Elijah Bowman was born in 1773 in Virginia, Wilkes County, North Carolina. He was born to Cornelius B."Neal" Bowman and Suzannah Abbott Pointer.
He married Elizabeth Gentry November 22, 1795 in Madison County, Kentucky. They had approximately 9 children:
(1) Nicholas Bowman (1797-1861)
(2) Elijah Bowman (1800-)
(3) Hannah Bowman (1807-)
(4) Sarah Bowman ( 1810-1880)
(5) Joseph Bowman (1812-1863)
(6) Elisha Williamson Bowman (1814-)
(7) Henry Bowman (1820-1905)
(8) Isabell Bowman (1820-1905)
(9) Nancy Elizabeth Bowman (1822-)
Elijah Bowman died in Owsley County, Kentucky in 1840 at age 67.