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URBAN A. GOWEN
1898 - 1940
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