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1672. William H. BOWLSBY ⁽⁸⁰⁷⁶⁾⁽⁵⁸¹⁾⁽⁵⁸²⁾⁽⁸⁰⁷⁷⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born in 1841 in Delaware County, Indiana.⁽⁸⁰⁷⁸⁾⁽⁸⁰⁷⁹⁾⁽⁸⁰⁸⁰⁾ He died in 1888 in Madison County, Iowa.⁽⁸⁰⁸¹⁾⁽⁸⁰⁸²⁾⁽⁸⁰⁸³⁾ He was buried in Worthington Cemetery.⁽⁸⁰⁸⁴⁾ His grave was marked as a veteran of the Civil War.
Iowa census reports of 1856 and 1860 list him as living with his
parents in Madison County with his parents.

Roster Iowa Soldiers - War of Rebellion Vol 2 indicates that he was a
residence of Madison Township, and a native of Indiana. He enlisted
Nov. 26, 1864. Mustered Nov. 26, 1864. Mustered out Nov. 27, 1865,
Mobile, Alabama.

He was married to Maria Harriet DUFF on 11 Dec 1861 in Madison County, Iowa.⁽⁸⁰⁸⁵⁾⁽⁸⁰⁸⁶⁾
He married under the name of William Bowlsby, Jr. This may have been because his name was William Henry and the "Jr." was to distinguish him from his uncle William Henry Harrison Bowlsby. The 1870 census of Madison County, Iowa, lists his household as including thirteen persons, but this is deceiving, because four of those listed were daughters of his older brother Wilson and they were all listed as living in other persons' households as well. His sister, Martha, and his brother Wilson's son, William, were listed in his household, yet they were also listed in a household containing his father, Levi, along with two young girls which appear to be his own daughters. It was the last five and youngest children listed in his household that must have been his own children. Helen, at ten years; Jane, at nine years; Geneva, at six years; James, at four years; and Julia A., at two years. Mrs. Gladys Beeman, Route 2, Earlham, Iowa, a descendant of this family, offed to Raymond Edwin Bowlby a list of William H. and Maria Harriet (Duff) Bowlsby's children. At first her lists seems incompatible with the census, but with slight alteration and consideration the lists can be combined as follows: Henen Samantha, Jan Elizabeth, Geneva "Eva," James T., Julia Ann, Emma, Charles H., Kate, and Velma. So it appears that William and Maria had nine. Children. Maria Harriet DUFF ⁽⁸⁰⁸⁷⁾⁽⁵⁸¹⁾⁽⁵⁸²⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born in 1843.⁽⁸⁰⁸⁸⁾⁽⁸⁰⁸⁹⁾⁽⁸⁰⁹⁰⁾ She died in 1923.⁽⁸⁰⁹¹⁾⁽⁸⁰⁹²⁾⁽⁸⁰⁹³⁾ She was buried in Worthington Cemetery, Madison Township, Madison County, Iowa.⁽⁸⁰⁹⁴⁾ She was the daughter of William and Margaret F. (Adams) Duff. William H. BOWLSBY and Maria Harriet DUFF had the following children:

3570 i. Helen Samantha BOWLSBY⁽⁵⁸¹⁾⁽⁵⁸²⁾⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ was born about 1862.⁽⁸⁰⁹⁵⁾
Died Young.
3571 ii. Jane Elizabeth BOWLSBY⁽⁵⁸¹⁾⁽⁵⁹⁸⁾⁽⁵⁸²⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born about 1864.⁽⁸⁰⁹⁶⁾ She was also known as "Elizabeth".⁽⁸⁰⁹⁷⁾ In 1870 Jane was listed as living not only with her parents, but also
with David and Mary Applegate in Douglas Township.
+3572 iii. Geneva BOWLSBY.
3573 iv. James T. BOWLSBY⁽⁵⁸¹⁾⁽⁵⁸²⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born in 1866.⁽⁸⁰⁹⁸⁾ ⁽⁸⁰⁹⁹⁾⁽⁸¹⁰⁰⁾ He died in 1882.⁽⁸¹⁰¹⁾ ⁽⁸¹⁰²⁾⁽⁸¹⁰³⁾ He died in a hunting accident on a fence. He was buried in Worthington Cemetery, Madison County, Iowa.⁽⁸¹⁰⁴⁾
+3574 v. Julia Ann BOWLSBY.
+3575 vi. Emma BOWLSBY.
3576 vii. Charles H. BOWLSBY⁽⁵⁸¹⁾⁽⁵⁸²⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born in 1879.⁽⁸¹⁰⁵⁾ ⁽⁸¹⁰⁶⁾⁽⁸¹⁰⁷⁾ He died in 1880.⁽⁸¹⁰⁸⁾ ⁽⁸¹⁰⁹⁾ He was buried in Worthington Cemetery, Madison County, Iowa.⁽⁸¹¹⁰⁾
+3577 viii. Kate BOWLSBY.
+3578 ix. Velma BOWLSBY.