______________________
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                        _Matthew Bates NOWLIN ___|
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                       |                                                
 _James Bowker NOWLIN _|
| (1834 - ....) m 1864 |
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|                      |                         |                      
|                      |_Elizabeth PRESTON ______|
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|
|--Virginia S. NOWLIN 
|  (1867 - ....)
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|                       _Jesse Alexander BURTON _|
|                      | (1807 - 1886) m 1834    |
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|_Susan Hamner BURTON _|
  (1838 - 1913) m 1864 |
                       |                          _John Lewis COBBS Sr._+
                       |                         | (1763 - 1851) m 1790 
                       |_Damaris COBBS __________|
                         (1809 - 1853) m 1834    |
                                                 |_Susannah HAMNER _____+
                                                   (1775 - 1824) m 1790