James Arthur Bowlsby [George(7)] - 1/3/1932 - 4/6/2014
Wed Apr 30, 2014 1:52 pm (PDT) . Posted by: socalsr38
James Arthur Bowlsby
Husband • Father • Grandfather • Friend
James Arthur Bowlsby passed away at his home in Garland, TX surrounded by a loving family on Monday morning, April 7, 2014. He was 82 years old.
Jim was born to Florence (Ulfers) and Arthur Bowlsby in Des Moines, IA where he was raised and educated through college receiving his BA degree in Agriculture from Iowa State University in Ames, IA. While in school Jim refined his musical interest of ‘playin’ the horn’ mastering the tuba which was a hobby that he loved; later playing in the church band, the city band, the Salt Creek Jazz Band and at other engagements in Casper.
In 1950 Jim joined the US Marines. He played in the US Marine Band during the Korean Conflict and received his honorable discharge as Staff Sergeant. His military training stayed with him throughout the rest of his life as did his love for the tuba and ‘tootin’ on the horn’, as he would say.
Following his military career Jim married Judith Bishop-Bowlsby and while they lived in Des Moines, IA they had their first daughter Janet (Young). The family later moved to Casper WY and had two more daughters: Joy (Clark), and Jill (Bowlsby-York).
Jim worked at Continental-Emsco in Casper until 1968 at which time he inherited and managed Bishop Sales & Service, an oilfield service and supply company started by his father-in-law John Bishop.
In 1980 he married Pat Carter in Las Vagas, NV. Later Jim and Pat moved to Garland, TX where they worked together at a business that become nationwide with Pat being a craftsperson creating unique hand-painted and ceramic ornaments.
Jim lived a full life. He never met a trout he didn’t like and in his younger years went fishing many, many times with his daughters Janet, Joy and Jill. He also enjoyed getting out in the country with his metal detector and finding ‘treasure’. Along with his love of big bands, John Phillip Sousa, and the tuba he also enjoyed singing in the church choir and was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Casper, WY for many years. He was also a lifetime member of the Elks Lodge. In addition Jim was a very talented leather-tooler and tooled purses, and belts. Being very creative, he also spent a lot of time rock hunting and with his rock cutter and polisher made many pieces of beautiful jewelry out of different shades of jade, agate, and other specimens of rock he found around Wyoming. Jim also
loved to travel and enjoyed socializing with his many friends. Jim was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife Pat (Underwood-Carter) Bowlsby of Garland, TX; his brother Ben Bowlsby (Shirley) of Brentwood, CA; his 3 daughters Janet Young of Billings, MT, Joy Clark (Jeff) of Casper, WY, and Jill Bowlsby-York (Steve) of Casper, WY; Grandchildren Bethany, Michael, and Joshua Young and Stephanie and Kayla Clark; and Pat’s children Teresa Carter of Dallas, TX, Steven Carter of Columbus, OH and Kenneth Carter of
Garland, TX. Harrell Funeral Home in Dublin, TX was in charge of arrangements.
A visitation was held Friday April 11 with a graveside service including military rights following on Saturday April 12 at Dublin Liveoak Cemetery in Dublin, TX where Jim was laid to rest.
The family requests that any memorials be sent to Central Wyoming Hospice in Casper, WY in Jim’s name. Central Wyoming Hospice, 319 S. Wilson Street, Casper, WY 82601. He was buried on 12 April 2014 at Dublin Liveoak Cem. in Dublin, Erath Co., TX. Parents: Arthur C. BOWLSBY-145559 and Florence ULFERS-145560.

Spouse: Living. Children were: Living, Living, Living.

Spouse: Living.

Spouse: Mary Jane ROBINSON-145652. Mary Jane ROBINSON and James Finley BOWLSBY were married on 19 January 1868. Children were: Edwin BOWLSBY-145656, Effie BOWLSBY-145662, Addison BOWLSBY-145663, Ernest BOWLSBY-145676, Alma BOWLSBY-145677, Pearl BOWLSBY-145684, Leonard BOWLSBY-145690, Lloyd BOWLSBY-145692, Minnie BOWLSBY-145695.

Spouse: Elizabeth JUNGER-145655. Elizabeth JUNGER and James Finley BOWLSBY were married.

