Sarah Burton BOWERS

1855 - 1936  (80 years)

• Name	Sarah Burton BOWERS
  Nickname	Sallie
  Birth	13 Nov 1855	Norfolk Co, VA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  census 1860 - free	24 Jul 1860	Portsmouth, VA   [2]
  census 1870	29 Jul 1870	Portsmouth, VA   [3]
  Death	11 Nov 1936  [4]
  	Sallie was two days shy of her 81st birthday at the time of her death.
  Burial	Portsmouth City, VA   [4]
  	Her body was interred in the James E. Curlin family plot at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Person ID	I59155	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Stephen E. BOWERS,   b. Abt 1829, Virginia d. 18 Mar 1919 (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane DENBY,   b. 24 Mar 1831, Louisianna d. 30 Dec 1912, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F5332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James E. CURLIN,   b. 1851, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA d. 1924 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	21 Aug 1876	Portsmouth City, VA   [5]
  	The couple was married by J. Powell Garland on 21 August 1876 in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Children	1. Charles CURLIN,   b. 20 Sep 1876, Virginia d. 20 Feb 1960 (Age 83 years)   2. Sarah May CURLIN,   b. Oct 1880, Virginia d. 18 Apr 1962 (Age 81 years)   3. Blanch Drummond CURLIN,   b. Dec 1885, Virginia   4. Stephen James CURLIN,   b. 3 Dec 1895, Portsmouth City, VA
  Family ID	F6025	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1910 US Census / Curlin, James E. 712 London Street, Potsmouth, Virginia.
  		1920 US Census / Curlin, James 712 London Street, Portsmouth, Virginia.
  		1930 US Census / Pablo, Walter L. 1314 Spratley Court, Portsmouth, Virginia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S274] Emily L. Walker, transcriber & editor, Walker, Norfolk County Birth & Death Register, (Norfolk, VA: by the editor, 1997), Births: p. 21. Nco Birth Register p. 20/133. [S5143] 1860 US Census / Bowers, Stephen. [S5144] 1870 US Census / Bowers, Stephen. [S1328] Cedar Grove Cemetery burial registers, Norfolk, VA. [S1282] James E. Curlin - Sallie B. Bowers marriage (1876), Portsmouth, VA Marriage Register 1, f. 38, file no. 1902. .