Notes for Mary Bowman: One warm summer evening Grandpa was the designated caretaker for his son, Warner's children;Mattie, Mary, Robert and Elizabeth. He had a special interest in having the grandchildren stick to his curfew, especialy the girls! he always waited for them with a long switch, which was usually reserved for the oldest two... Mary and Mattie. On this particular night while he waited, our Grandparents (Johnson & Mary ) went- a - calling. When Grandpa Alonza heard a noise he called out "Mary is that you?"( our Grandma Mary ) answered "yes", and Grandpa Alonza came out from behind the bush with a long switch and was about to use it when (Grandpa) Johnson said " This is my Mary, Pa!" Grandpa Alonza admonished him by saying you must speak up son, my switch is ready, dog foot! (His favorite saying was dog foot!)
More About Mary Bowman and Johnson James Penn: Marriage: Dec 1910
Children of Mary Bowman and Johnson James Penn are:
+Saphronia Penn, b. 25 Aug 1912, Bedford, Virginia, d. 08 Feb 2001, Bedford, Virginia.
+Lucille Virginia Penn, b. 04 Oct 1914, Bedford,Virginia, d. 18 Jan 2003, Queens, New York.
+Dorothy Penn, b. 04 Aug 1916, Bedford, Virginia, d. 09 Aug 2001, Queens, New York.
Mary Bowman (b. 29 May 1893, d. 25 Mar 1978)
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