We are looking for male descendents of John Bowles, born about 1788 in Virginia, married Emily Lively in Amherst County VA on 22 Apr 1812, moved to Green County KY sometime in the 1830's with a large family, married second to Elvira Roots on 14 Feb 1837 in Green County, had 5 additional children by 1850 ... 1850 Federal Census: Kentucky, Taylor County, pages 159A-B household 136/136 John Bowles - 62 M, farmer, VA Elvira Bowles - 36 F, KY Mark R. Bowles - 20 M, farmer, VA Eliza Bowles - 16 F, VA James Bowles - 12 M, KY Paul Bowles - 10 M, KY Korilla Bowles - 7 F, KY Clinton Bowles - 5 M, KY Elizabeth Bowles - 4 F, KY ... and 2 more daughters, Nancy and Mary, after that. According to my information (NOT VERIFIED), John had the following sons: John S. Bowles, b. 24 Nov 1818 in VA Charles H. Bowles, b. 26 Feb 1821 in VA Stephen Willam Bowles, b. 18 Jan 1824 in VA Mark R. Bowles, b. 8 Mar 1830 in VA James David Bowles, b. 24 Mar 1838 in Green County KY Paul Bowles, b. 6 Nov 1839 in Green County KY Clinton Kelly Bowles, b. 4 Aug 1844 in Green County KY We are trying to identify a living male Bowles descendent of this line to contact for purposes of DNA testing. If you are aware of such an individual, please contact me. Thanks, -- Charlie Hartley Bowles DNA Project Administrator [mailto:hartley@iglou.com?subject=Bowles DNA Project] Project Web Page: [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/bowlesdna.html] Project FAQ Page: [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/faqbowlesdna.html] Project JOIN Page: [http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=W26816&special=true]