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THE
BOWSER FAMILY
HISTORY
BY
ADDISON BARTHOLOMEW BOWSER, A. M.
AUTHORIZED AND PUBLISHED BY THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE OF THE BOWSER REUNION WHICH
MEETS ANNUALLY AT KITTANNING, ARM-
STRONG COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, ON
THE LAST TUESDAY OF AUGUST
EXCELSIOR PRINTING COMPANY
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
MCMXXII
Copyrighted 1922
By Addison B. Bowser
PRiEFA'CE 1217090
The following pages present what we believe to be the first
attempt to write a history of the "Bausser," now, Bowser family.
When our ancestors came to this country they spelled their name
"Bausser," and "Bousser." In many instances there was but one
"s" used. The change from the former spelling to "Bowser" was
gradual and, we believe, now complete. The last on our record to
use "Bouser" was Adam Bouser in his will recorded in Armstrong
County, Pa.
The reader will get clearly in his mind that we are of Teutonic
blood. The chief source of our German ancestry was in the Ale-
manni tribe occupying upper Switzerland and adjacent provinces.
The French still speak of the German as Alemagne. This territory
was subsequently called the "Palatine." An overflow reached the
Rhine and was called the "Lower Palatine." From this land then,
came the scores of "Pennsylvania Dutch," to the virgin forests of
Pennsylvania. Among them was Mathias Bausser, Sr., who landed
at Philadelphia, September 28, 1733. He and his family made the
long voyage from Rotterdam, Holland, on the brigantine "Richard
and Elizabeth." The same year Daniel Bousser and two brothers
came via Baltimore, Md. The story of the settlement of this small
family, chiefly in Pennsylvania, and their development down to
the present, the reader will find in the following pages. We wish
to express our grateful acknowledgment of the aid given us in
finding the descendants of Daniel Bousser, by Jacob C. Bowser,
of Erie, Pa., the Kittanning Daily Leader-Times for use of several
cuts. Also the invaluably help rendered by Chas. A. Bowser,
of California, who is himself preparing a genealogy and history of
the Bowser people. Also to the Executive Committee for their
sympathetic interest and manifold kindnesses during the protracted
years this history has been in process of preparation, and also for
the promptness with which they provided for its publication when
it was ready.
Sincerely your cousin.
Ford City Pa. A. B. Bowser.
May 1, 1922
CHAPTER I
THE HOMELAND
History has its sources, like the ancient Nile, hidden in the mys-
terious and impenetrable reaches of the unexplored and unknown.
The painter trails his art backward to the crude sketches left on
the rocks by the aborigines. Back of that the unknown. The
writer of human history begins at the boundary of Mythology.
On this side we have tangibilities, features, forms, facts though
scanty, countries, names and periods of time.
In preparing a family history such as is undertaken in this
work, the writer's first task is to know from what race his fore-
bears sprang. What native land reared them? What valleys grew
golden with their annual harvests? What cities educated their
children? What rivers bore upon their bosom their rugged crafts
of commerce? What sort of government ruled them? What ideals
inspired them with heroic manhood, and lastly, what religious
impulses moulded their characters and awakened the innate love of
justice and liberty and hatred toward despotism whether of gov-
ernment or religion? We have a deeper regard for Christian
denominations, when we are acquainted with the tyranny and perse-
cution against which they revolted. In peaceful America where all
creeds and names alike are under the same kindly protection of the
state we would little suspect how dearly the pioneers of these
Christian bodies paid for the right to breathe and think and worship
God according to their consciences. And there is a soul stirring
history back of these European emigrations to the new world. We
think with pride of our heroic ancestors who braved the perils of
the sea. and the uncertainties of a life in a wilderness, in a strange
land, rather than submit to oppression. We regret that space will
not permit us to yield to the inclination to marshal a greater array
of the terrific iniquities our brave people suffered across the seas.
When the writer began the task of collecting data for this his-
tory there was no one of our people so far as he could discover who
knew from what land the Bowsers emigrated. There was a tradi-
tion that we came from Germany; others said from Holland, yet
others, from France. Following the clue of the first we were
happy to discover the truth. It seemed most reasonable to begin
with the language. A people's language would, it would seem
obvious, be a direct index to their nationality. If, for example, an
emigrant came to America speaking the Welsh language we would
rightly conclude he came from Wales. That our people were not
Hollanders was evident because they did not speak Dutch. They
were not French for the same reason ; and if from Germany, cer-
tainly not from the North German states. The people of Europe,
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though dwelHng in comparatively small areas, have distinctive
languages. And their languages have been fixed in literature,
books of history, science, poetry, and especially in the Bible. Our
Bowser forefathers therefore left a homeland in which the same
language was spoken which they spoke in this country, which, as
ail know, has been called "Pennsylvania Dutch." The term "Penn-
sylvania Dutch" is a misnomer. There is no such a language. It has
been supposed by many as we ourselves once thought, that "Penn.syl-
vania Dutch" was a corrupted German, the result of natural varia-
tions due to ignorance and long separation from its pure springs.
We now know it is not a corrupted tongue but native to a part of
Switzerland and the Rheinish Palatinate, a principality in the South-
ern part of Germany. From the Palatine, then, came the "Pennsyl-
vania Dutch." Let us henceforth give them their right name "Pala-
tine German."
"We speak of the German language or 'Deutsche Sprache' as
embracing, generally, the different languages spoken in all their
stages from the earliest history to the present, the languages spoken
by the related Teutonic tribes, as the Austrians, Swiss, Alsatians,
Bavarians and the like. What Dr. J. A. H. Murray has pointed
out about the origin of the principal English dialects may equally
well be true of these Germanic idioms. Having no specimens of
the languages of the Germans for nearly three centuries after their
final settlement, we cannot tell to what extent they originally agreed
with or differed from each other, although there must have been
some dialectal differences to begin with, which were afterwards
increased and multiplied. But, however scanty our means of illus-
trating the earliest history of these idioms may be, there is no
doubt that they were not all related to each other in the same
degree. Three main groups are easily distinguishable.
"(1) The Frisian and Saxon, whose nearest relation is English,
"(2) Prankish, Hessian and Thuringian, and
"(3) Alemanni and Bavarian.
"The Frisian is generally regarded as a separate language."
(Brittannica.) These represent the Low, Middle and High Ger-
man.
"The Alemanni is divided into the three main groups, Swabian,
Alsatian and Swiss, while Bavaria is constituted by several dia-
lects spoken in Bavaria and Austria. The members of the third
group. Upper German, combined with the midland dialects, Hessian
and Thuringian, and part of the Prankish dialects, are sources of
the High German. The greatest difference prevails between the
first (1) group and the third (3). The southern Prankish dia-
lects are very closely akin to the adjacent Upper German idioms.
Where German words are incorporated many have changes as the
German Schlaf becomes Schlof ; fragen, froge, waagen, woge."
(Brittannica.) The influence of Luther upon the German language
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has been tremendous, as his writings, especially his translation of
the Bible, were accepted as the best pattern of High German and
imitated. Switzerland and Lower German clung for a long time to
their native dialects, but the different German states were gradually
brought nearer to a common language.
The Palatinate was inhabited by descendants of the group of
German tribes called the Rheinfranken with an admixture of the
Alemanni, the latter of whom had occupied the land until 496
A. D., when Chlodwig, King of the Franks, defeated them in a
battle fought somewhere on the Upper Rhine. Wurtemburg and
Switzerland were practically pure Alemanni while the Palatinate
is Prankish with a strong infusion of Alemanni blood in certain
parts. Hence it follows that "Pennsylvania Dutch," is a dialect — an
admixture of Prankish and Alemanni. There are subdivisions in
these dialects, the Swabian of Wurtemburg being different from
Switzerland, and the mixed speech of the Palatine different from
both. The "Pennsylvania Dutch" then has as a basis certain charac-
teristics derived from all of these dialects, modified and harmonized.
In brief, the language of our forefathers was a mixture of the orig-
inal Alemanni, French and German words. The Palatinate, Prank-
ish, Wurtemburg and Switzerland Alemanni — from these stems grew
the people who later came to Pennsylvania speaking the Palatine
German." (Swiss and German Settlements in Pennsylvania.)
CHAPTER II
THE HOMELAND CONTINUED
CONFEDERATED STATES AND THE THIRTY YEARS
WAR
The German people belong to the great Aryan family. At a
period before history noticed them, they moved westward into the
forests of present Germany and neighboring states. These heathen
tribes eventually had to contend with the armies of Caesar. After
bitter experiences on account of their unorganized state they began
forming federations of states for the purpose of better defense.
The Goths were the most important of these groups and the Ale-
manni came next. The Alemanni held both banks of the Rhine
where it is joined by the Moselle and the Main. In the course of
centuries there grew up in the varying struggles of the Empire a
confederation of provinces or states loosely joined. This confedera-
tion embraced at various times parts of France, Austria, Bohemia
and the Netherlands. "Under Henry I [918-936] there was
greater unity than ever before. At the death of this wise and good
king all the land of the German peoples was a part of his Hng-
dom." But Germany never until our own day really became an
empire. It is true that at last the "Holy Roman Empire" was as a
matter of fact confined to Germany, for the day came, as in the
time of Frederick Barbarosa, when the King of Germany was also
King of Italy. Thus as we approach the middle centuries Germany
was the most powerful kingdom in the world. As the centuries
passed, the states, while nominally recognizing the king, were some-
times in alliance with him and again, opposing him, or asserting
their independence. It is a long story of war, revolt, conquest, the
clash of unscrupulous rulers, with all the varying fortunes of war-
fare through the early centuries and the Middle Ages until we
reach the period with which we are more intimately concerned.
In 1519 began the Reformation under Martin Luther which kept
the country in a state of turmoil — a convulsion of animosities and
horrors, of human atrocities unspeakable for two centuries. There
was continual strife between the Catholics and the followers of
Martin Luther until Reformed Calvinism interposed a third element
of conflict. The crimes that now one ecclesiastical party then the
other according to which at the time had superior strength inflicted,
are too gruesome to be narrated, and had better remain buried in
the darkness of the past. But it is a matter of history that' the
reason many of us were born within the fair state of Pennsylvania
instead of on the banks of the Rhine is because the incredible,
wanton and savage quarrels among people of the same race became
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intolerable, and our forefathers discerned their only hope of tran-
quility and safety was to leave their country entirely. This will be
better understood when we remember that war raged for 30 years.
Thirty years when the country rocked and groaned and panted and
burned in the most senseless war of history next to the late World
War. Cities were devoured in flames, farm buildings destroyed,
horses and cattle appropriated by contending armies, and the people
slaughtered with a fiendish glee that would have made a Comanche
blush. Thirty thousand fled from little Bohemia alone under the
cruel hand of Ferdinand II [1619-37]. This cruel, shortsighted
king set for himself the task of the coercion of all his subjects to
his (the Roman Catholic) faith. The war began in Bohemia and
the country was placed under such a system of government that it
lost two-thirds of its population. The Palatinate was next invaded
and finally brought to submission ; and there also the process of
"conversion" was carried on with such a ruthlessness that multi-
tudes died at the hands of their inquisitors or fled, exiles from their
homes. The fall of Madgeburg may furnish us an example of the
relentless horrors of this dreadful war.
Madgeburg was besieged by the Emperor's General, Tilly, and
his horde of butchers and fell in 1631. "The most cruel butchery
followed, a scene of horrors for which history has no language,
when neither innocent childhood nor hopeless old age, when neither
sex, rank, youth, nor beauty could disarm the fury of the con-
querors. Wives were abused in the arms of their husbands, daugh-
ters at the feet of their parents ; and the defenseless sex was
exposed to the double sacrifice of virtue and life. In a single
church 53 women were found beheaded. The Croats amused them-
selves by throwing children into the flames. Pappenheim's Wal-
loons, with stabbing infants at their mother's breasts. Some officers
touched at the dreadful scene ventured to remind Tilly he could
stop the carnage. He answered : The soldieir must have some
reward for his dangers and his toils.' Fearful indeed was the
tumult, amid clouds of smoke, heaps of dead bodies, the clash of
swords, the crash of falling ruins, the streams of blood. The fear-
ful heat forced the murderers to take refuge for a while in their
camp. Scarcely had the fury of the flames abated, than they
returned to renew the pillage amid the ruins and ashes of the town.
Horrible and revolting to humanity was the scene that presented
itself ; the living crawling from under the dead, children wandering
about with heartrending cries, calling for their parents ; more than
6000 bodies were thrown into the Elbe to clear the streets ; a much
greater number had been consumed by the flames. The whole num-
ber of the slain was reckoned at not less than 30,000." (Schiller.)
