ELEVENTH GENERATION

1684. George W. BOWLSBY ^{(582) (7)(8129) (8)} was born in 1826 in Ballston, New York. ⁽⁵⁹⁸⁾ He served in the military in 15th Michigan Infantry, Company K as a Captain.^{(8130) (8131)} He resided Monroe, Michigan. ⁽⁵⁹⁸⁾ On December 26, 1865, inventor George W. Bowlsby received Letter Patent No. 51,782 for his "new and Improved Mode of Preventing the Second Use of Postage-Stamps".
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He was married to Laura DOWNING on 6 Jul 1849.⁽⁸¹³²⁾