He was reported missing in action at Canton, MS 27 FEB 1864.
James was a private in Company C of a company organized in Lafayette Co., WI during the Civil War.
On 8 December, 1877, Jeptha Hopkins, made a sworn statement in Antelope County, Nebraska, that he served in the same company with James and that: "...on or about the 25th Day of March 1864 when the said James H. BOWLSBY with others with Sergeant Drum in Command was sent out on a foraging party and that James H. BOWLSBY and Sergeant Drum were taken prisoner by the Rebs and he was finally sent to Andersonville and remained in prison till he died on or about the middle of October, 1864:

Organized in Lafayette County, Wisconsin
LAFAYETTE COUNTY CIVIL WAR ROSTER
Compiled by Janice Ronnerud
Source: HISTORY OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY WI

Since citizens of Lafayette County were eager to serve in defense of the Union, recruiting began early. Of course there were those who did not support the cause, and, as a result, a secret organization called the "Knights of the Golden Circle", vowing to resist the draft, was organized in June, 1862.
The Union League was organized to fight the doctrines of the "Knights" and uphold the law.
In the fall of 1862, the draft was issued for nine months' service. In 1862

Company C, Thirty-third Regiment, was organized September, 1862, in Shullsburg, under the name of the Gaylord Guards. The following was the original roll-call:
Officers: Capt., John E. Gurley; Lieutenants--First, Wm. Warner; Second, James Corbin; Sergeants--First, Nicholas Smith; Second, D.H. Budlong; Third, H.W. Foss; Fourth, C.H. Knickerbocher; Fifth, C. Fitzpatrick. Corporals--First, John R. Denson; Second, Harllow S. Pickard; Third, Jeptha Hopkins, Fourth, C. Vickers; Fifth, W. Sonneman; Sixth, John Nicholas, Seventh, John W. Long; Eighth, John Farmer.

Privates--Lloyd Underwood, David Pepper, Wm. Dunbar, Michael Dunn, Wm. Shawley, George Hillary, J.J. Lane, George Kirkpatrick, Harry Seaman, C.H. Knowlton, Harry Rennick, F.C. Frebel, Casper Hardy, Edward E. Berry, Thomas H. Oates, James McGinn, Harvey Thomas, L.J. Cavanaugh, Hugh Later, Charles McCoy, Michael Haffey, J.H. Heinmann, Patrick Kelly, John Green, Eber Budlong, John M. Mason, W.H. Hughes, William N. Hoskins, Lorenz Lorenz, Thomas Tague, Peter Morgan, Aaron S. Bailey, Francis Rogers, Silas Hill, Anthony Mesberger, John Purcell, Richard Nofles, Alexander McClechy, Nelson Forman, Wm. Fanning, John Sawlsberry, James Whitaker, Walter Doyle, Chapel J. Carter, Clark T. Ryckman,------James H. BOWLSBY,------Jefferson True, Ranson Ryckman, John Shreckengaust, Martin Anderson, David Kline [Cline], Jacob Jager, George Newsbaum, James Johnson, John M. Newberry, James K. Arnold, Hugh Dearth, Beeley Pendleton, Andrew J. Harris, Thomas Lamb, James Elliott, William Warwick, William Fox. Thomas Anderson, Patrick J. Walsh, Michael Kearney, John W. Rain, George C. Day, J.M.C Eastman, J.H.F. Aufderhiede, Dominic McCauley, William Hodgson, James Maguire, John Rudd, William H. day, Thomas Peacock, John Nagle, George P. Shaffer, Joseph Peacock, Jeremiah Sullivan, Phillip Dowd, John Calvert, Benhart Keller, William Hind, Mortimer Sullivan, Christopher Larson, B.F. Miles, Henry P. Marks, Charles Lee, Thomas Burrel, Uriah Hover, John Morton, Francis McDaniel, Wm. Young, Stephen D. Simpson, Dennis Hegarty, James Kew, Wm. McAvin, Levi Long, Lyman Fairclo, John W. Judd, Henry Hayden, George W. Foval, Preserved Ireland, Lewis Worm, Wm. McIntosh, Josiah Topliss, Wm. Eicher.

Note-- In the company there were 58 farmers, 34 miners, 8 laborers, 3 stonemasons, 2 blacksmiths, 2 tin smiths, 2 harnessmakers, 2 physicians, 2 lawyers, 1 shoemaker, 1 wagonmaker, 1 miller, 1 surveyor and engineer, 1 minister, 1 merchant, 1 currier, 1 butcher, 1 printer, and 1 student.
Fifty-six were natives of the United States, England, 24; Ireland, 22; Scotland, 2; Prussia, 2; Germany, 11; Austria, 1; New Brunswick, 1; Newfoundland, 1; Canada,1; Norway, 2.

Killed in action: Corp. Wm. Soneman, Cane River, La..
Died of wounds: Wm. H. Hughes, New Orleans, La..
Died of Disease: Sergt. John R. Densan, LaGrange, La.[?]; J.H.F. Auderheide, St, Louis, Mo.; James R. Arnold, LaGrange, Tenn.[?]; Chapel J. Carter, Natchez, Miss.; David Cline, Wis.; Hugh Dearth, Holly Springs, Miss.; George C. Day, Evansville, Ind.; George W. Foval, Natchez, Miss.; Julius Geihl, Little Rock, Ark.; George Hillerey, Nashville, Tenn.; Joseph H. Heinman, Tuskegee, Ala.; Andrew J. Harris,Young's Point, La,; Peter Morgan, Shullsburg, Wis.; Ransom Ryckman, St. Louis, Mo.; Robert F. Vivers, Shullsburg, Wis

James was a private in Company C of a company organized in Lafayette Co., WI during the Civil War.
The 1850 census reports him as seventeen years old, living with his mother, in the household of his older brother, Manuel, in Gratiot, WI.
Parents: Joseph Insley BOWLSBY-13921 and Lettice Parkhill "Letty" BLAIR-13922.

