Clara Belle Colby

Female 1878 - 1961  (82 years)


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  • Name Clara Belle Colby  [1
    Birth 13 Apr 1878  , Kent, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Cemetery 1961  Greenhill Cemetery, Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Headstone 1961  [1
    Burial 1961  Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Address:
    Greenhill Cemetery
    Laramie, Wyoming
    United States
    https://www.cityoflaramie.org/index.aspx?NID=118 
    Death 19 Jan 1961  Thermopolis, Hot Springs, Wyoming, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Age 82 years 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    William Warner Colby,   b. 17 Aug 1845,, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Aug 1929, Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)  (Father) 
    Rosetta Jane Lovejoy,   b. 3 Oct 1853, Clear Lake, Steuben, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1909, Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)  (Mother) 
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    Person ID I36373  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2017 

    Father William Warner Colby,   b. 17 Aug 1845, , Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Aug 1929, Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Rosetta Jane Lovejoy,   b. 3 Oct 1853, Clear Lake, Steuben, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1909, Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Family ID F14423  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elmer Ellsworth Bowman,   b. 1 Sep 1881, , , Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1931 (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 22 Oct 1902 
    Age at Marriage She : 24 years and 6 months - He : 21 years and 1 month. 
    _STAT Divorced 
    Children 1 son and 2 daughters 
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2017 
    Family ID F14422  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Apr 1878 - , Kent, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCemetery - 1961 - Greenhill Cemetery, Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Greenhill Cemetery
    Laramie, Wyoming
    United States
    https://www.cityoflaramie.org/index.aspx?NID=118 - 1961 - Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States
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    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Jan 1961 - Thermopolis, Hot Springs, Wyoming, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] John Tipton, Find A Grave, (www.findagrave.com, 2012), 19 Aug 2017, Clara Belle Colby BOWMAN, Memorial #76217268 (Reliability: 3).
      Birth: Apr. 13, 1878
      Kent County
      Michigan, USA
      Death: Jan. 19, 1961
      Thermopolis
      Hot Springs County
      Wyoming, USA

      Clara Belle Colby Bowman was born in Kent, Michigan, April 13, 1878, daughter of William W. Colby and Rosetta Lovejoy Colby. Her parents moved to Nebraska where she married Elmer E. Bowman October 22, 1902. With her husband and parents, she moved to Laramie, Wyoming soon after.

      She attended the University of Nebraska from 1889 to 1900, and received her normal diploma from the University of Wyoming in 1912. She obtained her bachelor's degree from the same university in 1917, and the master's degree in 1929.

      She taught from 1895 to 1945 in various high schools and grade schools in Wyoming and Nebraska. She was a member of the faculty of the University of Wyoming from1919 to 1931, and principal of the Cody Junior High School from 1932 to 1938.

      She was a member of Phi Kappa Phi, a national honor society, and Kappa Delta Phi, a national education society.

      Mrs. Bowman held several records in the field of education. She was the first student in Wyoming to take courses being organized on the retarded child, the first in the state to administer the Binet Intelligence Test to students, and the first to receive a bachelor's degree in elementary education in Wyoming.



      Family links:
      Parents:
      William Warner Colby (1845 - 1929)
      Rossetta Jane Lovejoy Colby (1853 - 1909)

      Spouse:
      Elmer Ellsworth Bowman (1881 - 1931)*

      Children:
      Maurine Bowman (1904 - 1904)*
      Elmer Colby Bowman (1905 - 1905)*
      Hazel Minerva Bowman Kerper (1906 - 1975)*

      Siblings:
      Emma Mae Colby (1876 - 1877)*
      Clara Belle Colby Bowman (1878 - 1961)
      Hannah Mable Colby (1884 - 1885)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      Greenhill Cemetery
      Laramie
      Albany County
      Wyoming, USA
      Plot: Row D Lot 21 Space 3

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      Maintained by: Linda Guynup Dewey
      Originally Created by: Lostnwyomn
      Record added: Sep 08, 2011
      Find A Grave Memorial# 76217268


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