Individual Details

William B. "Doke" Bowles

(1834 - 7 Dec 1902)



William married Amanda Ware in Mississippi.

A book, Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas, by Andrew Jackson Sowell, p.383, has a bio about Doke Bowles. This book lists Doke's birthplace as "Allewamby County, TN" which was surely a misunderstanding of "Ittawamba". He perpetuates the story that the grandfather John Bowles was with Gen. Jackson at New Orleans, was hit twice, and died of his wounds.

Events

Birth1834Mississippi
Death7 Dec 1902Pueblo, New Mexico Territory

Families

FatherJohn Bowles (1802 - 1859)
MotherMillie Caroline Pate (1808 - )
SiblingNancy Adeline Bowles (1825 - )
SiblingHiram R. Bowles (1827 - 1874)
SiblingJames Frank Bowles (1828 - 1880)
SiblingPriscilla Bowles (1830 - )
SiblingJohn B. Bowles (1831 - )
SiblingFrances "Fannie" Bowles (1832 - 1912)
SiblingMary Jane Bowles (1833 - )
SiblingGreenville "Pete" Bowles (1836 - 1898)
SiblingCaroline Bowles (1837 - 1893)
SiblingDavid Crockett Bowles (1839 - 1918)
SiblingEmmaline Bowles (1840 - )
SiblingMariah Bowles (1842 - 1904)