The following information came from Donovan Bowley in an email dated May 29, 2008.

William Bowley died 30 August, 1856.He was the husband of Sarah Philbrick, daughter of Enoch Philbrick. William was one of the five sons of Ephraim Bowley, builder of the first sawmill in South Hope, near Abel Fish's grist mill. With his brothers Ephraim and George, he served in the War of 1812 at Camden in the height of the fear of British invasion in September of 1814, in Capt. James Weed's Company,Lt. Col. Erastus Foote's Regiment. He served in a second call-up from 11 October to 19 November in Capt. Calvin Curtis' Company of Lt. Col. Foote's Regiment.