Individual Details

It was reported in the 1850 census of Gratiot, WI that she lived with her mother in the household of her older brother, Manuel. Her name is given by Mrs. Mattie PENNYCUFF as a sister to her father, Samuel BOWLBY (11), in her memoirs of the BOWLBY family. Information on Serepta and William is based on their marriage record and pension papers of their son, William BENNET (12) who applied for Civil War pension under his father's service.

Maddy HUME reports that:
In the Necessary Explanations part of the group sheet, Mrs. Alan BOWLSBY states. "Serepta was probably the youngest. Her husband was born in 1835. Her mother died in 1832. Perhaps she was a daughter of a later wife, but no later ____ ____." (Can't read the last 2 words).

Note:
1. Serepta was not the youngest, she was born 1835, Adaline born 1837 and Joseph born 1842
2. Her Mother Lettice(Letty) Parkhill [Blair] Bowlsby died after 1850
3. Joseph Insley Bowlsby was married to Lettice P.[Blair] Bowlsby until 1850

Birth	ABT 1835	Newark, Licking Co., OH
Alt name		Seripitia and Sarepta
Marriage	23 MAR 1858	Patch Grove, Lancaster, Grant Co., WI - William Edward BENNETT
Death	20 APR 1862	Lafayette Co., WI

Spouse	William Edward BENNETT (1835 - 1864)
Child	Luther Joseph BENNETT (1859 - )
Child	William BENNETT ( - )

Father	Joseph Insley BOWLSBY (1770 - 1877)
Mother	Lettice Parkhill "Letty" BLAIR (1801 - 1851)
Sibling	John K. BOWLBY (1821 - 1890)
Sibling	Samuel BOWLSBY/BOWLBY (1826 - 1894)
Sibling	Emanuel Parkhill "Manuel" BOWLSBY (1815 - 1902)
Sibling	Sophia M. BOWLBY (1830 - )
Sibling	James H. BOWLSBY (1833 - 1864)
Sibling	Adaline/Adeline BOWLSBY (1837 - 1925)
Sibling	Joseph BOWLSBY (1842 - )