Individual Details
John BOWLBY
(13 JUN 1802 - 9 JUN 1891)
The 1840 and 1850 census list John's family living in Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The 1850 census appears to have three errors: John is listed as 60 years old rather than 48 years old; his wife is not listed; and his daughter, Rebecca, and her daughter are listed as Bowlbys. However, names in the household determine that it was John's family. Historians give names of his nine children out of order, but the order is determined in comparing census reports: Wesley, Delilah, Dortha, Rebecca, Josiah, John, Elizabeth, Mary Margaret, and Samuel.
Here is an 1850 upper Turkeysfoot, Somerset County, PA all supposedly born in PA:
John 40 M
Rebecca 22
Josiah 19
John 17
Elizabeth 16
Mary M 12
Samuel 10
Lucretia 3
"The 1850 census taker seemed to have had some problems. 1) The mother Mollie is not listed 2) the age of the father John, is incorrect and 3) married daughter Rebecca, who we believe was the wife of Michael King and mother of Lucritia, are both identified as Bowlbys rather than Kings."
Events
| Birth | 13 JUN 1802 | New Jersey |  |  | |
| Marriage | 17 JUN 1824 | Somerset Co., PA - Mollie MILLER | |||
| Death | 9 JUN 1891 | Sabetha, Rock Creek Twp., Nemaha Co., KS |
Families
| Spouse | Mollie MILLER (1805 - 1868) |
| Child | Wesley BOWLBY (1824 - ) |
| Child | Delilah BOWLBY ( - ) |
| Child | Dortha BOWLBY (1827 - 1896) |
| Child | Rebecca BOWLBY (1828 - ) |
| Child | Josiah BOWLBY (1830 - 1886) |
| Child | John M. BOWLBY (1833 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth BOWLBY (1836 - ) |
| Child | Mary A. BOWLBY (1838 - ) |
| Child | Samuel BOWLBY (1841 - ) |
| Child | Kate BOWLBY ( - ) |
| Child | Sophia BOWLBY ( - ) |
| Father | Samuel Barker BOWLBY (1782 - 1846) |
| Mother | Hulda MESSENE/MESZENE (1784 - 1844) |
| Sibling | Samuel Barker BOWLBY (1804 - 1866) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann BOWLBY (1806 - 1888) |
| Sibling | Benjamin BOWLBY (1808 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph BOWLBY (1808 - ) |
| Sibling | James H. BOWLBY (1814 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth BOWLBY (1818 - ) |
| Sibling | Peter G. BOWLBY (1819 - 1869) |
| Sibling | Nancy Ann BOWLBY (1814 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Henry Clay BOWLBY (1824 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Jemina/Jamina BOWLBY (1827 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah BOWLBY (1832 - 1864) |
Notes
Birth
Ramona Lanning Phillips shows his birth as 12 JUN 1802 in Somerset Co., PA.Endnotes
1. Ramona Phillips, Email