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The following is a tentative listing based on the information given or
alluded to on this page. Since the children of David Bowles may have been
from either of his wives, and since there is no documentation yet offered,
I have followed the prevailing judgement of those who have indicated what
they think. Corrections are welcome.
1 David Bowles
+ Sarah Hughes
2 Jesse Bowles Sr.
+ Hannah Perkins
3 David Bowles
+ Elizabeth (Martin?)
4 Thomas Bowles
4 Harriet Bowles
+ ?? Payne
4 Benjamin Bowles
3 Elizabeth Bowles
+ Richard Thomas, md. 11 Nov 1796 in Bourbon County KY
4 David Thomas
3 Stephen Bowles
3 Sarah A. (Sally) Bowles
+ ?? Turpin
3 Jesse Bowles Jr., b. 1782 near Richmond VA; d. 4 May 1837 in Adams Co IL
+ Chloe Parker, b. 1781 near Baltimore MD; md 29 Jul 1805 Cain Ridge, Bourbon Co KY
4 Holman Bowles, b. 1806; d. 1871 in Carroll Co MO
+ Selina Wilson, md. 1827 in Ky
5 William Bowles, b. 27 Sep 1829 in Bourbon Co KY
+ Amanda Beebe, b. Dec 1834; md. 1851
6 Jesse Bowles, b. abt 1852
+ Louisa ??, b. abt 1853
7 William Bowles, b. abt 1873
7 John Bowles, b. abt 1876
6 Charles Bowles, b. Nov 1855
6 Anna Bowles, b. abt 1858
6 Augustus Bowles, b. abt 1859
6 Lucy Bowles, b. abt 1861
6 Mary Bowles, b. abt 1862
6 Olive Bowles, b. abt 1869
5 Jesse Bowles
5 Ann Bowles
5 Elizabeth Bowles
5 Warren Bowles, b. Oct 1841
+ Jane A. Carr, b. Apr 1851; md. 26 Dec 1869 in Adams Co IL
6 Nellie Bowles, b. Nov 1879
6 Leslie Bowles, b. Apr 1881
6 Warren Bowles, b. Nov 1887
+ Elenora ??, b. abt 1887
7 Thelma R. Bowles, b. abt 1911
7 Pauline R. Bowles, b. abt 1913
7 Edward Marion Bowles, b. abt 1914
7 Dorothy M. Bowles, b. abt 1916
6 Carl Bowles, b. Apr 1892
+ Nancy ??
5 John Bowles, b. abt 1844
+ Suvina ??
6 Edwin Bowles, b. abt 1870
5 Jane Bowles, b. abt 1846
5 Amanda Bowles, b. abt 1848
5 Joseph Bowles, b. abt 1852
5 Thomas Bowles, b. abt 1854
5 America Bowles, b. abt 1856
5 Charles Bowles, b. abt 1859
4 Elizabeth Bowles, b. 1808 (died in infancy)
4 Eliza Bowles, b. 1810; d. Aug 1837
+ Beauford Morris, md. 1830 in Ky
5 Warren Morris
5 Frank Morris
5 George Morris
5 Beauford Morris
4 Drusilla Bowles, b. 1812
+ Coleman Talbot, md. 1830 in KY
4 Augustin E. Bowles, b. 1815; d. 10 Oct 1871
+ Rachel Brown, d. 1847
5 Ann Bowles
5 Holman Bowles, b. 17 Feb 1843
+ Lydia L. Barr, md. 1866
6 Annie E. Bowles, b. abt 1867
6 Arthur E. Bowles, b. abt 1875
6 May Bowles, b. abt 1878
5 Jesse Bowles
+ Lucey Prentiss
5 Rachel D. Bowles, b. abt 1847
5 Mary E. Bowles, b. abt 1849
5 Robert Bowles, b. 2 Jun 1851
5 Charles Bowles, b. abt 1852
5 Emma Helena Bowles, b. abt 1854
5 Ida Catherine "Kate" Bowles, b. abt 1856
5 William Alexander Bowles, b. 24 Oct 1858
+ Augusta Burnett
5 Jessie M. Bowles, b. abt 1865
5 Cloella C. Bowles, b. abt 1866
5 James S. Bowles, b. abt 1869
4 Joseph Martin Bowles, b. 1817
+ Octavia P. Rollins, md. 6 Apr 1843 in Clark Co MO
5 Louisa C. Bowles, b. 1 Feb 1844
5 America V. Bowles, b. 8 Dec 1845; d. 14 Aug 1850
5 Scott Bowles, b. 21 Jan 1848
5 Jesse M. Bowles, b. 1 Mar 1850
5 Ann E. Bowles, b. 30 Sep 1852
5 Bourbon Bowles, b. 23 Nov 1857
4 Amercia Bowles, b. 1821
+ Thomas H. Tate, md. 1837; d. 1857 in California
5 George S. Tate
5 Eliza J. Tate
5 John Tate
5 Jesse Tate
5 Augustin Tate
5 Maggie Tate
5 Nevada Tate
5 Joseph Tate
+ John Simpson
3 Hughes Bowles
+ Ruth Prather, md. 16 Mar 1807 in Bourbon County KY
4 Anderson Bowles, b. abt 1808 in Kentucky
+ Margaret ??
