William Bowling (abt. 1823 - 1863)

Born about 1823 in Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ellen (Cunningham) Bowling — married 1 Nov 1843 in Schuyler, Illinois, USA

Descendants

Died 25 Jan 1863 at about age 40 in Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

William was born about 1823 in Illinois. William appears to be the son of John Bowling and Elizabeth Woodhead. In the 1850 census they are listed next to each other.^[1][2] This Elizabeth would be about 45 at the time of William's birth, so they may have been grandparents or an uncle and aunt.

Family

WIlliam married Ellen Cunningham in 1843.^[3] They were the parents of eight children:

• Nancy J
• Silas A
• John C
• Lucinda
• Frances E
• James Thomas
• George W
• William

Civil War Union Service

Private William Bowling served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1862
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 115th Regiment, Illinois Infantry

WIlliam, and his eldest son Silas, served in the Civil War. He was a member of the 115th Illinois Infantry, Company D. He mustered in during the fall of 1862 and died in Danville, Kentucky a few months later on 25 Jan 1863.^[4][5][6] He probably died of disease as records used the word "died" in official records, while others are listed as "killed" along with a battle name. At the time of his death the 115th Infantry was not engaged in any battles or campaigns.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85S-NYK : 12 April 2016), William Bowling, Bainbridge, Schuyler, Illinois, United States; citing family 171, NARA microfilm publication M432 (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:MXHR-8GN : 13 December 2017), Wm Bowler, 1860.
3. ↑ Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois (, 1892), Thomas Edward Cunningham, pp. 513, 515. https://books.google.com/books?id=FNdHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA513.
4. ↑ General Jasper N Reece, Report of the adjutant general of the state of Illinois, Vol VI (1900), One Hundred and Fifteenth Infantry, page 230. https://archive.org/details/reportofadjutant06illi1/page/230; digital images, The Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/reportofadjutant06illi1).
5. ↑ Rosters of enlisted men ... from the 77th to the 117th, (1867), One Hundred and Fifteenth Infantry, page 657. https://books.google.com/books?id=Aq0yC3gzEukC&pg=PA657; digital images, Google Books (https://books.google.com/books?id=Aq0yC3gzEukC).
6. ↑ Combined History of Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois: With Illustrations Descriptive of Their Scenery, and Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Men and Pioneers, (1882), p. 179; digital images, Google Books (https://books.google.com/books?id=L85MAQAAMAAJ).