ELEVENTH GENERATION

907. Dr. Wilson BOWLBY ^{(5058) (5059)(760)} was born on 4 Jul 1818 in New Hampton, Hunterdon Co., NJ. He was baptised on 23 Mar 1820 in New Hampton, Hunterdon Co., NJ. He died on 15 Jan 1895 in Forest Grove, Washington Co., OR. He was buried in Forest View Mem. Gardens, Forest Grove, Washington Co., OR.

After his marriage in 1841, Wilson settled in New York, engaged in the mercantile trade. He moved to Cincinnati, OH, where he studied medicine at the Eclectic Institute of Medicine, and was graduated in 1845. He practiced medicine in Fairfield, IN, for about seven years. In 1852, he purchased a prairie outfit and spent six months on the Oregon Trail, arriving in Portland late in 1852. In the spring of 1853, he purchased three hundred and twenty acres of land in South Tualatin (now Cornelius) and became a farmer as well as a doctor. There were only two other doctors in the vicinity at that time. In 1860, he set up practice in Forest Grove while still retaining his farm. His practice extended over the present county of Washington, which he traveled by horseback. In 1875, he added to his medical practice in the purchase of a drug store in Forest Grove. Dr. Bowlby was a member of the last Oregon State Senate, and served as president of that body. During the Civil War, Dr. Bowlby was appointed Examining Surgeon of the Army by President Lincoln. He was Republican elector for Oregon in the first election of President Grant. In 1871, President Grant appointed him Collector of Internal Revenue in Portland, a position he held until 1874. Dr. Bowlby practiced medicine until a year before his death in 1895. He was described as the leading citizen of Washington Co. for 40 years, and his life was rated as one of the most memorable of the pioneers of Oregon.

He was married to Lydia D. JONES on 4 Jul 1841 in Newark, Essex Co., NJ. Lydia D. JONES ^{(5060) (5061)(760)} was born on 12 Mar 1811 in Newark, Essex Co., NJ.⁽⁵⁰⁶²⁾ She died on 27 Apr 1883 in Forest Grove, Washington Co., OR. She was buried in Forest View Mem. Gardens, Forest Grove, Washington Co., OR. Dr. Wilson BOWLBY and Lydia D. JONES had the following children:

+2232 i. John Quincy Adams BOWLBY.
+2233 ii. Theodore F. BOWLBY.
+2234 iii. Sarah W. BOWLBY.
2235 iv. Emily M. BOWLBY^{(5063) (760)} was buried in Mountain View Mem. Gardens, Forest Grove, Washington Co., OR.

He was married to Ellen L. BURLINGAME. Ellen L. BURLINGAME^{(5064) (760)} was born on 19 Jun 1845. She died on 13 Jun 1894. She was buried in Forest View Mem. Gardens, Forest Grove, Washington Co., OR.