Individual Details

Joseph attended Zion academy until his mother died and he went to live with his sister, Elizabeth, at Havre de Grace, MD. After he married Jamesanna they settled in Cecil County where Joseph became a tenant farmer. About 1900, the family moved to Elkton where Joseph worked as a carpenter at Landing Lane Boat Yard. About 1904, Joseph bought a 36 acre farm near Leeds, MD., where the family lived until "Minnie's" death. Joseph's family was closely affiliated with the Methodist Church at Leeds where some of his descendants are to this day members of the congregation.

Birth	1 AUG 1874	Bay View, Cecil Co., MD
Marriage	22 MAR 1898	Havre de Grace, Harford Co., MD - Jamesanna "Minnie" POWELL
Marriage		Sarah WEISS
Death	14 APR 1973	Elkton, Cecil Co., MD
Burial		Friends Cem., Calvert, Cecil Co., MD

Spouse	Jamesanna "Minnie" POWELL (1879 - 1943)
Child	Mary Mercedes BOWLSBEY (1898 - )
Child	Sarah Elizabeth BOWLSBEY (1901 - 1901)
Child	Leonard Stanley "Stan" BOWLSBEY (1902 - 1958)
Child	Lee Miller BOWLSBEY (1906 - 1975)
Child	James Curry BOWLSBEY (1907 - 1964)
Child	Harry BOWLSBEY (1910 - 1910)
Child	Pearl Evelyn "Anna" BOWLSBEY (1911 - )
Child	Joseph William BOWLSBEY Jr. (1913 - 1913)
Child	John Raymond BOWLSBEY (1916 - )
Child	Ruth LaVerne BOWLSBEY (1919 - 1989)

Spouse

Sarah WEISS ( - 1961)

Father	Sylvester BOWLBY (1836 - 1921)
Mother	Elizabeth ASTLE (1840 - 1894)
Sibling	Mary "Elizabeth" BOWLSBEY (1859 - 1936)
Sibling	Lucy Carrie BOWLSBEY (1861 - 1907)
Sibling	Christina BOWLSBEY (1863 - 1934)
Sibling	Rachel Adaline BOWLSBEY (1865 - 1912)
Sibling	Henry or Harry BOWLSBEY (1867 - 1903)
Sibling	Rebecca Rittenhouse BOWLSBEY (1870 - 1932)
Sibling	John Sylvester BOWLSBEY (1872 - 1935)
Sibling	Harry Walter BOWLSBEY (1877 - 1903)
Sibling	Charles BOWLSBEY (1878 - 1893)
Sibling	Aaron Stanley BOWLSBEY (1879 - 1943)
Sibling	Grace BOWLSBEY (1882 - 1882)
Sibling	Ruth BOWLSBEY (1884 - 1884)