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MEMORIAL: WASHINGTON BEALL BOWIE (1878-1960) Prince George's County, Maryland, has lost one of its few remaining lifelong gentlemen farmers in the passing of Washington Beall Bowie who died on October 13, 1960, at South Baltimore General Hospital. He became ill and lived only a few hours after arrival at the hospital. Mr. Bowie was the son of William John Bowie and Rosalie Beall, born on February 1, 1878 and spent practically all his life at "Mount Lubentia", his ancestral home on Largo Road, which is one of the really handsome and historic houses in Prince George's County. His father died in 1886 at the age of 41 ; his surviving mother passed away September 21, 1921, spending her widowed years with her son, Beall, only surviving child. He attended the former Maryland Agricultural College (now University of Maryland) and was graduated at Spencerian Business College in Washington, D. C. Mr. Bowie's principal interest was that of operating several large farms in the area of his home, which he continued until the end. When the Upper Marlboro Branch of County Trust Company of Maryland (then Eastern Shore Trust Company) was established in 1920, Mr. Bowie became a member of the first board of directors. He served until September 1958, when he resigned because of failing health and was succeeded on the board by his son William Beall Bowie. He served nearly fifty years on the Vestry of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Leeland, Md. Surviving are his wife, the former Frances Chapman Dodge of Georgetown, D. C , three sons, William Beall, Forrest Dodge and John Marbury, and two daughters, Mrs. Juliet B. Dopp and Mrs. Rosalie B. Pearre. He also leaves fifteen grandchildren. Services were held in St. Barnabas Church with interment in the church cemetery, where his parents and grandparents are also buried. Genealogy: Washington Beall Bowie, son of William John Bowie and Rosalie Beall; he son of William Benjamin Bowie and Ann Hall Clark; he son of John Burgess Bowie and Catherine Hall; he son of William Bowie, III and Ersula Burgess; she daughter of Richard Burgess and Elizabeth Magruder; she daughter of John Magruder and Susanna Smith; he son of Samuel Magruder and Sarah Beall; he son of Alexander Magruder, immigrant. Mr. Bowie has another Magruder line through Washington Jeremiah Beall, who married Mary Ann Magruder; she daughter of Dennis Magruder of "Mt, Lubentia" and his 4th wife Mary Ann Beard. Their daughter was Rosalie Beall, the mother of Washington Beall Bowie. Mr. Bowie's line continues with William Bowie, Jr., and Rachel Pottinger; he son of John Bowie, Jr., and Mary Offutt; he son of John Bowie, immigrant, and Mary Mullikin. Source: http://archives.ubalt.edu/acgs/pdf/1961.pdf, pgs. 50-51 2600:1700:76B0:4D60:6800:19BE:2F0B:B3F4 (talk) 19:01, 29 February 2024 (UTC)