ELEVENTH GENERATION

986. Sylvester BOWLBY ^{(5411) (760)} was born on 25 May 1836 in Asbury, Bethlehem Twp. Warren Co., NJ. He died on 4 Jan 1921. He was buried in Presbyterian Cem., Zion, Cecil Co., MD.

Information on this branch of the family comes from the research and notes of LaVerne (BOWLSBEY) ABEL and Blanche (FORD) BOWLSBEY, both of Maryland. Apparently Sylvester was illiterate and, after moving to Maryland, his family accepted the spelling of their name as "BOWLSBEY". According to family tradition, Elizabeth was the daughter of John ASTLE, who emigrated to New Jersey and then moved to Maryland. Sylvester followed the ASTLE family to Maryland in order to marry Elizabeth.
Because Maryland was a southern state, Sylvester left his wife and two infant daughters, and returned to Flemington, NJ, where he and his brother, Aaron, enlisted on 3 SEP 1862 in Company E, 31st New Jersey Regiment. On 4 JUN 1863 he was honorably discharged and returned to his family in Maryland. Sylvester filed for a Civil War pension 26 FEB 1891.

He was married to Elizabeth ASTLE on 3 Mar 1858 in Zion, Cecil Co., MD. Elizabeth ASTLE ^(5412)(760) was born on 23 Nov 1840 in England. She died in 1894. She was buried in Presbyterian Cem., Zion, Cecil Co., MD. Sylvester BOWLBY and Elizabeth ASTLE had the following children:

+2391 i. Mary "Elizabeth" BOWLSBEY.
+2392 ii. Lucy BOWLSBEY.
+2393 iii. Christina BOWLSBEY.
+2394 iv. Rachel Adaline BOWLSBEY.
2395 v. Harry BOWLSBEY^{(5413) (760)} was born on 8 Aug 1867 in Zion, Cecil Co., MD. He died on 1 Oct 1903. He was buried in Zion Presby. Cem., Zion, Cecil Co., MD. He was a machinist.
+2396 vi. Rebecca Rittenhouse BOWLSBEY.
+2397 vii. John Sylvester BOWLSBEY.
+2398 viii. Joseph William BOWLSBEY.
2399 ix. Harry Walter BOWLSBEY^{(5414) (760)} was born on 5 May 1877 in Zion, Cecil Co., MD. He died on 1 Oct 1903. He was buried in Zion, Cecil Co., MD. He was a machinist. He Cause death palistisis pulmalis.
2400 x. Charles BOWLSBEY^{(5415) (760)} was born in 1878 in Zion, Cecil Co., MD. He died in 1893. He was buried in Zion, Cecil Co., MD. He Cause death ruptured appendix.
+2401 xi. Aaron Stanley BOWLSBEY.
2402 xii. Grace BOWLSBEY^{(5416) (760)} was born in 1882 in Zion, Cecil Co., MD. She died in 1882 in Zion, Cecil Co., MD. She was buried in Zion Cem., Zion, Cecil Co., MD.
2403 xiii. Ruth BOWLSBEY^{(5417) (760)} was born in 1884 in Zion, Cecil Co., MD. She died in 1884 in Zion, Cecil Co., MD. She was buried in Zion Cem., Zion, Cecil Co., MD.

He was married to Almeda RAMSEY after 1894 in Bay View, Cecil Co., MD. Almeda RAMSEY ^(5418)(760) died on 10 Jul 1922. She Cause death heart disease.

Almeda received a Civil War widow's pension until her death.