Tilford followed a familty tradition working as a cooper, he and his son Farrow B. Bowman, listed in an 1893 city directory of Lousvile, Ky., as carrying on that trade at the same address. In 1898 Anne "Nancy" Hughes Bowman was listed in the city directory of Evansville, Indiana at the same address as her mother-in-law, Julia Hensley Bowman, and both were listed as widowed.
1860 United States Federal Census: Golconda, Pope, Illinois; Roll: M653_220; Page: 0; Image: 285; http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=38069541&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt ; Ancestry.com; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965; Farrow Bowman, 18 Feb 1850, Trimble, Kentucky, Julian Hensley. Film # 000420390; Ancestry.com; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; 2016; Lehi, UT, USA U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865; F Bowman, b. 1827, Kentucky, 36, White, Cooper, Golconda, Pope, Illinois; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal; https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1666/images/32178_520307095_0022-00017?pId=1555100 Ancestry.com; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965: Telford C. Bowman to Nancy Hughes: 26 Oct 1873; Owen, Kentucky, USA: Film Number 001943448. "Kentucky, County Marriage Records," 1783-1965, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016; Lehi, UT, USA; Ancestry.com; http://www.Ancestry.com
1880 United States Federal Census: Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: T9_424; Family History Film: 1254424; Page: 534.4000; Enumeration District: 152; Image: 0790. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=42141196&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Ancestry.com. http://www.Ancestry.com
Louisville, Kentucky, City Directory, 1893: U.S. City Directories,1821-1989 (Beta) Ancestry.com, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com
Evansville, Indiana, City Directory, 1898; U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995. Ancestry.com; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2011, Provo, UT, USA. Ancestry.com
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