Bowles Family of Lafayette County

A few years earlier these men had sold their land in Bedford County, Virginia, and had moved to Hardeman County, Tennessee, apparently waiting for the lands of the Chickasaw Cession to be opened up. Two daughters, Mary, who had married William Miller, and Theresa, who had married John Jackson Polk, a cousin of Pres. James K. Polk, remained in Tennessee, while the rest of the family moved on to Lafayette County, Mississippi. Those arriving in Mississippi included James E. Bowles and his wife Nancy, Green Berry Bowles and his wife Mary Robert (Harwell), James H. Bowles, Catharine and her husband John S. Hurt, Oscar Pinkney Bowles, Etheldred M. Bowles, and Simon Bolivar Bowles. Within ten years James, his wife, three sons, and a son-in-law had died, yet their spouses, children, and grandchildren remained, continuing to operate large plantations in Lafayette County.

First Generation

James E. Bowles, born about 1778 in Virginia, died 16 August 1840 in Lafayette County, Mississippi
married Nancy, born 1780-1785 in Virginia, died 5 June 1845 in Lafayette County, Mississippi

Children of James and Nancy Bowles are:

1. Green Berry Bowles, born 6 September 1800 in Virginia; died 15 September 1845, buried in Bowles Cemetery, Lafayette County, Mississippi
   married Mary R. Harwell, born about 1808 in Virginia, died 7 February 1866, buried in Bowles Cemetery, Lafayette County, Mississippi
2. Mary A. E. Bowles, born about 1804 in Virginia, died between 1850-1860 in Tennessee
   married William Miller, 22 April 1823, in Bedford County, Virginia
1. John Miller
2. William Miller
3. Susan Ann E. Miller
3. Catharine B. Bowles, born about 1807 in Virginia, died 9 February 1866 in Lafayette County, Mississippi
   married John S. Hurt, 30 December 1823, in Virginia
4. Theresa J. Bowles, born 24 February 1818, in Virginia, died 15 October 1879
   married John Jackson Polk, 24 February 1835, in Hardeman County, Tennessee
1. William Polk
2. Anna Polk
3. Virginia Polk
4. Oscar Polk
5. John Polk
6. Thomas Polk
5. James H. Bowles, died between 20 and 31 August 1840, in Lafayette County, Mississippi
6. Oscar Pinkney Bowles, born about 1816 in Virginia, died 23 November 1873, in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas
   married Margaret E. Morrison, 14 April 1864, in Guadelupe County, Texas
1. Mary Bowles
2. John W. Bowles
3. James Oscar Bowles
4. Pinkney L. Bowles
7. Etheldred M. Bowles, born about 1820 in Virginia, died before 20 December 1841, in Lafayette County, Mississippi
8. Simon Boliver Bowles, born 10 September 1824, in Virginia; died 4 July 1887, in Eastman [Eastland , emc] County, Texas
   married Virginia Harriet McIntosh, 10 March 1862

Second Generation

Green Berry Bowles was a physician, having attended medical school at Yale in 1821 and graduating from the Medical School of Maine at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, in 1822. Children of Green Berry Bowles and his wife Mary R. Harwell are:

1. James R. Bowles, born 1827 in Virginia; died 1876, buried in St. Peters Cemetery, Oxford, Mississippi
   married Martha Anne Ragsdale, 22 December 1847, in Monroe County, Mississippi
2. Mary Ann Bowles, born 1833 in Virginia, died between 1860 and 1870
   married Dr. Paul H. Otey, 19 March 1847, in Nashville, Tennessee
3. Timoxena Bowles, born 3 April 1835, in Hardeman County, Tennessee, died 13 September 1912 in Florida
   married DeWitt Clinton Herndon, 6 June 1854, in Lafayette County, Mississippi
4. Catharine Theresa Bowles, born 10 August 1837, in Lafayette County, Mississippi; died 13 May 1887 in Jackson, Mississippi, buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi
   married William Dunbar Holder, 6 June 1854, a double wedding with her sister Timoxena at the Bowles home in Lafayette County, Mississippi
5. Andrew Jackson Bowles, born July 1839, in Lafayette County, Mississippi; died 7 August 1912, in Rains County, Texas
   married (1) Mary Jane Moore, 15 June 1864, in Monroe County, Mississippi
   married (2) Elizabeth Bloom, 13 March 1889, in Rains County, Texas
6. Green Etheldred Bowles, born 3 December 1841, in Lafayette County, Mississippi; died 4 January 1844, buried in Bowles Cemetery, Lafayette County, Mississippi
7. Rufus Oscar Bowles, born 13 June 1843, in Lafayette County, Mississippi; died 13 January 1844, buried in Bowles Cemetery, Lafayette County, Mississippi
8. Green Berry Bowles, Jr., born February 1846, in Lafayette County, Mississippi; died 12 October 1924, in Austin, Travis County, Texas
   married Florence Yates

