Samuel Bowles, long one of the leading farmers of Hampton Township, but now retired from the active labors of farm life, was born Feb. 6, 1810, at Rock Bridge, VA. and is a son of Isaac and Mary (Bagford) Bowles, natives of Maryland. His parents came to Indiana as early as 1818, where they made a purchase of 160 acres of land in Washington County, and remained there until 1840, when Samuel, subject of this sketch, went after them and succeeded in bringing them to Hampton Township; but the father, on a visit to a son in New Orleans, took sick there and died. The mother died at her son Samuel's.
Samuel remained with his parents until he was 20 years old, and, as might be expected, he enjoyed very limited advantages for an education, for educational institutions and methods were in a very crude condition in Indiana from 60 to 70 years ago. Young Samuel grew up to a sturdy manhood amid these rudest of pioneer surroundings, taking advantage of every opportunity to gain knowledge and prepare himself for future usefulness. He naturally possessed a large share of that most valuable gift, common
sense nor was this dwarfed or stunted by such influences and surroundings as are now too common.
Some of the greatest men of our age have grown up amid just such influences as those surrounding Mr. Bowles' early life. Our subject possesses many traits of both mind
and heart which rank with those of men who have attained a national reputation. He takes a large and liberal view of every subject, is generous, just, and possesses excellent judgment, and was a most valuable acquisition to any pioneer settlement. Shortly after leaving home he was united in marriage with Mirgaret Porter, a native of Virginia. Telitha is the name of their only child. She became the wife of John Kay, and is the mother of one child.
After his marriage Mr. Bowles operated a farm in Indiana. He then sold out his interest in that State and came to Hampton Township, this county, where he has since continued to reside, and has from the very first been one of the leading spirits in the community. His farm contains 420 acres, a great part of which is rich coal land. Mr. Bowles was not only one of the pioneers in the settlement of the co. but he is the pioneer in the development of the now extensive and valuable coal interests of Rock Island County, being the first to make the discovery of coal.
As early as 1836, in his investigations, he discovered coal on his land, and in 1842 opened a coal bank, which was the second opened in the county. Since that time he has been interested in the coal business, employing from 20 to 25 hands. This extensive interest in this county has been largely developed through the influence and instrumentality of Mr. Bowles.
Our subject has been an active, enterprising citizen of the county for fully half a century, and has been ever ready to interest himself and take an active part in even project looking to the development of the county or welfare of the community. One of the most commendable enterprises of his life, and one which illustrates his enerous disposition and his earnest desire to assist the only real source through which true reform in society and the greatest good to mankind comas, was the erection of the beautiful church edifice on his farm. This structure was erected in 1879, at a cost of $9,000, and is located in the midst of a beautifully kept cemetery.
His old friend and fellow pioneer, Mr. Alanson Sinnet, resented the Church with a handsome Bible for the pulpit. In the view which is also given of his present commodious residence, his home of 50 years ago is also shown. It will no doubt be a source of great satisfaction to the man in his old age to look back over the scenes of his early struggles and preserve a picture of his rude cabin home.
Besides his farming and mining interests, he is largely interested in other enteiprises. He is a stockholder in the First National Bank of Moline, and is also one of the Directors of that institution. He is also a stockholder in the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. Although a Democrat politically, he has been Postmaster during the past five years of the office of Bowlesburg. He has also held various township offices.
[Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock Island County, 1885; page(s) 475- 477 ]
BOWLES SAMUEL, Farmer and Coal Operator; Sec. 7; P. O. Moline; born in Rockbridge Co., Va., Feb. 6, 1810; came to this County 1835; owns 470 acres of land; son of Isaac; lived in Ohio two years, in Indiana seventeen years, then to this County ; found the first coal-bed discovered in this vicinity in the year 1836; married Margarite Poter, Feb. 18, 1830; she died July 28, 1854; second wife was Eliza Scates; married July 4, 1860; she was born Dec. 20, 1828, in Kentucky; have one daughter, Telitha A., born July 9, 1861.
