James P. Bowman family papers, 1806-1937.

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James P. Bowman family papers, 1806-1937.

Personal and plantation papers, correspondence, business and land records of the Bowman family relative to the history and administration of Rosedown Plantation, St. Francisville, La. Included are papers and account books (1851-1926, n.d.) of James P. Bowman; papers and sermons (1823-1843) of William R. Bowman, Episcopal clergyman of Grace Episcopal Church, St. Francisville; land records and business papers (1806-1829) of Catherine Rucker Turnbull. Also included are personal and plantation records (1819-1861, n.d.), estate papers (1866-1867), and the plantation diary (1860-1862) of Daniel Turnbull of Rosedown Plantation; and papers (1829-1845, 1860) of Robert H. Barrow.

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Bowman, William R., 1800-1835.

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Barrow, Robert H.

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Commandant U. S. Marine Corps, Ret. From the description of Robert H. Barrow oral history interview, 1992. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 238781437 ...

Turnbull, Daniel, 1796-1861

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Daniel Turnbull was a successful Louisiana planter, primarily of cotton plantations. He founded Rosedown Plantation in West Feliciana Parish, La., in 1835 where he resided with his wife, Martha Hilliard Barrow Turnbull. An avid horticulturist, she assembled a large collection of botanical specimens that she planted in extensive gardens at Rosedown. Their children were James, Daniel, William, and Sarah. The Bowman and Turnbull families were associated through the marriage of Sarah Turnbull and Ja...

Turnbull, Catherine Rucker, 1768-1832.

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Turnbull family.

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Bowman, James P. (James Pirrie), 1832-1927.

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James P. Bowman was a sugar and cotton planter of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. From the description of James P. Bowman family papers, 1806-1937. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 252029168 ...

Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Grace Episcopal Church (Saint Francisville, La.)

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Lyons, Eliza B. (Eliza Bowman), 1805-1851.

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Bowman family.

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