John Squires Bowker

John Squires Bowker is Carol Kennington's maternal grandfather. Below you'll see a reference to his daughter Cleo Arvilla, who is Carol's mother.

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia
(book online at Google Books)

The book includes names of LDS members in alphabetical order. Scroll down find "Bowker" and see John Squires Bowker's photo and description. I have included the photo and text.

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Bowker, John Squires, Bishop of the Groveland Ward (Blackfoot Stake), Bingham county, Idaho, was born April 7, 1871, at American Fork, Utah county, Utah, the son of John Bratton Bowker and Mary Emily Squires. He was blessed as a child by Bishop Leonard E. Harrington of American Fork in May, 1871, baptized in July 1880, by Emmanuel Richman, was ordained an Elder in 1895 by Bishop Anders O. Ingelstrom at Blackfoot, Idaho, and ordained a High Priest Feb. 5, 1898, at Iona, Idaho, by Robert L. Bybee. Bro. Bowker has from his early youth been an active member of the Church wherever he has resided; he always took an active part in any labor that tended to build up the country temporally as well as spiritually. In the Logan Temple, Nov. 27, 1895, he married Rosella M. Wilson, daughter of Lewis D. Wilson and Eliza E. Hunt. From February, 1898, to Sept. 17, 1899, he labored as a counselor to Bishop Hans P. Christiansen of the Moreland Ward, and in 1914 (May 24th) he was ordained a Bishop by Apostle Geo. F. Richards and set apart to preside over the Groveland Ward, in Idaho. Before laboring as a member of the bishopric he was an active worker in the Priesthood and the Y.M.M.I.A., and from his early youth he has been a strict observer of the Word of Wisdom. His marriage has been blessed with six children, namely, a boy who died at birth: Viola May, born May 21, 1898; Veda Elinore, born Dec. 31, 1899; John Lyman, born April 27, 1902; Cleo Arvilla, born July 30, 1903; and Elina, born Dec. 15, 1908. Bishop Bowker's occupation has been that of an agriculturist.