In 1634 the Palatine was again overrun and laid waste, the
inhabitants killed in such numbers only 200 peasants remained in
the lower country. "The Thirty Years War, one of the most
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destructive in all history, fell with especial severity upon the south-
ern part of Germany, as the Palatinate. Not only were cities,
towns, and villages devastated in turn by the armies of friends
and foes alike; not only did poverty, hardship, murder and rapine
follow in the wake of these strange armies, with their multitude of
camp followers, but the intellectual, moral and religious character
of the German people received a shock that almost threatened them
with annihilation." No class of people suffered more than the
farmers from whom our people are mostly descended. During this
long and bloody conflict their horses and cattle, sheep and goats
were carried off by contending armies ; their barns and houses
reduced to ashes. At the invasion of an army the people fled to
hiding places in the marshes or among the rocks of the mountains
or in the fastnesses of the forest. Frytog says, "in Heimsburg, in
the course of the war, 75 per cent of the inhabitants were destroyed.
66 per cent of the houses, 75 per cent of the horses, 85 per cent of
the goats, 82 per cent of the cattle." These things were equally true
of the Palatine on account of its exposed position to the ravages of
armies. During the Middle Ages it had been one of the most
prosperous, influential and enlightened of the German States, and
had been favored by enlightened and wise rulers like Hohenstauf en,
Frederick the Wise, who recognized the Reformation, and the
tolerant Karl Ludwig who protected the Mennonites. The country
along the Rhine and Neckar was known as the garden spot of
Germany. Elector Frederick V who yielded to the persuasion of
Bohemia to become their king aroused the hostility of Emperor
Ferdinand II and thus, however well meaning and benevolent his
purpose, provoked this long and disastrous war in which, as we
have seen, his own state, the Palatine, suffered most. Heidelburg,
with its great university was taken by Tilly, 1622. In 1638-9 pesti-
lence added to the sufferings already endured. The people tried
to satisfy their hunger with roots and grasses and leaves, even ate
the bodies of their dead. The gallows and graveyards had to be
guarded, the bodies of children were not safe from their mothers.
The scenes in Jerusalem during the siege by Titus were not infre-
quent in Germany in those terrible days. Under Karl Ludwig the
land began to blossom once more. There was a short period of
calm. Many who had fled to Switzerland and Holland returned
to their devastated homes and began to rebuild. Taxes were low
and land abundant ; immigrants came from other countries, as Eng-
land and France. Happy days returned to the banks of the Rhine.
The farmer went joyously to his plow and the weaver to his loom
and the smith to his forge. Soon the land waved with yellow har-
vests and instead of the sounds of marching armies, the lowing of
cattle and the songs of the birds. But the red devil of war had not
finished with our fathers' homeland. In 1674-75 war broke out
between France and Holland and again the Palatine was brought
to ruin.
CHAPTER III
THE HOMELAND CONTINUED
EDICT OF NANTES AND ITS REVOCATION
The border states of Germany on the south were so intimately
associated witih Switzerland and France and related to them by
the strong ties of blood, the policies of the kings of France, benefi-
cent or autocratic, affected our fatherland powerfully. There were
seasons when the vengeful, fanatical religious and political policies
of kings like Chales IX and Louis XIV prevailed. The Palatine
became a place of refuge for thousands of French Huguenots and
again, when the aggressive and bitter persecution swept like a
wave of terror across the borders, our people suffered almost as
much as the unfortunate Protestants in France itself. It is worth
while then, to recall one great event in this time of the history of
France, because it reflects the opinions and policies and tyrannous
acts of kings which had much to do with the people of the Palatine
and the subsequent emigration of vast numbers to Pennsylvania —
we refer to the Edict of Nantes. Henry the IV was one of the
greatest and best of the French kings. He joined the Catholic
Church because, he reasoned, the majority of his subjects were
Catholics, he should identify himself with their system. But he was
wise, liberal in his views and tolerant. Henry the III had granted
Protestants free exercise of their worship in castles of the Calvin-
istic lords to the number of 3500 and to one town or borough in
each county except in Paris. They were permitted to own property,
marry with Catholics and hold public office. These written edicts
were often violated by different authorities. But Henry IV main-
tained them, even extended them and brought the various parlia-
ments to enregister them. At length, on the 15th of April, 1598,
he signed and published the famous Edict of Nantes at Paris, his
treaty of peace with the Protestants. This treaty, drawn up in 92
open and 56 secret articles, proclaimed the religious position of
Protestants in France, the conditions and guarantees of their wor-
ship and their relation to the crown and their Catholic fellow-
countrymen. The state provided for the salaries of Protestant
ministers in their schools and colleges ; the children of Protestants
were allowed the privileges of the schools and colleges the same as
Catholics; that complete justice might be secured to them, courts
were instituted where their cases were, — tried before Protestant
judges. Many Catholics opposed violently the new edict but the
king stood by his agreement. "What I have done," he said, "is
for the good of peace. I will cut the roots of all these factions;
I will make short work of those who foment them. You must know
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what I have done has been for a good purpose and let my past
behavior go bail for it." The malcontents and intolerant saw they
had a strong willed king, a judicious and clear sighted, true patriot,
who was sincerely concerned for the public welfare among all his
subjects alike. This timely and beneficial act of this good king
was a great event in history and of inestimable blessing to the
Protestants of the country. Louis XIV is known in history as a
bold warrior and unscrupulous king. His long reign was marked
by cruel wars, but we remember him chiefly for his antagonism to
modern progress in religious liberty. He revoked the Edict of
Nantes October 13, 1685, and dealt his own country and the world
a blow more fatal than all his wars. "Intoxicated by so much suc-
cess and so many victories, he fancied that consciences were to be
bent like states, and he set about to bring back all his subjects to
the Catholic faith. In revoking the Edict of Henry IV he undid
the beneficent work of that wise ruler and turned back the civiliza-
tion of his country many centuries. He set at nought all the rights
consecrated by edicts and the long patience of those Protestants
whom Mazarin called the 'faithful flock.' Some years later, these
reformers left France and carried their skill, labor and manhood
into other countries. Hundreds of thousands fled who refused to
live under the despotic government that enslaved human consciences.
All the princes felt themselves insulted. Protestant Europe, indig-
nant, opened her doors to this choice class of French people."
(Guizot History of France, Vol. 4.)
The sixteenth century was marked by these religious disorders.
In the midst of religious zeal we find wars, murders, and brutal
intolerance. The Huguenots of France, like the Anabaptists of
Germany and the Mennonites of Switzerland, were the pioneers in
religious liberty and real reform. The world never produced nobler
heroes than these brave men who suffered and died for their faith.
The Huguenots found the Pope, the king and the chiefs of political
positions, determined to destroy them. They were persecuted and
calumniated. No crime was too horrible to impute to them, even
that of sacrificing little children. Charles IX ordered the great
massacre on St. Bartholomew's day, August 24, 1572, when 60,000
Protestants perished.
Eight hundred thousand of them perished in prisons and galleys
and on scafifolds. ("Beacon Lights of History," by John Lord.)
Louis was not content to subdue or destroy Protestantism in France
but advanced against Holland and overran the Palatine, sending an
army of 50,000 men, in 1688. Many of the largest and best cities
were destroyed. The German Empire at that time had seven elec-
tors whose privilege it was to choose the king, of whom one was the
Elector Palatine, hence the name frequently occurring in history
of the "Elector Palatine." In 1689 Leopold bestowed the eighth
electoral privilege upon Earnest Augustus Brunswick Hanover;
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thus making the Catholic and Protestant electors equal in number —
four each. In 1699, Philip of the Palatine emulated Louis XIV
in his persecution of the Protestants throughout his new posses-
sions. Again a tide of emigration began to flow. The Mennonites,
Walloons and the French Huguenots who had found a refuge in
the Palatine were now driven from the land ; many went to Holland,
Prussia and America. To the above conditions, religious and politi-
cal, we must add the corruption, tyranny, extravagance and heart-
lessness of the rulers of the Palatinate; many attempted to imitate
the splendor and display of the French Court while the country
was bleeding to death. What would history say of Abraham Lin-
coln if he had had Congress vote him a billion dollars a year to
spend on balls and parties while his soldier boys were bleeding and
dying out on the battlefields? So did the harrassed and exploited
people of the Palatine suffer and pray and wait, but light was kin-
dling. A little beacon began to flame on the distant hills. A new
voice was heard, in low whispers it is true, but it was a voice of
hope; a voice that grew stronger and more insistent — a voice that
told of home and peace and fireside and children once more at play
unalarmed by the image of a warrior with lance and gun. It told
of a new land — a land of great forests and rivers and pine clad hills
and freedom, the land of the Quaker preacher who instituted a Holy
Experiment.
We have looked at the background. We have seen that Europe
was in the throes of a three-headed religious conflict, Lutherism,
CathoHcism and Reformed Calvinism, in days when passions were
inflammable as powder, when refinements were superficial, where
civilization was built on force and maintained by might, when perse-
cution was savage and the atrocities conceived in human ingenuity
were unspeakably horrible. In the heart of this restless, surging,
warring mass were a few better souls who saw visions and dreamed
dreams and prayed for the kindly spirit of the Master to come into
the hearts of men. And when human bodies could endure no more
they sailed away forever from a land of endless strife to a land
of perpetual peace.
CHAPTER IV
PREPARATIONS FOR THE GREAT ADVENTURE
We now reach an interesting chapter in our State History, the
history of the tides of emig-ration that flowed into this new territory
and the shores from whence they came, and the background of
political, social and religious conditions already hinted at. We are
aware that the English who came with Penn and those who followed
settled at Philadelphia, and that other nationalities sought homes
here where there were hopes of a peaceful home life and such com-
forts as honest toil should naturally provide. Among them were
our Bowser ancestors.
William Penn, a Quaker minister, was given an extensive grant
of land in America, now known as Pennsylvania, by Charles II of
England in 1681. He published in England and Germany his plan
for a self-governing state which he called his "Holy Experiment,"
a free colony for all mankind, and a liberal scheme by which the
land could be purchased. This grant formed a tract 300 by 150
miles in extent, afterwards enlarged by purchase. He proposed his
new possessions should be designated by "Sylvania," woods ; but
the king prefixed the family name, Penn, and thus the Keystone
State, the brightest among the galaxy of sisters in our free union,
received its title, Pennsylvania.
The great proprietor was far ahead of his age as we learn by
his writings on religious and political subjects. One of his treatises
is entitled, "The Great Case of Liberty of Conscience," in which
he nobly proclaimed what the constitution of the United States
secures.
Speaking of the religious intolerance of England in his day, he
said : "I abhor two principles in religion, and pity them that own
them ; the first is obedience upon authority without conviction ; and
the other, destroying them that differ from me for God's sake.
Such a religion is without judgment, though not without teeth."
Penn came to- take possession of his land in America in 1682,
sailing from England, September 1, and landing at New Castle,
Delaware, October 27, one-third of his one hundred comrades
having died of smallpox on the voyage. He ascended the Delaware
River to Upland, to which he gave the name Chester. Here he con-
vened the Assembly and promulgated his Great Law, namely, that
Pennsylvania was to be a Christian State, and that no one could be
a citizen or eligible for office who was not a Christian. In the same
year he founded Philadelphia and within two years it had a popu-
lation of 2,500. He found already settled on the west bank of the
Delaware, about 6,000 Swedes, Dutch and English, the Swedes had
begun a settlement as early as 1638. He gave equal rights to these
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and to all subsequent settlers from every land. It is not strange,
then, that emigrants, desiring to escape the religious and political
tyranny of the mother countries, and having the lure of fertile lands
at a moderate price, and a government that was committed to the
hands of the people themselves, came in ever increasing numbers,
English, Quakers, Scottish and Irish Presbyterians, Swiss Men-
nonites and Dunkards, French Huguenots and Reformed Palatines.
The population increased at first at the rate of 1,000 a year and later
more rapidly. In 75 years the population exceeded 200,000.
The emigration of the Pilgrims who came on the Mayflower and
settled in Massachusetts represented a revolt from the political and
religious conditions already noted. They believed their mission in
the New World was to establish and enjoy religious freedom. They
were set apart a peculiar people by the same Jehovah who called
Abraham from Ur of the Chaldees. Before leaving their home-
land they went to the church and read the scriptures that told of
God's command to Abraham. "Now the Lord said unto Abram,
Get thee out of thy country, and from thy Kindred and from thy
father's house, unto the land that I will show thee ; and I will make
thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great :
and be thou a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and
him that curseth thee will I curse : and in thee shall all the farnilies
of the earth be blessed. So Abram went as the Lord had spoken
unto him." They marched to the ship singing hymns of praise
and sailed away, committing their lives, their future, into the hands
of Him who kept and blessed Abraham. They ventured forth to
the new land under a tacit covenant, with one another and with
God, that they would be obedient to His commands. In the cabin
of the vessel they drew up a written compact in which they bound
themselves, men, servants and all, to be obedient to its stipulations.
