Los Angeles Times 30 Jan 1919
RUFUS V BOWDEN IS DEAD IN NEW YORK
Former 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