5 Kitty Ann Bowles, b. abt 1833 in IL
5 Ruth E. Bowles, b. abt 1837 in IL
5 William M. Bowles, b. abt 1839 in IL
5 Emily S. Bowles, b. abt 1841 in IL
5 Robert B. Bowles, b. abt 1842 in IL
+ Martha A. Welsh, b. abt 1843 in OH
6 Ethel Bowles, b. abt 1866
6 Ora E. Bowles, b. abt 1868
6 Herman A. Bowles, b. 5 Oct 1870
+ Bessie Kirby, md. 1899 in Chicago
7 Thomas K. Bowles, b. abt 1901
+ Beatice A. ??, b. abt 1903
7 Enid Bowles, b. abt 1912
6 Hallie Bowles, b. abt 1872
6 Charles R. Bowles, b. abt 1876
+ Etta Barnes
5 Mary E. Bowles, b. abt 1843 in IL
5 Peter W. Bowles, b. abt 1845 in IL
5 Henry H. Bowles, b. abt 1846 in IL
5 Margaret B. Bowles, b. abt 1847 in IL
5 David W. Bowles, b. abt 1851 in IL
+ Emma ??, b. abt 1859 in MO
6 Arnold Bowles, b. abt 1879 in IL
5 John A. Bowles, b. abt 1854 in IL
5 Jesse A. Bowles, b. abt 1859 in IL
4 Joseph Bowles, b. 6 Sep 1809 in KY, d. 19 Oct 1870 in DeWitt County IL
+ Rebecca Green, b. 22 Oct 1808 in VA; md. 24 Apr 1832
5 William Bowles, b. 9 Sep 1835 in IL, d. 1 Oct 1927
+ Malinda J. Kenney, b. 1832; md 15 Sep 1859
6 Moses Kenney Bowles, b. 13 Jun 1861
6 Mary K. Bowles, b. 1862
5 Susan E. Bowles, b. 5 Apr 1837 in IL; d. 4 Oct 1906
+ John Kenney, b. 1827, md. 19 Mar 1857
6 Mary F. Kenney
6 James H. Kenney
6 Emma A. Kenney
6 Malinda Kenney
6 Joseph Kenney
6 Millie Laura Kenney
6 Linnie Kenney
5 Charles H. Bowles, b. 13 Jun 1839 in IL; d. 16 Oct 1864
5 John A. Bowles, b. 26 Jul 1841 in IL; d. 29 Dec 1920 in Harper KS
+ Mary Ann Hall, b. 17 Jan 1846; md. 20 oct 1864
6 Charles H. Bowles
6 Joseph W. Bowles
6 Ora F. Bowles
6 Alva M. Bowles
6 Ida F. Bowles
6 John K. Bowles
6 Albert B. Bowles
5 Joseph M. Bowles, b. 4 Jan 1847 in IL
+ Laura Kenney. b. 1851; md. 4 jan 1872
6 Moses E. Bowles
6 Robert H. Bowles
6 Martha R. Bowles
6 Minnie F. Bowles
5 Mary Shirley Bowles, b. 22 Dec 1848 in IL; d. 25 Jul 1889
+ John W. Shields
6 Joseph William Shields
6 Edna S. Shields
6 Emma Shields
6 John Oscar Shields
4 Henry Bowles, b. 10 Jul 1818 in Bourbon County KY; d. 20 Sep 1845
+ Cassandra Hall, b. 7 Apr 1826 in KY; d. 25 Mar 1851 in IL
5 Hughes Bowles, b. 5 Dec 1842 in DeWitt County IL
+ Rachel Bartley, b. Madison County OH; md. 5 Feb 1868
6 Myrtle C. Bowles
+ Ed P. Hildreth
6 Lora L. Bowles
+ Skillman Hunter
6 Mont B. Bowles
6 Laverne Bowles
6 Edna Bowles
6 (infant deceased)
3 Anderson Bowles
3 Robert Bowles
3 Joseph Bowles
3 Mourning Bowles
+ Jacob Sandusky
4 Sally Sandusky
4 Betsy Sandusky
4 Isaac Sandusky
+ Winny Rice
2 Nelson Bowles
+ Susannah Grinstead, md. 12 Nov 1801 in Bourbon County KY
3 David Bowles, b. abt 1802; d. 1871 in Marshall County IN
+ Catharine Grant
4 Susan Jane Bowles, b. 1824, d. 1910 Harvey County KS
+ Jacob Lallemant (Loimaugh)
4 Thomas N. Bowles, b. 1827 in Scott County KY; d. 1910 in
Marshall County IN
+ Artemesia Moore
4 John G. Bowles, b. 1832 in Hendricks County IN; d. 1906 in
Marshall County IN
+ Nancy Head
+ Mary A. Griggs
4 David F. Bowles, b. 1836 in Hendricks County IN; d. 1904 in
Barron County WI
+ Malinda Catharine Moore
4 George W. Bowles, b. abt 1837 in Hendricks County IN; d. 1862
in Nashville TN
3 John G. Bowles, b. abt 1805 in Bourbon County KY
+ Sarah/Sally ??
