1. Matthew Benjamin BOWMAN was born 1801 in South Carolina.
Matthew married Nancy Rebecca TURBE(R)VILLE. Nancy was born in Tennessee.
They had the following children:
2 F i Narcissa Celia BOWMAN was born Dec 19 1848. 3 M ii Ira BOWMAN was born May 22 1850. + 4 F iii Mary BOWMAN was born Nov 10 1853 and died Jan 18 1910. 5 M iv Matthew Benjamin BOWMAN was born Sep 20 1856. + 6 M v Tyra Palmer BOWMAN was born Feb 28 1863.