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Walter Payton "Wat" Bowles 1811–1863 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Jan 1811

Birth Location: Bourbon, KY, USA

Death Date: 19 Mar 1863

Death Location: DeWitt County, Illinois, USA

Father: Hughes Bowles

Mother: Ruth Prather

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The story of Walter Payton "Wat" Bowles began in 1811 in Bourbon, KY, USA. Walter Payton "Wat" Bowles passed away in 1863 in DeWitt County, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Walter Payton "Wat" Bowles began in 1811 in Bourbon, KY, USA.
  • Walter Payton "Wat" Bowles passed away in 1863 in DeWitt County, Illinois, USA.

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Walter Bowles's Ancestors

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Walter Bowles
1811–1863
Birth Place: Bourbon, KY, USA
Parents
Hughes Bowles
1786–1846
Goochland County, Virginia, United States of America
Ruth (Antinetta) Prather
1789–1820
, Montgomery, Maryland, USA
Grandparents
Jesse (Bowles) Sr
1750–1820
Goochland, Henrico, Virginia, United States
Hannah Perkins
1756–1820
St James, Goochland, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Capt. Bowles
1730–1806
Sarah HUGHES
1730–1760
Stephen Perkins
1717–1772
Mary Hughes
1717–1789
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jesse Bowles
1699–
Nancy Tuttle
1701–
Robert Sr
1652–1721
Sarah Tarleton
–1724
Constantine Perkins
1682–1770
Ann I
1647–1760
Benjamin Hughes
1691–
Mary Tarleton
1695–1755

Walter Bowles's Timeline

2 Records

1811
5 Jan 1811
Birth of Walter Payton "Wat" Bowles in Bourbon, KY, USA
Bourbon, KY, USA
1863
19 Mar 1863
Age 52
Death of Walter Payton "Wat" Bowles in DeWitt County, Illinois, USA
DeWitt County, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Jan 1811
    Event Place: Bourbon, KY, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Mar 1863
    Event Place: DeWitt County, Illinois, USA

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