John William Bowles, b. abt 1829
+ Nancy Boots
4 Nancy S. Bowles, b. abt 1833 in IN
4 Amanda M. Bowles, b. abt 1836 in IN
+ Jeptha D. Boots
4 Sarah E. Bowles, b. abt 1838 in IN
+ Reuben Perry
4 James F. Bowles, b. abt 1841 in IN
4 Permelia J. Bowles, b. abt 1843 IN
4 David N. Bowles, b. abt 1845 in IN
+ Eliza Gilbert
4 Alvah R. Bowles, b. abt 1849 in IN
+ Catharine Heythorn
4 Mary Bowles, b. abt 1854 in IN
+ William Worrell
3 Nancy Bowles, b. 30 Nov 1807 in Bourbon County KY; d. 18 Feb 1866
in Coles County IL
+ Isaac Roberts, b. 25 Feb 1807; md. 29 Feb 1828 in Owen County KY;
d. 8 oct 1883 in Cole County IL
4 William D. Roberts, b. 29 Apr 1829 in Hendricks County IN;
d. 29 Aug 1894 in Coles County IL
+ Eliza Ann Douglas
4 John Lewis Roberts, b. abt 1831 Hendricks County IN; d. abt 1852
Coles County IL
4 Aratus R. Roberts, b. 20 Oct 1833 Hendricks County IN; d.
16 Nov 1891 Coles County IL
+ Araminta Bradfield
+ Aida Auyziller Nelson
4 Anna Elizabeth Roberts, b. abt 1836 Hendricks County IN; d.
15 Sep 1853 Coles County IL
4 Margaret Jane Roberts,
4 Mary Roberts, b. abt 1839; d 24 Jul 1851 Hendricks County IN
4 Martha Susan Roberts, b. abt 1842 Hendricks County IN; d.
8 Mar 1844 Hendricks County IN
4 Thomas H. Roberts, b. 1845 Hendricks County IN; d. 18 Feb 1866
Coles County IL
4 Isaac Milton Roberts, b. 16 Jun 1847 Hendricks County IN
4 Alpheus Roberts, b. 24 Feb 1840 Hendricks County IN; d. 1942
Coles County IL
3 Fielding Bowles, b. 1810 in Bourbon County KY
+ Martha Ann Patterson, md. 20 Jun 1832 in Marion County IN
4 Sidney W. Bowles, b. 1835 IN; d. 2 Feb 1869 Coles County IL
+ married to Sarepta ??
