Caroline Elizabeth Blaine

Brief Life History of Caroline Elizabeth

Caroline Elizabeth Blaine was born on 9 November 1836, in Virginia, United States as the daughter of Jesse Blaine and Catharine Robertson. She married Jacob Keister Bowman on 27 September 1855, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Jackson Township, Jackson, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Maquoketa Township, Jackson, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died in 1905, in Maquoketa, Jackson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 69.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Keister Bowman
1826–1916
Caroline Elizabeth Blaine
1836–1905
Marriage: 27 September 1855
Elizabeth Bowman
1856–1940
John W Bowman
1858–1884
Jesse A Bowman
1860–1946
Jefferson Davis Bowman
1861–1954
Isabel Bowman
1863–1947
Martha R. Bowman
1865–1894
Frances B Bowman
1866–1927
Charles Bowman
1868–1947
Mary Bowman
1870–1965

Sources (33)

  • Caroline E Bowman, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
  • Caroline E. Blain, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
  • Caroline Blaine, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1838

Historical Boundaries: 1838: Jackson, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Jackson, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Jackson, Iowa, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

Name Meaning

Scottish and English: variant of Blain .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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