ELEVENTH GENERATION

967. Samuel BOWLSBY\BOWLBY ^{(5308) (5309)(5310) (760)} was born on 14 Nov 1826 in Newark, Licking Co., OH. He died on 10 Oct 1894. He was buried in Bucklin Cem., Bucklin, Ford Co., KS. Cemetery Block 5, Lot 2.

Samuel was probably the son of Joseph I. and Lettice (BLAIR) BOWLSBY, born 14 NOV 1826, Newark, Licking Co., OH according to his daughter, Mattie. According to his father;s biography, he would have been one of the three children born in Fayette Co., PA before moving to Licking Co., OH. Mrs. Mattie Pennycuff, Samuel's daughter, writes: " My grandfather, William BOWLBY, married his cousin, Sarah BOWLBY, in New York, New Jersey, and settled in New York. Their children were Samuel, John, Manuel, Sophia, Adeline, and Serriptia." Obviously, Mrs. PENNYCUFF speaks from a childhood confusion of family tradition. Her grandfather had a brother and sister who married their second cousins who were also BOWLBYs, and her grandfather, who was born in New Jersey, lived in Newark, OH. All the names given as brothers and sisters of her father have been recognized as children of Joseph I. and Lettice (BLAIR) BOWLSBY; only James and Joseph are missing. Mrs. PENNYCUFF's parents were reared and married at Gratiot, WI, where Joseph I. left his family in 1833, and where Lettice BOWLSBY and her children were enumerated in 1850. According to his daughter, Samuel went to California and returned before his marriage in Wisconsin. Soon after thei marriage, Samuel and Elizabeth headed for California, but stopped at Leadville, CO; from there, the family moved near Denver, then on to Fountain, El Paso County. It was in 1876 that the family finally settled on a ranch near Sum City, Kiowa Co., KS.

He was married to Elizabeth B. SUITS on 14 Feb 1859 in Gratiot, Lafayette Co., WI. Elizabeth B. SUITS^{(5311) (760)} was born in 1840 in Fora Co., IA. ⁽⁵³¹²⁾ Wanda Morris shows birth place as Kentucky. She died on 8 Jan 1920. She was buried in Bucklin Cem., Bucklin, Ford Co., KS. Cemetery Block 5, Lot 2. Samuel BOWLSBY\BOWLBY and Elizabeth B. SUITS had the following children:

2350 i. Irvin BOWLBY^{(5313) (760)} was born in Lafayette Co., WI. ⁽⁵³¹⁴⁾ According to his sister, Mrs. Mattie Pennycuff.
2351 ii. Samuel BOWLBY^{(5315) (760)} was born in Lafayette Co., WI. ⁽⁵³¹⁶⁾ According to his sister, Mrs. Mattie Pennycuff.
2352 iii. Adeline BOWLBY^{(5317) (760)} was born in Lafayette Co., WI. ⁽⁵³¹⁸⁾ According to her sister, Mrs. Mattie Pennycuff.
+2353 iv. John Grant BOWLBY.
+2354 v. Emma BOWLBY.
2355 vi. Dora BOWLBY^{(5319) (760)}.
+2356 vii. Mattie BOWLBY.
2357 viii. Lee BOWLBY^{(5320) (760)} was born on 12 Jul 1879 in Belvidere, Pratt Co., KS. He died on 28 Jun 1947 in Dodge City, Ford Co., KS. He was buried in Bucklin Cem., Bucklin, Ford Co., KS. Cemetery Block 5, Lot 2.