%PDF-1.7 1 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Outlines 2 0 R /Pages 3 0 R >> endobj 2 0 obj << /Type /Outlines /Count 0 >> endobj 3 0 obj << /Type /Pages /Kids [6 0 R 19 0 R ] /Count 2 /Resources << /ProcSet 4 0 R /Font << /F1 8 0 R /F2 9 0 R /F3 10 0 R /F4 11 0 R /F5 12 0 R /F6 14 0 R >> /XObject << /I1 15 0 R /I2 16 0 R /I3 23 0 R /I4 24 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 17 0 R /GS2 18 0 R /GS3 21 0 R /GS4 22 0 R >> >> /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] >> endobj 4 0 obj [/PDF /Text /ImageC ] endobj 5 0 obj << /Producer (dompdf 1.0.2 + CPDF) /CreationDate (D:20241127122429+00'00') /ModDate (D:20241127122429+00'00') >> endobj 6 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Contents 7 0 R >> endobj 7 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1882 >> stream xWMoFW16I$ZڃM-%rL5͖g$=&%Kp/âbW~U8 Dti֣3Sw幈ӂfK{Ba!)}yn t;}>>>>i:}Q" 0߯a"RœB$_4# A:_w!){˻x(C,) D_QJ}(qL(} n{A3؛,”[VjK+m FѶ}m=A@TVэiMU΃8I.F"=1T?:DL&1ۛGzyx~HWF׵Zn$uR:<7g" 7Ҩv ?kB[KT't AeK4E#&]RnJZVi+ݒ^A2ZV i pTj:6⪥SfW-04hn(G=<#>Mo?>}c7EgKiJSޮK u\K7WC$s=oGsPX2}U(ԗ{\phP,1qHx+Ɍhʴo;ndQAra)"ʇ%ݜi- Ɓ_v>"(sᇓHa#q ?~~= /a̦: Տ_'%Oֲ{b}|OVf!W'J6}SA9d|V ֛N^='tQ1IS~&f]yY̮j- Bo谍< L;=|% ^Boe2lD 3$Ϭ9H]%o 5FWmqp%>q^qkqqŝ^,Чj@V+ޠYfqF%H oB~ B{I Q iKޮ{C]eOY^(vZGt}wrxF@*&i|mnoA?cڬS & ^Dt_$*ǨZduoCZw|zE4MuzMO_ A endstream endobj 8 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F1 /BaseFont /Helvetica /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 9 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F2 /BaseFont /Times-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 10 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F3 /BaseFont /Times-Roman /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 11 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F4 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 12 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F5 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Oblique /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 13 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 14 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F6 /BaseFont /Times-Roman /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 15 0 obj << /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 550 /Height 140 /Filter /FlateDecode /DecodeParms << /Predictor 15 /Colors 1 /Columns 550 /BitsPerComponent 8>> /ColorSpace /DeviceGray /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 5329>> stream xqDǯ뺒$ILfff&I335Lf2\3I2L&_3$3I$d+$\W=9y9lLss99P`0 `0 `0 `0 !U_:~u = F~sZŻدns⃪Qg¢G(F[-s͓^ DZ>d>3Dr#\OΉ, ZFwjux<;4Ƀxز#_v?nO<|{7c(b{Oū}w[N e~Hs䎷wwOn<1B.k+%U=eԘ -mCj)t:}c'ϓ*n"-ovkZ?R"V%wʶ7s]eX&eǕq` 1-2e JYHCFOUam 7:(Ԙt_@ހN t{B~ :V@}o#7!z^&zFL:ʤn X<- %"bNWqF c` M'4?cH-V`ǵAF>=#Ěm75dB I&7E5<>-͏їFǿl3M6x]Y&)2 FoΌ N.