Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJohn Bothwell865,197
Birth17 Mar 1803, Co. Monaghan, IRL
BurialSand Creek Cemetery, Martinsville, Morgan Co., IN, USA
Death18 Aug 1883, Morgan Co., IN, USA Age: 80
Death18 Aug 1888, Morgan Co., IN, USA Age: 85
FatherCharles Bothwell (~1780-~1836)
MotherMary Gordon (~1782-1860)
Spouses
Birth12 May 1818, IRL
Death1 Feb 1883, Morgan Co., IN, USA Age: 64
Marriageaft 1845
ChildrenJames (~1850-1863)
 Ann J (1852-1852)
 Isabel (1852-1853)
 Martha A. (~1854-)
 Margaret (1857-)
Birth26 Feb 1819507
Death2 Apr 1849, Washington Twp., Morgan Co., IN, USA Age: 30
Marriage14 Jan 1832, PA, USA
ChildrenSamuel (1835-1837)
 Hanah (~1836-)
 Anna (~1837-1856)
 Mary (1839-1840)
 David (1841-1907)
 William W. (~1842-)
 John (1845-1845)
 Hugh (1846-1847)
 Sarah (~1847-1854)
Notes for John Bothwell
from: THE MORGAN COUNTY GAZETTE, page 15; October 15, 1853, accident on Saturday last, William Weathers, the step-son of John Bothwell died from a wagon accident.

from: THE MORGAN COUNTY GAZETTE, page 54: November 13, 1869 - Administrator Sale - The property belonging to Thomas McClure, deceased, John Bothwell, Adm.

1860 census has birthdate abt 1804

From: Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown Co., Indiana, 1884
Washington Township and Martinsville (Indiana)

John Bothwell was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, March 17, 1803, and is a son of Charles and Mary Bothwell, also natives of County Monaghan, Ireland. The (grand) father of our subject, John Bothwell, was a native of Ireland, where he married and died, having reared five children - James, David, Mary, Margaret and Charles. Charles Bothwell, while in Ireland, married Mary Gordon; emigrated in 1890 to America, and settled in Pennsylvania, where he closed his life. He was the parent of the following: Samuel, William, Ann B. (Jane) and John. Our subject, John Bothwell, married, January 14, 1832, Miss Nancy, daughter of John and Elizabeth Loraign. The following spring Mr. Bothwell moved to Montgomery Co., Penn., and in 1838 to Morgan Co., Ind., when he settled in this township, which has since been his home. Mrs. Bothwell died April, 1856, and some time after Mr. Bothwell wedded Mrs. Weathers, widow of Richard Weathers, who died February 1, 1883. Mr. Bothwell has been father of the following children: Samuel, Anna, Mary, David, John, Hugh, Sarah, James, Ann B., Isabel, Martha and Margaret. (Last two children from second marriage to Martha Hynds (Weathers).
Buried in Sand Creek cemetery near Martinsville, Indiana.
1833, Moved to Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania.
1838, Moved to Washington Township, Morgan Co., Pennsylvania.
Birth and death dates of his children, from Bothwell Bible.
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