Agnes Lucinda Ellen (Sharp) Bowie (abt. 1826 - 1904)

Born about Jul 1826 in Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Hezekiah Washington Bowie — married about 1865 (to 1904) in South Carolina

Died 15 Jun 1904 at about age 77 in Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

1850 Census record, single, living with widowed mother and other unmarried siblings.^[1]. 1860 census, 33, and lives with mother and siblings. ^[2]. 1880 census. ^[3] 1900 census state she has been married 40 years. ^[4] Burial at Gilgal Cemetery, Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, may be buried in unmarked grave; burial location in cemetery has not been confirmed.^[5]. Photo provided by "Cousins by the Dozens" and birth and death dates taken from census records and memorial.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch [(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Q8-B93 : 23 December 2020),] Lucinda Sharp in household of Anna Sharp, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch[ (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZTW-HLW : 18 February 2021), ]Lucinda Sharp in entry for Annie Sharp, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch [(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M695-4MJ : 14 January 2022),] Ellen Bowie in household of H W Bowie, Long Cane, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch [(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3R9-2CW : 14 January 2022),] Lucinda Bowie in entry for Hesekiah W Bowie, 1900.
5. ↑ [1]

Research Notes

Ancestry.com research summaries:

1850 Census, Saluda Regiment, Abbeville, South Carolina, Lucinda Sharp, 24, single. Living with mother Anne and 8 siblings. Use this census to estimate birth year.

1860 Census, Abbeville, South Carolina, Lucinda Sharp, 33, single, living with mother Annie and 5 siblings.

Marriage to Hezekiah Washington "Doc" Bowie (1837–1917) abt 1865 in Abbeville Co, SC based on 1880 census.

1880 Census, Long Cane, Abbeville, South Carolina, H W Bowie,head, Ellen wife, 54, 2 sons 13 & 12 yrs, 2 sisters, Margaret, 60 and Jane Sharp, 40 and mother of H W Bowie, Mary Bowie, 70 yrs old.

1900 Census, Long Cane, Abbeville, South Carolina, Lucinda Bowie, 70, born Jul 1829, SC. living with husband Hezekiah W Bowie, 64 and sister Jane Sharp 65.

Appears to have not used name Agnes but instead prefered Lucinda or Ellen.

Children from marriage to Bowie and listed in book , " Descendants of Edward Sharp", by C Newell Bowie and Jerold "Jerry" B Sanders, Bagpipe Press, Inc, 1985. Available in Greenville Public Library, Greenville, SC, were: Mary Jane Beauregard Bowie born Jul 1861, John Robert Lee Bowie born 20 Aug 1866 and James William Bowie born Jan 1868.