Name: Samuel Bowles
Spouse Name: Margaret Porter
Marriage Date: 18 Feb 1830
Marriage County: Washington
(Source: Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941)
Name: Samuel Bowls
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: District 37, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 2053
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel Bowls 40
Margaret Bowls 42
Esther F Webster 30
Robert Earl 18
Mary Saya 12
Henry Evers 28
Mary Baily 40
Peter Serrett 35
Elizah Leviathan 25
John Boop 28
Thomas Hawthorn 40
Sarah Hawthorn 40
John Dunegan 30
Michael Bragman 17
Joshua Davis 23
(Source: 1850 United States Federal Census)
Name: Samuel Bowles
Location: District 37, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Enumeration Date: 29 Oct 1850
Schedule Type: Agriculture
OS Page: 321
Line Number: 35
(Source: U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880)
Name: Samuel Bowles
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Eliza Wheeler
Marriage Date: 4 Jul 1860
Marriage County: Rock Island
Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 1428580 - 1428581.
(Source: Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900)
Name: Saml Bowles
Age in 1860: 50
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Gender: Male
Post Office: Carbon Cliff
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Saml Bowles 50
Eliza Bowles 30
Martha Sackfield 16
Charles Meyers 42
(Source: 1860 United States Federal Census)
Name: Saml Bowles
Age in 1870: 60
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Moline
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Saml Bowles 60
Eliza Bowles 41
Saml Bowles 14
Felitha Bowles 8
John Wetzel 50
(Source: 1870 United States Federal Census)
Name: Samuel Bowles
Post Office Location: Bowlesburgh, Rock Island, Illinois
Appointment Date: 19 Jun 1879
Volume #: 53
Volume Year Range: 1878-1893
(Source: U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971)
Name: Samuel Bowls
Age: 70
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Eliza Bowls
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Cannot read/write:
Blind:
Deaf and dumb:
Otherwise disabled:
Idiotic or insane:
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel Bowls 70
Eliza Bowls 48
(Source: 1880 United States Federal Census)
********
Parents:
Issac Bowles
Birth: 01/Apr/1777 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA
Death: 1847 in Pattersonville, Lousiana, USA
Mary Bagford
Birth: 13/May/1777 in Virginia, USA
Death: 12/Apr/1842 in Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Spouses:
Margaret Porter
Eliza Scates
Children:
Samuel Bowles married Margaret Porter and had 1 child:
Telitha Bowles married John Kay (had one child)
Samuel remained with his parents until he was 20 years old, and, as might be expected, he enjoyed very limited advantages for an education, for educational institutions and methods were in a very crude condition in Indiana from 60 to 70 years ago. Young Samuel grew up to a sturdy manhood amid these rudest of pioneer surroundings, taking advantage of every opportunity to gain knowledge and prepare himself for future usefulness. He naturally possessed a large share of that most valuable gift, common
sense nor was this dwarfed or stunted by such influences and surroundings as are now too common.
Some of the greatest men of our age have grown up amid just such influences as those surrounding Mr. Bowles' early life. Our subject possesses many traits of both mind
and heart which rank with those of men who have attained a national reputation. He takes a large and liberal view of every subject, is generous, just, and possesses excellent judgment, and was a most valuable acquisition to any pioneer settlement. Shortly after leaving home he was united in marriage with Mirgaret Porter, a native of Virginia. Telitha is the name of their only child. She became the wife of John Kay, and is the mother of one child.
After his marriage Mr. Bowles operated a farm in Indiana. He then sold out his interest in that State and came to Hampton Township, this county, where he has since continued to reside, and has from the very first been one of the leading spirits in the community. His farm contains 420 acres, a great part of which is rich coal land. Mr. Bowles was not only one of the pioneers in the settlement of the co. but he is the pioneer in the development of the now extensive and valuable coal interests of Rock Island County, being the first to make the discovery of coal.
As early as 1836, in his investigations, he discovered coal on his land, and in 1842 opened a coal bank, which was the second opened in the county. Since that time he has been interested in the coal business, employing from 20 to 25 hands. This extensive interest in this county has been largely developed through the influence and instrumentality of Mr. Bowles.
