"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65Y-5H8 : 4 April 2020), Wesley Bowman in household of Nicholas Bowman, Breathitt county, part of, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States; citing family 48, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZH-M3T : 12 August 2017), Wesley Bowman, Proctor, Lee, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 59, sheet 477C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,427.
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