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A Nancy J. Bowman, born 1859, married Jackson Clark, 23 Aug 1877, Owsley Co, KY. I believe this is the daughter of Squire & Rhoda. I have an autosomal match at AncestryDNA which shows Nancy married to an Elbert S. Francis - I believe this is just wrong.

1880 Census. Bull Skin, Clay Co, KY, Hh 132
Jackson Clark, 23
Nancy J., 20, wife
Rhoda E., 1, daughter

1900 Census. Sextons Creek, Clay, KY, Hh 311
Jackson Clark, b. Nov 1857, 42, married 22 years, farmer
Nancy J., wife, b. Dec 1858, 41, 2 children - 1 is living

Child Sudie Clark is found buried Clarks Cemetery, Sexton, Clay Co, KY. She was born 1882, died 1895.

Kentucky Death Certificate #24888
Nancy Jane Clark died 20 Oct 1944 of hemoplexy, hemorrage of the brain (a stroke) in Clay Co KY. She was the widow of H. J. Clark. 28 December given as her birth date but no year. She was 85y, 9m, 22d which calculates to 28 Dec 1858. Her father was Skir Bowman; mother Rhoda Morris, both born in Owsley Co, KY. John G. White of Burning Springs KY was the informant. She was buried Oct 22.



Wrong trees on Ancestry....
We have a DNA match but you have made an error in your lineage due to copying from other Ancestry trees because many have this wrong. The Nancy Bowman who married Elbert S. Francis was NOT the daughter of Squire Felix at all. His Nancy married Jackson Clark and lived out her life in Clay Co, KY. The two Nancys were cousins and were both born the same year in Owsley Co. Easy to confuse. "Your" Nancy that married Elbert S. Francis was the daughter of Henry B. Bowman and Rachel Plummer and can be found with them in both the 1860 and 1870 censuses. If you are familiar with the FamilySearch website, you can find your Nancy Bowman with the correct parents at LZ6N-X8N.

Birth	28 Dec 1858	Owsley County, Kentucky
Death	19 Oct 1944	Clay County, Kentucky

Father	Squire Felix Bowman (1827 - 1865)
Mother	Rhoda Morris (1824 - 1905)