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All About the Amazing James Bowie. By the Amazing: Jasmine James Elaine Franklin. James Bowie’s Immediate Family. Mother- Alvina Ap-Catesby Jones “Elve” Father- Rezin Pleasant Bowie Sisters- Sarah Bowie Davis Mary Bowie Bird Martha Bowie Sterret Brothers- John Jones Bowie
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All About the Amazing James Bowie By the Amazing: Jasmine James Elaine Franklin
James Bowie’s Immediate Family Mother- Alvina Ap-Catesby Jones “Elve” Father- Rezin Pleasant Bowie Sisters- Sarah Bowie Davis Mary Bowie Bird Martha Bowie Sterret Brothers- John Jones Bowie Rezin Pleasant Bowie, Jr. David Bowie Stephen Bowie
James bowie’s birthday/Birth place Date of Birth: April 10, 1796 Place of Birth: Logan County, Kentucky
JAMES BOWIE’S CHILDHOOD James’ Childhood: James came from a line of Scottish & English. He was the ninth of ten children. His dad was injured at war and in 1782 married a nurse, his mom. The Bowie family moved frequently, first they settled in Georgia, then in Kentucky. At the time of James’ birth his father owned 8 slaves, 11 head of cattle, 7 horses, and a stud-horse. In the same year the family acquired 200 acres of land along the Red River. They sold that land for $1,800 then moved to Missouri before moving to Spanish Louisiana in 1802 where they settled in Bushley Bayou in Rapides Parish. The family moved again to Bayou Teche, in 1809, before moving to a permanent home in Opelousas in 1812.
JAMES BOWIE’S CHILDHHOOD (CONTINUED)(AND EARLY TO MID LIFE) As kids they grew up on a frontier where they learned to clear crops, write, speak, and read. James and his eldest brother learned to speak Spanish & French fluently. The kids learned to survive on a frontier and how to maintain a farm & plantation. James became a proficient in pistols, rifle, and knife. He had a reputation for his fearlessness. When he was a boy an Indian friend of his teach him how to rope an alligator. In response of the war of 1812 him and his brother Rezin enlisted for a militia in 1814. The war ended December 24 of that year with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, and the Bowie brothers arrived in New Orleans too late to participate in any fighting or act of war. After mustering out of the militia the Bowie brothers settled in Rapides Parish where he supported himself by sawing planks & lumber, floating them down the bayou for sell. In June 1819, he joined the Long Expedition, an effort to liberate Texas from Spanish rule. The group encountered little resistance and later captured Nacogdoches, declared Texas an Independent republic. He returned to Louisiana, the invasion was repelled by Spanish troops.
JAMES BOWIE’S LATE LIFE(SORT OF LATE) Bowie became a Mexican citizen on September 30, 1830, after promising to set up textile mills in province on the Coahuila y Tejas. On April 25, 1821 married a 19 year-old Ursula de Veramendi. He had claimed that he would give his bride 15,00 pesos in the first 2 years they were married. He had also claimed that he had a net worth of $223,000, in todays money, $4,870,000, mostly in land of questionable title. Bowie had also lied about his age, claiming to be 30 rather than 35. They had two children Mary Elve and James Veramendi. He actually married his business partner’s sister.
At the Alamo After Houston received word that Santa Anna had sent troops, Bowie volunteered to gather men to defend the Alamo. He arrived with 30 men on January 19, where they found a force of 104 men with few weapons and cannons but not many supplies and little gun powder. Bowie had been given permission to move the artillery and to blow up the fortification. Bowie and the Alamo commander James C. Neill had decided that hey did not have enough oxen to move the artillery and did not want to destroy the fortress. Bowie had written many letters to help defend the Alamo. On February 3, Davy Crockett showed up with 30 Tennesseans. On February 23, the bells of San Antonio head rung alarming that a Mexican approach. During the approach Bowie was confined to bed due to an undiagnosed illness. ON February 26 David Crockett had reported that everyday at noon Bowie would crawl out of bed to attend the Alamo’s inhabitants. Bowie perished at he Alamo on March 6, when the Mexican attacked. :’( (Tear Tear)
James Bowie’s Legacy Bowie has been carried on throughout history since then as a brave man who fought hard for Texas. He has and will be forever more remembered as the man who invented the Bowie knife. He will also be remembered for our county, Bowie County, which was named after him.
