• [S835] Lloyd Richard Bailey, editor, The Heritage of the Toe River Valley (Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1994-2007).
  • [S838] 1930 U.S. Census, John Bowditch household, Crabtree Twp., Yancey Co., North Carolina, E.D. 100-5, p. 190 (stamped), p. 4B (written), dwelling 69, family 72, NARA Series/Roll T626/1730. From ancestry.com.
  • [S841] 1920 U.S. Census, John Bowditch household, Erwin, Unicoi Co., Tennessee, E.D. 188, p. 103 (stamped), p. 6B (written), dwelling 110, family 121, NARA Series/Roll T625/1768. From ancestry.com.
  • [S847] Louise Thomas-Miller and Pam Thomas-Cantrell, contributors, Micaville Cemetery Records (Yancey Co., North Carolina: NCGenWeb Project, 22 May 2004), online at http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/yancey/cemeteries/…
  • [S848] Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865, NARA Series M598; War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109 (Washington, D.C.; National Archives and Records Administration). From the database U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 (Provo, Utah; The Generations Network, Inc.), accessed on-line at www.ancestry.com.
  • [S1534] 1880 U.S. Census, James Gibbs household, Caney River Twp., Yancey Co., North Carolina, E.D. 232, p. 535 (stamped), p. 26 (written), dwelling 225, family 226, NARA Series/Roll T9/988. From ancestry.com.
  • [S1535] 1880 U.S. Census, Greenberry Silver household, Crabtree Twp., Yancey Co., North Carolina, E.D. 238, p. 582 (stamped), p. 1 (written), dwelling 1, family 1, NARA Series/Roll T9/988. From ancestry.com.
  • [S1609] North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979, online at familysearch.org.
  • [S3204] Bertha Bowditch Davis, Death Certificate, 8 October 1958, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, Cert. No. 27910. Image from North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976, ancestry.com, Mitchell > 1958 > October > Image 1; State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. Information supplied by her husband J. H. Davis.
  • [S3205] Edwin Dennis Bowditch, Death Certificate, 10 June 1959, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, Cert. No. 14814. Image from North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976, ancestry.com, Buncombe > 1959 > June > Image 24; State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. Information supplied by his son Edwin A. Bowditch.
  • [S3206] John A. Bowditch, Death Certificate, 17 May 1933, Yancey Co., North Carolina, Cert. No. 147. Image from North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976, ancestry.com, Yancey > 1933 > May > Image 24; State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. Information supplied by his son Frank Bowditch.
  • [S3207] John Wesley Bowditch, Death Certificate, 14 June 1958, Yancey Co., North Carolina, Cert. No. 17985. Image from North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976, ancestry.com, Yancey > 1958 > June > Image 4; State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. Information supplied by Frank Bowditch, probably his brother.
  • [S3208] Mary Ella Hall, Death Certificate, 5 February 1963, Yancey Co., North Carolina, Cert. No. 7476. Image from North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976, ancestry.com, Yancey > 1963 > February > Image 4; State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. Information supplied by her son Mark Hall.
  • [S3209] Maude Bowditch Johnson, Death Certificate, 12 August 1948, McDowell Co., North Carolina, Cert. No. 20219. Image from North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976, ancestry.com, McDowell > 1948 > August > Image 1; State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. Information supplied by her husband J. S. Johnson.
  • [S4328] "Left Her to Join Army", The Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Indiana, 21 February 1902, p. 8, col. 4. Image from Newspapers.com.
  • [S4329] United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914, online at familysearch.org.
  • [S4330] 1880 U.S. Census, John H. Hurd household, Blue River Twp., Johnson Co., Indiana, E.D. 158, p. 204 (stamped), p. 19 (written), dwelling 116, family 120, NARA Series/Roll T9/289. From ancestry.com.
  • [S4331] 1900 U.S. Census Military and Naval, Co. F, Second Infantry, Fort Thomas, Kentucky, E. D. 133, p. 31 (stamped), p. 4A (written), line 29, NARA Series/Roll T623/513. From ancestry.com.
