Individual Details
James BOWLBY
(24 JUL 1835 - 1 JUL 1918)
James immigrated to the United States in 1855, and located in Kankakee Co., where he purchased unimproved land in Norton and Pilot Townships, and farmed until 1880. He moved to Herscher where he built a business house and was a merchant for ten years. In 1889 he engaged in the hotel business and was a hotel keeper until the fall of1892. His biography appears in PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF KANKAKEE COUNTY ILLINOIS, 1893.
Events
| Birth | 24 JUL 1835 | Clement, Nova Scotia, Canada |  | ||
| Marriage | 3 DEC 1860 | Kankakee Co., IL - Mary Jane BARBER | | ||
| Death | 1 JUL 1918 | Herscher, Kankakee Co., IL | | ||
| Burial | Pilot Cem., Herscher, Kankakee Co., IL | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Jane BARBER (1833 - 1918) |
| Child | Charles William BOWLBY (1861 - 1946) |
| Child | Norman Lindley BOWLBY (1863 - 1941) |
| Child | Elmer Harris BOWLBY (1866 - 1943) |
| Child | Rhoda Clara BOWLBY (1871 - 1954) |
| Father | George BOWLBY Jr. (1799 - 1882) |
| Mother | Sarah DEWITT (1801 - 1883) |
| Sibling | Edmond BOWLBY (1822 - 1827) |
| Sibling | Solomon BOWLBY (1825 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth BOWLBY (1826 - ) |
| Sibling | Jordan BOWLBY (1827 - ) |
| Sibling | Louisa BOWLBY (1829 - ) |
| Sibling | Lydia Ann BOWLBY ( - ) |
| Sibling | George Freeman Allen BOWLBY (1831 - 1883) |
| Sibling | Josiah A. BOWLBY (1834 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Watson BOWLBY ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Raymond Edwin Bowlby, B.A., M.A., Bowlby Families in England and America (Higginson Book Company, 1993
2. Cynthia Bowlby, Email
3. Illinois State Marriage Index, 1763-1900, Vol. 00B Page No. 00000494.
4. Raymond Edwin Bowlby, B.A., M.A., Bowlby Families in England and America (Higginson Book Company, 1993
5. Cynthia Bowlby, Email
6. Raymond Edwin Bowlby, B.A., M.A., Bowlby Families in England and America (Higginson Book Company, 1993