Spouse: Margaret Jane HAGERTY-37133. Margaret Jane HAGERTY and James H. BOWLSBY were married on 22 March 1861 in Gratiot, Lafayette Co., WI.^1727,5852 They^1727,5852 were married by N. E. Tully, JP of Gratiot

Spouse: Living. Children were: Living, Living, Living.

Spouse: Living.

Spouse: Living. Children were: Living, Living.

Spouse: Living.

Spouse: Jeannette GILCHRIST-144397. Jeannette GILCHRIST and John BOWLSBY were married. Children were: Nancy BOWLSBY-144398, Jane BOWLSBY-144399, Levi BOWLSBY-144400, Eliza BOWLSBY-144401, Alexander BOWLSBY-144402, Cornelia BOWLSBY-144403.

Spouse: Evelyn CROSSAN-14723. Evelyn CROSSAN and John Arthur BOWLSBY Jr. were married on 2 September 1950 in Hockessin, New Castle Co., DE. Children were: Living.

Spouse: Jennie Armilda MCNELLY-90215. Jennie Armilda MCNELLY and John Franklin BOWLSBY were married on 21 March 1894/5 in Antelope Co., NE.¹⁷²⁸ Children were: Ethel Evangeline BOWLSBY-90218, Earl Edward BOWLSBY-90219, Franklin Furman BOWLSBY-90220, Fern Fay BOWLSBY-90221, Leland Lyle BOWLSBY-90222, Mabel Lois BOWLSBY-90223, Clyde Carlyle BOWLSBY-90224, Alan LaMoine/LaMaine BOWLSBY-90225.

Spouse: Living. Children were: Living, Living.

Joseph is now believed to be a son of Samuel BOWLBY by a first wife whose name is unknown, but may have had the maiden name of INSLEY. This belief is based upon Colonel Herbert M. BOWLBY's list of Samuel's six children in which Joseph was the third child, upon a confusion of information presented by William B. LAMBERT in "The BOWLSBY Family", a two part article that appeared in August of 1902 in "Neligh Leader", Antelope County, Nebraska, and upon an 1850 census report of Gratiot, Wisconsin. It took several years to realize that dates given in Joseph's biography for his early life were all from ten to twenty years too early, making Joseph appear much older than he was when he died. This became quite evident in the 1850 census report. As told in his biography, Joseph I. BOWLSBY was born 6 MAR 1770, " . . . on the north of the Musconetcong River, in the then Sussex, now Warren County, New Jersey. His father's land lying on both sides of the river." This date of birth, if it is not mere fantasy, could well be the date his father was born, since it is known that Samuel (9) was born some time after 1765. The lands described are obviously those of Samuel BOWLBY (8) upon which Samuel BOWLBY (9) lived for 30 years or more. Joseph I. BOWLSBY died at Antelope County, Nebraska, 11 JUL 1877, reported to be 107 years old, but was most likely around 80 years old, since his wife was born around 1801 according to the 1850 census. Joseph first served an apprenticeship as a printer, then another as a taylor in Philadelphia before moving to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he became a cobbler, then moved on to Uniontown and Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he stayed for some time. Samuel BOWLBY (9) was said to have moved to Fayette County around 1825, and was living there with his second wife in 1827. Joseph I. married Lettice BLAIR at Brownsville. "Miss BLAIR's mother's maiden name was PARKHILL, and she was born on the ocean on a sail ship, which was disabled on her voyage and was nearly three months in making the voyage across the Atlantic." Figuring from the census to the biography, Lettice would have been eight to ten years old when she married. Joseph and Lettice were said to have had eight children, Manuel Parkhill BOWLSBY being the third and last born in Pennsylvania. According to the census, Manuel was born around 1829 in Ohio. The family moved to Newark, Licking County, Ohio in 1816 according to the biography. Joseph is said to have taught school for seven years and served as constable and Justice of the Peace in Licking County. Moving on to Marion, Grant County, Indiana, the family settled on the Indian reserve then in rapid succession to Rapids, Michigan, then to where Rockford, Illinois is now located, then to Fielden, Jersey County, Illinois, and finally to Iowa County, Michigan Territory, now Lafayette County, Wisconsin. Lettice is said to have died in Wisconsin in the spring of 1833; yet, the census shows Lettice BOWLSBY and children living there in 1850. Joseph's biography says that he left his family in the charge of his son Manuel in Wisconsin in 1833, became an itinerate jobber sending money to his family, and occasionally visiting them. In November of 1875 after traveling through many of the southern states afoot, Joseph I. arrived at the home of Manuel P. BOWLSBY near Neligh, Nebraska, where he died in 1877. The exceptional names in this family of Lettice, Manuel Parkhill, and Serepta, were instrumental in reconstructing the names of Joseph I. and Lettice (BLAIR) BOWLSBY's eight children in at least a plausible order of birth: John H., Samuel, Emmanuel "Manuel" Parkhill, Sophia M., James H., Sarepta, Adeline, and Joseph.

