Mary Jane DENBY^[1]

1831 - 1912  (81 years)

• Name	Mary Jane DENBY
  Birth	24 Mar 1831	Louisianna   [1]
  	The birth place noted on her death certificate has been slightly altered from "Va" to "La."
  Gender	Female
  birth2 (conflicting)	Mar 1838	Louisianna   [2]
  marriage bond	4 Apr 1853	Norfolk Co, VA   [3]
  Death	30 Dec 1912	Portsmouth City, VA   [1]
  	The cause of death was noted as cerebral paralysis, which was most likely a stroke. She was 81 years old at the time of her death.
  Burial	2 Jan 1913	Portsmouth City, VA   [1, 4]
  	Her body was interred on 2 January 1913 in the Stephen Bowers family plot at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Person ID	I59152	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	William Boyd DENBY   d. Bef 1850
  Mother	Jane VEAL,   b. c.1813, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA d. 12 Dec 1856, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA
  Marriage	26 Feb 1829	Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA   [5]
  Family ID	F5234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stephen E. BOWERS,   b. Abt 1829, Virginia d. 18 Mar 1919 (Age 90 years)
  Children	1. Alice D. BOWERS,   b. 30 Jan 1854, Norfolk Co, VA d. 23 Aug 1855, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 1 year)   2. Sarah Burton BOWERS,   b. 13 Nov 1855, Norfolk Co, VA d. 11 Nov 1936 (Age 80 years)   3. William D. BOWERS,   b. Jan 1858, Virginia d. 21 Mar 1948 (Age 90 years)   4. Blanche BOWERS,   b. Jan 1860, Virginia d. 22 Oct 1918 (Age 58 years)   5. Josephine S. BOWERS,   b. c.1863, Virginia d. 27 Aug 1949   6. Adelia Denby BOWERS,   b. 14 Feb 1865, Portsmouth City, VA d. 26 May 1884, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 19 years)   7. May J. BOWERS,   b. 9 Sep 1867, Portsmouth City, VA d. 27 Apr 1929 (Age 61 years)   8. Eva McAlpine BOWERS,   b. 22 May 1870, Portsmouth City, VA d. 18 Apr 1961 (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F5332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S5333] Mary J. Bowers, Virginia death certificate no. 14222 (1912). [S5150] 1900 US Census / Bowers, Stephen. [S4060] Elizabeth B. Hanbury, compiler, Hanbury, Marriages of Norfolk County, Virginia 1851-1865 Volume V, (Chesapeake, VA: by the compiler, 1997). p. 6. [S5362] Cedar Grove Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA. information obtained August 2005. [S4968] Bernard J. Henley, compiler, Henley Marriage & Obituary Database. Visitor and Telegraph (7 Mar 1829) p. 3, c. 5.