Aged 55..."he suffered from deep melancholy from which he could not be roused...Friday night he rested well and on Saturday morning he arose at 5 o'clock and said he felt better than he had for a long time. He went about his chores, assisted by his son and wife, and seemed to be taking his usual interest in his stock...The family returned to the house and while Mrs. Bowen was getting breakfast, Mr. Bowen went out to the barn to see the mare and colt. As he left the house he was smoking a short stemmed pipe. He was in the habit of throwing his pipe away and when inclined to smoke again would pick it up. He was seen to throw the pipe away on Friday, but he found it again Saturday morning and was smoking as he went out to the barn lot. It is supposed that he went into the barn and while there became disgusted with the pipe and slung it away. It is supposed that the pipe set fire to the hay and when Mr. Bowen saw the fire endeavored to rescue three calves that were in the barn...when Mr. Bowen opened the door on the west side to get at the calves, it is the supposition that the blaze and smoke hit him with such force as to knock him down and suffocate him in an instant"...Came to area in 1876...Father of John, Willie and Ray...Obit Columbia Chronicle, Dayton WA, 16 April 1913, Page 2.
Aged 55..."he suffered from deep melancholy from which he could not be roused...Friday night he rested well and on Saturday morning he arose at 5 o'clock and said he felt better than he had for a long time. He went about his chores, assisted by his son and wife, and seemed to be taking his usual interest in his stock...The family returned to the house and while Mrs. Bowen was getting breakfast, Mr. Bowen went out to the barn to see the mare and colt. As he left the house he was smoking a short stemmed pipe. He was in the habit of throwing his pipe away and when inclined to smoke again would pick it up. He was seen to throw the pipe away on Friday, but he found it again Saturday morning and was smoking as he went out to the barn lot. It is supposed that he went into the barn and while there became disgusted with the pipe and slung it away. It is supposed that the pipe set fire to the hay and when Mr. Bowen saw the fire endeavored to rescue three calves that were in the barn...when Mr. Bowen opened the door on the west side to get at the calves, it is the supposition that the blaze and smoke hit him with such force as to knock him down and suffocate him in an instant"...Came to area in 1876...Father of John, Willie and Ray...Obit Columbia Chronicle, Dayton WA, 16 April 1913, Page 2.
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