Merle Claude Bowman

Merle married Lena Lillian Scovill, daughter of Harry Frank Scovill and Annis Lucy Ward, on 28 Sep 1928 in , Linn, Missouri. (Lena Lillian Scovill was born on 22 Jul 1905 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, died on 20 Sep 1943 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri and was buried in Wheeling, Livingston, Missouri.)

Merle next married Ethel Gertrude Scovill, daughter of Harry Frank Scovill and Annis Lucy Ward, on 4 Nov 1944 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. (Ethel Gertrude Scovill was born on 20 Mar 1901 in , Livingston, Missouri and died in 1986.)