Bowles....  (surname)

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Btw, here's a potentially great link to a 2-volume publication with 1700 pages & 1000 photographs... which we might want to get our hands on.

Claibon Bowles?  (who owned slaves, btw)

Nathan Anderson Bowles (1803 and Francis (Frances?) Matthews (1804)... who married in 1825.  Family photos here... potentially including my grandma Pauline (Bowles) as a child in the family photo.  (additional info indicating Nathan remarried... to Dorothy Worthington  More related & interesting notes)

• William Thomas Bowles (1828) married Alabama Elizabeth Nichols... Nichols (1834 - or 1832 see this page) 
  • America Jane Bowles (1860) married John Alford Odell Siebman (1857)... son of John Alford Siebman (died in Civil War) and Rachel (1820 -- and Irish apparently). 
  • Lucy Francis (Frances?) Bowles
  • Will Alan Bowles (*per Grandma Cox's records) -- Could this be the William Allen Bowles (3/8/1859) mentioned over here in this McCOY page... married to Millie Ann McCoy, and buried in Bowles Cemetery on Vernon School Road?  (date of death disputed here... as 1944).  Will Alan was a beekeeper (per my dad)... and made caskets.  There's a picture in Jon Huffman's book of Will Alan with his bees.  (...Neil) 
  • Alphus Bowles*
  • Christopher Bowles*
  • Ezikiel Bowles*
  • Charley Bird Bowles* 
  • Viginia (?) Bowles*
  • Sara Bowles*
  • Cardelia (?) Bowles*     (Cordelia? Married Charles P. Bailey?)
  • Mollie Bell (Belle?) Bowles* -- same as the Mary Bell "Mollie" Bowles mentioned on the McCOY page... married Reuben McCoy (but first married Mr. Mauk -- perhaps likely it's Zachariah of this clan? (photo))? And here's a photo of Mollie Belle Bowles Mauk McCoy.   And here's a page of their descendants, etc. and Mollie's death certificate showing as daughter of Thomas & Alabama Bowles.   [Not sure how Elvin Dean Mauk, the artist... dad's cousin from Ogden... fits in.  But his mother was a Piercy who was a good friend of my grandma Cox... may even have been involved in grandma's wedding.]
  • John Willis Bowles (1868 or 1869)  (mentioned here) (and here) married Janie Belle Maggard (1878)... daughter of G.H. Maggard (6/27/1854) and Milissa D. Johnson (9/11/1855).   One of Janie's brothers... Clarence... here's a death certificate showing Janie as the 'informant'. 
    • (William) Henry (1897 - 1977) (picture on pg1073 of the 2-vol set by Jon Huffman) (Bowles Cemetery) married Lavada ______.
      • William Earl  (Glasgow)
      • Jim (Louisville)
      • Doris (Dot) Bowles Button (Glasgow)
      • Emojean (Jean) Bowles Fisher?
      • Judy Bowles Lowery
    • Wesley
    • Clyde
    • Dee Bowles
      • Thelma Bowles Tartar Parr 
      • Wilma Bowles married  Delmar Evans
      • Willis Edward Bowles married Adriana Bowles (lives in Farmer City beside Millie Holman)
    • Myrtle I. Bowles (6/17/1912)  married Jordan Pace (Joe Tom Pace, Father.... Ann, mother) 
      • Jeanette Pace Norman
      • Shirley Pace Palmore
      • Doris Pace Bullington
      • Elvin Dean Pace married Linda ____  (Here are some pictures from their 30th Anniversary)
        • Brandi
        • Jennifer
    • Omae C. Bowles (3/21/1916) 
    • Allice D. Bowles (7/5/1902... wife Zelma... per funeral home record)
    • Delma Pauline Bowles married Elmer Archie Cox  (Here's a funny video -- not of Grandma really, but oh-so-close, I had to laugh.)  Visit the Elmer/Pauline page for more stories.
    • Note:  There's a picture of several of the Bowles siblings, as adults on pg 1074 of the 2-vol set.