This compact or constitution began with, "In the name of God,
amen : we whose names are underwritten, have undertaken for the
glory of God and the advancement of Christian faith, a voyage to
plant the first colony in northern parts of Virginia and do solemnly
and mutually in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant,"
and so forth. This shows the Christian spirit and high purpose of
these heroes who landed on the inhospitable shores of New Eng-
land just sixty-two years before Penn came to Pennsylvania. The
principles of liberty were clearly visioned in their attempt to enact
laws and constitutions for the sake of all the people and opposed to
the iniquitous policy of the old world countries to favor the strong
and despise the weak. In the subsequent years, their religious zeal
and uncompromising aggression toward all "heterodox" teaching
and divergence of opinion from the adopted standards, show their
unequivocal devotion to the principles of religious obligation. Their
rigorous and relentless prosecution of violators of the laws govern-
ing the religious practice of the colony, though it not infrequently
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resembled the bigoted intolerance they themselves sought to escape
in the mother countries ; the profound piety of the people ; the rever-
ence in which they held the church and the Holy Word of God,
exercised a permanent influence upon succeeding generations. The
future republic, therefore, laid its first foundation stone in religion,
a religion that recognized the great God of Israel as father, defender
and hope of the nation. Let us remember that while these New
England settlers had made a step in the direction of political liberty,
their influence that aff^ected the character of the future national life
was chiefly religious. Now, if we revert to the history of Pennsyl-
vania we will find the next great influence in moulding and shaping
America was political. It found its greatest impulse in the doctrines
and practical experiments of the far-visioned Quaker preacher,
William Penn. His first Assembly and the democratic administra-
tion he proposed, coming from an EngHshman of the more priv-
ileged class, are remarkable. It was in the same year, too, that he
made the memorable treaty with the Indians. There is a picture
hanging in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, by Benjamin West,
which immortalized the event. Under the spreading branches of
the elm tree are gathered a company of red men ; rings glisten in
their ears; skins half conceal their stalwart bodies; women with
their babies sit about, the braves leaning on their bows or spears
are attentive to the gracious words of the Christian statesman who
stands tall and picturesque in the midst of them, behind the group
flows placidly the Delaware, the November solemn mood is on the
land and the yellow leaves carpet the ground. The treaty made that
day was in accord with the broad sympathies of the man who
dreamed of a state of freemen in the full exercise of their inalien-
able rights.
What a contrast between William Penn's treatment of his red-
skinned subjects and most of the history that disgraced our rela-
tions with these primitive men of the forests ! His rules for the
Assembly, his treaty with the Indians and his faithful eflforts to
carry out his pledges mark him as one of the greatest champions of
liberty the world has produced, — certainly, when we remember the
effect of his Holy Experiment upon the future nation and the Euro-
pean countries as well.
While Roger Williams was preaching the doctrines of soul liberty
in New England, Penn was making practical application of that
doctrine in political government. No man can be religiously free
while under the tyranny of a despotic government.
The Holy Experiment was the dawning of a new era in the new
world and the lighting of a beacon that has sent a gleam of hope
to the despairing nations of the world. A century or two and the
whole world is shaken with this doctrine of Penn. We see today
South American countries, Switzerland, France, Portugal, China, —
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old, shambling China, repubHcs. Who would have believed it of
China, embedded in Oriental torpidity, slumbering down the cen-
turies in benighted exclusiveness, now struggling for a birth of
liberty. Thus we see how the principles of our new state, of liberty
in religion and freedom in government, have spread to the ends of
the earth. And we recognize the hand of God evolving, patiently,
but irresistibly, in the history of mankind, the ultimate form and
type of government suited to enlightened civilization and which
will eventually lie like Elijah's mantel upon the shoulders of all
men of every race and color.
CHAPTER V
FIRST SETTLEMENTS IN PENNSYLVANIA
We remember William Perm went through Germany just prior
to his first voyage across the sea in 1682 and there preached his
Holy Experiment, i. e., his efforts to make Pennsylvania a free
colony. In 1683, October 6, in response to Penn's visit to Ger-
many, the good ship Concord arrived at Philadelphia from Crefield
and Kreigsheim, Germany, with a small colony of German and
Dutch Mennonites. (The Mennonites, it will be remembered, is
a name borne by certain Christian communities in Europe and
America, disciples of Menno Simons in Switzerland. From this
teacher sprang the Regular Baptists [for Menno was a Baptist]
of England and thence brought to America; also the Dunkards or
German Baptists. When Mack emigrated from Switzerland to
America he brought with him his two Dunkard churches entire, all
the believers of that faith in the world then. In the free and
friendly soil of Pennsylvania, Mack's two little congregations have
grown and become a strong and influential church in America.)
When these Mennonites landed at Philadelphia, however hearty the
welcome accorded them by Penn's English settlers, they resolved to
begin a new home back in the woods, so they followed a bridle path
for 12 miles and there settled.
They called the place Germantown, now an integral part of the
great city of Brotherly Love. Here then began that emigration of
German people, chiefly for religious liberty, which was to play the
greatest part in this great state's history. These German settlers
wrote their kinsmen across the sea of their free community; rich
land, new houses in a wonderful country. Others, attracted by the
news, came. The word was somehow carried to our distressed
people down in the Palatine on the Rhine and in Switzerland, where
our people also lived, and there was an awakening such as we can
scarcely find a parallel in history. The people who sat in darkness
saw a great light.
We can imagine one of our ancestors in the homeland as the
twilight falls, after a hard day's toil, sitting at the doorway of his
humble home on the Rhine, watching the swallows in their home-
ward flight and musing on the innocent and joyous life of the
creatures of the air. "Why should not human beings live inno-
cently and happily? Why is life for man made perilous and bitter
because of the intolerant and savage instincts of man to man?" Ad
the twilight deepens into night and the moonlight bathes the land-
scape and splashes the river with silver, he lifts his eyes to the
distant hills and the familiar scenes are transformed in a wondrous
vision into new scenes, a new land, a new home ; another river
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flows peacefully, sparkling in the sun, other hills rise in their
majesty, clothed with foliage subdued by the purple haze of sum-
mer, a new homeland, as the father of Moses sat at his door and
gazed toward the north and saw the land of Canaan, with its
Jordan, and valley of Eschol — the land that flowed with milk and
honey, and liberty and rest.
"Penn's Woods," the land of smiling rivers and pine-clad hills,
of fertile soil and frontier villages where common industry, virtue
and mutual struggles leveled all classes, and human sympathy, for-
bearance and Christian love bound all in a co-operative brother-
hood; the land where the three sisters, Hope, Faith and Love,
walked forth unhindered ; the land where man might lie down to
repose and pleasant dreams without the dread of the incendiary's
torch or the army's devastating march ; the land where little children
played together unmolested, sailing their miniature ships or chasing
the yellow butterflies, unterrified by cruel men with axes and spears.
And thus the vision glowed. But the fancy became a reality by-
and-by.
We see these awakened peasants gathering in groups, men clad
in homespun, their hands hardened by incessant labor at the plow
or in the shop; their shoulders broad, their chests deep, their eyes
like the stars. In the center of the group one stands and reads a
letter ; faces incline toward the reader eagerly. The news ! A letter
from Pennsylvania! Free land! Liberty and peace! No tyrant
kings ! How rapidly the Palatine German flowed then ! No. armies
leaving in their wake a trail of smoke, burnt crops and buildings
and murdered women and children Oh, for Pennsylvania! How
animated the firesides that night as Hans and Jacob and Ludwig and
Mathias rehearse to Mary and Matilina and Katharine and Elizabeth
the latest tidings ! Now follow community meetings. Emigration
is the supreme theme of discussion. But between the homeland on
the Rhine and that new Arcadia is the sea. No matter. Plans are
matured. Property disposed of except such necessaries as they will
require on the voyage. Flat boats are constructed and their families
and meagre possessions placed aboard and they drift down the
mighty Rhine to the sea. What heroic souls ! They leave behind
them forever the scenes of their youth, the beloved homeland torn
and desolated by incessant warfare.
It is difficult for us in these days of swift ocean steamers to
realize the hardships borne by our people, who crossed the Atlantic
more than 150 years ago in slow sailing, disreputable, disease
infected vessels that required many weeks to make the voyage. The
uncertain adventure of individuals who emigrated in that period of
our history stirs our admiration. But our people came not as
individuals only, but households; in groups of neighbors, forsaking
all behind them no matter at what risks ; they came as families,
parents with their children, who left their unhappy homeland for-
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ever, — fathers and mothers, sons and daug'hters, little children and
babies, and committed themselves to the unscrupulous and mer-
cenary shipowners who robbed them of their possessions, huddled
them like sheep in the holds of their pestilential ships. It has been
estimated that about one-half that sailed away died on that terrible
voyage.
Many diaries and letters describing the voyage down the Rhine
and across the sea have been preserved. One writer (MuUer)
describes the journey made by the Bernese Mennonites, 1711. "The}'
were shipped on boats at Berne and at Neuchatel, July 13 ; meeting
at Waugen, they descended the Aar to Laufenburg on the Rhine
and thence floated down stream to Basel, which they reached on
the 16th. Here they were placed in three ships in which they made
the rest of the trip to Holland, whence many reached Pennsylvania.
Our friends from Emmenthal and the Oberland foimd no sympathy
among their fellow Swiss, as the towns of Basel and the wooded
heights of Jura faded in the distance. Sitting on boxes, bundles,
which were piled high in the middle of the boat, could be seen gray
haired men and women, old and feeble; yonder stood the young
gazing in wonder at the shores as they slipped by. At times they
were hopeful and at others sad. From time to time some one would
start to sing:
Ein Herzens Weh mir uberkam
Im scheiden uber d'Massen.
Als ich von euch mein Abschied nam
Und dessmals must Verlassen,
Mein Herz war bang
Beharrlich lang:
Es bleibt noch unvergessen
Ob scheid ich gleich,
Bleibt's Herz bei euch,
Wie solt ich euch Vergessen?
Most of our people sailed from Rotterdam. The amount and
value of their goods depended upon their previous circumstances.
George I published the requirements for the voyage. The emigrant
was instructed to present himself to a merchant of Frankfort and
pay $15 for each passenger (children one-half) ; $5 for 70 pounds
peas, a measure of oatmeal and the necessary beer, thence shipped
via Holland to Virginia. In Holland one-half of the fare must be
paid and additional provisions secured : Twenty-four pounds dried
beef, 15 pounds cheese, Syi pounds butter. They were advised also
to provide themselves with seeds, implements, linen, stoves, powder
and lead and furniture. This meant a full outfit for a settler. It
is doubtful if the majority ever had such ample provisions.
The voyage across the water varied with the weather and the
sailing capacity of the ship. The letters indicate some ships reached
port after a few weeks while others required several months. The
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great Muhlenburg came over on a vessel that was 102 days making
the voyage. Casper Wistar in 1732, the year before our first
Bowser came, says : "In the past year one ship sailed about the
seas 24 weeks, and of the 150 persons on board, more than 100
miserably died of hunger; on account of the lack of food they
caught rats and mice on board, and a mouse sold for 30 Kreutzer."
(Dotterer, Perkiomen Region. Volume 2, page 120). Another
vessel was 17 weeks on the voyage during which 60 persons died.
The Schwenkf elders came on a boat of 150 tons burden with
over 300 persons on board, and one boat was held up with its pas-
sengers aboard from September 24 to January 14, waiting favorable
weather and landed at Philadelphia April 5, 1748. Hunger was
not their only peril. Fevers and smallpox were common scourges.
The vessel on which William Penn sailed in 1682 had a number of
smallpox victims and 36 died. We have already stated that the
occasion of the emigration of these unfortunate people offered the
opportunity and temptation to the unscrupulous to take advantage
of their ignorance and helpless condition. A class of solicitors
called Newlanders traversed the length of the country, picturing
in glowing phrases the charms of the New land across the waters
and offering inducements to emigrate. Their only interest in these
unsuspecting farmers was an opportunity to plunder them. And
this they did. The nefarious business of these shipping companies
flourished for many years. Boats of every conceivable size and
shape were chartered. When these unwary peasants arrived at
Holland their goods were taken in exchange or held. "They filled
the vessels with passengers and as much of their goods as they saw
fit and left the passengers' chests and boxes behind. But the poor
people depended upon their chests, etc., as in them were many
provisions they had made for the journey, as dried apples, pears,
plums, medicines, mustard, vinegar, brandy, better clothing and
money; and when these chests were left behind or sent on other
vessels they had lack of nourishment."
