Olive Thayer Bowlsby was the daughter of Elbridge Thayer and Mary C. Merryfield. On 7 Nov. 1877 she married Willard Lucien Bowlsby In Olive, Nebraska. She was 19 yrs. old.Their first three children, Cora Melissa b.1878, a little girl with big blue eyes and dark curls, Leroy b.1880, and Effie Lecreca b.1882, were born there. In 1884, Willard and Olive lost 2 of their younger children, Leroy and Effie, to diphtheria. They are buried in David City.After the death of the children, they moved to Oregon and homesteaded near Pilot Rock. After they arrived, 3 more children were born to them, May, Fayette Eleanor and Lillian. Later Olive and Will's family moved to Pendleton, Oregon.
Olive Thayer Bowlsby was the daughter of Elbridge Thayer and Mary C. Merryfield. On 7 Nov. 1877 she married Willard Lucien Bowlsby In Olive, Nebraska. She was 19 yrs. old.Their first three children, Cora Melissa b.1878, a little girl with big blue eyes and dark curls, Leroy b.1880, and Effie Lecreca b.1882, were born there. In 1884, Willard and Olive lost 2 of their younger children, Leroy and Effie, to diphtheria. They are buried in David City.After the death of the children, they moved to Oregon and homesteaded near Pilot Rock. After they arrived, 3 more children were born to them, May, Fayette Eleanor and Lillian. Later Olive and Will's family moved to Pendleton, Oregon.
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