Rev Hughes Bowles Died 1846

Born to Jesse Bowles, Sr and Hannah Perkins Bowles. Rev Hughes Bowles passed away on Dec 28, 1846and was buried in Old Union Cemetery in Tunbridge, IL. Rev Hughes Bowles was married to Elizabeth Payne Bowles and had 10 children: Anderson Bowles, Joseph Bowles, Walter Payton Bowles, Elizabeth Thomas Bowles Hall, Eleanor Bowles Baker, Henry Harrison Bowles, Julia Bowles Hawes, David Bowles, Jesse Payne Bowles, William F Bowles.

Death:

Dec 28, 1846

Born in:

Virginia

Plot:

Old Union Cemetey located in Section 9 of Tunbridge Township. It is about a mile off the road between farmers fields. This is the second oldest burial ground in the township, the first burial being made in 1831. The last burial in 1924. This was the site of the first Christian Church organized in 1833. For five years sermons, weddings and funerals were held outside midst the trees. In 1838 a log church was built and this was used until 1864 when a new building was erected at a cost of $3,000 with accomodations for 600 people. Originally it was on themain road from Springfield to Bloomington. Today the nearest road is about 1/2 mile and few people know of the location. All signes of the church which had over 1,000 member is gone, and the old cemetery where over 500 pionees were buried has less than 100 stones and there are many of those in poor condition, buried under soil, weathered and unreadable. SCOURCE: Barbara Guinn [email protected]<

Burial place:

Old Union Cemetery
Flag Rd, Tunbridge, IL 61749