Saur to Governor Denny, 1755
All suffered alike in this, the rich with the poor; one family of
such were sold into service for seven years to pay the cost of trans-
portation after they had been robbed. If parents died on the voyage
the children were sold into service to pay the cost of passage. Saur
says : "This murdering trade makes my heart ache, especially when
I heard that there is more profit by their death than by carrying
them alive. The long voyage with its many sorrowful and trying
experiences was not entirely devoid of diversions. Many of the
young men, undaunted by the ever present misfortune or the storms
that threatened them found recreation in wrestling, boxing, debat-
ing ; others in singing ; many others had little inclination to any sort
of enjoyment. If they sang it was the songs of the church that
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breathed their prayers to the great Jehovah. If their life had made
them thoughtful and serious in their faith in Him who drew the
baby out from among the bulrushes of the Nile was their support;
they put their trust in God. Their religious convictions were deep
and sincere. They were reconciled to their losses because they
believed He made all things work together for good to them that
love Him. John Wesley was in a great storm on one of his voyages
to Georgia. While they were engaged in a religious service a mas-
sive wave struck the ship with great force, splitting the mainsail
and "covering the vessel as if a great deep had already swallowed
us up." The English passengers were thrown into great confusion
and a terrible screaming began. But the Palatines calmly continued
the hymn they were singing. Wesley afterward asked one of them,
"Was you not afraid?" "I thank God, no," he answered. He asked,
"But were not your women and children afraid?" He replied,
"No, our women and children are not afraid to die."
But though the adventure meant losses and sickness and death
to many, the intrepid voyagers bore their trials manfully and others
followed. This flood of emigration began and continued to flow
to the land of Penn for 60 years, until interrupted by the Revolu-
tionary War.
With 1710 we begin the adventures of our kinsmen when the
Swiss Mennonites came. In 1711 the Mennonites of Switzerland
were offered free transportation down the Rhine on condition that
they would never return. About this time began the settlement
of Lancaster County by Swiss Mennonites where their descendants
are to this day. On October 23, 1710, we find a patent for 10,000
acres of land on Pequea Creek, Conestogoe (later a part of Lan-
caster County) made out in the name of Hans Herr and Martin
Kundig, who acted as agents for their countrymen, some of whom
had already arrived, others were to come. No sooner had these
first settlers been established than they sent Martin Kundig back
to the Palatine and Switzerland to bring over those who wished
to share their fortunes in what was then an impenetrable forest.
And they had an eye to business, these far sighted emigrants, for
they settled upon land now known as the garden spot of the United
States — Lancaster County. From 1710 the names of Herr and
Kundig frequently appear in public records of Pennsylvania, as
taking up choice bits of farming land and having them turned over
to their countrymen. (Swiss and German Settlements in Pennsyl-
vania.) Among the names of these early settlers in Lancaster we
find the names of Hans Herr, a minister of a church established
there, Frick, Fluckiger, Bucher and many more; these are of
Bernese origin. By 1717 great numbers had come from the Pala-
tine and Switzerland, probably 15,000. The names and settlements
of these people are found scattered among the Pennsylvania
archives and early histories. To follow them in their new homes
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is a matter of much labor and research. But in 1727 a law was
passed by the Pennsylvania Assembly at Philadelphia requiring all
emigrants henceforth on landing to appear before the court and
register their names ,the countries from which they came, and the
names of the vessels upon which they sailed, and take the oath of
allegiance to the King of England. From this period on we have
a record. (See Rupp's Thirty Thousand Names) also (Pennsyl-
vania's Archives, Second Series, Vol. XVII.) From 1749 to 1754
lists give names, dates of arrival, name of fatherland, as Wurtem-
burg, Ebach, Alsace, etc. By 1775, the beginning of the American
Revolution, it has been computed the German element in Pennsyl-
vania was about 110,000 or one-third of the population, 300,000,
The mercenary "Newlanders" who went up and down the Pala-
tine persuading the people that America was a land of unparallel
richness and beauty, did better than they had intended, for the
Palatine pioneers in Pennsylvania found that the half had not been
told. By a favoring Providence they left the English city of Phila-
delphia and penetrated the wilderness westward until they beheld
that Paradise of North America now known as Lancaster County.
They were not slow to discern the natural attractions of the broad
and fertile valley. Having left behind them fields, plowed and torn
by war, houses, barns burned, orchards destroyed, one day halted
their caravan on the Pequea Creek, of Lancaster County, placed
their chests and bundles on the ground, looked out at the scene that
was the answer to their dreams, the fact of their visions and said,
"Here, let us build our home in this new land. Here God will
prosper us !" Far beyond their most ardent hopes has that virgin
soil responded for Lancaster County is the richest agricultural
county in the United States. It was not long before these thousands
of acres of marvellously rich soil, hitherto untouched by the hand
of man except spots here and there planted in maize by the Indians,
Avere made to blossom like the rose.
Nowhere can we find a better or truer conception of our Palatine
ancestors, their habits of industry, intelligent methods of agricul-
ture, sterling religious principles, and also the prominent aesthetic
sense which reveals the love of art, than in the visible character-
istics of their surroundings. The orderly arrangement of barns and
fences ; the mansion, commodious and bright with paint and embow-
ered in trees ; the fields laid out in squares enclosed by fences immac-
ulately clean; cattle grazing in luxuriant pasture; teams in plow
and reaper whose dotted skins and high spirit indicating good care
and kind masters ; orchards that glow in the genial springtime with
myriads of apple blossoms — all tell the story of character — ^honesty,
industry, piety ; clean hands and untarnished name ; love of God and
the beautiful things He had made. They believed His Word that
if they sought first these pure and intrinsic things of the Kingdom,
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God would grant whatsoever else were desirable. And He did!
They fulfilled their part of the covenant and God kept His part.
Religious Affiliations
We have reason to be proud, therefore, of our lineage. Not only
because our ancestors were thrifty and industrious and honest but
because of their deeply religious nature. The Bible was the first
text book of their schools. The commandments of God they sought
to obey implicitly. They accepted the obligations of the church as
prior to home and self interests. Six days they devoted to unremit-
ting toil, but the seventh was a Holy day in which they assembled
in their churches to worship Him in whom they put their trust.
They clung to superstitions handed down from the remote begin-
nings of Palatine history. "They believed in unlucky days ; they
planted in the signs of the moon ; shingled their houses when the
horns of the moon pointed down ; a crowing hen or howling dog
meant somebody would die ; it was bad luck to begin a journey on
Friday ; a horse shoe nailed on the door would guard against witches
and pow-wowing would cure burns and nose bleeding." Many of
these primitive vagaries are still believed and observed by their
credulous descendants. They hungered for the Word of God.
When men like Muhlenberg, Bauman and Mack went among them
preaching, they gathered in throngs and were attentive and respon-
sive hearers.
Whitfield, in a letter written April 10, 1740, speaks of "the religi-
ous Germans."
The Waldenses, Martin Luther and John Calvin, had prepared
the soil in earlier history. Thence sprang the Mennonites and
Ana-baptists and Lutherans. The articles of faith of the former
two were much the same, — refusal to take oaths ; rejection of a paid
ministry and infant baptism ; simplicity of dress and religious wor-
ship; separation of church and state and the right of individual
belief and worship. "If any one could persuade out of the Bible
they were willing to hear ; but neither persecution, fire or sword,
prison or exile could bend their wills or make them recant what
they believed was the truth."
"One of the divisions of the Mennonite Church, was formed in
the Berne Canton of Switzerland, transferred to the Palatine and
thence to Pennsylvania. It was founded by Jacob Ammen and
known as the Amish denomination. Ammen's purpose was, par-
ticularly to preserve the simplicity of dress." There are consider-
able Amish settlements in Pennsylvania. The men do not shave.
Buttons are not allowed but hooks and eyes are used instead. It
is a customary sight on the streets of Lewisburg, Pa., to see youths
of 18 or 20 years with beards sprouting on ruddy faces, and comely
maidens in shaker bonnets, whose bright eyes and glowing cheeks
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contrast beautifully with the simple dress that scorns the fashions
of worldly mortals.
The "River Brethren" is another branch, founded by Jacob
Engel, who came from Switzerland in childhood and lived in Cones-
toga Township. He was a Mennonite but became convinced the
church needed a spiritual awakening.
The Dunkards or German Baptists, were founded by Alexander
Mack of Schwarzenau, Westphalia, in 1708, though their real origin
dates from 1719, when about 20 families came to Pennsylvania
and settled at Germantown, Philadelphia, Montgomery, Berks and
Lancaster counties. Mack, himself, came to Pennsylvania in 1729.
Their doctrines are similar to the Mennonites; like them they dis-
believe in infant baptism, refuse to bear arms or take oath. They
perform baptism by emersion — "tunker," dipping, hence the name
Tunker or Dunkard. But when the nation was in need they did
bear arms. Many were enrolled as soldiers of the Revolutionary
and Civil wars, and in expeditions against the Indians. [See Penn-
sylvania Archives, 1st series, Volumes 5, 6, 7, page 378. 2nd series.
Volume 10, page 5 ; Volume 3, and Pennsylvania Mag., Volume 16,
page 343.]
The first Bousser to emigrate to America of whom there is a
definite record was Mathias Bousser, Sr., with his wife and family.
The following records were made in Philadelphia, Sept. 28, 1733 :
"Palatines, — brigantine Richard and Elizabeth. Christopher Clymer,
master, from Rotterdam, and last from Plymouth, — forty-four
males above sixteen and thirty-four females; twenty-four males
under sixteen and thirty-four females — in all 137.
"Among the names recorded as above sixteen are Mattheus Baus-
ser, Mathies Bausser, Jr., and Christian Bausser. That Mathias
Bausser, Sr., was a man of intelligence and capable of writing his
own name are indicated by his well written signature — in German.
The first Palatines to settle in Lancaster County purchased a large
tract of land in 1710, on Pequea Creek. Here this small colony
erected some huts and cabins, to serve temporarily as shelters. Here
the time and again persecuted and oppressed Swiss, separated from
friends and much that makes life agreeable, hoped unmolested to
begin anew. Here surrounded on all sides by several clans of
Indians, they located in the gloomy, silent shades of a virgin
forest, whose undisturbed solitude was yet uncheered by the mur-
murs of the honey bee or the twitterings of the swallow, these
never-failing attendants upon the woodman's ax. For the hum and
warblings of those, they had not only the shout and song of the
tawny sons of the forest, but also the nocturnal bowlings of the
ever watchful dog, baying at the sheeny queen of night. By way
of variety, their ears were nightly greeted by the shrill, startling
whoop of the owl, or by the sinister croakings of some night song-
sters in the contiguous thickets. This Swiss settlement formed the
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nucleus, or center of a rapidly increasing Swiss, French and Ger-
man population, in the Eden of Pennsylvania." [Thirty Thousand
names, by Prof. I. Daniel Rupp.]
We find no record of Mathias Bausser, Sr., after his entrance
into Pennsylvania, but that he and his family went to their coun-
trymen at Lancaster, is more than probable by the fact that we
find his son, Mathias, Jr., there in 1739. [See introduction to
names.]
CHAPTER VI
MATHIAS BAUSSER, JR., IN YORK COUNTY
Mathias, Jr., lived at Lancaster until after 1739. He made a
permanent settlement in Paradise Township, York County, about
one mile north of Abbottstown, which is now in Adams County.
He also owned land in Berwick Township which adjoins Paradise,
Since 1800 when Adams County was formed out of York County,
Berwick Township has been in Adams County. The original grant
at Abbottstown contained 235 acres. This tract is now the Paradise
Church property, at first called Brandt's Chapel. The Catholic
Church which is also on land owned by Mathias Bowser, lies just
across the line in Paradise Township, York County. Near this
land is the old "Beaver Creek Mill," a three story stone grist mill.
On a corner stone is the inscription, John Nawgel Mason, — built by
Abraham Swigart, 1794. John Nawgel was probably a son of John
Nawgel, Sr., who appointed in his will Mathias Bowser and Wm,
Mummert as executors Jan. 15, 1770.
