James Paul Bowlin, b. March 11, 1860 [?Clay Co., KY], died February 11, 1919, according to the information on his tombstone. HOWEVER, after waiting more than 3 weeks for his death certificate, I received notice from Vital Statistics that after searching death records for 1911-1993, no death certificate was found. This man is surrounded with mystery concerning his death [how, when & where]. He was a foreman at WHITEHALL, home of abolitionist and Russian Ambassador, Cassius Marcellus Clay, in Madison Co., KY during latter part of 1800's. The last of his five children was born about 1894, although he and his wife were certainly young enough to have had others. His wife, Almeda HILL Bowlin, lived until 1936 moving between the homes of her children. Many of the grandchildren, 5 of them still living, were between ages 9 and 25 at the time of Almeda's death and heard many stories about their life at Whitehall...but not of a prominent event in late 1890's involving "the Bowling Brothers, foremen for Clay..." During a confrontation with a would-be assasin sent by KKK to kill Cassius Clay, one of the brothers was killed. Clay sent the other to the home of the assasin to retaliate. That brother was then arrested, tried and convicted of murder. The brothers were not referred to by given names, so it has been speculation as to which was James and which was his brother, presumably Eli. NONE of the grandchildren remember James, even though one granddaughter was 8 years old in 1919, the year James supposedly died. In fact, Almeda was already living with her children by that time. This leads to the suspicion that James was the brother sent to prison. Bottom line-------------HELP!! Any leads to the family of news of this event would be helpful and most appreciated. Thanks------Sandi Fraley Stacy