Does anyone know anything about Flavius J. Bowles (b. Washington co., Maryland son of Thomas & Susan Bowles) of Chicago in 1871. Linne posted this marriage in 2001: vol 24 pg 471 (Oxford Co): Flavius J. BOWLES, 30, gentleman, Washington Co. - Maryland, Chicago USA, s/o Thomas & Susan, married Florence ELMORE, 20, New Orleans, same, d/o William A. & Julia, witn: David RUDLE of Chicago & Alfred SHAW of Detroit, 13 Dec 1871 at Woodstock, Ontario I've finally traced back a Major F. J. Bowles, a building contractor, in Central Canada to the above Flavius Bowles. I was wondering about the "Major" part. Civil war, maybe? I did google a little and found a: Bowles, Flavius J.; Private; Aug. 22, 1862 Promoted to hospital steward, U. S. Army, April 2, 1864. ROSTER of the 15th PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY COMPANY A. Perhaps the "Major" was a bit of a local joke or he exaggerated a little. Tom LaPorte
Tom, the name Flavius is tailor-made for a search of the Bowles list archives. Also "Elmore," as we don't get many Elmores. And Rudle. Have you tried that? For our newcomers who don't know how to search the archives, here's the address: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Find this, then fill in the name Bowles-L in the slot. When the page comes up put in the name that you want. Yours, Linne >Does anyone know anything about Flavius J. Bowles (b. Washington >co., Maryland son of Thomas & Susan Bowles) of Chicago in 1871. > >Linne posted this marriage in 2001: >vol 24 pg 471 (Oxford Co): Flavius J. BOWLES, 30, gentleman, Washington Co. >- Maryland, Chicago USA, s/o Thomas & Susan, married Florence ELMORE, 20, >New Orleans, same, d/o William A. & Julia, witn: David RUDLE of Chicago & >Alfred SHAW of Detroit, 13 Dec 1871 at Woodstock, Ontario > >I've finally traced back a Major F. J. Bowles, a building >contractor, in Central Canada to the above Flavius Bowles. I was >wondering about the "Major" part. Civil war, maybe? I did google a >little and found a: >Bowles, Flavius J.; Private; Aug. 22, 1862 Promoted to hospital >steward, U. S. Army, April 2, 1864. ROSTER of the 15th PENNSYLVANIA >CAVALRY COMPANY A. > >Perhaps the "Major" was a bit of a local joke or he exaggerated a little. > > >Tom LaPorte