Los
Angeles Times 30 Jan 1919
RUFUS V
BOWDEN IS DEAD IN
NEW YORKFormer Civil
Service Commissioner Here
Dies After a Brief Illness
Los
Angeles-- Rufus V. Bowden, special counsel of the internal revenue department of the United States Treasury formerly a civil service commissioner of
Los Angeles and well known for his professional work in
California and the South, died in
NEW YORK City after a brief illness, according to word received by the family here. The body will be taken to El
Paso for burial in the family plot.
Mr. Bowden, who was born in the South and was in his 48th year, spent many years in the practice of his profession in
Texas. He came to
Los Angeles about five years ago, and at once became a prominent figure in the local bar. He was a member of the
Los Angeles Civil
Service Commission when he received the call to
Washington to become special counsel for the Treasury Department, about a year ago. He had been in
NEW YORK for several months, giving his attention to special Government work.
Besides the widow, he leaves two children, Lieutenant
Adkins BOWDEN, now in France, and Miss
Adeline BOWDEN, who is attending a school in El
Paso