Beckham County, OK - Obits: Louis T. Bowman, 1904
18 Sep 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) 

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BOWMAN, LOUIS T.
(8 Sep 1904, Thursday, Elk City Democrat, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Sad was the news, received at 12:30 Tuesday, of the death of Louis T.
Bowman at Cheyenne of enlargement of the liver.  L. T. Bowman was one of
the old-time cattle kings of Western Oklahoma and Texas.  Broad minded,
generous to a fault.  Loyal to his friends, a man who blood was blue and
whose character was of the highest standard.  No man was his enemy.  He
was of the type of cattle kings, who in the dark days of the nester, never
turned one down.  If a nester settled in his pasture he would build a
fence around his crop, haul him fuel in the winter, have him a well dug,
loan him milk cows, give him employment, buy his crop and clothe his
children, in fact charity to a fault was the weakness of the generous
cattle king.
No plea for assistance from widow or orphan ever passed his door, no cry
of distress ever fell unheeded on his ear, no night too dark, no element
to (sic) severe, no river too deep to prevent Louis T. Bowman from going
to the cry of distress from his fellow man.
May his spirit reach that sphere of everlasting peace and happiness, while
man on earth worship the ashes that return to dust.  The Star of Bethlehem
will light him on his way to that grand spiritual mansion that was built
without tool of metal.  With the tool of his profession he has squared his
account on earth and raised himself from a perpendicular to a perfect
level and placed himself in a chapter of equality.
(9 Sep 1904, Friday, Sayre Standard, Beckham Co, OK):
L. T. Bowman Dead.
Louis T. Bowman died at his home northwest of Cheyenne, Tuesday, September
6th.  He had been sick about a month, and his illness and death was a
great surprise to those who knew him.
Mr. Bowman was 49 years old, and had been a resident of this county for a
number of years.  He was engaged in the cattle business, and was well
known among the cattlemen of both Western Oklahoma and Texas.  He was a
typical Westerner, courteous, hospitable and kind-hearted, and all who
knew him liked him.
He was buried Wednesday with the rites of the Royal Arch Masons, of which
he was a member.  A large crowd was present.