In the York County records, book 2 B., page 13, is recorded the
sale by sheriff of "Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements of
Mathias Bowser, late of said County, Yeoman in his Bailiwick, he
should be caused to make as well a debt of 64 pounds 9 shilling and
seven pence, etc., which Francis Jacob may for the use of Nicholas
Bittinger, etc. — one plantation and mill in Berwick Township con-
taining about 100 acres and one plantation and mill in Paradise
Township contaiining 200 acres — taken on the 22nd of Sept., 1775,
at Yorktown — estate sold publicly to William Baily at Yorktown
for 555 pounds. May 1, 1779." This shows Mathias Bowser had
been an enterprising and wealthy citizen until about the time of
his death ; that he had the mental acumen to locate on one of the
fairest spots on Pennsylvania soil. The record shows his death at
about 1775.
The tax lists of 1769 show the original settlers of Paradise and
Jackson townships. The names of Mathias Bowser, with 150 acres
of land, and Samuel and Jacob Bowser, single men evidently sons of
Mathias. In 1779-82 Samuel was in Paradise Township. In 1782
Jacob was in Dover Township which adjoins Paradise. Jacob owned
land in Bedford County in 1783, and there is no record of his being
in York County after that year.
In the muster roll of the 6th Company of York County Militia
for 1785 among the privates is Samuel Bowser. This company was
from Paradise Township. Samuel is again mentioned in the assess-
ment roll of 1799 for Berwick Township, having an assessed value
of $528, and Samuel, Jr., $52. In 1811 Samuel, Sr.'s, property was
assessed at $2,294. In the York County muster roll, 1777, and 1778,
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Captain Peter Zollinger's Company belonged to the 7th Battalion of
York County Militia and contained the names of Abram Bowser,
Daniel Bowser, Noah Bowser and Jacob Bowser ; also the names of
John Nagle, Mr. Mummert, and these are residents of Paradise
Township. Evidently Noah and Jacob were brothers. Noah is
recorded in the tax lists of Berwick Township, 1779, 1780 1781,
identically with Samuel, which together with the fact that Mathias
owned propery there prior to his death in 1775 indicates they were
sons of Mathias. Noah owned 100 acres there in 1779 and 1780, no
doubt being the 100 acres mentioned in the sheriff's sale after
Mathias' death. In 1781 he had no land, and that year was the
last record of Noah in York County. But in 1785 Noah bought
land in Frederick County, Md., and was there in 1790, when the
first census was taken. In 1796, he was in Bedford County, and
moved to Armstrong County in 1802. This Noah was the father
of "Steam John," Joseph and other children. His descendants are
numbered in many hundreds. Many are still Hving in Armstrong
County, Pa., but others are located in western and other states.
John Bowser and Jacob Bowser were in the same company, the
Fifth Battalion, from Paradise Township. Valentine Bowser was
another son of Matthias, Jr., born about 1745. He moved to Arm-
strong County, locating in Sugar Creek, now Washington Town-
ship, midway between Montgomeryville and Sherrett, taking up
400 acres of land. He died there in 1836. Mathias Bowser, Jr.,
and his wife, were members of the Reformed Church when they
came to America, but they were members of the German Baptist
Brethren (Dunker) Church in 1770. Brumbaugh, speaking of the
Little Coneways Congregation near Hanover, says that in 1770
there were 70 members in communion in this congregation among
whom were Mathias Bowser, wife and daughter. Jacob Sweigard
(Swigart) was one of the first members. Bowsers still cling to this
locality, of so great interest to the history of our family. Andrew
Bowser lives here. He is a son of Joseph E., who is a grandson
of Daniel. These facts gleaned from court records, tax lists and
census records, the testimony of many of the aged of our family,
and a tradition, that "our ancestors, came from Germany and set-
tled at Little York," corroborate the writer's early belief that
Mathias Bowser, Sr., and Esther, his wife, with their children, were
the first of our family to come to America. We have given con-
siderable space to Mathias Bowser, Jr., and his family, because he
is the connecting link between the vast and thrilling history of the
home land beyond the sea and the great Bowser family now num-
bering thousands and living in many parts of the United States. He
was a young man just past his majority with his young wife by his
side when the good ship Richard and Elizabeth brought them up the
Delaware to Philadelphia in September, 1723, with his father,
Mathias, and mother, Esther, and brothers, Christian and Daniel,
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and other members of that, to us, historic family. After a brief
sojourn among friends and neighbors from the homeland now pre-
paring a new home at Lancaster, he followed the trail of the fron-
tiersman to the newly found Paradise of York County. And some-
where within the limits of Paradise Township lies the dust of the
indomitable pair, Mathias Bowser, Jr., and his wife, Ann Elizabeth,
in graves unmarked and now unknown, who braved the horrors of a
voyage across the Atlantic for Liberty and a home.
The descendants of Daniel Bowser of York County affirm that
Daniel with two brothers, John and Henry emigrated to this coun-
try in 1733, landing at Baltimore. Daniel settled in Manheim Town-
ship, York County, Pa. In June, 1774, he bough a tract of 263
acres, about 10 miles south of the land owned by Mathias Bowser.
Daniel became a wealthy land owner and reared a large family.
The connection between Daniel and Mathias, Jr., we have been
unable to ascertain. But it is safe to presume they were closely
related. They came to America from the same place, in the same
year, 1733. But we can readily understand owing to the urgency of
the large numbers of the Palatines at that time seeking passage
across the sea and the inadequate sailing accommodations, where a
considerable family arrived at Rotterdam they were compelled to
separate and one part sail on one ship, while the others came on the
next. Mathias, Sr., brought with him several children who must
have been children of a close relation. That Daniel moved into
York County and settled in the same neighborhood with Mathias,
Jr., and several of his children came to Armstrong County and set-
tled in the same locality as the descendants of Mathias, would seem
to prove our assumption correct. The other large branch of the
Bowser family reared chiefly in Bedford County, whose connection
with Mathias, Sr., is a presumption equally obvious, — viz., the fam-
ily of John Bowser, b. about 1730; d., 1809, and Eve Maria of
Lancaster. Their children were Eve, Magdelina, Michael, Elizabeth
(married John Mock), and George. George was born about 1755;
was a taxable in Lancaster County, 1776. According to the 1790
census he was in Bedford County. In the 1800 census he was in
St. Clair Township with a family of nine.
George married Margaret Swartz. One of the sons of George
Bowser, Isaac, married Sarah Berkheimer, whose mother was
Catharine Bowser, sister of "Commissioner" John, and daughter of
David, son of Mathias. Thus establishing a connecting link between
the children of George and Mathias Bowser though we do not know
certainly what relation the parents were.
CHAPTER VII
BOWSERS IN BEDFORD COUNTY
Those of our family who landed at Philadelphia proceeded to the
earlier settlement of their kinsmen at Lancaster, as we have seen,
but as the land became fully occupied by the ever increasing tide
of emigrants, they found an attractive location in what is now
Berks, Adams, York and other counties. Those who landed at
Baltimore tarried for a while in Virginia and Maryland, but most
of them later joined their relatives in Pennsylvania. During periods
of freedom from Indian atrocities, the pioneer settlers, ever in quest
of new and better land, moved westward, halted for a while at some
fresh outbreak, then moved slowly, steadily westward again.
Moving with this tide our fathers found a temporary resting place
within the limits of York County and the newly formed county of
Bedford. There are many Bowser families, descendants of these
early settlers, living in the town of York and throughout the county.
The westward fever carried the majority of the York County
Bov/sers, however, into the next place of temporary sojourn, Bed-
ford County. Because of the importance of this county in our
family history we will pause with them here for a moment. This
county has an interesting history on account of its association with
the names of the famous leaders in our pioneer annals. There is
a peculiar charm in its beautiful "coves" and fertile valleys that
oflfered a lure to the early settler who was willing to risk his scalp
for a choice tract of virgin soil. Bedfordtown was first known as
Raystown. Several cabins were built here in 1850 by a trader
named Ray. White explorers had traversed the Bedford County
territory as early as 1732. Stephen Franks, a German trader, had a
settlement at what is now Frankstown, and John Hart was at Hart's
Log, or Hart's Sleeping Place. The "Six Nations" granted the
Penns in 1754, a vast body of land now forming the counties of
Bedford, Fulton, Perry, Huntingdon. Blair, Mifflin, Snyder, Union
and Centre. Prior to that treaty, the Six Nations gave leave to
Garrett Prendergrass to occupy and improve 300 acres embracing
the present town of Bedford. This was placed on record by the
first Prothonotary of the county, Sir Arthur St. Clair. Prender-
grass, like Ray, did not long remain in this remote and wild region.
The sites of Carlisle and Bedford lay on the road of General Forbes
in his march to subdue the French and Indians at Pittsburgh in
1758. Stockade forts were erected here and at the "Juniata Cross-
ings" by Forbes soldiers. A few of these subsequently became
settlers of Bedford County by establishing "Tomahawk claims."
L-and in Bedford County in 1762-63 sold for 9 pounds per 100 acres;
rfom 1763 to 1765, 15 pounds, 10 shillings; 1765-84, 5 pounds;
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1784 to 1814, 10 pounds. This pound was a "pound currency,"
which was about one-half the value of an English pound sterling
($5). One of the best known Indian trails passed through Bedford
County. Beginning at Harris' Landing (Harrisburg) it passed
through Dauphin, Perry, Sherman's Valley in Franklin County, to
Black Log, a distance of 72 miles. From Black Log, the Raystown
branch, it led through Augwick Valley, Well's Valley in Fulton
County, Ray's Cove, Woodcock Valley, Snake Spring, Raystown ;
thence along the Juniata to Shawnee Cabin Creek, near Schells-
burgh in Bedford County, across the Allegheny Mountains, through
Brothers' Valley, along Stony Creek in Somerset County, across
Laurel Hill, Ligonier Valley, Chestnut Ridge and by Loyalhanna
Creek in Westmoreland County to Shannopin Town (Indian) on
the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh, making a total of 246 miles.
"Many of the first settlers of Bedford County were teamsters, and
long lines of their Conestoga wagons trailed the principal high-
ways. The history of the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia Pike forms
an interesting chapter of the days when the pioneers were preparing
the way for the farms and cities of today. Many a night scene
where the hardy teamsters rested in the taven for the night and
danced and reveled, would have afforded the great novelist, Walter
Scott, a capital theme. Casper Stetler's old tavern on the state road
on top of the Allegheny Mountains had a fireplace 12 feet wide
and a horse was used to haul logs into the room, coming in a large
door on one side and passing through a door on the other. Before
this huge fireplace as many as 30 or 40 men would sleep. I have
frequently seen 10 of these line teams line up in front of these old-
time taverns." — Hon. William Schell in Annals of Bedford County.
After the Revolutionary War the county was rapidly settled.
The county was organized in 1771. In 1772 there was a population
of only 1,600 in the whole of Somerset and Bedford counties. Some
of them had been located less than a year and not many for more
than five years. There were but two grist mills and two sawmills in
these counties at this date. In 1771 three townships, Bedford,
Cumberland and Colerain, embraced all of Bedford County and
considerable more, taking in Blair with Tusseys mountain as an
eastern boundary. In the preparation of this history the writer
visited the county seats of Blair, Bedford and York counties and
examined the wills and deeds preserved in the courts. We also
went to Reynoldsdale, Alum Bank, Everett, Duncansville, Newry,
St. Clairsville, Osterburg, Lutzville, Hopewell, Loysburg, Blue
Knob and other places where our ancestors once lived and some
of their descendants are still living. We cannot describe our
emotions as we stood in the very footprints of our fathers long since
deceased, at such well remembered places as Hopewell, St. Clairs-
ville, Loysburg, and Newry, and contemplated the fact that only
a century since the sturdy fathers were clearing the forests, with
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their great ox teams and horses hauling the logs. We imagined
we heard the echo of the axes as the fathers and their brawny sons
felled the trees. Nor did v/e forget the scenes of the mothers with
their spinning wheels and the girls learning the arts of those primi-
tive homes or helping the men in the fields. The Blue Knob created
a picture that will never fade. In its majestic solitude it appeared
the end of creation. It is the silent, awe-inspiring Switzerland of
Pennsylvania. The inhabitants of its meagre vales call it the
"Swyts." It is a group of three moimtains, an austere and chal-
lenging prospect. In its valleys and nooks, on the banks of its mur-
muring brooks, settlers founded happy and contented homes. Hope-
well was a point of special interest. Here our great grandfather,
Valentine Bowser, and Elizabeth Fluke were married. We stood
on the farm of our great-great grandfather, John Bowser, of Hope-
well Township, three miles from Hopewell Borough on the road
to Loysburg, and made pictures of the site of his log house and
barn, and where he died in September, 1813. This farm contained
1,100 acres of rolling land buttressed by the Tusseys mountains on
the west and intersected by Yellow Creek and the Loysburg road.
