Nathaniel's son David was also in Lincoln County WV in 1900 with his wife and two youngest children. 1900 Federal Census: West Virginia, Lincoln County, Carroll Township, District 41, page 32 household 274/274 Bowles, David E. - head, W M born Apr 1847, 53, md 25 yrs, farmer, born VA, parents born VA Bowles, Fannie J. - wife, W F born Sep 1854, 45, 9 children/6 living, born WV, father born VA, mother born WV Bowles, Virgie - daughter, W F born Oct 1891, 8, born WV Bowles, Howard G. - son, W M born Jan 1894, 6, born WV

Rather than continuing to add messages to this thread, I've put my research on the Nathaniel and Martha Bowles line on a web page at ... http://www.ancestors-genealogy.com/bowles/bowleslines/bowles_nathaniel.html I will update that page as I locate more information. Charlie