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Rev Jabel Sanders Bowles

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Rev Jabel Sanders Bowles

Birth
Franklin County, Virginia, USA
Death
1875 (aged 86–87)
West Virginia, USA
Burial
Parchment Valley, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.7560493, Longitude: -81.7399691
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Jabel Sanders Bowles was born in 1788 in Franklin County, Virgina, and died in 1875 in Jackson County, West Virginia. He married Nancy A Mason, daughter of Nathan Mason and Elizabeth Mason, about 1808 in Franklin, Virginia.

In 1844, Jabel and his wife Nancy founded the Pleasant Hill Church to which this cemetery belongs and built the original log church.

Parents
Jeptha (John) Bowles of Franklin County, Virginia
Elizabeth Stone

Children
Jabel and Nancy had seven known children:

Martin Bowles (1805-1880)
Ona Bowles (1807-1867)
William Bowles (c. 1810- )
Leftridge Bowles (c. 1812- )
Dr. Nathan Mason Bowles (1812-1875)
Frances "Fanny" Kessel (Bowles) (1814-1878)
Elizabeth Crites (Bowles)(1818-1899)


Legacy
Several of his descendants also became ministers:

Martin V. Bowles, son of Dr. Nathan Mason Bowles
Alvin Bowles
Joseph S. Bowles
Charles Bowles
John W. Crites
J. Brooks Kessel
Jabel Sanders Bowles was born in 1788 in Franklin County, Virgina, and died in 1875 in Jackson County, West Virginia. He married Nancy A Mason, daughter of Nathan Mason and Elizabeth Mason, about 1808 in Franklin, Virginia.

In 1844, Jabel and his wife Nancy founded the Pleasant Hill Church to which this cemetery belongs and built the original log church.

Parents
Jeptha (John) Bowles of Franklin County, Virginia
Elizabeth Stone

Children
Jabel and Nancy had seven known children:

Martin Bowles (1805-1880)
Ona Bowles (1807-1867)
William Bowles (c. 1810- )
Leftridge Bowles (c. 1812- )
Dr. Nathan Mason Bowles (1812-1875)
Frances "Fanny" Kessel (Bowles) (1814-1878)
Elizabeth Crites (Bowles)(1818-1899)


Legacy
Several of his descendants also became ministers:

Martin V. Bowles, son of Dr. Nathan Mason Bowles
Alvin Bowles
Joseph S. Bowles
Charles Bowles
John W. Crites
J. Brooks Kessel


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