<t i4wL\^=_|Fo؏IȄ ik$ɄL?{?|tmCޮ=~T&iTevϷ'奔s?EꋄLPY͹箵?@L:Aˤ3y_:9AtA*0qVe- e6g)%a}.qKcI V/xʤzM|\ HSql0;*%+Mذ-闛obebu2iU&lLbtIcxb5^B#8 ޮaʻ _ w>j+L:$"&O;bZ K1 jmU玫ݢ=S/J<WO2'_yUPvp=`"aL5 Nl7"rlQT޼==-I[Se* F'(\`󴯉'{:נnVZ TG6*r$Tyx^LJū.C<3` %ANrxUo"˄ 0&$tO F&bIcW3GG͈ y!{m,LkCI d,(2"@ dR%F1thUL8Rݒ^+v9^?sʯYעDl~Qd" N2sc|ov}=F,3K#vxIvG^,[OM&wI[#,Jޙ\ض;L^fv[LbyYvM#/EI#/Zס$(ڼ ," &LK/IF i-Zx彰픢]MKeR n(PhV'LҸ\f$w/ e]"mɷWO߻˱ KerSPe (ӼGMȈ}X?ʍto7ZKl+81_Y&ǡd uʤ1Vw!sQ"/$zNkw(t)2BWQW"˄OXLp:e‡# וzn2F}qlc5ؾ:WH xLz LP:d# Q>(MRېd2Qt$o~R$YR5,-nޜLr_βehd" 2k1lvO X= eC p+[R=jU!֖}_DޟY2 (*wkZQ>Fl̲soR#^u3hhyTԲt.LtD8sk4z4Rbl@zp4hy0Tn\=.fnő Y/:TC9<@fSI$:QR/bq7DfR/ֻn)Vqd"䳽˄GL;ϝRG顼n&%Sv eFv,L"t}I&N> D73]$e)( ;]XhL`kSzJlcC$<)깍h}dr,1ܝRM뭍eMa $?e3f8΍҈&P(x+JU5{I 3 M- ;7|#G9 !\œ&=xp2,L{-`?OW":4uܚEadv ~9q.VdV%UT@73$@W¯B!ݒaVLH:!opr;gAɀiήpfߙR E/IDO*Luf0}{7mfyDxT.g)w5RvHx#Z]&M$ gZUTt+lZqZ_;a&JaG,-JLJDFIcV|:I3nB&;N0Lna=Y_Gl,p5,,kc EKgd;2vt7selT9˸sX޲.6r<1!| L0lTMS1?Xsf cq )KSgBB&׭x. v c@^Yk΀v],E[ɾ QhYyXXC2)g/J@su1ScL, ?C[{V2i͛!סӠ&> 6lu>4Ƕʤ|=12鱧l{^:a/Y%~].26G: p^CZ V&Vedҟ?RrX7d#I]ՕuL1 ?_ /12IEh ̴b<ӯ^e _ϝ䰻^]vy> /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 873>> stream x1j08-K/)],) &gi+:U̲\"9H!@"9H!@"9H!@eY.Z[p_E{QHKV[/`j%ʒcP,SX4W{7urd5ɱPr:-ֆʇX$$zfZpClbw7z{[]qGlwlGlZiM,ߺ7x}w` L9=3zpWL9 j)ۓB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$e]k` B$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$/؋ endstream endobj 17 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 0.3 >> endobj 18 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 0.3 >> endobj 19 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Contents 20 0 R >> endobj 20 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1234 >> stream xV6W1%K[&AmA큖(YItIjU7JcҦ7&2iIrsӊjk2Z.t7/v|v%ݾ)N%*?&Heѝ\]J=H*ՖF HIIcI%QսhHB5F{YN>vfIR5T^h;e]#k#GDI>HsB9vɘYF/BM]@8ZiGWڨ,BQ:o)J jYHzRq*!rU[rM Ճ7 TjzA2le-)RiPLB,=E~`/dpeiQ s=kJ4S.{5!`0f41鳄LO;irgxZpȘɥcuֻDŽig!!qNA#eу}@|tQ:i]?C[B`ې}瞚lKC[g`|ѾǾ#%K-ا~(4ePjבW\ICže1 FOmHl^MwobFˋ̻4|-؂EA4a!Q2idiP_ n01o|zĿMUa]'mJ?뛏am%9sm!