Title	Mrs.
Last Name	Bowdoin
First Name	Mary
Middle Name
Maiden Name	Murray
Nick Name
Place of Birth	Bangor, ME
Date of Birth	1851-08-15
Place of Death	Dexter, ME
Date of Death	1916-12-30
Publication	The Eastern Gazette 1-4&11-1917, pp.1&8
Obituary	Mrs. Mary Bowdoin Mrs. Mary Bowdoin, former wife of George Peavey, passed away on Saturday, December 30, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mabel Dunham of Dexter. Her home was with her youngest son, Eddie, in northwest Garland and she had gone by invitation to spend Christmas in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Will Dunham. She was quite feeble, having suffered from a shock two years ago from which she never fully rallied, and her last illness was brief. Memorial services were conducted at Mrs. Dunham's by Rev. S. G. Spear of Dexter. She was a faithful and devoted mother and "her children rise up and call her blessed." She left four sons and two daughters, Mrs. Mabel Dunham and Mrs. Grace Dudley, both of Dexter. The Eastern Gazette 1-4-1917, p.1 Mrs. Mary E. Bowdoin Mrs. Mary E. Bowdoin died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. F. Dunham, in Dexter, December 30. She was the widow of the late William Bowdoin of Ripley. Mrs. Bowdoin was born in Bangor 65 years ago, August 15, 1851, the daughter of Ivory Murray and spent most of her early life in Bangor, but late years has made her home in Ripley and Garland. Mrs. Bowdoin had a shock two years ago and she continued to fail from that time until her death. She was a very intelligent, capable woman, a kind mother of six children, a faithful wife and a good neighbor, and will be greatly missed in her home. She is survived by six chil- dren, Mrs. Mabel L. Dunham Dexter, Mrs. Grace M. Dudley Dexter, George I. Peavey Bangor, Frank L. Peavey Bangor, Melvin H. Peavey Boston, Mass., Edwin J. Peavey Garland; ten grandchildren: Grace M. Dunham, Anna M. Dunham Dexter, Francis, Charlie, Adriane, Paul and Dorothy Peavey, all of Boston, Ruth Mary Dudley Dexter, Helen R. Peavey, Geraldine Peavey Bangor; three sisters, Sarah E. Murray, Ella Stevens, Carrie Allen of Boston; two brothers, Alberto Murray, Orlando Murray, Bangor. Rev. Stanley Gates Spear, pastor of the Universalist church, officiated. The Eastern Gazette 1-11-1917, p.8