Individual Details

Oregon Republican League:



Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 184.

BOWLBY, J. Q. A. [Editor inserted: John Quincy Adams Bowlby], of Astoria, was born in the city of New York, August 15, 1843. He came to Oregon in 1852 and lived on a farm in Washington County until 1868. In 1867-68 he studied law, and graduated at the Pacific University at Forest Grove in 1867. He then went to Portland, and a year later went to Astoria as Deputy Collector of Customs, and held that office six years. He then took up the practice of law in that city, having been admitted to the bar in 1874. Mr. Bowlby was elected County Judge in 1876 and again in 1878. He has been almost continuously a member of conventions and an earnest Republican worker. He has been a member of the City Council, a School Director, and was for ten years president of the Astoria Chamber of Commerce.

Birth	15 AUG 1843	New York City, NY
Marriage	1875	Georgiana BROWN
Death		Astoria, Clatsop Co., OR
Burial		Forest View Memorial Gardens, Forest Grove, Washington Co., OR

Spouse	Georgiana BROWN (1851 - )
Child	Violet Elizabeth BOWLBY (1877 - )
Child	Roy BOWLBY (1879 - )
Child	Hugh BOWLBY (1879 - )

Father	Dr. Wilson BOWLBY (1818 - 1895)
Mother	Lydia B. JONES (1811 - 1883)
Sibling	Theodore F. BOWLBY (1845 - 1899)
Sibling	Sarah W. BOWLBY (1847 - )
Sibling	Emily M. BOWLBY ( - )