Children of Catharine B. Bowles and her husband John S. Hurt are:

1. James Elisha Hurt, born 11 April 1825 in Virginia
   married Lavinia Olivia Buford, 30 May 1844 in Lafayette County, Mississippi
2. Henry Hammett Hurt, born about 1831 in Virginia
3. John Oscar Hurt
4. Robert Green Hurt, born about 1836 in Virginia
5. Bird Etheldred, born 1837; died 3 February 1911 at the Confederate Home in Austin, Texas; buried in Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas
6. Jefferson Jackson, born 1840 in Lafayette County, Mississippi; died 1898 in Robertson County, Texas

Third Generation

Children of James Robert Bowles and his wife Martha Anne Ragsdale are:

1. Margaret G. Bowles, born 3 November 1848; died 5 November 1906, buried in Aberdeen, Mississippi
   married William H. Clopton, 11 September 1872
2. William Bowles, born 1852
   married Susan Hardy, 30 December 1875 in Brazos County, Texas
3. Paul Bowles, born 9 December 1853; died 28 August 1863; buried in Bowles Cemetery, Lafayette County, Mississippi
4. Mary Delle Bowles, born 1 December 1855; died 10 October 1934; buried in St. Peters Cemetery, Oxford, Mississippi
   married Bem Price, 11 September 1876, Lafayette County, Mississippi
5. Gabriel Ragsdale Bowles, born 1858, died 1931, buried in St. Peters Cemetery, Oxford, Mississippi
6. James Robert Bowles, Jr., born 1860

Children of Catharine Theresa Bowles and her husband William Dunbar Holder are:

1. Richard Callaway Holder, born 21 September 1855, died in infancy
2. William Dunbar Holder, born 18 March 1857, died 28 June 1858 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi
3. Mary Paul Holder, born 15 February 1859, died in infancy
4. Andrew Bowles Holder, born 17 December 1860, died 15 July 1896 in Memphis, Tennessee, buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi
   married Sallie Burwell 18 June 1891 in Holmes County, Mississippi
5. James King Holder, born 18 June 1863 in Bristol, Virginia; died 23 February 1911 in Memphis, Tennessee; buried Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi
6. Benjamin Humphreys Holder, born 17 February 1866, died 5 September 1947, buried Aberdeen, Mississippi
   married Frances Ragsdale Sykes
7. Charles Eugene Michel Holder, born 3 October 1869 in Lee County, Mississippi; died 16 December 1946 in Memphis, Tennessee
   married Elvin Jordan, 16 December 1903 in Memphis, Tennessee
8. DeWitt Herndon Holder, born 27 November 1871, died 28 April 1946, buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi
   married Mary Cooper, 8 April 1896 in Jackson, Mississippi
9. William Dunbar Holder, Jr., born 3 September 1874 in Shalby County, Tennessee; died 27 December 1941 in Jackson, Mississippi; buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi
   married Annette Aldridge Limerick, 15 June 1904 in Rodney, Jefferson County, Mississippi
10. Catharine May "Kate" Holder, born 12 May 1880 in Lafayette County, Mississippi; died 15 October 1950 in Jackson, Mississippi; buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi
    married Robert Spalding

Children of James Elisha Hurt and his wife Lavinia Olivia Buford are:

1. Ella S. C. Hurt
2. Mary S. Hurt
3. Donna Hurt
4. Dred Hurt

Any additions or corrections will be welcomed. Contact Annette Bowen.