ſ6űxnS~ٴL[1Ey^EM؄Gޕ6fy/f؜9In3%*` endstream endobj 21 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 1 >> endobj 22 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 1 >> endobj 23 0 obj << /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 550 /Height 140 /Filter /FlateDecode /DecodeParms << /Predictor 15 /Colors 1 /Columns 550 /BitsPerComponent 8>> /ColorSpace /DeviceGray /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 5329>> stream xqDǯ뺒$ILfff&I335Lf2\3I2L&_3$3I$d+$\W=9y9lLss99P`0 `0 `0 `0 !U_:~u = F~sZŻدns⃪Qg¢G(F[-s͓^ DZ>d>3Dr#\OΉ, ZFwjux<;4Ƀxز#_v?nO<|{7c(b{Oū}w[N e~Hs䎷wwOn<1B.k+%U=eԘ -mCj)t:}c'ϓ*n"-ovkZ?R"V%wʶ7s]eX&eǕq` 1-2e JYHCFOUam 7:(Ԙt_@ހN t{B~ :V@}o#7!z^&zFL:ʤn X<- %"bNWqF c` M'4?cH-V`ǵAF>=#Ěm75dB I&7E5<>-͏їFǿl3M6x]Y&)2 FoΌ N.<t i4wL\^=_|Fo؏IȄ ik$ɄL?{?|tmCޮ=~T&iTevϷ'奔s?EꋄLPY͹箵?@L:Aˤ3y_:9AtA*0qVe- e6g)%a}.qKcI V/xʤzM|\ HSql0;*%+Mذ-闛obebu2iU&lLbtIcxb5^B#8 ޮaʻ _ w>j+L:$"&O;bZ K1 jmU玫ݢ=S/J<WO2'_yUPvp=`"aL5 Nl7"rlQT޼==-I[Se* F'(\`󴯉'{:נnVZ TG6*r$Tyx^LJū.C<3` %ANrxUo"˄ 0&$tO F&bIcW3GG͈ y!{m,LkCI d,(2"@ dR%F1thUL8Rݒ^+v9^?sʯYעDl~Qd" N2sc|ov}=F,3K#vxIvG^,[OM&wI[#,Jޙ\ض;L^fv[LbyYvM#/EI#/Zס$(ڼ ," &LK/IF i-Zx彰픢]MKeR n(PhV'LҸ\f$w/ e]"mɷWO߻˱ KerSPe (ӼGMȈ}X?ʍto7ZKl+81_Y&ǡd uʤ1Vw!sQ"/$zNkw(t)2BWQW"˄OXLp:e‡# וzn2F}qlc5ؾ:WH xLz LP:d# Q>(MRېd2Qt$o~R$YR5,-nޜLr_βehd" 2k1lvO X= eC p+[R=jU!֖}_DޟY2 (*wkZQ>Fl̲soR#^u3hhyTԲt.LtD8sk4z4Rbl@zp4hy0Tn\=.fnő Y/:TC9<@fSI$:QR/bq7DfR/ֻn)Vqd"䳽˄GL;ϝRG顼n&%Sv eFv,L"t}I&N> D73]$e)( ;]XhL`kSzJlcC$<)깍h}dr,1ܝRM뭍eMa $?e3f8΍҈&P(x+JU5{I 3 M- ;7|#G9 !\œ&=xp2,L{-`?OW":4uܚEadv ~9q.VdV%UT@73$@W¯B!ݒaVLH:!opr;gAɀiήpfߙR E/IDO*Luf0}{7mfyDxT.g)w5RvHx#Z]&M$ gZUTt+lZqZ_;a&JaG,-JLJDFIcV|:I3nB&;N0Lna=Y_Gl,p5,,kc EKgd;2vt7selT9˸sX޲.6r<1!| L0lTMS1?Xsf cq )KSgBB&׭x. v c@^Yk΀v],E[ɾ QhYyXXC2)g/J@su1ScL, ?C[{V2i͛!סӠ&> 6lu>4Ƕʤ|=12鱧l{^:a/Y%~].26G: p^CZ V&Vedҟ?RrX7d#I]ՕuL1 ?_ /12IEh ̴b<ӯ^e _ϝ䰻^]vy> /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 873>> stream x1j08-K/)],) &gi+:U̲\"9H!@"9H!@"9H!@eY.Z[p_E{QHKV[/`j%ʒcP,SX4W{7urd5ɱPr:-ֆʇX$$zfZpClbw7z{[]qGlwlGlZiM,ߺ7x}w` L9=3zpWL9 j)ۓB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$e]k` B$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$/؋ endstream endobj xref 0 25 0000000000 65535 f 0000000009 00000 n 0000000074 00000 n 0000000120 00000 n 0000000461 00000 n 0000000498 00000 n 0000000647 00000 n 0000000750 00000 n 0000002705 00000 n 0000002812 00000 n 0000002920 00000 n 0000003030 00000 n 0000003143 00000 n 0000003259 00000 n 0000003288 00000 n 0000003398 00000 n 0000008973 00000 n 0000010104 00000 n 0000010163 00000 n 0000010222 00000 n 0000010327 00000 n 0000011635 00000 n 0000011692 00000 n 0000011749 00000 n 0000017324 00000 n trailer << /Size 25 /Root 1 0 R /Info 5 0 R /ID[<526db9d9d7058cd858f434f0911475a6><526db9d9d7058cd858f434f0911475a6>] >> startxref 18455 %%EOF THE BAWDENS: 7 GENERATIONS | Caring Magazine

