Notes Re: Obituary, James A.Bowlby (Samuel 8)

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: I don't know for sure that James didn't have a middle initial, but none is included in the obits, death certificate, headstone, or anything else I've found. Raymond E. Bowlby does not include it (in his Samuel 8 descendants volume). : Jess checked his sources and couldn't find a source for it. Lacking any source for it, I tend to question including it. : I don't know if it was a mistake that just stuck, or if the source has just been lost, but it's was listed that way in the BFO info before I had any : contact. : -- Gordon : : Obituary, Daily Chief Jan 27, 1913: : : SQUIRE JAMES BOWLBY : : Dies at His Home in Carey Monday Morning, at 6 o'Clock. : : Squire James Bowlby died at his home, in Carey, Monday morning, at 6 : : o'clock, from a complication of diseases. : : Mr. Bowlby was born December 8, 1831, in Wayne county, and was in his : : eightysecond year at the time of death. Deceased came to Wynadot county in : : 1853 and lived on a farm, two and one-half miles west of Carey, until 1883, : : since which time he had lived in Carey. He was married January 1, 1857, to : : Amanda Grindle, who departed this life February 22, 1901. Five sons and five : : daughters were born to this union, of whom the following survive: Mrs. Emma : : O'Brien, of Detroit, Mich.; R. D. Bowlby, of Findlay; J. W. Bowlby, of : : Fletcher, Ontario; O. C. Bowlby, of Carey, and N. H. Bowlby, of Cleveland. : : One sister, Mrs. Charles Kurtz, of Neenah, Wis., survives at the age of : : seventysix years. : : Squire Bowlby was a prominent resident of Carey. He served two terms : : as mayor of that city and had been justice of the peace for about thirty : : years, serving in that capacity at the time of his death. : : The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, from the : : Carey Methodist Episcopal church, conducted by Rev. W. J. Hagerman. Burial : : will be made in the Keller cemetery, on the Ridge. : : [end] : : Sister Mrs. Charles Kurtz is likely Catherine. : : James and Amanda are actually buried in Lutheran Ridge Cemetery, Ridge Twp., : : Wyandot Co. OH (NW of Carey). I have seen and photographed the monument : : there, which reads: : : JAMES BOWLBY : : 1831-1913 : : ---------- : : AMANDA, HIS WIFE. : : 1836-1901 : : BOWLBY (on base) : : This monument is flanked by smaller stones reading : : FATHER (on the right, and) : : MOTHER (on the left) : : Next to FATHER is a corner of a white marble headstone, which may be what : : remains of the original marker. The markings are illegible, but appear to : : have been y, m, d. : : The large BOWLBY monument is polished gray stone (granite?), as are the : : flanking FATHER and MOTHER stones. They are part of a group surrounded by a : : small raised barrier (looks to be concrete, about 4" high x 4" deep). To the : : left of MOTHER is a white marble headstone sculpted as a scroll, with a : : flower at the top and a bud beneath the inscription : : VIOLETTA A. : : DAU. OF : : J. & A. BOWLBY : : DIED : : APRIL 6, 1876: : : AGED : : 3Y, 7M, 10D. : : There is a poem or quote on the base, which reads, in part: : : (?) : : (?) smiles to us was given, : : (?) bid farewell to earth, : : (?) sent to hoe in Heaven. : : To the left of this marker is an obelisk for Alfred Barton, son of J&A Bowlby : : as previously noted. : : The front right corner of the barrier abuts a large monument for Hiram Young, : : and the left front corner abuts an obelisk I was unable to read due to : : encroaching mold or fungus.