Most of these superb acres were in wheat at the time of our visit
and rapidly yellowing for harvest. On a knoll of this farm was
a small burying ground entirely unmarked except that a circle 100
feet in diameter was left inviolate by the plow; around that circle
was standing wheat. It is the resting place of John Bowser and
his wife Mary, and Nicholas, his son, and wife, and other descend-
ants. Nicholas died about 1862, an old, decrepit man.
The deed to this land is recorded in Volume I, Page 479 (Bed-
ford.) "Know that I, Joseph Haines, of Hopewell Township, made
an improvement on a tract of land in March, 1796. Joining lands
with Melor and Joseph Snyder, and the Sussies Mountain in Hope-
well Township, and on April 5, 1797, for the sum of 26 pounds
ten shillings to me in hand by John Bowser, did sell, bargain, quit,
etc., claim and interest to said improvement and warrant and defend
it from me and my heirs forever unto the said John Bowser ol
Woodbury Township, of Bedford County, Pa." ,
Signed in German, April 5, 1797. jj-g
John (X) Bowser.
Marie
Henry P. Bowser, son of James, son of Nicholas, son of John
Bowser, who resides near Hopewell, relates that his father told him
his (James) great grandfather came from Germany and he believed
his name was Mathias, thus strengthening the link in the evidence
that Mathias Bowser, Sr., was the founder of the chief branch of
the Bowser family in American. Mathias is said to have brought
with him from the old country wagon parts and other farm imple-
ments to begin with in the new world, and seems to have been
possessed of considerable means. Mr. G. W. Bowser, son of John
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H,. son of John (Commissioner), son of David, resides at Ostet-
burg. He writes: "I have been told by my father that David
Bowser settled in the woods when a young man, on the farm I own,
one and a half miles west of Osterburg, and commenced to cleaf a
small burial place on the same farm, shows that he was 75 years
old when he dieci in 1813 ; and that he had come from some place in
the east toward Philadelphia. He had two sons and several daugh-
ters." The will of David Bowser is of special interest as it enables
us to link up a large family with the founder, Mathias, Sr. David
mentions seven children, Catrout (a female), Elizabeth, Mary,
Catherine (who married John Berkheimer), Valentine, John and
Esther, and in his will he names a grandson John Mock. David
was baptized in the Reformed Church at Lancaster, Pa., May 12,
1739, with Anna Margaret, his sister, children of Mathias Bowser,
Jr., and Anna Catherine. David's will is dated October 19, 1810.
In Bedford is recorded the will of George Mock dated January 8,
1810, in which he mentions his wife, Eva, and among his children
one named John. We conclude that Eva was a sister of Commis-
sioner John and married George Mock. David was in Bedford
County in 1798 because he sold land that year in Maryland, in the
deed of which is said : "David of Bedford County." We find Noah
and David Bowser (sons of Mathias, Jr.) both in Maryland at the
same time, and at another time both back in Bedford County ; both
gave deeds in Maryland while they were living in Bedford County.
A deed shows Noah bought land in Bedford County, in 1785, and
was in the tax lists in York County, 1781. We conclude David and
Noah were brothers and sons of Mathias, Jr.
At Alum Bank, we met Mr. Isaac S. Wright, a man in his 89th
year but of good health and remarkable memory. Mr. Wright knew
Commissioner John (son of David) whose grandson Polk Bowser
was living in the village. Mr. Wright frequently gave the appella-
tion "Davie" John to the Commissioner. We inquired whether he
did not so designate him because his father's name was "David."
He said that was true. This gave us the first clue to Commissioner
John's ancestry and confirmed our belief that David was the son
of Mathias, Jr. "David Bowser, great grandfather of Dr. Alex J.
Bowser was a descendant of one of the three brothers who emi-
grated from Switzerland and settled in Pennsylvania, David mar-
ried Catherine. Among his children was a son John. John, the
son of David and Catherine, was born in East St. Clair Township
on the farm later possessed by his son. He married Mary Helm
and among his children was a son named David H. David H.
Bowser, son of John and Mary Helm, was born December 21, 1810,
in East St. Clair Township. He moved with his parents to Napier
Township. He removed with his parents to Schellsburg in 1874
and later returned to the old Bowser Homestead in East St. Clair
Township and died there, 1888. He married Charlotte Potts. Their
only child was Dr. Alexander J. Bowser, who died April 11, 1906.
CHAPTER VIII
PERMANENT HOMES IN ARMSTRONG COUNTY
The Bowsers of Armstrong County, Pa., have the distinction of
outnumbering the clan in any other county in the world. Indi-
vidual families may be found throughout the nation, and smaller or
larger settlements in several states, but in this county lying on the
Allegheny River, they are the most numerous. This county with
its capital, Kittanning, has a history of thrilling interest surpassed
by few counties in the country. This is due to the fact of its prox-
imity to Fort Duquesne, the junction of the two rivers, Allegheny
and Monongahela, forming the Ohio at Pittsburgh, and its intersec-
tion by the natural route of travel and commerce between Canada
and Fort Duquesne. Here for unknown generations the Indians
plied their canoes, pursued the game which once abounded, or led
to battle their ever turbulent warriors ; and later became the
rendezvous of French and Indian marauders. Kittanning was an
Indian town and the last native stronghold in Western Pennsyl-
vania to be destroyed. Col. John Armstrong with 307 soldiers
besieged the place September 9, 1756, killing many of the Indians,
including their half-breed captain, Jacobs, and burning their log
huts, thus destroying the last refuge of the red men in Pennsylvania.
Armstrong County was formed in March 12, 1800. The southeast-
ern portion was settled early. The proprietary of Pennsylvania by
purchase, 1768, added to his territory this part of the county as far
west as the Allegheny and the Ohio rivers. Immediately (1769) a
land office for the sale of the lately purchased land was opened.
Thousands applied for land. There must have been a few settlers
in Armstrong County before the Revolutionary War.
"The inhabitants of Hannastown wrote Governor Denny, 1774,
for troops as they were imperiled by the removal of troops to Kit-
tanning, a place 25 miles from any settlement."
Captain Andrew Sharp had a settlement at Shelocta as early as
1784. Warrants for land were issued and actual settlements made
in the various townships as follows : Bethel, Parks and Gilpin
tract, 1792; Kittanning Township, 1773; Red Bank, 1785; Plum
Creek, 1766; Wayne, named after General Anthony Wayne, 1794;
Kiskiminitas, 1778; Pine and Boggs, 1785; Madison, 1795; Cowan-
shonnock, 1774; Manor, 1789. (The Penns had 44 Manors sur-
veyed, 1769, in different parts of the state, as reserve tracts. Each
manor contained 4887 acres. These manors and all reserve tracts,
were deeded by the Penns to Thomas W. Morris, November 27,
1820, for $1.00. This township was one of the 44 manors, hence
its name.) Mahoning, 1785; Burrell, 1778; Valley, 1785; South
Bend, 1773; Freeport, 1786; South Buffalo, 1786. (Three-fourths
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of the country west of the river, up to Mahoning, thence west to
the Ohio line, south to the boundary, thence north to the Mahon-
ing, were Depreciation Lands, i. e., lands voted by the State Assem-
bly, 1783, for the redemption of depreciation certificates. Immedi-
ately north of these lands was a tract set aside by the State Assem-
bly called Donation Lands, which was allotted to Pennsylvania
soldiers for their services in the Revolutionary War. This tract
embraced all the remaining land of the state west of the Allegheny
River from the Depreciation Lands north.) North Buffalo, 1786;
West Franklin. 1785; East Franklin. 1786; Sugar Creek, 1793;
Washington, 1793; Brady Bend, 1794; Perry, 1796, and Hovey,
1797.
The famous Purchase Line, established between the Northern
Colonies and the Indians at the treaty of Fort Stanwix (Rome, N.
Y.), November, 1768, was run from Cherry Tree or Canoe Place
(the Indians' designation of the head of navigation on the Susque-
hanna), due west to the Allegheny River at Kittanning. The Eng-
lish Government paid 10,460 pounds for this tremendous steal.
A few adventurous traders and settlers had penetrated the lands
on the Allegheny River prior to and immediately following the Revo-
lutionary War. Robt. Brown, one of the first to come to Kittanning
in 1798, and not long after settled here with some hunters. At the
same time Wm. Watson, John, James and Robt. Watson made a
tour along the Cowanshannock Creek, traversed a part of Crooked
Creek and the Allegheny River. They saw the evidences of the
Indian corn fields at the site of Kittanning. A great aunt, Mrs.
Catharine John, told the writer when he was a child, she remem-
bered the slight excavations made by the Indians for their log
cabins, on either side of present Market Street, Kittanning. The
Indian town was made up of three parts — the first laid on the bench
along Market Street — between McKean and Grant Avenue; two
others on either side of Market Street, not far from the first.
Between that and the river and stretching down the flat ground to
the iron mill was an extensive corn field.
The old Hague Hotel, built by Mathias Bowser (see pictures),
still standing, is located 200 feet west of the Pennsylvania Railroad
crossing on Market Street. The site of this old town landmark is
precisely that of the Indian town. Mrs. Margaret Bowser, wife of
Jonas Bowser, when a child, visited her Uncle Mathias, when he
lived in this house and saw Indian beads his children had found in
the yard.
In the Summer of 1791, James Claypoole. with his wife and six
children, settled on the site of the county seat. Kittanning, at Truby
Run, and built a cabin on what is now lot 75. northwest corner of
Arch and Water Streets, but on account of the danger of Indian
attacks, left one year later, moving to Pittsburgh. Patrick
Dougherty and Andrew Hunter were the next settlers (no date).
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Claypoole returned in about a year to the location of his former
daring adventure and settled on land he purchased on the river
bank, just south of Fort Run, two miles south of Kittanning, where
he built a block house. In 1798 he purchased 400 acres from Stone
in North Buffalo Township, where the Union Baptist Church now
stands. He was the progenitor of the Claypooles and the first Bap-
tist to settle in the County. He died at an advanced age on this
farm.
Warrants for land within the limits of the present Manor Town-
ship were made to James Claypoole in 1791. Mahoning in 1785;
Burrell, 1778; Valley, 1785. (David Loy and Mathias erected a
grist mill and saw mill on the Cowanshannock ; Mathias purchased
seven acres in Kittanning Borough. 1817, and sold the same to
David Reynolds six years later for $150.) South Bend, 1773; Free-
port, 1786.
The first settlers found these templed hills and broad valleys cov-
ered with the most prolific pine and oak timber. They Httle sur-
mised, however, as they cleared the forests and prepared the primi-
tive soil for cultivation that beneath their feet were hidden unmeas-
ured stores for the advantage of their children and the blessing of
mankind. There are within the bounds of this county great ledges
of limestone so essential in modern farming ; the hills are traversed
by several veins of bituminous coal ; oil has been produced in the
northern part of the county in vast quantity and many fields are still
producing oil. Near Kaylor there are two wells that produce from
the earth a grade of oil so nearly pure that it is used immediately
without any further refining. Natural gas is found in most parts
of the county. The towns and villages and many of the country
homes are supplied with this cheap and convenient fuel. The manu-
facture of fire brick has become a great industry, employing many
thousands of men, since the discovery of vast beds of the purest fire
clay. Add to lime, oil, coal, natural gas, timber and fire clay, a soil
that responds promptly to a scientific and proper method of agricul-
ture, growing everything produced in the north temperate zone.
The magnitude of its varied products is seen in the number of
railroads that intersect it. Nor should we fail to note the charm of
natural scenery which here delights the heart of the student of
nature. It has not the sublimity of the Alps nor does it awe the
beholder with the stupendous cliffs of our Rockies, but it has a calm,
reposeful, romantic beauty of its own ; a charm of scene that would
have inspired the genius of a Cooper or an Oliver Goldsmith. The
Allegheny River flows through the length of the county, bisecting
it about midway between east and west. There are stretches where
it flows miles without changing its course, then it gracefully yields
to the phenomenal winding of the hills. At two points within this
county this Belle (Beautiful) River, as the romantic French called
it, does it make almost the circumference of a circle, one at Brady's
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Bend, and the other just above Mahoning. There are scenes here,
many of them, that would enchant any artist ; the pastures where the
cattle graze, the meadows with tree and brook; the river hills bil-
lowed with the pink and white of the laurel blossoms, and the river
itself lying far down in the bed wrought out by the ages, where the
oars of the lone boatman dip and flash the gold of the afternoon
sun and the steel rails that wind along the bank shining like threads
of silver — The Belle River! So it is! Kittanning itself is a gem,
lying on the bank of this beautiful river.
As the county was rapidly being occupied by settlers it became
apparent that Kittanning was the proper site for the county seat.
