HISTORY OF RUSH COUNTY, INDIANA: From the earliest time to the present,
with biographical sketches, notes, etc. Illustrated; Chicago: Brant & 
Fuller, 1888, p. 352. Harrison County, KY.

THOMAS JEFFERSON BOWLES was born in Harrison County, Ky., November 13,
1811, son of Robert and Mary (Harris) Bowles, and is of Scotch 
extraction.  His father was born in Scotland and came to America and 
settled in Virginia and subsequently moved to Kentucky.  He died in 
Rush County, Ind., when our subject was about nineteen years old.  The 
mother was born in Maryland and died in Kentucky.  The subject of this 
sketch came to Rush County when about seventeen years old, and here has 
resided ever since, excepting seven years he lived in Fulton County.  In 
1884, he removed to Milroy and there now resides.  He owns more than 200 
acres of fine, well-improved land.  Mr. Bowles and Miss Sarah Ann Jones 
were married in 1841.  They were blessed with two children, viz.:  
Lucinda and Elizabeth.  Mrs. Bowles died in February, 1875, and in the 
following September he was again married, the bride being Miss Mary B. 
Mull, the daughter of George and Mary Mull.  Mr. Bowles is a Democrat 
and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He 
is an old and highly respected citizen of Rush County.

Bowles Harris Jones Mull
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Scotland Milroy-Rush-IN MD Fulton-IN  

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