Earliest Ancestry :
Earliest Ancestry In 1706, the first member of the Bowie family was John Bowie which was Jims grandfather.
The Bowies emigrated to America from Scotland.
Jims family :
Jims family James Bowie married Ursula de Veremendi, the daughter of a Mexican governor, in 1831
James wife and two children died in an cholera epidemic
Col. James Bowie died in the defense of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas on March 6 1836
Resources :
Resources Bowie, Steve. "Col. Jim Bowie and Family." Geocities. 17 April, 1999. geocities. 20 May 2009 <http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/8781/>.