I am a descendant of Bowleses from North Carolina originally. Anyone knowing of any relatives of Abraham Bowles (born 12/22/1804 in Rockford, N.C., died 2/19/1856 in Marshall County, Iowa), or Elisabeth Jackson Bowles, his wife, (born 8/7/1804 and died 8/17/1847, was buried South of Indianapolis, Indiana on Willam Lander's farm). Several children were born to this union, those of which I have no death information for are: Rebeca Bowles, born January 12,1833, Rozina Bowles, born November 8, 1838, Elizabeth born December 3, 1840, Mary T. Bowles, born January 10, 1843. Several male children were also born into the family, but to the best of my knowledge, only my great-great grandfather (Joseph Wesley Bowles, born December 4, 1836) lived to have children. My gg grandfather moved West and settled in Littleton, CO, having a street named after him because of his significant land holdings in the past. If anyone knows of descendants of these people, I would love to hear from you. Thank you, L. Mercier