Bowser Family Cemetery

Bowser Family Cemetery (HM12NF)

Location: Manteo, NC 27954 Dare County
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Country: United States of America
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N 35° 53.14', W 75° 40.105'

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This marker recognizes the final resting place of Spencer Bowser, the patriarch of a prominent African American family in North Carolina. Also buried here are several other members of the Bowser family, including J.P. Bowser, Lloyd B. Bowser, Q.B. Bowser, L.C. Bowser, Naomi Augusta Collins, Reginald Mahew Collins, and William C. Bowser, who was a "surfman" at the Pea Island Station of the United States Life Saving Service, the only station manned entirely by African Americans in this division of the United States Coast Guard.
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HM NumberHM12NF
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Date Added Saturday, October 11th, 2014 at 2:59pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 439669 N 3971473
Decimal Degrees35.88566667, -75.66841667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 35° 53.14', W 75° 40.105'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds35° 53' 8.40" N, 75° 40' 6.30" W
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Area Code(s)252
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1 Visitors Center Circle, Manteo NC 27954, US
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