Individual Details

Samuel was probably the son of Joseph I. and Lettice (BLAIR) BOWLSBY, born 14 NOV 1826, Newark, Licking Co., OH according to his daughter, Mattie. According to his father;s biography, he would have been one of the three children born in Fayette Co., PA before moving to Licking Co., OH. Mrs. Mattie Pennycuff, Samuel's daughter, writes: " My grandfather, William BOWLBY, married his cousin, Sarah BOWLBY, in New York, New Jersey, and settled in New York. Their children were Samuel, John, Manuel, Sophia, Adeline, and Serriptia." Obviously, Mrs. PENNYCUFF speaks from a childhood confusion of family tradition. Her grandfather had a brother and sister who married their second cousins who were also BOWLBYs, and her grandfather, who was born in New Jersey, lived in Newark, OH. All the names given as brothers and sisters of her father have been recognized as children of Joseph I. and Lettice (BLAIR) BOWLSBY; only James and Joseph are missing. Mrs. PENNYCUFF's parents were reared and married at Gratiot, WI, where Joseph I. left his family in 1833, and where Lettice BOWLSBY and her children were enumerated in 1850. According to his daughter, Samuel went to California and returned before his marriage in Wisconsin. Soon after thei marriage, Samuel and Elizabeth headed for California, but stopped at Leadville, CO; from there, the family moved near Denver, then on to Fountain, El Paso County. It was in 1876 that the family finally settled on a ranch near Sum City, Kiowa Co., KS.

Birth	14 NOV 1826	Newark, Licking Co., OH
Marriage	14 FEB 1859	Gratiot, Lafayette Co., WI - Elizabeth B. "Betsy" SUITS/SUITZ
Death	16 OCT 1894
Burial		Bucklin Cem., Bucklin, Ford Co., KS

Spouse	Elizabeth B. "Betsy" SUITS/SUITZ (1840 - 1920)
Child	Irvin BOWLBY ( - )
Child	Samuel E. BOWLBY ( - 1873)
Child	Adeline BOWLBY (1863 - )
Child	John Grant BOWLBY (1865 - 1923)
Child	Emma BOWLBY (1871 - )
Child	Dora BOWLBY ( - )
Child	Mattie BOWLBY (1873 - )
Child	Lee BOWLBY (1879 - 1947)

Father	Joseph Insley BOWLSBY (1770 - 1877)
Mother	Lettice Parkhill "Letty" BLAIR (1801 - 1851)
Sibling	John K. BOWLBY (1821 - 1890)
Sibling	Emanuel Parkhill "Manuel" BOWLSBY (1815 - 1902)
Sibling	Sophia M. BOWLBY (1830 - )
Sibling	James H. BOWLSBY (1833 - 1864)
Sibling	Serepta M. BOWLSBY (1835 - 1862)
Sibling	Adaline/Adeline BOWLSBY (1837 - 1925)
Sibling	Joseph BOWLSBY (1842 - )

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