4 Nancy S. Bowles, b. 1 May 1835 IN; d 1 Jan 1841 IN
4 Isaac Bowles, b. 30 May 1840 IN; d. 30 Oct 1845 IN
4 Eliza Jane Bowles, b. abt 1841 IN
4 William Bowles, b. abt 1845 IN
4 Mana C. Bowles, b. abt 1847 IN
4 Myron D. Bowles, b. 1850; d. 8 Nov 1854 Coles County IL
4 John N. Bowles, b. 1854 IN; d. 18 May 1878 Coles County IL
4 Amos F. Bowles, b. 1856 Coles County IL; d. 3 Nov 1859
Coles County IL
4 Benjamin Bowles, b. & d. 8 Sep 1859 Coles County IL
4 Martha A. B. Bowles, b. & d. 9 Jan 1861 Coles County IL
3 Mary "Polly" Bowles, b. abt 1812 in Bourbon County KY
+ Jacob Boots, md. 4 Mar 1832 in Marion County IN
4 Nancy Boots, b. abt 1834 IN
+ John William Bowles
4 Jacob Boots, b. abt 1836 IN
+ Mary Dailey
4 Benjamin Fielding Boots, b. abt 1838 IN
4 John A. Boots, b. abt 1840 IN
4 David L. Boots, b. abt 1842 IN
4 William Amos Boots, b. abt 1844 IN
4 Sarah E. Boots, b. abt 1849 IN
4 Susan M. Boots, b. abt 1851 IN
4 Amanda J. Boots, b. abt 1854 IN
4 James T. Boots, b. abt 1859 IN
3 Amos Bowles
+ Polly Ann Malone, md. 28 Dec 1841 in Hendricks County IN
4 Nancy Ann Bowles, b. abt 1842 in IN
4 John L. Bowles, b. abt 1845 in IN
3 Keziah Bowles
+ William H. Cook, md. 10 Feb 1845 in Marion County IN
3 Lewis Montgomery Bowles, b. 31 Jan 1824 (?)
+ Kaziah (Catherine?) Noe, md. 5 Apr 1849 Marion County IN
4 Sarah S. Bowles, b. abt 1850 in IN
4 Nancy Bowles, b. abt 1852 in IN
4 George W. Bowles, b. abt 1855 in IN
4 Margaret A. Bowles, b. abt 1857 in IN
4 Mary M. Bowles, b. abt 1858 in IN
+ Francis Ann Washburn, md. 6 Nov 1864 Marshall County IN
+ Elizabeth C. Chapman, md. 3 Apr 1873 Marshall County IN
2 Thomas Bowles
+ Nancy Morris, md. 12 Dec 1815 in Bourbon County KY
2 Elizabeth Bowles
+ John Payne
1810 Federal Census: Kentucky, Bourbon County
Bowls, Stephen - 10010-10010-12
Bowls, Hughes - 20010-00100-01
Bowles, David - 22010-10010-01
Bowles, Nelson - 30010-10010-23
Bowls, Jesse Jr. - 10011-10010-01
Bowls, Jesse Sr. - 00201-01001-09
Bowles, Thomas - 00010-00000-00
1820 Federal Census: Kentucky, Bourbon County
David Bowles - 010310-51201-04
Robt Bowles - 100010-30100-01
Nelson Bowles - 021011-3101?-??
Hannah Bowles - 000000-0000?-??
Jesse Bowls - 210010-1100?-??
Hugh Bowles - 2200210-300??-??
Robt Bowles - 100010-3001?-??
William Bowles - 210010-30101-??
1830 Federal Census: Kentucky, Bourbon County
Holeman Bowles - 00011-1001 - p.328
Samuel Bowles - 0011000001-000200001 - p.330
Robert Bowles - 1110001-222001 - p.330
Thomas Bowles - 2000011-012001 - p.331
Jesse Bowles - 0011101-0100101 - p.333
Hughes Bowles - 3012001-101211 - p.333
Anderson Bowles - 00001-0001 - p.333
1840 Federal Census: Kentucky, Bourbon County
Stephen Bowles - 000000001-00000001 - p.7
Robt. Bowles - 12011002-0021101 - p.10
1840 Federal Census: Illinois, DeWitt County
Hughes Bowles - 00211001-0001101
Joseph Bowles - 200001-200002001
Anderson Bowles - 100001-21101
Walter Bowles - 11011-10011
1850 Federal Census: Kentucky, Bourbon County, district 1
household 433/440
Robert Bowles - 63 M, farmer, VA
Socrates Bowles - 55 M, trader, VA
Mary J. Bowles - 22 F, KY
Francis Bowles - 18 F, KY
Jno Bowles - 20 M, farmer, KY
Robert L. Bowles - 17 M, farmer, KY
David Bowles - 14 M, KY
Elizabeth Garnett - 32 F, KY
Jno Simpson - 60 M, none, Ireland
1850 Federal Census: Illinois, DeWitt County, page 419B-420A
household 318/323
Mary Hall - 45 F, KY
Sarah Buchannan - 38 F, KY
Kasander Bowls - 23 F, KY
Thomas Dixon - 18 M, farmer, KY
Aquilla -- - 13 M, KY
Hugh -- (probably Bowls) - 7 M, IL
household 322/327
Anderson Bowles - 42 M, farmer, KY
Margaret Bowles - 39 F, KY
Kitty Ann Bowles - 17 F, IL
Ruth E. Bowles - 13 F, IL
William M. Bowles - 11 M, IL
Emily S. Bowles - 9 F, IL
Robert B. Bowles - 8 M, IL
Mary E. Bowles - 7 F, IL
Peter W. Bowles - 5 M, IL
Henry H. Bowles - 4 M, IL
Margaret B. Bowles - 3 F, IL
