Bowles, Thomas

Born: 1801-1810

Bowles was a resident of Menard County, Illinois, where he farmed. In 1839, he retained Abraham Lincoln to represent him in a case in the Menard County Circuit Court.

Casey v. Bowles, Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2009), http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Details.aspx?case=135173; U.S. Census Office, Sixth Census of the United States (1840), Menard County, IL, 291.