Elizabeth Gentry
1778 - 1845 (67 years)-
Name Elizabeth Gentry - daughter of Nicholas Gentry III and Sarah Dickens [1]
Born 1778 Louisa County, Virginia 
[1] Gender Female Died 1845 Owsley County, Kentucky [1] Buried burial details unknown [1] Person ID I2487 Robinson Last Modified 7 Feb 2025
Family Elijah Bowman, b. 1773, Virginia , d. 1843, Owsley County, Kentucky (Age 70 years) Married 4 Nov 1795 Madison County, Kentucky Children + 1. Nicholas B. Bowman, b. 1795, Kentucky , d. 1860, Breathitt County, Kentucky (Age 65 years)2. Sarah "Sally" Bowman, b. 1798, Kentucky , d. 1885, Kentucky (Age 87 years)3. Nancy Elizabeth Bowman, b. 5 Mar 1806, Kentucky , d. 14 Nov 1846, Thorntown, Boone County, Indiana (Age 40 years)4. Joseph Bowman, b. 8 Mar 1808, Estill County, Kentucky , d. 24 Jan 1863, Oakdale, Breathitt County, Kentucky (Age 54 years)5. Deborah Bowman, b. 28 Mar 1810, Clay County, Kentucky , d. 8 Dec 1884, Heidelburg, Lee County, Kentucky (Age 74 years)6. Elisha Williamson Bowman, b. 2 Feb 1815, Clay County, Kentucky , d. 1910, Owsley County, Kentucky (Age 94 years)7. Henry B. Bowman, b. Jan 1820, Owsley County, Kentucky , d. 1900, Kentucky (Age 79 years)Last Modified 1 Feb 2025 Family ID F1110 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 1778 - Louisa County, Virginia 
Married - 4 Nov 1795 - Madison County, Kentucky 
Died - 1845 - Owsley County, Kentucky = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - note on Find a Grave:
Elizabeth Gentry Bowman by David Travillion Bunton
Elizabeth Gentry Bowman was the daughter of Nicholas Gentry and his wife Sarah Dickens Gentry who gave permission for their daughter to marry Elijah Bowman on 4 November 1795 Madison County, Kentucky. Elijah Bowman was the son of Cornelius Bowman and Susannah (Painter) Bowman. Bondsman for Elijah Bowman was Henry Gentry, the brother of Elizabeth Gentry. Henry Gentry married Pinah Hall on 9 March 1797 in Bullitt County, Kentucky.
Many online trees have her birth year as circa 1775 however, per the marriage record in Nov 1795, her parents Nicholas and Sarah Gentry both gave parental consent. This was usually done when a bride was under the age of 18. Most likely Elizabeth Gentry was born circa 1778 if she was aged 17 at the time of her marriage. She might have been a year or two younger.
Her husband Elijah Bowman was enumerated in the 1840 Clay County, KY census as Elijah Boman with two members in the household: 1 male aged 60 and under 70 and 1 female aged 60 and under 70, indicating that this was Elijah Bowman and his wife Elizabeth Gentry Bowman. Both being aged 60 and under 70 indicates that they were both born circa 1771 to 1780 at the latest.
It might be noted that the 1830 Clay County, Kentucky census enumerates Elijah Bowman with several in the household and oldest male and female are listed as aged 40 and under 50, ie born 1781 to 1790 but this seems to be an error of the enumerator choosing an incorrect age column, since an exact marriage date of 1795 can be established and in particular it seems unlikely that Elijah was aged 15 at his marriage and had no parental consent. His wife, Elizabeth Gentry, however, did have parental consent from her parents Nicholas Gentry and Sarah Dickens aka Sarah Dicken.
While the 1830 census enumeration ages do not seem accurate, a comparison of the 1810 and 1840 enumerations seem to fit. In the 1810 Clay County, Kentucky census the household of Eligah Boman is enumerated between households of John More [sic, John Moore] and John Blythe. The 1810 census has 1-1-0-1-0 for males and 4-1-0-1-0 for females (also one enslaved person). The age groups are: 1 male aged under 10; one male 10 to 15; 1 male 26 to 44; and 4 females under 10; 1 female 10 to 15; one female 26 to 44. According to this census, the oldest male and female in the age 26 to 44 category were born 1766 to 1784.
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