1850 Federal Census: Illinois, Adams County, Ellington, page 73A
household 114/116
Augustin E. Bowles - 35 M, farmer, KY
Lucy Bowles - 28 F, VA
Ann Bowles - 9 F, IL
Holeman Bowles - 7 M, IL
Rachel D. Bowles - 3 F, IL
Mary E. Bowles - 1 F, IL
household 116/118
Joseph M. Bowles - 32 M, farmer
Octavia P. Bowles - 26 F
Louisa C. Bowles - 6 F
Scott Bowles - 2 M
Jesse M. Bowles - 6/12
1850 Federal Census: Illinois, Logan County, page 206A
household 533/541
Joseph Bowles - 40 M, farmer, KY
Rebecca Bowles - 43 F, VA
William Bowles - 15 M, IL
Susan E. Bowles - 13 F, IL
Charles H. Bowles - 11 M, IL
John A. Bowles - 9 M, IL
Joseph M. Bowles - 3 M, IL
Mary M. Bowles - 1 F, IL
Mary Beavine(?) - 48 F, VA
Rebecca F. Martine(?) - 13 F, IL
1860 Federal Census: Illinois, De Witt County, page 122
household 868/848
Anderson Bowles - 52 M, farmer, KY
Margaret Bowles - 48 F, IL
Hatty A. Bowles - 27 F, IL
Robt B. Bowles - 19 M, IL
Mary E. Bowles - 17 F, IL
Peter H. Bowles - 15 M, IL
Henry H. Bowles - 13 M, IL
Margaret P. Bowles - 12 F, IL
David W. Bowles - 8 M, IL
John A. Bowles - 6 M, IL
Jesse A. Bowles - 1 M, IL
1860 Federal Census: Illinois, Adams County, Ellington, page 356
household 2598/2768
Augustus E. Bowles - 45 M, farmer, KY
Lucy Bowles - 36 F, VA
Annie E. Bowles - 20 F, IL
Holman Bowles - 18 M, IL
Eliza Bowles - 12 F, IL
Robert Bowles - 10 M, IL
Charles Bowles - 8 M, iL
Helena Bowles - 6 F, IL
Kate Bowles - 4 F, IL
Alexander Bowles - 2 M, IL
1860 Federal Census: Illinois, Adams County, Falls Creek, page 631
household 701/707
Holman Bowles - 55 M, farmer, KY
Nancy Bowles - 42 F, KY
Warren Bowles - 19 M, IL
John Bowles - 16 M, IL
Jane Bowles - 14 F, IL
Amanda Bowles - 12 F, IL
Joseph Bowles - 8 M, IL
Thomas Bowles - 6 M, IL
America Bowles - 4 F, IL
Charles Bowles - 1 M, IL
1860 Federal Census: California, Sonoma County, Petaluma, page 591
household 436/436
Jos Bowles - 42 M, farmer, KY
Octavia Bowles - 37 F, KY
Eliza Bowles - 16 F, IL
Scott Bowles - 12 M, IL
Jesse Bowles - 10 M, IL
Ann Bowles - 8 F, CA
Bourbon Bowles - 2 M, CA
1870 Federal Census: Illinois, Adams County, pages 4-6
household 31/28
Bowles, William - 39 M W, farmer, KY
Bowles, Amanda - 34 F W, IL
Bowles, Jessie - 18 M W, farm laborer, IL
Bowles, Charles - 14 M W, IL
Bowles, Anna - 12 F W, IL
Bowles, Augustus - 11 M W, IL
Bowles, Sucia - 9 F W, IL
Bowles, Mary - 8 F W, IL
Bowles, Olive - 1 F W, IL
Cranford, Anna - 23 F W, MO
household 33/30
Bowles, Warren - 29 M W, farmer, IL
Bowles, June A. - 19 F W, keep house, IL
household 34/31
Bowles, Henry - 26 M W, farmer, IL
Bowles, Mollie - 28 F W, keeping house, IL
household 37/34
Bowles, John - 25 M W, farmer, IL
Bowles, Suvina - 22 F W, keeping house, IL
Bowles, Edwin - 4/12 M W, IL
household 38/35
Bowles, Holman - 64 M W, farmer, KY
Bowles, Nancy - 48 F W, keeping house, KY
Bowles, Joseph - 18 M W, farm laborer, IL
Bowles, June - 23 F W, IL
Bowles, Mattie - 14 F W, IL
Bowles, Richard - 11 M W, IL
Bowles, Thomas - 16 M W, IL
Bowles, Charles - 18 M W, IL
1870 Federal Census: Illinois, Adams County, page 27
household 189/192
Augustus E. Bowles - 55 M W, farmer, KY
Augusta Bowles - 38 F W, keeping house, ME
Robert S. Bowles - 19 M W, IL
Charles J. Bowles - 16 M W, IL
Emma H. Bowles - 15 F W, IL
Ida C. Bowles - 14 F W, IL
William A. Bowles - 12 M W, IL
Jessie M. Bowles - 5 F W, IL
Cloella C. Bowles - 4 F W, IL
James S. Bowles - 7/12 M W, IL
household 190/193
Holman Bowles - 28 M W, farmer, IL
Lydia Bowles - 24 F W, keeping house, IL
Anna Bowles - 3 F W, IL
1880 Federal Census: Illinois, Adams County, page 112A
household 307/307
Bowles, Holeman - W M 37, head, farmer, IL KY KY
Bowles, Lydia - W F 33, wife, keeping house, IL PA KY
Bowles, Annie - W F 13, daughter, at home, IL IL IL
Bowles, Arthur - W M 5, son, IL IL IL
Bowles, May - W F 2, daughter, IL IL IL