  • [S4332] 1910 U.S. Census, Minnie Beasley household, Ward 9, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana, E.D. 163, p. 163 (stamped), p. 9A (written), dwelling 196, family 205, NARA Series/Roll T624/368. From ancestry.com.
  • [S4339] Letter(s) from Martha (Abbot) Thorndike (Beverly, Massachusetts) to Nathaniel Abbot and Elizabeth (Abbot) Bowditch, 13 March 1865. These are two letters from Martha (Abbot) Thorndike, one to her nephew Nathaniel Bowditch at the Point Lookout prison camp, and the second to Nathaniel’s mother (and Martha's sister) Elizabeth (Abbot) Bowditch. The second letter was enclosed with the first, for Nathaniel to hand-deliver when he returned home, or to forward. These were apparently confiscated by the government, and thus never delivered. From Confederate Papers Relating to Citizens or Business Firms, 1861-65, NARA Series M346; War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109 (Washington, D.C.; National Archives and Records Administration); Record for Nath’l Bowditch, Roll 84, Doc. No. 64. Accessed online at Fold3.
  • [S4340] Thomas M. Anderson, "Fourteenth Regiment Of Infantry", from Theo. F. Rodenbaugh and William L. Haskin, editors, The Army of the United States: Historical Sketches of Staff and Line with Portraits of Generals-In-Chief, pp. 586-609 (New York, New York: Maynard, Merrill & Co., 1896).
  • [S4341] Col. S. C. Vestal, "Field Service of the Coast Artillery in War," Journal of the United States Artillery, Vol. 56, No. 3 (March 1922), pp. 199-220.
  • [S4342] 2nd Infantry Regiment (United States) (Wikipedia, 2 November 2015), online at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php. Accessed 16 November 2015.
  • [S4361] 1940 U.S. Census, John H. Bowditch household, Crabtree Twp., Yancey Co., North Carolina, E.D. 100-7A, p. 90 (stamped), p. 6B (written), line(s) 69,70, NARA Series/Roll T627/2991. Informant was John H. Bowditch, self. From ancestry.com.
  • [S4362] J. H. Bowditch and Belva I. Silvers, Marriage Record, 30 July 1903, Yancey Co., North Carolina. Image from North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011, ancestry.com, Yancey > Marriage Licenses (1866 - 1967) > Image 1708; North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.
  • [S4363] John H. Bowditch, Death Certificate, 6 May 1949, Washington Co., Tennessee, Cert. No. 49-11423. Image from Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965, ancestry.com, Death Certificates > Washington > 1949 > Image 222; State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee. Information from Hospital Records, Veterans Administration Center, Mountain Home, Tennessee.
  • [S4370] William Hall and Mary Bowditch, Marriage Record, 19 September 1895, Yancey Co., North Carolina. Image from North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011, ancestry.com, Yancey > Marriage Licenses (1866 - 1967) > Image 761; North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.
  • [S4381] North Carolina, U.S., Birth Indexes, 1800-2000, online at ancestry.com, 2005.
  • [S4430] E-mail from Roy Nordin, Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Charles Towne.
  • [S4498] Record of Wills, Burke Co., North Carolina, Vol. 4 (1913-1927), pp. 565,566; Georgiana Bowditch, filing of will, 16 April 1927. Image from familysearch.org, FHL Film 370105, Digital Folder No. 4778994, Images 322,323; Division of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina.
  • [S4499] Estate Records, Burke Co., North Carolina; Georgiana Bowditch, 1927. Image from North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979, familysearch.org, FHL Film 1976211, Digital Folder No. 5274788, Images 2076-2107; State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.
  • [S5162] Record of Wills, Yancey Co., North Carolina, Vol. 2 (1869-1935), pp. 500-507; John A. Bowditch, proving of will, 4 September 1933. Image from familysearch.org, FHL Film 571546, Digital Folder No. 4779747, Images 516-519; Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina.
  • [S6700] "Cruel Desertion", Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 24 September 1875, p. 5, col. 5. Image from Newspapers.com.
