Individual Details

Henry was born around 1828 according to the 1860 census of Jackson Co., IL. He married his second cousin, SARAH BOWLBY, daughter of Samuel Barker and Hulda (MESSENE) BOWLBY. Samuel Barker BOWLBY (10) was the eldest son of John BOWLBY (9), brother of Henry's father; so Henry was first cousin to his wife's father.They were married in Warren Co., OH. This was where Henry's brother, E. H., was married five months later and was most likely the place where his sister, Abigail, married her second cousin, Samuel Barker BOWLBY (11). The census indicates that Henry and Sarah were in Indiana when their first child was born around 1850; however, their second and third children were born in Ohio between 1851 and 1853. By 1853, the family was settled in Jackson Co., IL.

Birth	3 FEB 1828	New Jersey
Marriage	28 JAN 1849	Warren Co., OH - Sarah BOWLBY
Occupation	1860	farmer - Somerset Twp., Jackson Co., IL
Marriage	9 AUG 1866	Jackson, Lawrence Co., IL - Mary Ann HOUSE
Death	29 JAN 1905	Jackson Co., IL
Burial		DeSoto, Jackson Co., IL

Spouse	Sarah BOWLBY (1832 - 1864)
Child	Marion Sylvester BOWLBY (1849 - 1911)
Child	Leander Parkus/Parkes "Park" BOWLBY (1851 - 1936)
Child	Dora Lucretia BOWLBY (1853 - 1880)
Child	Laura BOWLBY (1855 - )
Child	Jasper Donaldson "Don" BOWLBY (1857 - 1941)
Child	William N. BOWLBY (1860 - 1869)
Child	Bianka BOWLBY (1861 - 1916)
Child	James E. BOWLBY (1863 - )

Spouse	Mary Ann HOUSE (1838 - 1905)
Child	Ely Calvin "Cal" BOWLBY (1867 - 1953)
Child	Arthur Curtis BOWLBY (1868 - 1873)
Child	Nancy Leona BOWLBY (1870 - 1960)
Child	George Doran BOWLBY (1872 - 1872)
Child	BOWLBY (1873 - 1873)
Child	Richard Newton BOWLBY (1875 - 1947)
Child	Charles Henry BOWLBY (1877 - 1974)
Child	Ida May BOWLBY (1880 - 1977)

Father	Samuel BOWLBY (1753 - 1827)
Mother	Johanna PARKHURST ( - )
Sibling	Abigail BOWLBY (1812 - )
Sibling	Elisha Hess "Hurst" BOWLBY (1818 - 1910)

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