Sargent, Emma - W F 28, sister, IL KY VA
1880 Federal Census: Illinois, Adams County, page 126A
household 112
Bowles, William - W M 49, head, farmer, KY KY KY
Bowles, Amanda - W F 44, wife, keeping house, IL NY KY
Bowles, Charles - W M 24, son, works on farm, IL KY IL
Bowles, Lucy - W F 20, daughter, IL KY IL
household 113
Bowles, Jesse - W M 28, head, farmer, IL KY IL
Bowles, Louisa - W F 27, wife, keeping house, IL KY TN
Bowles, William - W M 7, son, at school, IL IL IL
Bowles, John - W M 4, son, IL IL IL
1880 Federal Census: Illinois, De Witt County, page 315B
household 100/208
Bowles, David - W M 29, head, farmer, IL KY KY
Bowles, Emma - W F 21, wife, keeping house, MO IL IL
Bowles, Arnold - W M 1, son, IL IL MO
household 100/209
Bowles, Anderson - W M 72, head, KY SC NC
Bowles, Margarett - W F 70, wife, KY MD ?
Bowles, Kitty Ann - W F 47, daughter, IL KY KY
1880 Federal Census: Illinois, De Witt County, page 305B
household 48/49
Bowles, William - W M 52, head, retired farmer, KY KY KY
Bowles, Francis - W F 43, wife, keeping house, IL KY KY
Bowles, Charles - W M 23, son, school teacher, IL KY IL
1880 Federal Census: Illinois, De Witt County, page 324D
household 29
Bowles, Robt B. - W M 39, head, farmer, IL KY KY
Bowles, Martha A. - W F 37, wife, house keeper, OH PA ?
Bowles, Ethel - W F 14, daughter, house keeper, IL IL OH
Bowles, Ora E. - W M 12, son, IL IL OH
Bowles, Herman - W M 10, son, IL IL OH
Bowles, Hallie - W F 8, daughter, IL IL OH
Bowles, Charles R. - W M 4, son, IL IL OH
Welsh, Platte B. - W M 44, brother-in-law, broom maker, OH ? ?
The following is a partial biography of the Bowles families written by Joseph Martin Bowles of Petaluma, Sonoma County, California in March 1895. This was found in and excerpted from the work entitled Joshua Rawlings and His Descendants and Allied Families by Mary LaPage Rollins (dated March 1938, LDS Reference #33585) which can be found in the Family History Library of the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Rollins' husband was the youngest son of Lloyd Rollins. Lloyd's daughter married Joseph M. Bowles.
A PARTIAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE BOWLES FAMILY
Written by Joseph Martin Bowles of Sonoma County, State of California, Nov. 12, 1895.
For the benefit of my children and relatives who may be interested in knowing - I hereby give to them a condensed biography of the old settlers of the Bowles families in the United States so far as my information extends, which I have obtained through the older members of the Bowles to whom we are related.
In the early settlement of the United States there were three Bowles brother, who imigrated from England to the United States. One brother settled in Pennsylvania, one in New England, and one in Virginia. The late Samuel Bowles, conductor of the Springfield Republican, was of the New England branch. We are the offspring of the Virginia branch. My great grandfather, Jesse Bowles resided in Buckingham County, Virginia, and after the close of the Revolutionary War they moved with their families to Bourbon County, Kentucky, and settled in the neighborhood known as Cane Ridge.
My grandfather Jesse Bowles married Hannah Perkins and to them were born ten children as follows: David, Elizabeth, Stephen, Sally, Jesse (my father), Hughes, Anderson, Robert, Joseph, and Mourning.
All of my father's brothers and sisters died in Bourbon County, Kentucky, excepting Joseph and Hughes. Uncle Joseph was killed and scalped by the Indians Massacre at the battle of River Raisin after the surrender of the Kentucky troops by General Winchester to Colonel Practer of the British forces in 1813. Uncle Hughes and family moved to Illinois from Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1830 and settled in DeWitt County on Salt River.
