Individual Details
Isabell "Ibby" BOWMAN
(1820 - 1885)
Married Valentine Crawford, 5 Jul 1837, Estill Co KY - son of Archibald & Margaret (Brown) Crawford. Database of a descendant of Isabell's sister Deborah who married John H. Brandenburg, gives a birth year for Isabell as 1820. This is correct according to the 1850 Census when she is found with Valentine Crawford in Breathitt Co KY. They lived next door to her brother Nicholas and his family.
1850 Census. Valentine Crawford, age 39, Farmer, worth $1500, b. KY. Isabel, age 30.
Liberty, male, age 12, Simeon age 9, Elizabeth age 7.
Two school teachers were boarding with the family - Peter Thomas age 25 and Allen Thomas age 21, both born in VA.
1860 Census. Dist 1, Breathitt Co, KY, Jackson P.O., Hh 25
Vol Crawford, 48, b. Estill Co KY, Farmer. Isabelle, 39, b. Clay Co KY
Simeon, 19. Elizabeth, 17 - both born in Breathitt Co
John W. Parmer, 6, b. Breathitt Co
Dec 1863 Civil War Draft. 8th Congressional District, KY, Breathitt, Perry Co and others
Libertine Crawford, age 26, b KY, married.
1870 Census. Prec. 7, Breathitt, KY, Jetts Creek P.O.
Valentine Crawford, 55, farmer
Izabel Crawford, 50
Angeline, 18
John, 16, farm labor (last name dittoed as Crawford - but likely John Parmer)
Valentine and Isabelle were still living in Breathitt Co in 1880, Jetts Creek, page 580b. He was age 69, and Isabelle age 60. Valentine's father was born in VA; his mother b. KY.
Events
| Birth | 1820 | Clay County, Kentucky |  | ||
| Marriage | 5 Jul 1837 | Estill County, Kentucky - Valentine Crawford | |||
| Death | 1885 | Lee County, Kentucky | |
Families
| Spouse | Valentine Crawford (1811 - 1889) |
| Child | Liberty Crawford (1838 - 1903) |
| Child | Simeon Crawford (1841 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Crawford (1843 - 1923) |
| Father | ELIJAH BOWMAN (1773 - 1840) |
| Mother | ELIZABETH GENTRY (1778 - ) |
| Sibling | Nicholas BOWMAN (1797 - 1861) |
| Sibling | SARAH "SALLY" BOWMAN (1798 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Mahala BOWMAN (1801 - ) |
| Sibling | Elijah BOWMAN Jr. ( - ) |
| Sibling | Nancy\Ann Elizabeth BOWMAN ( - ) |
| Sibling | Hannah BOWMAN (1807 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph BOWMAN (1808 - 1863) |
| Sibling | Deborah BOWMAN (1810 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Elisha Williamson BOWMAN (1815 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Henry B. Bowman (1820 - 1900) |
Endnotes
1. US Census 1850 KY Digital Images online at GenealogyLibrary, Breathitt Co; p.20b, Household 50..
2. Family Heritage Database, Ver. 1.0; CD ROM; Compiled from donated files of members and others; reliability not proven. (Estill County KY Historical & Genelogical Society; 1998).