It was laid out and lots sold in 1803 and in one year there were
resident one lawyer, three merchants, one hatter, one tailor, one tan-
ner, one mason, three shoemakers, one wheelwright, four joiners
and one "rough" carpenter. The first physician settled here in
1810; a harness maker in 1815; weaver in 1811 ; gunsmith in 1821 ;
tinner in 1823 ; druggist in 1831 ; photographer in 1863 ; plow maker
in 1834, and a registered undertaker in 1873. In 1830 there were
90 houses, 10 stores and a courthouse. A ferry was used to carry
passengers across the river until 1856, when the first bridge was
built. The writer has given a brief chapter on a few salient facts
of the history of the county, which, in the Providence of God, was
to become the permanent home of the Bowser family.
Into this newly created county came our Bowser people, when
the surrounding county was a primeval wilderness. There were no
roads and but few ancient Indian trails and bridle paths ; the end-
less forests everywhere. Here and there were a few cleared acres
where the daring squatter or pioneer had started an improvement,
but otherwise it was the Indian hunting ground without the Indian.
Game abounded. Bear, wild turkey and deer provided the settlers'
boys ample diversion. It was a day before railroads were dreamed
of. To subdue the mighty forests and transform this wilderness
into a land of homes and highways, wheat fields and orchards, and
communities with the village church and the red schoolhouse was
their worthy adventure. The time of their settlement is yet so
near to us we have but to take one step backward and we are in
the midst of the days, unfortunately forever past, the days of the
log house and the loom and spinning wheel, and the candle and
scutching block.
They had their own recreations and their life was not without its
fun and frolic. Their common hardships brought them into a closer
fellowship. They shared more intimately than their amhitions
money-making children, the joys of success and the sorrows of mis-
fortunes. In addition to the primitive utensils and tools, they
brought with them horses and cattle and in an incredibly short period
we find them thrifty farmers, coming to the growing county seat
with their produce, of wheat, butter, meat, eggs and whiskey. Many
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who found no market for their wheat and rye converted them into
the commodity of smaller compass. We have an insight into the
market conditions of those early days in the account book recently
discovered and loaned the writer, of Samuel Houston, beginning
May, 1824. Samuel Houston kept store in Kittanning from the
founding of the town for many years. His store was on the alley on
the north side of Market Street, a half square or less from Water
Street. It may be of interest to note some of the entries :
One quart turpentine, 44c ; 2/3 yds. sarsnet, 25c.
John Mosgrove ret'd a lot of sanders that was wet.
Judge Orr, Yz lb. Imperial tea, $1.00.
Five lbs. of nails, $6.25. Six bags, $3.00.
One pair coarse shoes, $1.50. One straw bonnet, $3.00.
12 Wilmington stripe, $4.50 ; 2 lbs. copperas, 25c.
To be paid by William Templeton in whiskey at 25c per gal.
One Leghorn bonnet, $6.25.
5 lb. blistered steel, at 25c.
1 lb. brimstone, IS^/^c; 2 yds. blue cloth, $5.00.
Sold to , 1 qt. whiskey, 12>4c.
Butter, 6c per lb. Veal, 4c per lb.
Matthias Bowser, 1 pr. Morocco shoes, 75c.
Rev. John Dickey, 1 empty bottle (here the storekeeper adds "to
put oil in").
18 lbs. veal at 4c, 72c; 200 lbs. of flour, $4.00.
18 segars, 16 cents.
Among the patrons of this store of 100 years ago were many
whose names are well remembered. Among them were Archibald
Dickey, David Reynolds, Matthias Bowser (grandfather of M. L.
Bowser of Kittanning), John Mosgrove, Judge Orr, J. P. Shaffer,
Rev. John Dickey, John B. Brown. Wm. Templeton. David McKel-
vey, Michael Truby, Richard Cravenor, David Gilespie, Robt. Brown,
John McMullen, Samuel Bowser, Joseph Boney, Josiah Copley, Kia
Claypoole, Peggy Sipes. We are grateful for the naive statement
about Rev. Dickey's pure intention to fill the "empty bottle" with
harmless oil, when it was possible to indulge in a hilarity with
whiskey at the grocery store at 25c a gallon, and segars 18 per 16c.
The first Bowser to settle in Armstrong County was Matthias
Bowser, who came here from Hopewell Township, Bedford County,
in 1798. There were thirteen brothers and sisters, he came first,
with his brother Samuel, who went back after five months. The
latter returned, accompanied by his widowed sister, Catharine Kline,
in 1805, and settled on land he purchased at Walk Chalk, three miles
west of Kittanning in East Franklin Township. In 1807 he sold his
claim to David Flenner and John Burnheimer, and moved to North
Buffalo Township.
Abraham Swigart, who married Elizabeth Bowser, daughter of
John of Hopewell, came out in 1805. Valentine Bowser, brother of
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 39
Elizabeth Swigart, came to Armstrong County in 1815, and bought
a small farm on Glade Run, now known as the Dougherty farm ,and
there raised his family of eleven children. Noah Bowser, brother
of John of Hopewell, came to Glade Run from Bedford County in
1807, and settled on a 400-acre farm which he later sold to his son
Joseph Bowser. Noah had another son, John, called "Steam"
John, because he was believed to have been the first miller to apply
steam as a motive power in grist mills. Several of his sons were
millers, at least George and Samuel. Valentine, mentioned prior to
Noah, the writer's great-grandfather, and his wife, Elizabeth (Fluke)
never spoke English, but Palatine German ("Pennsylvania Dutch").
This indicates that John Bowser of Hopewell spoke Palatine Ger-
man, and his children knew no other language. The deeds and wills
of the old Bowsers in Bedford and York County, so far as we recall,
were signed either in Palatine German or by making a mark. None
were signed in English. David Flenner sent his son to Philip
Mechling's store for a number of articles. The proprietor was not
in, and the clerk did not know young Flenner. The lad had money
for the articles he bought except tobacco. He informed the clerk in
broken English his dad said they should borax him for the tobacco.
The clerk took the tobacco away from the boy. When he reached
home and there was no tobacco, Flenner demanded an explanation.
The boy answered, 'T told the man you said they should borax you
for the tobacco, and he took it away from me." It is said the irate
father punished the boy for his poor English.
Valentine Bowser, brother of Noah and Hopewell John, located on
a farm of 400 acres in Sugar Creek Township, now Washington
Township, 2>^ miles northeast of Montgomeryville, on land now
belonging to Geo. Rickel, Sadler heirs, et al. He came from Bed-
ford County in 1798 and brought a number of young apple trees
which he planted on the site of his home, afterward given to his
daughter Peggie (Bowser). Sites now owned by Sadler heirs.
Three of the trees he planted grew, two are standing now and the
third, a massive, wide-spreading tree, has split and both halves fallen,
though still living.
Martin John, who married Esther Bowser, sister of Hopewell
John and Valentine, came here in 1798 and bought 400 acres beside
Valentine. He built a log house on his land which was finally
owned by Jonas Bowser and torn down in 1917. This Martin
John came from the Palatine, and became the progenitor of the
large family of John's, many of whom still reside in the vicinity of
the old homestead. The remains of Martin and Esther lie, with
several of their children, in a private and neglected spot on land
now owned by William Hays in Washington Township.
Adam Bowser, born 1778, and wife, Catharine, born 1780, came
to Armstrong County in 1808 and took up 400 acres of land near
Centre Hill. Jonas, his brother, came at the same date and took
up 200 acres.
40 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Peter Bowser, son of Hopewell John, came in 1825. His sister,
Catharine Kline, a widow, came at the same time. John and
Nicholas, sons of John of Hopewell, remained at Hopewell; the
descendants of Nicholas are still in Hopewell. The daughters of
John all came to Armstrong County as follows : Mary, wife of
John Bumheimer, in 1807 ; Julia Ann, wife of David Flenner, in
1807 ; Elizabeth, wife of Abraham Swigart, 1807 ; Barbary, wife of
Joseph Bowser (son of Jacob, brother of Hopewell John), 1808;
Catharine KUne, 1825.
CHAPTER IX
THE BOWSER REUNION
In the year 1900 the first Bowser Reunion was held at the home
of Jacob and Sarah Ann (Bowser) Bucher, near Kittanning, Arm-
strong County, Pa. The Reunion has been held annually ever since,
on the last Tuesday of August, with an attendance of 2,000 to 4,000.
The forenoon is given over to reunions of families and the reviving
of old friendships. For a number of years the aged family with
whom the Reunion had its genesis occupied the seats of honor on
the platform. They were Benjamin S. Bowser, Elizabeth Bowser,
Sophia (Bowser) Wyant, Sarah Ann (Bowser) Bucher, Dr. M. S.
Bowser, Joshua Crawford Bowser and James H. Bowser. At the
time of this writing but four remain, Sophia (Bowser) Wyant,
aged 94; Dr. M. S. Bowser, aged 84; Joshua C. Bowser, and
James H. Bowser. Benjamin S. died, aged 92; Elizabeth, aged 82,
and Sarah Ann (Bowser) Bucher, 86. Jacob Bucher, husband of
Sarah Ann, is still living and hale at the age of 90. After the mid-
day feast there has always been an appropriate program, consisting
of music, solos, quartettes, an orchestra by the Bowser boys, songs
from the Bowser Song Book prepared by Rev. A. B. Bowser ; an
obituary report, business, addresses and games. At present these
reunions are held in the Armstrong Grove, near Kittanning. An
account of these gatherings may be gained from a report taken
from the Kittanning Daily Leader, which was accompanied by a
number of pictures.
"The Great Bowser Reunion" (1906)
The Bowser Clan enjoy another reunion. Every section of Arm-
strong County represented and hundreds came from many other
states.
There are reunions and reunions held in Armstrong County every
year, but none of them have yet equaled, either in point of attend-
ance or the general manifestation of friendliness, the prominence
attained by the annual gathering of the great Bowser family, and
the assembling of that clan with hundreds of their friends at the old
homestead, near Walk Chalk, on Tuesday, was another demonstra-
tion of how popular these outings have become.
The weather was ideal. The sun shone forth in all its glory, but
the warm rays were comfortably cooled by breezes, which seemed to
bear both a tinge of the passing summer and the approaching fall,
that swept over the beautiful old farm, and had man himself had
the making of the day he could not have planned better.
The attendance was, as usual, large, and although there was no
accurate way in which the exact size of the crowd could have been
ascertained, it is estimated that the number present was close to
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42 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
two thousand, if that figure was not really surpassed. The throngs
came from every direction and as early as 5 o'clock in the morning
the procession to the grounds was under way and by noon the
fields about the house were fairly black with people and vehicles of
every description. Nearly every walk of life was represented in
that immense assemblage, too. The minister, the lawyer, the doctor,
the mechanic, the farmer, the musician, the educator, the manufac-
turer and the politician were all there and joined with the young
and old, rich and poor, in making the day one of genuine delight.
Most of the morning was devoted to greeting old-time friends and
preparing for the events that were programmed for the occasion.
At 11 o'clock a short season of music and eloquence was opened on
the platform which had been erected in the orchard. Everybody
joined heartily in singing "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder
I'll Be There," and following this Rev. I. H. Hankins, of DuBois,
sang a touching solo, after which the favorite hymn, "Jesus, Lover
of My Soul," was sung by the crowd. An interesting talk on "The
History of the Bowsers" was delivered by Rev. A. B. Bowser, of
Crafton, in which he explained that the history of the Bowser
family, which is now being carefully compiled, was not yet ready to
be issued. "Honor Your Friends That Are Gone Before That They
May Honor You," was the subject of an address filled with fine
thoughts, beautifully expressed by Rev. I. H. Hankins, of DuBois.
At 12 o'clock the audience dispersed for dinner.
Prof. J. C. Tinsman, of Kittanning, made the principal address in
the afternoon and his remarks held his hearers' closest attention and
won their hearty applause. Rev. Hankins sang "The Laughing
Song" so well that the audience demanded an encore, and Rev.
Hankins, with Rev. A. B. Bowser, responded with a duet, "Box
and Cox."
Business matters were taken up and it was decided to continue all
the old officers for another year.
On account of death, however, there was a vacancy in the vice
presidency, and Chambers Frick, of Adrain, was elected to that
office. The officers of the reunion for the ensuing twelve months
are therefore as follows:
Permanent President — Benj. S. Bowser, of Washington Town-
ship.
President — Rev. A. B. Bowser, of Crafton.
Vice President — Chambers Frick, of Adrian.
Secretary — J. H. Bowser, of Wickboro.
It was unanimously decided to hold the 1907 reunion at the old
homestead again and the probabilities are that the gathering will
continue to be held there for several years yet anyways, as the farm
is in the heart of the Bowser settlement.