Wanda (BLACK) MORRIS, an ardent researcher into the THOMPSON family of Lafayette Co., WI, discovered marriage records for five of Joseph's children. The dates of these marriages, and other dates that can be confirmed concerning Joseph's children support the proposition that Joseph married Lettice around 1820 rather than 1810 as suggested in Joseph's biography, because all the children were born after 1820.

JOSEPH I. BOWLSBY (10) {Samuel (8)] was born near the Musconetcong River in what was then Sussex County but today is Warren County, New Jersey. Joseph began his vocational life as a printer and then as a tailor in Philadelphia, PA before moving west of Pittsburgh to Westmoreland County, PA, where he worked as a cobbler and then moved on to Uniontown and Brownsville, Fayette County, PA, near the West Virginia state line, where he met and married Lettice Blair.
In 1816, Joseph and Lettice and their growing family moved to Licking County, Ohio where Joseph taught school and served as a constable and later as a Justice of the Peace. From Ohio the family moved on to Marion, IN; Rapids, MI; Rockford, IL; Fielden, IL; and finally to Lafayette County, WI. After the death of Lettice in Wisconsin in 1853, Joseph "became an itinerant jobber, sending money to his family and occasionally visiting them. In November 1875, after traveling through many of the southern states afoot, Joseph arrived at the home of [his son] Manuel P. Bowlsby near Neligh, Nebraska, where he died in 1877.

Parents: Samuel BOWLBY-13092 and Grace INSLEY OR LACEY-13904.

Spouse: Lettice Parkhill "Letty" BLAIR-13922. Lettice Parkhill "Letty" BLAIR and Joseph Insley BOWLSBY were married in 1824 in Brownsville, Fayette Co., PA.¹¹⁸¹ Children were: John K. BOWLBY-13925, Samuel BOWLSBY/BOWLBY-13926, Emanuel Parkhill "Manuel" BOWLSBY-13962, Sophia M. BOWLBY-13965, James H. BOWLSBY-13966, Serepta M. BOWLSBY-13967, Adaline/Adeline BOWLSBY-13969, Joseph BOWLSBY-13982.

Spouse: Living. Children were: Living, Living.

Spouse: Living. Children were: Living.

Spouse: Living.

Spouse: Frank MCBRIDE-144439. Julia Ann BOWLSBY and Frank MCBRIDE were married.

Children were: Living.

Spouse: Henry TOUGH-144444. Kate BOWLSBY and Henry TOUGH were married. Children were: Lois TOUGH-144445, Mabelle TOUGH-144446, Henry TOUGH-144447.

Spouse: Living. Children were: Living, Living.

Spouse: Living.

Spouse: Living.

Spouse: Ethel HUNT-145424. Ethel HUNT and Lacy Emmett BOWLSBY were married. They were divorced. Children were: Living, Living, Living.

Spouse: Lillian MAYBEE-90242. Lillian MAYBEE and Leland Lyle BOWLSBY were married on 28 September 1930 in California.⁵⁸³⁹ Children were: Living, Living.

Spouse: Nina (WIFE OF BOWLSBY, LEONARD)-145691. Nina (WIFE OF BOWLSBY, LEONARD) and Leonard BOWLSBY were married before 1930.

Spouse: Juliann SHANNON-144408. Juliann SHANNON and Levi BOWLSBY obtained a marriage license on 29 March 1820 in Brookville, Franklin Co., IN. They were married about 1820. Children were: Samuel S. BOWLSBY-144409, Wilson P. S. BOWLSBY-144410, Ari or Abi BOWLSBY-144419, Enos BOWLSBY-144420, Sarah BOWLSBY-144422, Isabella BOWLSBY-144425, William H. BOWLSBY-144427, Martha Jane BOWLSBY-144452, Sarah J. (Richardson) BOWLSBY-144453.

Spouse: Catharine M. CLARK-146278. Catharine M. CLARK and Lewis Adna BOWLSBY were married on 11 April 1844 in Union Co., IN.

Spouse: Nina TEASE-145693. Nina TEASE and Lloyd BOWLSBY were married. Children were: Fern BOWLSBY-145694.