Our subject has been an active, enterprising citizen of the county for fully half a century, and has been ever ready to interest himself and take an active part in even project looking to the development of the county or welfare of the community. One of the most commendable enterprises of his life, and one which illustrates his enerous disposition and his earnest desire to assist the only real source through which true reform in society and the greatest good to mankind comas, was the erection of the beautiful church edifice on his farm. This structure was erected in 1879, at a cost of $9,000, and is located in the midst of a beautifully kept cemetery.
His old friend and fellow pioneer, Mr. Alanson Sinnet, resented the Church with a handsome Bible for the pulpit. In the view which is also given of his present commodious residence, his home of 50 years ago is also shown. It will no doubt be a source of great satisfaction to the man in his old age to look back over the scenes of his early struggles and preserve a picture of his rude cabin home.
Besides his farming and mining interests, he is largely interested in other enteiprises. He is a stockholder in the First National Bank of Moline, and is also one of the Directors of that institution. He is also a stockholder in the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. Although a Democrat politically, he has been Postmaster during the past five years of the office of Bowlesburg. He has also held various township offices.
[Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock Island County, 1885; page(s) 475- 477 ]
BOWLES SAMUEL, Farmer and Coal Operator; Sec. 7; P. O. Moline; born in Rockbridge Co., Va., Feb. 6, 1810; came to this County 1835; owns 470 acres of land; son of Isaac; lived in Ohio two years, in Indiana seventeen years, then to this County ; found the first coal-bed discovered in this vicinity in the year 1836; married Margarite Poter, Feb. 18, 1830; she died July 28, 1854; second wife was Eliza Scates; married July 4, 1860; she was born Dec. 20, 1828, in Kentucky; have one daughter, Telitha A., born July 9, 1861.
Name: Samuel Bowles
Spouse Name: Margaret Porter
Marriage Date: 18 Feb 1830
Marriage County: Washington
(Source: Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941)
Name: Samuel Bowls
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: District 37, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 2053
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel Bowls 40
Margaret Bowls 42
Esther F Webster 30
Robert Earl 18
Mary Saya 12
Henry Evers 28
Mary Baily 40
Peter Serrett 35
Elizah Leviathan 25
John Boop 28
Thomas Hawthorn 40
Sarah Hawthorn 40
John Dunegan 30
Michael Bragman 17
Joshua Davis 23
(Source: 1850 United States Federal Census)
Name: Samuel Bowles
Location: District 37, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Enumeration Date: 29 Oct 1850
Schedule Type: Agriculture
OS Page: 321
Line Number: 35
(Source: U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880)
Name: Samuel Bowles
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Eliza Wheeler
Marriage Date: 4 Jul 1860
Marriage County: Rock Island
Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 1428580 - 1428581.
(Source: Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900)
Name: Saml Bowles
Age in 1860: 50
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Gender: Male
Post Office: Carbon Cliff
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Saml Bowles 50
Eliza Bowles 30
Martha Sackfield 16
Charles Meyers 42
(Source: 1860 United States Federal Census)
Name: Saml Bowles
Age in 1870: 60
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Moline
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Saml Bowles 60
Eliza Bowles 41
Saml Bowles 14
Felitha Bowles 8
John Wetzel 50
(Source: 1870 United States Federal Census)
Name: Samuel Bowles
Post Office Location: Bowlesburgh, Rock Island, Illinois
Appointment Date: 19 Jun 1879
Volume #: 53
Volume Year Range: 1878-1893
(Source: U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971)
Name: Samuel Bowls
Age: 70
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Eliza Bowls
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Cannot read/write:
Blind:
Deaf and dumb:
Otherwise disabled:
Idiotic or insane:
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel Bowls 70
Eliza Bowls 48
(Source: 1880 United States Federal Census)
********
Parents:
Issac Bowles
Birth: 01/Apr/1777 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA
Death: 1847 in Pattersonville, Lousiana, USA
Mary Bagford
Birth: 13/May/1777 in Virginia, USA
Death: 12/Apr/1842 in Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Spouses:
Margaret Porter
Eliza Scates
Children:
Samuel Bowles married Margaret Porter and had 1 child:
Telitha Bowles married John Kay (had one child)
Samuel Bowles, long one of the leading farmers of Hampton Township, but now retired from the active labors of farm life, was born Feb. 6, 1810, at Rock Bridge, VA. and is a son of Isaac and Mary (Bagford) Bowles, natives of Maryland. His parents came to Indiana as early as 1818, where they made a purchase of 160 acres of land in Washington County, and remained there until 1840, when Samuel, subject of this sketch, went after them and succeeded in bringing them to Hampton Township; but the father, on a visit to a son in New Orleans, took sick there and died. The mother died at her son Samuel's.
