Individual Details

After Peter died in 1869, his younger brother, Henry Clay BOWLBY, became administrator of his estate. The ages of children and state in which they were born on the census reports indicate that Peter and his family left Pennsylvania and moved to Jackson Co., IL. before 1845. Upon his enrollment as a private in Company A., 31st Regiment, Illinois Infantry on 13 AUG 1862, Peter was described as a farmer of 43 years of age, five feet eight and a half inches, having blue eyes and black hair. Peter was discharged before Vicksburg, Mississippi, as a wounded soldier on 23 JUN 1863.

Birth	ABT 1819	Somerset Co., PA
Marriage	16 JUN 1844	Mary Ann WHIPKEY
Occupation	1860	farmer - Somerset Twp., Jackson Co., IL
Death	8 JAN 1869	Jackson Co., IL
Marriage		Maria HOOKER

Spouse	Mary Ann WHIPKEY (1823 - 1866)
Child	Marion S. BOWLBY (1845 - )
Child	Franklin BOWLBY (1852 - )
Child	Susan J. BOWLBY (1854 - )
Child	Samuel M. BOWLBY (1857 - )
Child	Winfield Scott BOWLBY (1858 - 1933)
Child	Emma J. BOWLBY (1861 - )
Child	Peter G. BOWLBY (1863 - )

Spouse

Maria HOOKER ( - )

Father	Samuel Barker BOWLBY (1782 - 1846)
Mother	Hulda MESSENE/MESZENE (1784 - 1844)
Sibling	John BOWLBY (1802 - 1891)
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	Nancy Ann BOWLBY (1814 - 1886)
Sibling	Henry Clay BOWLBY (1824 - 1892)
Sibling	Jemina/Jamina BOWLBY (1827 - )
Sibling	Sarah BOWLBY (1832 - 1864)