Sketch of the Bowles Family , St. Charles County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** John Bowles and his wife emigrated from England and settled in St. Mary's County, Maryland. They had seven children: William, John Baptist, Joseph, Jane, Susan, Henrietta and Mary. In 1789 John Baptist, Joseph, James and Mary, moved to Kentucky and settled in Scott County. Joseph married Alice Raley, and lived and died in Washington County, Kentucky. Jane married Ignatius Greenwell, and their son Robert married Maria Twyman, and settled in St. Charles County, Missouri. Mary married William Roberts, and their daughter Elizabeth married John Burkman, who settled in Montgomery County, Missouri. John Baptist married Henrietta Wheatley, and they had eight children: Walter, James, leo, Clara, Elizabeth, Catharine, Matilda and Celicia. Walter married Rosa McAtee, and settled in St. Charles County, Missouri, in 1828. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and is still living, in his eighty seventh year. James married Susan Luckett, and settled in St. Charles County in 1835. They had six children. Leo married Teresa McAtee, and settled in St. Charles County, in 1831. They had seven children. Clara married Dennis Onan, and they lived in Kentucky. Catharine married Stephen T. McAtee, who settled in St. Charles County in 1834. They had eight children. Mr. McAtee and his youngest son George, died the same day, and were buried in the same grave. Matilda married Walter Barnes, and they lived in Kentucky. Celicia married James W. Drury, who settled in St. Charles County in 1835. They had thirteen children. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================