Samuel remained with his parents until he was 20 years old, and, as might be expected, he enjoyed very limited advantages for an education, for educational institutions and methods were in a very crude condition in Indiana from 60 to 70 years ago. Young Samuel grew up to a sturdy manhood amid these rudest of pioneer surroundings, taking advantage of every opportunity to gain knowledge and prepare himself for future usefulness. He naturally possessed a large share of that most valuable gift, common
sense nor was this dwarfed or stunted by such influences and surroundings as are now too common.
Some of the greatest men of our age have grown up amid just such influences as those surrounding Mr. Bowles' early life. Our subject possesses many traits of both mind
and heart which rank with those of men who have attained a national reputation. He takes a large and liberal view of every subject, is generous, just, and possesses excellent judgment, and was a most valuable acquisition to any pioneer settlement. Shortly after leaving home he was united in marriage with Mirgaret Porter, a native of Virginia. Telitha is the name of their only child. She became the wife of John Kay, and is the mother of one child.
After his marriage Mr. Bowles operated a farm in Indiana. He then sold out his interest in that State and came to Hampton Township, this county, where he has since continued to reside, and has from the very first been one of the leading spirits in the community. His farm contains 420 acres, a great part of which is rich coal land. Mr. Bowles was not only one of the pioneers in the settlement of the co. but he is the pioneer in the development of the now extensive and valuable coal interests of Rock Island County, being the first to make the discovery of coal.
As early as 1836, in his investigations, he discovered coal on his land, and in 1842 opened a coal bank, which was the second opened in the county. Since that time he has been interested in the coal business, employing from 20 to 25 hands. This extensive interest in this county has been largely developed through the influence and instrumentality of Mr. Bowles.
Our subject has been an active, enterprising citizen of the county for fully half a century, and has been ever ready to interest himself and take an active part in even project looking to the development of the county or welfare of the community. One of the most commendable enterprises of his life, and one which illustrates his enerous disposition and his earnest desire to assist the only real source through which true reform in society and the greatest good to mankind comas, was the erection of the beautiful church edifice on his farm. This structure was erected in 1879, at a cost of $9,000, and is located in the midst of a beautifully kept cemetery.
His old friend and fellow pioneer, Mr. Alanson Sinnet, resented the Church with a handsome Bible for the pulpit. In the view which is also given of his present commodious residence, his home of 50 years ago is also shown. It will no doubt be a source of great satisfaction to the man in his old age to look back over the scenes of his early struggles and preserve a picture of his rude cabin home.
Besides his farming and mining interests, he is largely interested in other enteiprises. He is a stockholder in the First National Bank of Moline, and is also one of the Directors of that institution. He is also a stockholder in the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. Although a Democrat politically, he has been Postmaster during the past five years of the office of Bowlesburg. He has also held various township offices.
[Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock Island County, 1885; page(s) 475- 477 ]
BOWLES SAMUEL, Farmer and Coal Operator; Sec. 7; P. O. Moline; born in Rockbridge Co., Va., Feb. 6, 1810; came to this County 1835; owns 470 acres of land; son of Isaac; lived in Ohio two years, in Indiana seventeen years, then to this County ; found the first coal-bed discovered in this vicinity in the year 1836; married Margarite Poter, Feb. 18, 1830; she died July 28, 1854; second wife was Eliza Scates; married July 4, 1860; she was born Dec. 20, 1828, in Kentucky; have one daughter, Telitha A., born July 9, 1861.
Name: Samuel Bowles
Spouse Name: Margaret Porter
Marriage Date: 18 Feb 1830
Marriage County: Washington
(Source: Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941)
Name: Samuel Bowls
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: District 37, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 2053
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel Bowls 40
Margaret Bowls 42
Esther F Webster 30
Robert Earl 18
Mary Saya 12
Henry Evers 28
Mary Baily 40
Peter Serrett 35
Elizah Leviathan 25
John Boop 28
Thomas Hawthorn 40
Sarah Hawthorn 40
John Dunegan 30
Michael Bragman 17
Joshua Davis 23
(Source: 1850 United States Federal Census)
Name: Samuel Bowles
Location: District 37, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Enumeration Date: 29 Oct 1850
Schedule Type: Agriculture
OS Page: 321
Line Number: 35
(Source: U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880)
Name: Samuel Bowles
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Eliza Wheeler
Marriage Date: 4 Jul 1860
Marriage County: Rock Island
Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 1428580 - 1428581.
(Source: Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900)
Name: Saml Bowles
Age in 1860: 50
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Gender: Male
Post Office: Carbon Cliff
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Saml Bowles 50
Eliza Bowles 30
Martha Sackfield 16
Charles Meyers 42
(Source: 1860 United States Federal Census)
Name: Saml Bowles
Age in 1870: 60
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Moline
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Saml Bowles 60
Eliza Bowles 41
Saml Bowles 14
Felitha Bowles 8
John Wetzel 50
(Source: 1870 United States Federal Census)
Name: Samuel Bowles
Post Office Location: Bowlesburgh, Rock Island, Illinois
Appointment Date: 19 Jun 1879
Volume #: 53
Volume Year Range: 1878-1893
(Source: U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971)
Name: Samuel Bowls
Age: 70
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Eliza Bowls
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Cannot read/write:
Blind:
Deaf and dumb:
Otherwise disabled:
Idiotic or insane:
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel Bowls 70
Eliza Bowls 48
(Source: 1880 United States Federal Census)
********
Parents:
Issac Bowles
Birth: 01/Apr/1777 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA
Death: 1847 in Pattersonville, Lousiana, USA
Mary Bagford
Birth: 13/May/1777 in Virginia, USA
Death: 12/Apr/1842 in Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Spouses:
Margaret Porter
Eliza Scates
Children:
Samuel Bowles married Margaret Porter and had 1 child:
Telitha Bowles married John Kay (had one child)
Samuel remained with his parents until he was 20 years old, and, as might be expected, he enjoyed very limited advantages for an education, for educational institutions and methods were in a very crude condition in Indiana from 60 to 70 years ago. Young Samuel grew up to a sturdy manhood amid these rudest of pioneer surroundings, taking advantage of every opportunity to gain knowledge and prepare himself for future usefulness. He naturally possessed a large share of that most valuable gift, common
sense nor was this dwarfed or stunted by such influences and surroundings as are now too common.
Some of the greatest men of our age have grown up amid just such influences as those surrounding Mr. Bowles' early life. Our subject possesses many traits of both mind
and heart which rank with those of men who have attained a national reputation. He takes a large and liberal view of every subject, is generous, just, and possesses excellent judgment, and was a most valuable acquisition to any pioneer settlement. Shortly after leaving home he was united in marriage with Mirgaret Porter, a native of Virginia. Telitha is the name of their only child. She became the wife of John Kay, and is the mother of one child.
After his marriage Mr. Bowles operated a farm in Indiana. He then sold out his interest in that State and came to Hampton Township, this county, where he has since continued to reside, and has from the very first been one of the leading spirits in the community. His farm contains 420 acres, a great part of which is rich coal land. Mr. Bowles was not only one of the pioneers in the settlement of the co. but he is the pioneer in the development of the now extensive and valuable coal interests of Rock Island County, being the first to make the discovery of coal.
As early as 1836, in his investigations, he discovered coal on his land, and in 1842 opened a coal bank, which was the second opened in the county. Since that time he has been interested in the coal business, employing from 20 to 25 hands. This extensive interest in this county has been largely developed through the influence and instrumentality of Mr. Bowles.
