William Allen Bowden (b. November 24, 1877, d. March 24, 1941)
William Allen Bowden (son of John Huse Bowden and Sarah Hughes) was born November 24, 1877 in Gum Log, Arkansas13, and died March 24, 1941 in Clarksville, Texas. He married Mattana Milby on December 1900 in Cerro Gordo, Oklahoma, daughter of Harry Milby and Jessie Gullatt.
Notes for William Allen Bowden: Gum Log, Arkansas was an area, never a town and now it is one word. There is a Gumlog township which has existed prior to 1860. There is a road marker about 2 miles northeast of Russellville on State Highway 124 that has "Gumlog" on it designating a rural community. (Milton C. Tucker, Dover Arkansas, correspondence)
More About William Allen Bowden: Fact 1: Lumber Mill Owner.
More About William Allen Bowden and Mattana Milby: Marriage: December 1900, Cerro Gordo, Oklahoma.
Children of William Allen Bowden and Mattana Milby are:
+Harry Houston Bowden, b. November 06, 1906, DeQueen, Arkansas, d. July 14, 1981, Quitman, Texas.