of Clarke County, Iowa · documented from the public record
The family in the record
William H. Bowlsby d. 1901
William H. Bowlsby⚭ Mary Ann Garretson
childrenBenjamin F. Bowlsby · Eliza J. Bowlsby · James F. Bowlsby · Addison K. Bowlsby · Hannah M. Bowlsby
Their story
What the record says
History of Madison County, Iowa.
Blacksmith who owned about 400 acres in Madison County.
Later removed to Osceola, Iowa in Nov. 1866 and ran a smithy there until retiring about 1900.
Republican, Methodist, self-made man.
Married Mary Ann Garretson on 5 May 1836.
Died June 15, 1901 at his son's home in Clarke County, Iowa.
Nine children, four of whom died in infancy.
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