The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-19
Death orMr. A. BowIby.
FROM the Berlin Telegraph.

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settled in Monongalia county in 1913,
and who was the father Of Jno. H.
Bowlby one of our oldest and most
highly respected citizens. The lat
ter gentleman is the father of our
fellow citizens, E. J. and j. p. Bowl
by. The article will no doubt be of
interest to many ofAour readers:
Mr.. Adam Bowlby, of Waterford,
Ont, died at the residence Of his son
DR.. Bowlby, in Berlin, on the 26th
ult. at the very advanced age of 80
years 10 months and % days. From
the Canadian Biographical Dictiona-
ry we gather some of the following
particulars regarding his life. The
deceased was born in Wilmot, Anna
polls County, Nova Scotia, OH the
Goth March 1892. His grandfather,
with William Penn and ten others,
were the twelve original grantees from
the Crown, Of the land comprising
what is now the State of Pennsylyan-
ia. His grandmother was a sister of
Sir Josiah Wedgwood, the great En-
glish chemist who invented the
Wedgwood ware. His father, Rich
ard Bowlby, during the American
Revolutionary War, was resident of
the Province Of New Jersey, and
being firm in his allegiance to the
British Crown, became U. Z. Loya-
list, left the United States and settled
in Annapolis county, the garden of
Nova Scotia, where Adam Bowlby, the
subject of this obituary notice, was
born in 1892. When a mere lad Mr.
Bowlby served as volunteer in the
war of 1912, being then in command
of a company Of coast guardsmen to
prevent the landing Of privateers on
the shores of the Bay Of Fundy, and
his father was also in active service
during the war as a captain in Nova
Scotia militia. AS one of the few
surviving veterans Of that war, the
deceased has for some years past
been in receipt of pension from the
Dominion Government In 1915 Mr..
Bowlby left Nova Scotia, and came
to Upper Canada residing at FIRST
with his uncle, the late Thomas Bowl
by, then a well-known resident of the
township of Woodhonse, in the coun-
ty of Norfork, in this Province, and
in the year 1919 he married Elizabeth
second daughter of the late Leonard
Sovereign, and then took up his resi-
dence in the township OF Townsend,
in Norfork county, where he confirm
ed to reside until 1867 when his wife
died, Al the age of 70 years and since
that time in his declining years, he
has resided with his children. The
deceased gentleman was farmer and
speculater in farm lands, owning
large tracts of land in Norfolk and
ighboring counties, and was 80
successful that he accumulated con-
siderable wealth. For many years
lie was magistrate Of the county Of
Norfolk, and representative Of the
township OF Townsend in the County
Council of that county, and for seven
teen consecutive years he was treasur-
er OF the lodge Of Freemasons Of
which he was member. In politics
he was, throughout his whole life,
always consistent Reformer, and a
steady supporter Of the Liberal par
ty. Though he lived to such a great
age, he enjoyed the most robust
health until within few weeks of his
death. Lovers Of the weed can point
to his long life as proof that smok-
ing is not prejudiciai to longevity,
since the deceased gentleman smoked
every day for the last rs years of his
life. The lamented deceased leaves
behind him the well deserved reputa-
ton of having been always a good
neighbor, patriotic citizen, true
Christian, and an honorable man.
He had six children, who all survive
him, viz, Alfred Bowlby, M. D., Of
Waterford; William Bowlby, Of
Townsend; David Sovereign Bowlby,
M. d., of Berlin; Ward Hamilton
Bowlby, MA, Ii. b., County Crown
Attorney and Clerk of the Peace,
Berlin; John Wedgwood Bowlby, Ii.
B., Barrister, Brantford; and Mary
Ursula, the wife of Col. Walker Pow
ell, of Ottawa, Adjt- General Of the
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