My father Jesse Bowles was born near Richmond, Virginia, in 1782. My mother's maiden name was Chloe Parker and was born near Baltimore, Maryland, in 1781. She had two brothers, Captain Jack and Archibald Parker, who served in the War of 1812. The Parkers also settled in Bourbon County, Kentucky at an early date.
My father and mother were married at Cain Ridge, Bourbon County, in 1805 and to them seven children were born as follows: Holman born in 1806, Elizabeth in 1808 (who died in infancy) Eliza, 1810, Drusilla, 1812, Augustin, 1815, Joseph Martin, 1817, America, 1821, Holman married Selina Wilson, a half sister to the later James Nicholas in 1827, Eliza married Beauford Morris in 1830, Drusilla married Coleman Talbot in 1830, all in Kentucky. On October, 1830, my father and all of the family moved to Adams County, Illinois and settled near Quincy.
My father, Jesse Bowles, was a Christian preacher for thirty five years prior to his death (and was a co-laborer with the celebrated Rev. Barton Stone). He died May 4, 1837 and was buried beside my father. My mother died Dec. 14, 1849 and was buried beside my father in the Locust Grove Cemetery on the old homestead farm four and one half miles north of Quincy, Adams County, Illinois. Sister Eliza Morris died in August 1837 of locked-jaw caused by a wound received in the foot by stepping on a rusty nail. She left four children, all boys, as follows: Warren, Frank, George and Beauford. Holman had by his first wife Selina, five children, namely: William, Jesse, Ann, Elizabeth and Warren. He sold his farm in Illinois in 1869 and moved to Carroll County, Missouri, when he died in 1871 leaving a large family of children by his second wife. Brother A.E. Bowles went back to Kentucky in 1837 and married Rachel Brown, a niece of Beauford Morris, and returned to his Illinois farm in the Spring of 1838. There were born to them three children as follows: Ann, Holman, and Jesse. His wife died in 1847. He married his second wife, Lucey Prentiss, a sister of General P. Prentiss and to them were born seven children - Lucy died and A.E. Bowles married his third wife Augusta Burnett. By her he had three children. Bro. Augustin Bowles died October 10, 1871 and was buried by the side of his former wives in the Locust Grove Cemetery. Sister America Bowles married Thomas H. Tate in 1837 and to them were born eight children as follows: George S., Eliza J., John, Jesse, Augustin,. E, Maggie, Nevada, and Jos afa. Thomas H. Tate died in California in 1857. J.M. Bowles married Octavia P. Rollins of Clark Co., Missouri, Apr. 6, 1843. She was a daughter of Lloyd Rollins, formerly of Bourbon County, Kentucky, and to us was born six children as follows: Louisa C., born Feb 1, 1844, America V. Dec. 8, 1845, Scott, Jan. 21, 1848, Jesse M. March 1, 1850, Ann E. Sept. 30, 1852, and Bourbon, Nov. 23, 1857. America V. died Aug. 14, 1850, and was buried in the Locust Cemetery.
In April 18, 1852 Colman Talbot and family, T.H. Tate and family, Michael Couchman, John Oliver, and five sisters of my wife and their families left Quincy, Illinois, with ox teams for California. There were sixteen wagons in our train. We had a very pleasant journey crossing the plains excepting our fear of cholera which followed the trains to the Black Hills. We lost two teamsters by the dreadful plague. In passing up the Platte River it was a daily occurrence to witness from one to ten fresh graves, the victims of cholera. Otherwise we got along jolly and happy, notwithstanding we had to be vigilant in guarding our camps and stock from Indians while going through their settlements.
Our train was lucky in getting through without any serious loss of property whilst other trains suffered more or less by the theft and depredations of the treacherous red skin.
We crossed the Nevada Mts. by the Beckwith Pass - the first mining we saw was at '76. The next we came to was Rabbit Creek Mines. Here we laid off to rest for a few days and some of the trains even went to work in the tunnels. Among them were Michael Couchman, John Oliver, and others. Couchman and Oliver both died at Rabbit Creek from exposure in the damp tunnels. Here our trains separated - some going to one place and some to another.
Bros. Talbot, Tate, and myself continued to Sonoma Valley where we arrived about the 15th of Oct. 1852. Sister America Tate, after remaining a widow four or five years, married John Simpson of San Francisco. He died in 1886 and Sister America died Apr. 7, 1887 at White Sulphur Springs near Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., California. She was 83 years, 6 months and 5 days of age. She was loved and respected by all who knew her. Her husband, Coleman Talbot, and four children were at her bedside when her gentle spirit took its flight to heaven. Her funeral was attended by a large concourse of people who followed her remains from the old homestead to the Bennett Valley Cemetery where she was laid quietly to rest with profusion of flowers. Her husband and seven children survived.