Our subject has been an active, enterprising citizen of the county for fully half a century, and has been ever ready to interest himself and take an active part in even project looking to the development of the county or welfare of the community. One of the most commendable enterprises of his life, and one which illustrates his enerous disposition and his earnest desire to assist the only real source through which true reform in society and the greatest good to mankind comas, was the erection of the beautiful church edifice on his farm. This structure was erected in 1879, at a cost of $9,000, and is located in the midst of a beautifully kept cemetery.
His old friend and fellow pioneer, Mr. Alanson Sinnet, resented the Church with a handsome Bible for the pulpit. In the view which is also given of his present commodious residence, his home of 50 years ago is also shown. It will no doubt be a source of great satisfaction to the man in his old age to look back over the scenes of his early struggles and preserve a picture of his rude cabin home.
Besides his farming and mining interests, he is largely interested in other enteiprises. He is a stockholder in the First National Bank of Moline, and is also one of the Directors of that institution. He is also a stockholder in the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. Although a Democrat politically, he has been Postmaster during the past five years of the office of Bowlesburg. He has also held various township offices.
[Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock Island County, 1885; page(s) 475- 477 ]
BOWLES SAMUEL, Farmer and Coal Operator; Sec. 7; P. O. Moline; born in Rockbridge Co., Va., Feb. 6, 1810; came to this County 1835; owns 470 acres of land; son of Isaac; lived in Ohio two years, in Indiana seventeen years, then to this County ; found the first coal-bed discovered in this vicinity in the year 1836; married Margarite Poter, Feb. 18, 1830; she died July 28, 1854; second wife was Eliza Scates; married July 4, 1860; she was born Dec. 20, 1828, in Kentucky; have one daughter, Telitha A., born July 9, 1861.
Name: Samuel Bowles
Spouse Name: Margaret Porter
Marriage Date: 18 Feb 1830
Marriage County: Washington
(Source: Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941)
Name: Samuel Bowls
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: District 37, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 2053
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel Bowls 40
Margaret Bowls 42
Esther F Webster 30
Robert Earl 18
Mary Saya 12
Henry Evers 28
Mary Baily 40
Peter Serrett 35
Elizah Leviathan 25
John Boop 28
Thomas Hawthorn 40
Sarah Hawthorn 40
John Dunegan 30
Michael Bragman 17
Joshua Davis 23
(Source: 1850 United States Federal Census)
Name: Samuel Bowles
Location: District 37, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Enumeration Date: 29 Oct 1850
Schedule Type: Agriculture
OS Page: 321
Line Number: 35
(Source: U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880)
Name: Samuel Bowles
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Eliza Wheeler
Marriage Date: 4 Jul 1860
Marriage County: Rock Island
Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 1428580 - 1428581.
(Source: Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900)
Name: Saml Bowles
Age in 1860: 50
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Gender: Male
Post Office: Carbon Cliff
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Saml Bowles 50
Eliza Bowles 30
Martha Sackfield 16
Charles Meyers 42
(Source: 1860 United States Federal Census)
Name: Saml Bowles
Age in 1870: 60
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Moline
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Saml Bowles 60
Eliza Bowles 41
Saml Bowles 14
Felitha Bowles 8
John Wetzel 50
(Source: 1870 United States Federal Census)
Name: Samuel Bowles
Post Office Location: Bowlesburgh, Rock Island, Illinois
Appointment Date: 19 Jun 1879
Volume #: 53
Volume Year Range: 1878-1893
(Source: U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971)
Name: Samuel Bowls
Age: 70
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Eliza Bowls
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Cannot read/write:
Blind:
Deaf and dumb:
Otherwise disabled:
Idiotic or insane:
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel Bowls 70
Eliza Bowls 48
(Source: 1880 United States Federal Census)
********
Parents:
Issac Bowles
Birth: 01/Apr/1777 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA
Death: 1847 in Pattersonville, Lousiana, USA
Mary Bagford
Birth: 13/May/1777 in Virginia, USA
Death: 12/Apr/1842 in Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Spouses:
Margaret Porter
Eliza Scates
Children:
Samuel Bowles married Margaret Porter and had 1 child:
Telitha Bowles married John Kay (had one child)
Family Members
Siblings
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