Historical records matching Francis Tiffany Bowles
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About Francis Tiffany Bowles
Rear-Admiral Bowles, Famous as Ship-Builder, Dies at Cape Cod Home.
Former Chief of Bureau of Construction and Repair of United States Navy was Grandson of Samuel Bowles, Founder of The Republican - Built Many Warships for the United States Navy and Developed Great Hog Island Shipyard - Led Business Interests on Cape Cod.
Rear Admiral Francis Tiffany Bowles, world famous as a shipbuilder and former chief of the bureau and construction and repair of the United States navy, who was born in Springfield in 1858 and was a grandson of Samuel Bowles, founder of The Republican, died at 6:58 yesterday morning at his summer home on Commerce road, Barnstable, of a heart attack. He had been in failing health for the greater part of a year. With him at the time of his death was his wife, Mrs. Adelaide Savage Bowles; his daughter and only living child, Mrs. Alfred P. Lowell of 11 Mount Vernon street, Boston, and Mrs. Otto Cursch of Baden-Baden, Ger...
Source: Springfield Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts), Thursday, August 4, 1927, page 1.
Additional Reference Information:
- "Fore River Shipyard", article by Mesothelioma.com (link accessed December 17, 2024).
- "Quincy Shipyard Launches First Nuclear Powered Cruiser", citation of news story published on July 14, 1959, cited by Mass Moments, a project of Mass Humanities (link accessed December 17, 2024).
- "Bowles, Francis Tiffany, 1858-1927", collections / records of the U.S. Naval War College Archives (link accessed December 17, 2024).
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Francis Tiffany Bowles's Timeline
| 1858 |
October 7, 1858
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Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1888 |
November 6, 1888
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Norfolk, VA, United States
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| 1890 |
January 23, 1890
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Norfolk, Virginia, United States
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| 1927 |
August 3, 1927
Age 68
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Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
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