Coleman Talbot departed this life at the home of his daughter at Sebastopol at 1:30 A.M. 1896 and was buried by the side of his wife in Bennett Valley Cemetery at the age of 86 years.
I will now revert back to the pioneer settlement of the military tract of Illinois. My father, after arriving at our destination in Adams Co., Illinois, in the Fall of 1830, was hard pressed to find a vacant house to winter in. He finally secured an unfinished log cabin six miles N.E. of Quincy, but before we could close up the cracks a cold blizzard struck us and froze the mud as hard as bricks, so we gave up the idea of dobing and lived in the cabin with tent cloth and wagon covers. This was the noted winter of the deep snow which fell December and January 1830-31. After the snow had settled and crusted the top on the ground, measuring three feet deep, we kept from freezing by rolling huge hickory logs into the five foot sod fireplace which we had to keep at white heat both day and night during the cold snap. We used snow shoes to travel where the trails were unbroken. The dogs and wolves could travel on top of the crust, but the deer, which were very numerous, would break through after being chased by man and dog or wolves (which were quite numerous) for two or three hundred yards, would give up and become a prey to their pursuers.
Brother Augustin and myself had rare sport during the winter hunting and catching deer with dogs. We kept the family well supplied with venison. We got along nicely, having plenty of wild honey, hog, and hominy.
In the Spring of 1831, my father bought a half section of land for a homestead - forty one miles north of Quincy, on which we erected a log cabin. He also entered a quarter section for each of his children. In the Spring of 1832 he purchased two or three acres of land near the log cabin and planted black locust on it which he brought from Kentucky. These black locust trees soon grew up and became a noted landmark and was the first black locust grove started in the military tract and was known far and near as the Locust Grove Farm.
J. M. Bowles
Also, see the will of David Bowles at this location.
Also, see the will of Jesse Bowles at this location.
Another David Bowles will is locted on the Bowles List here.
See also a biography of Hughes Bowles (born 1842 in DeWitt Co IL) at this location.
History of Kane County, Illinois by R. Waite Joslyn, L.L.M., and Frank W. Joslyn The Pioneer Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908 Volume 1, pages 593-4 H. A. BOWLES. H. A. Bowles, a prominent farmer and dairyman of Elgin township, was born in Dewitt county, Illinois, October 5, 1870, his parents being Robert and Martha (Welch) Bowles, of English and Irish parentage respectively. Representatives of the Bowles family emigrated from England to Virginia at a very early day, afterward located in Kentucky and subsequently settled in Dewitt county. Illinois, among its earliest residents. Anderson Bowles, the grandfather of H. A. Bowles, was the first of the name who took up his abode in this state, making the journey from Kentucky with ox-teams. During the trip the family carried fire with them from one camping place to another until they finally located in Dewitt county and for thirty years this fire was kept going, as it was prior to the time when matches came into general use. Anderson Bowles reared a family of fourteen children, including the father of our subject, Robert Bowles, who, in his younger days, was also a farmer and stockdealer. In 1888 he located in Chicago, where he is still engaged in the live stock commission business under the firm name of Clark, Bowles & Company. He and his wife reared a family of six children, namely: Ethel; Stella. the wife of Rev. J. H. Odgers, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church at Joliet: Herman A.; Enid; Charles, who wedded Etta Barnes of Chicago; and Bertie, who has passed away. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bowles reside in the metropolis, the former having for a long period been actively connected with its business interests. H. A. Bowles attended the common schools of Clinton and Bloomington, Illinois, until the age of fourteen or fifteen years, and then pursued a course in a business college at Bloomington. At the age of eighteen years he started out in life for himself, and remained in Montana and Wyoming between the years 1892 and 1899, working each year during a season of nine months. In 1899, however, he returned to Chicago and thence came almost immediately to Elgin, settling on the farm of two hundred and fifty-four acres, on which he has since resided and which he has brought under a high state of cultivation. He is a lover of fine stock and makes a specialty of breeding high grade cows and horses. He is recognized as a substantial and enterprising agriculturist and dairyman of the county and has met with a creditable and gratifying measure of success in the conduct of his business interests. In 1899 Mr. Bowles was united in marriage, to Miss Bessie Kirby of Chicago, a daughter of T. E. and Annie E. (Anderson) Kirby. Her father is engaged in the railway supply business, and she is one of a family of three children, the others being: Daisy, the wife of W. W. Teal, of Oak Park; and Charlotte. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Bowles has been born one son, Thomas K. They are people of genuine personal worth and sterling traits of character and have gained an extensive circle of friends during the period of their residence in this county.
The lineage of Nelson Bowles comes from the research of Cheryl R. Houin as posted to the Bowles mailing list in 1999. There are several posts from her but these two are important: first | second
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