Vol. #28

Grace Uncovered

Read Issue

Latest Impact StoriesView All

Popular Topics

PopularView All

THE BAWDENS: 7 GENERATIONS

October 12, 2002
3 minute read
Total
0
Shares
0
0
0
Listen to this article

One Army family



MEGAN RAMSEY was en-rolled as a senior soldier by parents Majors Scott and Cherilee Ramsey. Megan marks the seventh generation of the Bawden family to dedicate their lives to Army service.

BY MARILYN GREGORY, MAJOR – 

Who would have ever thought that a man and a woman, both born in the early part of the 20th century, each from a family of seven children, would grow up to hear the call of God to Salvation Army officership, meet at the Western Territory’s training college, fall in love, and eventually marry?

John Bawden, the third son of a Montana coal miner, grew up in Walkerville, Montana. He attended the Butte, Montana Corps, but his “Army roots” went back to when his family met The Salvation Army in its infancy. When the Army went to Cornwall, England, there was no place to hold meetings. They were made welcome in the girlhood home of a person who would eventually become the great-grandmother of John Bawden.

Eva Grace Mitchell was born to officer parents, Thomas and Grace Mitchell, and spent her life frequently moving around the west with her parents and four younger sisters. Just a few years before Eva departed for training from the Spokane Corps, her mother gave birth to twin daughters.

John had a brother and Eva had a sister who both served as officers for a while. Their other siblings were, for the most part, unaffiliated with the Army though many were actively involved in other churches.

 



 EVA (Mitchell) Bawden, Megan’s great-grandmother.

The Bawdens, a well-known officer team in this territory, served as corps officers for 43 years. None of their corps were ever places that were large or glamorous. They were frequently stationed a great distance from headquarters, which was just the way they preferred it. Many of their appointments were at corps that were in difficulty financially, but the Bawdens always left them better than they found them.

It was their calling in life to be encouragers. Many corps assistants were touched by their care and tutelage. Many fellow corps officers, often struggling in their appointments, were the benefactors of their generosity.

Into their home, God sent five children, three daughters and two sons. The “Bawden Five” became fifth generation Salvationists, and grew up being active in every corps their parents served. In the days when the children were growing up, more than one weeknight service, in addition to two services on Sunday was the norm. The kids were there, participating in Corps Cadets, YPL, League of Mercy and corps music sections, as well as helping lead services or whatever else they were called upon to do.

While it is not common for the children of clergymen to follow in their footsteps, this family saw all five children become officers. The subject of officership was not discussed, as such, in the home. It was modeled with excellence. They were taught that officership is a holy calling, a lifetime commitment, and that “if God calls you, then you MUST go. Otherwise, you will be miserable. If God does not call you, do not go.”

The lives of John and Eva Bawden have passed from the scene, but their legacy lives on in the lives of their children currently serving as officers. A total of 452 years of service (to date) have been given to the Western Territory by John Bawden, his wife Eva, their five children, and three (of their 12) grandchildren. Numerous grandchildren are Salvation Army soldiers and actively involved in their corps. The eldest great-grandchild was enrolled Easter 2002 as a senior soldier, bringing the legacy to the seventh generation.

God knows, and time will tell, the way he will use the lives of these young people as they look toward the future.

Download this page as a PDF

You May Also Like