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Ohio and Indiana Map 1861

Baptists and the American Civil War: March 27, 1864

John R. Bowles, born June 13, 1826 in Lynchburg, Virginia, is a free black and a Baptist minister. As a young man, Bowles settled near Chillicothe in Ross County, Ohio, marrying Sarah Jane Bryant in 1848. There the couple grew their family, in addition to participating in the Underground Railroad. At thirty years of age,…

March 27, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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