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1431. Charles Weller BOWLBY ⁽³⁾⁽³²⁸⁵⁾⁽⁷²⁸¹⁾⁽⁸¹⁶⁾⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born on 30 Oct 1854 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.⁽³²⁸⁵⁾ ⁽⁷²⁸²⁾⁽⁷²⁸³⁾ He died on 23 Dec 1941 in Dover, New Jersey.⁽⁷²⁸⁴⁾⁽⁷²⁸⁵⁾ December 13, 1911, Charles W. BOWLBY was elected to the office of
superintendent of weights and measures for Morris county and in that
capacity his is serving with the utmost efficiency at the present
time, 1913...Under the invigorating influence of the old homestead
farm Charles W. BOWLBY was reared to maturity and he early began to
assist his father and brothers in the work and management of the
estate. He was educated in the public schools of Hunterdon county and
remained at home until he had reached his legal majority when he
married and located at York, Hunterdon county, there conducting a
restaurant for a period of two years, at the end of which time he
removed to Dover. This city has represented his home for the past
thirty-six years. At the time of his advent here, in 1877, he began to
clerk for John
LYON, in whose employ he remained for three years. In 1880 he formed a
connection with the Singer Sewing Machine Company and he was with that
concern for the ensuing fourteen years, during the twelve years of
which time he was manager of the company's business in Morris
countyand had sixteen salesmen working under him. In 1894 Mr. BOWLBY
became
interested in local politics and was an important factor in the
election of George PIERSON for the office of mayor of Dover. Shortly
after he was appointed chief of police for this city and he served as
such with considerable distinction for one year. In his political
faith he is a stalwart supporter of the principles of the Democratic
party. In 1893 he engaged in the piano business at Dover and
subsequently he went to Plainfield, New Jersey, to assume charge of
the sales department of the Singer sewing machine. In 1906 he entered
the employ of the United States Leather Company as a purchaser of
hides in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, following that line
of enterprise for four years. During most of this period he sold
pianos and sewing machines on his own account and for three years
wrote insurance for the Continental Casualty Company. December 13,
1911, he was appointed superintendent of weights and measures for
Morris county by the board of freeholders, his term of office covering
a period of three years. For fourteen years he was a valued and
appreciative member of the Dover fire department and his activity in
public affairs has always been characterized by intrinsic loyalty to
all matters projected for progress and improvement. He is
conscientious in discharging his duties as a public official and he is
honored and esteemed by his fellow citizens as a man of mark in all
the relations of life.

He was married to Lydia Hester LEONARD in 1875.⁽⁷²⁸⁶⁾⁽⁷²⁸⁷⁾ Lydia Hester LEONARD⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ died on 1 Sep 1918 in Dover, New Jersey.⁽⁷²⁸⁸⁾⁽⁷²⁸⁹⁾ She was born in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.⁽³²⁸⁵⁾ She was the daughter of Curtis Leonard, of Everittstown, New Jersey. Charles Weller BOWLBY and Lydia Hester LEONARD had the following children:

+3289 i. Clara Louise BOWLBY.
+3290 ii. Lulu Maude BOWLBY.
+3291 iii. Mary L. BOWLBY.
+3292 iv. Edgar L. BOWLBY.
+3293 v. Hazel BOWLBY.