Born in Jasper County, Missouri, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Spotswood Knight Longan
and Mahala Elizabeth (Lindsey) Longan
Sister of
John B Longan, Benjamin Longan, Mary Webber (Longan) Fry, William Longan, Jesse B Longan and Henry Clay Longan
Wife of
Edward Bruce Bowles
— married
1871 in Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Benjamin Bowles, Jesse Alonzo Bowles, Newton Albert Bowles, John W Bowles, Bessie (Bowles) Oleson, Bruce Bowles, Maria (Bowles) Van Scoy, Marietta (Bowles) Patrick and Lawrence B Bowles
Died
at age 75
in Westminster, Adams County, Colorado, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 May 2017
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Biography
Sources
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFD6-VM1 : 29 July 2017), Elizebeth Bowles in entry for Bruce Bowles, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 18, sheet 380A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0088; FHL microfilm 1,254,088.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMQ-C8P : accessed 31 August 2019), Mahala Bowles in household of Edward B Bowles, Upper Clear Creek Precinct, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 154, sheet 1B, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,121.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKWK-1QG : accessed 31 August 2019), Mahale E Bowles in household of Edward B Bowles, Clear Creek, Adams, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 9A, family 152, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 112; FHL microfilm 1,374,125.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #8585745
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mahala by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mahala:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mahala by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mahala:
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~0.78%
Steve Wheeler
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M486870 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Ruth (Peachey) Kittle :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jesse Kitchen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DT8775490 [compare], Ancestry member jesskitchen1218
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Nara (White) Wright :
Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Betsy (Kittle) Kankel :
23andMe, GEDmatch TW1411686 [compare]
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