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ELEVENTH GENERATION

1625. William H. BOWLSBY ⁽⁷⁷¹⁴⁾⁽⁵⁸¹⁾⁽⁵⁸²⁾⁽⁷⁷¹⁵⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born in 1841 in Delaware County, Indiana.⁽⁷⁷¹⁶⁾⁽⁷⁷¹⁷⁾⁽⁷⁷¹⁸⁾ He died in 1888 in Madison County, Iowa.⁽⁷⁷¹⁹⁾⁽⁷⁷²⁰⁾⁽⁷⁷²¹⁾ He was buried in Worthington Cemetery.⁽⁷⁷²²⁾ 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.⁽⁷⁷²³⁾⁽⁷⁷²⁴⁾
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⁽⁷⁷²⁵⁾⁽⁵⁸¹⁾⁽⁵⁸²⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born in 1843.⁽⁷⁷²⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁷²⁷⁾⁽⁷⁷²⁸⁾ She died in 1923.⁽⁷⁷²⁹⁾⁽⁷⁷³⁰⁾⁽⁷⁷³¹⁾ She was buried in Worthington Cemetery, Madison Township, Madison County, Iowa.⁽⁷⁷³²⁾ She was the daughter of William and Margaret F. (Adams) Duff. William H. BOWLSBY and Maria Harriet DUFF had the following children:

3301 i. Helen Samantha BOWLSBY⁽⁵⁸¹⁾⁽⁵⁸²⁾⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ was born about 1862.⁽⁷⁷³³⁾
Died Young.
3302 ii. Jane Elizabeth BOWLSBY⁽⁵⁸¹⁾⁽⁵⁹⁸⁾⁽⁵⁸²⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born about 1864.⁽⁷⁷³⁴⁾ She was also known as "Elizabeth".⁽⁷⁷³⁵⁾ In 1870 Jane was listed as living not only with her parents, but also
with David and Mary Applegate in Douglas Township.
+3303 iii. Geneva BOWLSBY.
3304 iv. James T. BOWLSBY⁽⁵⁸¹⁾⁽⁵⁸²⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born in 1866.⁽⁷⁷³⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁷³⁷⁾⁽⁷⁷³⁸⁾ He died in 1882.⁽⁷⁷³⁹⁾ ⁽⁷⁷⁴⁰⁾⁽⁷⁷⁴¹⁾ He died in a hunting accident on a fence. He was buried in Worthington Cemetery, Madison County, Iowa.⁽⁷⁷⁴²⁾
+3305 v. Julia Ann BOWLSBY.
+3306 vi. Emma BOWLSBY.
3307 vii. Charles H. BOWLSBY⁽⁵⁸¹⁾⁽⁵⁸²⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born in 1879.⁽⁷⁷⁴³⁾ ⁽⁷⁷⁴⁴⁾⁽⁷⁷⁴⁵⁾ He died in 1880.⁽⁷⁷⁴⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁷⁴⁷⁾ He was buried in Worthington Cemetery, Madison County, Iowa.⁽⁷⁷⁴⁸⁾
+3308 viii. Kate BOWLSBY.
+3309 ix. Velma BOWLSBY.