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Book -- Bowlby's Throughout
the Midwest, compiled by Raymond Edwin Bowlby, B.A., M. A.,
1979 [Contents cannot be typed here due to copyright.] Is
available at Cornerstone Genealogical Society, Waynesburg, PA 15370.
Page 36+ has Bowlby's of Dunkard Twp., Greene Co., PA and Monongalia
Co., WVA. |
1899
BOWLBY
Greene County, PA Marriage Docket Book __, p. 78, No. 2828:
[excerpt of information]
Spencer M. Bowlby, age 27, farmer, Wiley, PA, not married previously
son of James and Susanna Bowlby
Rebecca M. Williamson, age 27, no occupation, Davistown, PA, not
married previously
daughter of William and Rebecca Williamson
no relationship to each other, and both "White"
no guardians
Consent of parents: [not applicable, had line through on both]
Clerk of Orphans Court, Waynesburg: B. N. Freeland
Issued: May 9, 1899
Duplicate of Marriage License - No. 2828
Same Clerk; Issued March 9, 1899
[Please Note: discrepancy of date -- May in one, March in the
duplicate.]
B. F. Stone, Justice of the Peace
Date: May 13, 1899 at Dunkard Twp., Greene Co. PA united in marriage
Certificate returned: May 20, 1899
WILL of Sussannah [sic] Bowlby, Book
18, pp. 341-343, No. 10326, Greene Co., PA, Filed July 11, 1928
(Summary):
Daughter, Hellen [sic] S. Boyles, $300.00 and bed/steads
Daughter, Elizabeth S. Cowell, $300.00 and feather bed
Daughter, Arlissa Jane Everly, $50.00 and large rocker
Daughter, Malinda Keenan, $25.00
Daughter, Martha Ellen Moreley, $50.00
Son, Spencer M. Bowlby, $50.00 (the note she holds against him)
Son, Jesse Lee Bowlby, $50.00 (the note she holds against him)
Son, John W. Bowlby, $25.00 and stand he gave me as birthday present,
and bed and bedding (in tiny type below: "$100 changed to
$25")
Granddaughter, Ona Everly, feather bed; Granddaughter Sussanna Bowlby,
feather bed (bed meaning tick)
Signed by her mark: May 9, 1926
Witness: F. S. Miller, Helen S. Boyles, Duff Pride
Executor of Estate: Spencer M. Bowlby
Signatures of each child at end, dated May 3, 1929, stating they
received their bequeaths from Spencer M. Bowlby, Executor
Receipt of John W. Bowlby is recorded in Deed Book Vol. 340 page
283 (?)
WILL of Mahala LONG, Book 18, pp. 343+,
No. 10327, Greene Co., PA, Filed July 16, 1928 (Only top was copied
because it was on same page as Bowlby's Will.... Summary):
residence at Vine St., at corner of Strawberry Alley and Vine St.,
Carmichaels, Greene Co., PA
Daughter, Inez Long - (basically everything in house and the Vine St
propety
[Rest is cut off; not Xeroxed.
 
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