  • [S6701] Bloomington Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 11 October 1875, p. 4, col. 6. Image from NewspaperArchive.com.
  • [S6702] "Two Loves and a Remorse", Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 18 October 1875, p. 5, col. 5. Image from Newspapers.com.
  • [S6703] "Illinois Items", Centralia Sentinel, Centralia, Illinois, 30 December 1875, p. 8, col. 4. Image from NewspaperArchive.com.
  • [S6705] 1910 U.S. Census, John E. Abbot household, Morganton, Burke Co., North Carolina, E. D. 10, pp. 154,155 (stamped), pp. 19B,20A (written), dwelling 362, family 371, NARA Series/Roll T624/1100. From ancestry.com.
  • [S7016] 1910 U.S. Census, John B. Hilliard household, Crabtree Twp., Yancey Co., North Carolina, E.D. 154, p. 211 (stamped), p. 12B (written), dwelling 117, family 119, NARA Series/Roll T624/1122. From ancestry.com.
  • [S7019] Obituary, Ruth Bowditch Gibbs, Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, North Carolina, 10 December 2004, p. B3, col. 3. Image from Newspapers.com.
  • [S7025] John A. Bowditch and Mildred Ballew, Marriage Record, 21 September 1908, Yancey Co., North Carolina. Image from North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011, ancestry.com, Yancey > Marriage Licenses (1866 - 1967) > Image 2353; North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.
  • [S7026] 1910 U.S. Census, John A. Bowditch household, South Toe Twp., Yancey Co., North Carolina, E.D. 161, p. 289 (stamped), p. 7A (written), dwelling 130, family 131, NARA Series/Roll T624/1122. From ancestry.com.
  • [S7027] 1920 U.S. Census, John A. Bowditch household, South Toe Twp., Yancey Co., North Carolina, E. D. 199, p. 271 (stamped), pp. 2A,2B (written), NARA Series/Roll T625/1327. From ancestry.com.
  • [S7028] 1930 U.S. Census, John A. Bowditch household, South Toe Twp., Yancey Co., North Carolina, E.D. 100-12, p. 283 (stamped), p. 6B (written), dwelling 104, family 104, NARA Series/Roll T626/1730. From ancestry.com.
  • [S7054] 1900 U.S. Census, Joseph Bowditch household, Bakersville Twp., Mitchell Co., North Carolina, E.D. 90, p. 23 (stamped), p. 11B (written), dwelling 207, family 207, NARA Series/Roll T623/1206. From ancestry.com.
  • [S7055] 1910 U.S. Census, Joseph Bowditch household, Bakersville Twp., Mitchell Co., North Carolina, E. D. 138, pp. 94,95 (stamped), pp. 11B,12A (written), dwelling 207, family 212, NARA Series/Roll T624/1109. From ancestry.com.
  • [S7056] 1920 U.S. Census, Joseph Bowditch household, Bakersville Twp., Mitchell Co., North Carolina, E. D. 181, pp. 5,6 (stamped), pp. 5B,6A (written), dwelling 93, family 93, NARA Series/Roll T625/1311. From ancestry.com.
  • [S7057] Obituary, Joseph Bowditch, "Prominent Citizen of Mitchell County Dies", Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, 4 September 1923, p. 8, col. 6. Image from GenealogyBank.com.
  • [S7063] Joseph and Martha E. Bowditch Cemetery Marker, Vians Valley Presbyterian Cemetery, Mitchell Co., North Carolina; photographed by Jane Bowditch, 27 October 2012.
  • [S7138] Roy Bowditch, Death Certificate, 4 February 1948, Knox Co., Tennessee, Cert. No. 3342. Image from Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965, ancestry.com, Death Certificates > Knox > 1948 > Image 405; State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee. Information supplied by his son Joseph F. Bowditch, Knoxville, Tennessee.
  • [S7545] Georgiana Abbot Bowditch Cemetery Marker, Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Morganton, Burke Co., North Carolina; photo by Armantia, 14 March 2013. Image from findagrave.com, Mem. No. 65298562.