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479. Rebecca BOWLBY (5)(6) (7)(8) was born on 25 Sep 1790 in Sussex County, New Jersey. (2874) She died on 23 Mar 1842 in Monongalia County, Virginia. (2875) She was buried in Lazzell Cemetery, Cass District, West Virginia.(2876)

She was married to Thomas LAZZELL in 1810. (2877)(2878) (2879) From: The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The
American Historical
Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 345-346
Monongalia

The Lazzell family in Monongalia County dates back to the period
immediately following the close of the Revolutionary war. The first
Lazzell was an itinerant Methodist minister as well as a farmer.
Agriculture and stock raising have claimed the energies of all the
subsequent generations, though several of the name have achieved
prominence in the professions and public service. The name is of
French origin. Geoffrey de Lascelles lived in the twelfth century,
left his home in Normandy and went to live in England, and was
probably the ancestor of the English branch of the family. In 1647
John Lasell came to Hingham, Massachusetts, from Lincolnshire;
England, and he and his wife, Elizabeth Gates, are the ancestors of
the Lazzell family in America. The name appears in fourteen different
forms of spelling. Thomas Lazzell, the ancestor of the family in West
Virginia. was born in Massachusetts in 1753 or 1754 and married there
about 1775 Hannah Beck, who was also born in Massachusetts, in 1757.
They settled in Casa District of Monongalia County, at a time when
Indians were hos- tile, and when every condition was that of the
savage frontier. He was tireless and devoted as a Methodist minister,
and performed his work in the midst of obstacles and dangers, and
became widely known through all the Scottish settlements of the Upper
Monongahela Valley. Their son, Thomas Lazzell, II, was born in Cass
District in 1787 and died in 1867, at the age of eighty. He was a man
of great energy, and was known for his wonderful leadership and
versatility. He made a success of farming, stock raising and
merchandising, and came to own 1,800 acres of land, which later was
discovered to be underlaid with heavy veins of coal. He was a class
leader and steward in the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he
was a whig and later a republican, voting for Lincoln in 1860. In 1810
he married Rebecca Bowlby, daughter of James Bowlby and Lydia
(Carhart) Bowlby, who were also pioneers in Cass District, coming from
Sussex County, New Jersey.
Thomas LAZZELL(6) (7)(8) was born on 3 May 1787 in Monongalia County, Virginia. (2880) He died on 20 Jul 1867 in Monogalia County, Virginia, now West Virginia.(2881) He was a Farmer. Rebecca BOWLBY and Thomas LAZZELL had the following children:

child+1201 i. James LAZZELL.
child1202 ii. Thomas LAZZELL(5) (6)(7) (8) was born on 2 Feb 1813.(2882) He died in 1893.(2883)
child1203 iii. Williampe B. LAZZELL(5) (6)(7) (8) was born in 1815.(2884) She died in 1817.(2885)
child+1204 iv. Mary LAZZELL.
child+1205 v. John W. LAZZELL.
child1206 vi. Samuel C. LAZZELL(5) (6)(7) (8) was born in 1822.(2886) He died in 1842.(2887)
child+1207 vii. Lydia H. LAZZELL.
child+1208 viii. Joseph S. LAZZELL.
child+1209 ix. Cornelius Carhart LAZZELL.
child+1210 x. Nancy L. LAZZELL.
child+1211 xi. William P. LAZZELL.
child+1212 xii. Matilda J. LAZZELL.