Mina, Yes, I would love to have whatever you can share on the Bowles family. the John I was referring to buried at McDowell cemetery was John McDowell who was married to Caroline Bowles. John and Caroline Bowles McDowell had eleven children. Thanks, Jody At 11:27 PM 01/07/2000 EST, you wrote: >Jody: >I am from that family also, altho, John Bowles is not buried in the McDowell >Cem. but on Guide Hill, near Uvalde Co. TX. where he was killed by the >Indians. The story of his account is in , S.J. Sowell Book, "TEXAS INDIAN >FIGHTERS". Caroline Bowles was the ten child of John & Millie Caroline Pate >Bowles, while my desc. was the sixth child, Frances (Fanny) Bowles who >married James Madison Townsend. I have done years of research on this >family, and am willing to share what I have. >Mina (Townsend) Bates >minabat@aol.com > > >==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== >Hosted By The Fine Folks At RootsWeb, For Genealogy >Bell County Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell > >