Elizabeth "Jane" Davidson was born in 1822 (or possibly 1821) Deer Creek Township, Madison County, Ohio to Virginia-born parents, John Davidson and Sarah McCrae.
She married Joseph F. Bowdle on 23 Mar 1848 in Madison County, Ohio. They had a daughter, Sarah F. Bowdle, at the end of that year (18 Dec 1848).
Sarah would be their only child as Jane died when her daughter was eight months old. She caught "Canker Rash" (a virulent ulcerative strain of scarlet fever) and died in August 1849 at the age of 27 after a seven day illness.
Legacy:
In the 1850 census her baby, Sarah, was cared for by her older sister Sally (Davidson) McDonald, while her widowed husband Joseph Bowdle stayed nearby with Sally's son John Wilson McDonald.
Her distraught father John Davidson was prompted to write a will in December 1850 providing for little Sarah and another half-orphaned grandchild (Joseph Newton Davidson, following the death of Elizabeth's brother George Davidson a year later). Signed on 11 Dec 1850, he also specified that the family burying ground on his farm - this burial site, where he had just buried Elizabeth and George - including an acre of land around it must be kept as a burying ground. He also asked to be buried there himself.
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SOURCES
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Marriage record of Madison County, Ohio
Volume A, page 394:
marriage: 23 Mar 1848 in Madison County, Ohio
registered: 28 Mar 1848
groom: Joseph F. Bowdle
bride: Elizabeth Jane Davidson
officiated by: R.C. McComb M.G. (Minister of the Gospel)
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1850 Census Mortality Schedule: deaths 02 Jun 1849 to 01 Jun 1850
La Fayett, Madison County, Ohio, line 8:
name: Jane Boudle
description: female, white, married, born Ohio
died: Aug 1849
cause: Kanker Rash,* duration 7 days
age: 27**
notes:
* Canker rash is an old name for an ulcerative variant of scarlet fever
** Age 27 in Aug 1849 implies birth date 2 Aug 1821 to 31 Aug 1822
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She married Joseph F. Bowdle on 23 Mar 1848 in Madison County, Ohio. They had a daughter, Sarah F. Bowdle, at the end of that year (18 Dec 1848).
Sarah would be their only child as Jane died when her daughter was eight months old. She caught "Canker Rash" (a virulent ulcerative strain of scarlet fever) and died in August 1849 at the age of 27 after a seven day illness.
Legacy:
In the 1850 census her baby, Sarah, was cared for by her older sister Sally (Davidson) McDonald, while her widowed husband Joseph Bowdle stayed nearby with Sally's son John Wilson McDonald.
Her distraught father John Davidson was prompted to write a will in December 1850 providing for little Sarah and another half-orphaned grandchild (Joseph Newton Davidson, following the death of Elizabeth's brother George Davidson a year later). Signed on 11 Dec 1850, he also specified that the family burying ground on his farm - this burial site, where he had just buried Elizabeth and George - including an acre of land around it must be kept as a burying ground. He also asked to be buried there himself.
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SOURCES
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Marriage record of Madison County, Ohio
Volume A, page 394:
marriage: 23 Mar 1848 in Madison County, Ohio
registered: 28 Mar 1848
groom: Joseph F. Bowdle
bride: Elizabeth Jane Davidson
officiated by: R.C. McComb M.G. (Minister of the Gospel)
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1850 Census Mortality Schedule: deaths 02 Jun 1849 to 01 Jun 1850
La Fayett, Madison County, Ohio, line 8:
name: Jane Boudle
description: female, white, married, born Ohio
died: Aug 1849
cause: Kanker Rash,* duration 7 days
age: 27**
notes:
* Canker rash is an old name for an ulcerative variant of scarlet fever
** Age 27 in Aug 1849 implies birth date 2 Aug 1821 to 31 Aug 1822
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Elizabeth "Jane" Davidson was born in 1822 (or possibly 1821) Deer Creek Township, Madison County, Ohio to Virginia-born parents, John Davidson and Sarah McCrae.
She married Joseph F. Bowdle on 23 Mar 1848 in Madison County, Ohio. They had a daughter, Sarah F. Bowdle, at the end of that year (18 Dec 1848).
Sarah would be their only child as Jane died when her daughter was eight months old. She caught "Canker Rash" (a virulent ulcerative strain of scarlet fever) and died in August 1849 at the age of 27 after a seven day illness.
Legacy:
In the 1850 census her baby, Sarah, was cared for by her older sister Sally (Davidson) McDonald, while her widowed husband Joseph Bowdle stayed nearby with Sally's son John Wilson McDonald.
Her distraught father John Davidson was prompted to write a will in December 1850 providing for little Sarah and another half-orphaned grandchild (Joseph Newton Davidson, following the death of Elizabeth's brother George Davidson a year later). Signed on 11 Dec 1850, he also specified that the family burying ground on his farm - this burial site, where he had just buried Elizabeth and George - including an acre of land around it must be kept as a burying ground. He also asked to be buried there himself.
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SOURCES
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Marriage record of Madison County, Ohio
Volume A, page 394:
marriage: 23 Mar 1848 in Madison County, Ohio
registered: 28 Mar 1848
groom: Joseph F. Bowdle
bride: Elizabeth Jane Davidson
officiated by: R.C. McComb M.G. (Minister of the Gospel)
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1850 Census Mortality Schedule: deaths 02 Jun 1849 to 01 Jun 1850
La Fayett, Madison County, Ohio, line 8:
name: Jane Boudle
description: female, white, married, born Ohio
died: Aug 1849
cause: Kanker Rash,* duration 7 days
age: 27**
notes:
* Canker rash is an old name for an ulcerative variant of scarlet fever
** Age 27 in Aug 1849 implies birth date 2 Aug 1821 to 31 Aug 1822
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She married Joseph F. Bowdle on 23 Mar 1848 in Madison County, Ohio. They had a daughter, Sarah F. Bowdle, at the end of that year (18 Dec 1848).
Sarah would be their only child as Jane died when her daughter was eight months old. She caught "Canker Rash" (a virulent ulcerative strain of scarlet fever) and died in August 1849 at the age of 27 after a seven day illness.
Legacy:
In the 1850 census her baby, Sarah, was cared for by her older sister Sally (Davidson) McDonald, while her widowed husband Joseph Bowdle stayed nearby with Sally's son John Wilson McDonald.
Her distraught father John Davidson was prompted to write a will in December 1850 providing for little Sarah and another half-orphaned grandchild (Joseph Newton Davidson, following the death of Elizabeth's brother George Davidson a year later). Signed on 11 Dec 1850, he also specified that the family burying ground on his farm - this burial site, where he had just buried Elizabeth and George - including an acre of land around it must be kept as a burying ground. He also asked to be buried there himself.
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SOURCES
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Marriage record of Madison County, Ohio
Volume A, page 394:
marriage: 23 Mar 1848 in Madison County, Ohio
registered: 28 Mar 1848
groom: Joseph F. Bowdle
bride: Elizabeth Jane Davidson
officiated by: R.C. McComb M.G. (Minister of the Gospel)
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1850 Census Mortality Schedule: deaths 02 Jun 1849 to 01 Jun 1850
La Fayett, Madison County, Ohio, line 8:
name: Jane Boudle
description: female, white, married, born Ohio
died: Aug 1849
cause: Kanker Rash,* duration 7 days
age: 27**
notes:
* Canker rash is an old name for an ulcerative variant of scarlet fever
** Age 27 in Aug 1849 implies birth date 2 Aug 1821 to 31 Aug 1822
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Gravesite Details
The gravesite lies on the edge of Deer Creek and would occasionally flood so fell into disuse. Later family burials were at Oak Hill Cemetery and several bodies - possibly including Jane - were later moved there from the Davidson ground.
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