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"God Be With You Till We Meet Again" was the concluding
song, and Rev. Robert R. Bowser, of the Church of God, Bolivar,
led in prayer, closing with the benediction.
The remainder of the afternoon was devoted to social intercourse
and indulging in various amusements.
"Uncle Benny" Bowser was prominent everywhere. The home-
ward journey commenced about the middle of the afternoon, and
by 6 o'clock very few persons were left on the grounds.
The best of order prevailed throughout the entire day and not a
single unpleasant incident was reported. Many visitors from a
distance were in the throngs, among whom were : R. M. Bowser,
F. t. and Ella Bowser, of Olean, N. Y. ; M. G. Bowser, of Chi-
cora ; Mrs. Adaline Schweeter, of New Kensington ; Mrs. Kate
Kramer, of Irwin; Rev. R. B. Bowser, of Bolivar; William Ekis, of
Parkersburg, W. Va. ; Levi Ekis, of Parkersburg, W. Va. ; Levi
Ekis, of Marietta, O. ; Mrs. Fred Borling, Mrs. Lebius Russell, of
New Kensington ; Dr. A. H. Bowser, wife and daughter, of
Reynoldsville ; C. T. Bowser and wife, of Apollo ; the Misses Hazel
and Mabel Bowser, of Butler ; Mrs. Grace Allbright, of Gibson City,
111. ; C. M. Fair and wife, of Verona ; Charles Simpson, of Verona ;
Mrs. Libbie Hazlett, of McKeesport; Mrs. Samuel Cooper, of Pitts-
burgh ; Mrs. Fred Whaling, of Pittsburgh ; Prof. A. J. Bowser and
wife, of Butler.
1917 Reunion
Tuesday, August 21, 1917, was the sixteenth annual anniversary
of the Bowsers and it was held in the Armstrong Grove, about two
and one-half miles from Kittanning, on the west side of the river,
and from as early as 7 o'clock in the morning until the sun was kiss-
ing the hilltops in the western horizon the grove was a busy hum
of voices.
The weather was fine, although a little threatening ; what appeared
to be a heavy rain went around to the south, about the time
announcement for dinner was on, but the Bowsers and their friends
were there to spend the day with each other and showed their devo-
tion to Bowser day by staying right there and only a stray drop
of rain fell within the confines of our beautiful grove. In a short
time all were happy and greetings, so characteristic of Bowser day,
continued merrily, for everybody is Bowser for the day. Visit-
ing, meeting friends of others years, renewing acquaintances and
forming new ones continued until dinner hour.
After the dinner was over and the faces were shaping up for the
Bowser smile the program was called on.
After some introductory remarks by the President, Rev. A. B.
Bowser, of Ford City, the assembly sang "My Country, 'Tis of
Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty," etc., with Mrs. Bowser at the piano.
Everybody sang ; the large flag hanging over the platform waved in
44 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
the breeze and the leaves rustled with joy. Rev. C. T. (Bowser)
Jack offered prayer, then all joined in sin^ng "Blest Be the Tie
That Binds." A solo was sung by Harold (Bowser) Spang, of
Leechburg, and the Treasurer, B. W. Wyant, gave his annual report,
followed by an inspiring address.
Frank Bowser played a violin solo, "Poet and Peasant," accom-
panied by Mrs. W. A. Barry on the piano. J. H. Bowser gave the
Secretary's report and in his pleasing manner said some very nice
things about the Bowser reunions for the last sixteen years.
Miss Isabelle Bowser, a teacher in the Wilmerding schools, enter-
tained with a beautiful solo, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. A. B.
Bowser.
Several vocal selections were rendered by Corbin (Bowser)
Wyant, Hyatt (Bowser) Hawk, Charles (Bowser) Smith, Harold
(Bowser) Spang, Frank, Wayland and Arda Bowser, with Mrs.
Barry at the piano. Then the Bowser Band played.
One thing noticeable at these annual gatherings is the dropping
out one by one of the older people. A few years agt> we could
count about a dozen of the dear old ones, but there were only two
of them there today — Jacob Booher, 89, and Sophia Bowser Wyant,
in her 90th year.
The nominating committee reported as follows: President, J. H.
Bowser, one of the founders of the Bowser Reunion and baby of
the family, who has served as its secretary for sixteen years ; Rev.
A. B. Bowser — he is the historian and hopes to have the history
of the family completed by the next anniversary ; Treasurer, Cham-
bers (Bowser) Frick ; Secretary, Dr. J. B. (Bowser) Wyant, and
they were duly elected.
The following are members of the executive committee : H. J.
Bowser, M. L. Bowser, Emanuel Bowser, Chambers Frick, B. W.
Wyant, William Bowser, A. B. Bowser, S. F. Bucher, C. G. Bowser,
Roy Bowser, Jacob L. Bowser, A. J. Bowser and Dr. J. B. F.
Wyant.
We Are Boys Again Today
By A. B. Bowser
(Tune — "Maryland, My Maryland.")
Behold ! across the grassy plain.
With stately tread and princely train.
From fields afar and foreign shore
The Bowser boys come home once more.
Where Allegheny's waters flow
And noble elms their shadows throw,
We gather on the verdant strand
And clasp again a brother's hand.
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'Neath alien skies we oft may roam,
And long for thee, our native home,
Dispersed abroad from east to west,
Tis here the spot we love the best.
Although the years, on pinion light,
Have borne us swiftly in their flight.
We sing the old songs bright and gay.
For we are boys again today.
CHORUS
Oh ! Armstrong County, ever dear !
We love thee through each passing year ;
And fondly now our friendship true
Within thy bounds we pledge anew.
CHAPTER X
Wills
I
I. Joseph D. Bowser, of Franklin Township, March 5, 1845.
Probated April 18, 1845. Children: John, Joseph, Sarah M. Swi-
gart, Eunice M. Morrison, Noah, Samuel, Jonas, Peter, Elizabeth.
Witnesses :
Wm. Noble,
Geo. Rarach.
Valentine Bowser
II. Valentine Bowser, of Franklin Township, Armstrong County,
Pennsylvania, do make and publish this my last will and testament,
hereby revoking and making void all former wills by me heretofore
made, as follows:
First: I direct that all my just debts be paid as soon after my
decease as possible.
Second : I will and devise all my estate, real and personal, to
my beloved wife, Elizabeth, to have use of and live on during her
natural life without being accountable to any heir or any other
person for such disposition as she may think fit to make of any
personal estate.
Third : I will and direct that any part of my said estate that may
be left at her decease after her just debts and funeral expenses be
paid, to be sold and equally divided among my children or their
lawful heirs, share and share alike.
Fourth: My second named executor shall not take any action
on my said estate during the life of my said wife, Elizabeth.
Fifth : I do hereby make and ordain my beloved wife, Elizabeth
(Fluke) Bowser, and my son, Abraham Bowser, executors of this
my last will and testament in witness whereof, I, Valentine Bowser,
the testator, have to this my will written on one sheet of paper set
my hand and seal this ninth day of March, 1851. Signed, sealed
and delivered in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed
in the presence of each other.
His
Valentine (X) Bowser.
mark
Wm. Noble,
Geo. Noble.
Probated March 15, 1852.
III. Valentine Bowser, Sugar Creek Township. In the name of
God, Amen, I bequeath to my sons John and Samuel
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HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 47
Bowser and my daughters Cristina Bowser (Smail) and Margaret
Bowser (Sites) tract of land, etc., 1836. Joseph Bowser.
I bequeath to (1) heirs of my son Moses Bowser the farm given
to Moses. (2) Jonathan to have the farm he lives on. (3) James
to have $1,000. (4) John, $1,000. (5) Catherine and Barbara the
farm I now live on. (6) Grandson Joseph, $75.00. (7) Grandson
Emanuel, $75.00.
Book, p. 278.
Probated January 28, 1792.
IV. 13th of March 1784 "I John Bowser of Washington County
and State of Md., being sick, and weak in body" — I do order that
my Exect' which I shall hereafter Name After my Decease, to sell
and dispose of all my real and personal estate on Bublick Vandue
and to give a Good a Law full Convayns for my real estate and then
to Aquent or to inform my friends in Germanic thereof, that if my
well beloved Brooder Jacob Bausser and my well beloved Sister.s
Barbara and Feronica in the Canton Bassel and County of Faspurg
and village called Damiken or either of their heirs, and it is further
my will that after my debts and funeral charges are paid, then I
g'ive and bequeathe to my well beloved Bruder or to his heirs, at
first Fifty Pounds of good and lawful money of this State, and after
I order that he or his heirs shall go in an equal sear with my two
Sisters Barbara and Feronica or with their heirs after such dis-
charge is made which I shall mentions. It is further my will and I
give and bequeath to the reformed Prispetarianer Congregation in
Hagerstown Fifty Pounds of good and lawful money for the use of
finishing the meeting house or towards the Ball and said sum of
money shall be paid by my Executor three years after my decease
and it is further etc. gives to Executor one hundred Pounds for his
trouble, order and constitute "Doct Henry Schnebely to be my
Executor.
His
Wit. Lawrence Protzman, John (X) Bausskr.
John Crumback, mark
William Conrad.
Inventory
1 large Bible 35/ 1 large history 20/ 1 large book 10/ 11 small
old books 22/6 2 old books 6/ some pewter, 1 old cythe
(the largest item)
2 stills both hold 190 gallons @ 41c a gallon 38.00
14>4 bushels of rye @ 3/6 21.09
also Indian corn, oats, buckwheat "very sorry"
wheat.
I old Syder mill.
23 old still tubs Total ^3.1019
dated April 3, 1792.
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V. Will of John Bowser of Hopewell Township, Bedford
County, registered in Bedford, September 3, 1813. The last will
and testament of John Bowser, of Hopewell Township, in the name
of God, amen, I, John Bowser, in a weak state but sound in mind,
in memory, having thought it proper to make a divide of my prop-
erty: 1. All my lawful debts to be paid. I bequeath to my loving
wife Mar}' three hundred dollars, one cow and bed and bedding
and one pat one saddle. I bequeath to my son John ten pounds,
I bequeath to my son Jacob ten pounds, I bequeath to my son
Mathers (Mathias) ten pounds, I bequeath to my son Valentine ten
pounds, I bequeath to my son Samuel ten pounds, I bequeath to my
son Nicholas ten pounds, I bequeath to my son Peter ten pounds.
I do request that my property be sold and equally divided between
my sons before mentioned and my daughter Mary, and my daughter
Elizabeth, and my daughter Catherine Kline and my daughter Uley
(Julia Ann), and my daughter Barbara. I do appoint Theodoris
Inorsberger and John Piper of Yellow Creek (Hopewell) my law-
ful executors. Signed and sealed this 19th day of June in the year
of our Lord 1813 in the presence of John Kay and William Williams.
His
John (X) Bowser.
mark
VI. Will of Andrew Bowser, York County, B. U. 154. Andrew
Bowser of Manheim Township. Mentions his Vv'ife Margaret — plan-
tation in Manheim Township containing 254 acres of land. After
said land is sold I bequeath $100 to my brother Adam Bowser
(afterward in Armstrong County) and if any is left $91.81 to
Andrew Bowser, son of Joseph Bowser; and if any remains equally
divide between Adam Bowser's children and Joseph's children and
Benjamin Bowser's children and Isaac Bowser's children.
His
Andrev^ (X) Bowser.
mark
VII. Benjamin Bowser's will. Son of Daniel, B. K. S. 394.
Died April 18, 1844: I, Benjamin Bowser, devise, that my planta-
tion, situated in Maryland, Baltimore County, shall be sold as soon
as convenient after my death, the widow, Catherine B., shall have
kitchen and house furniture, also two cows, if she choose: order
that the remainder of my estate be sold at vendue and my son Benj.
Bowser and son Samuel, late dwelling in Shrewsbury Township,
York County, all my heirs shall share alike: Elizabeth M., Joseph
Kaufman, George Bowser, Daniel Bowser. Catherine M., Peter
Ulrich (went to Ohio), Benj. Bowser and Samuel Bowser and
appoint Benj. Bowser and George Bowser sole executors. George
Bowser died aged 85 in Stark County, Ohio, will probated 1873.
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAAilLY 49
Daniel Bowser will dated 1878, Stark County, Ohio. Benjamin
Bowser, Samuel Bowser, Catherine Bowser, Michael Ulrich, died at
Wyandotte, Ohio, aged 85. Elizabeth, married Isaac Kaufman,
died Morrow County, Ohio, aged 86. These children of Benjamin
Bowser went before the Justice of the Peace in Stark County and
Wyandotte, Ohio, and made an acknowledgment that they received
their full share of Benjamin's estate.
His
Benjamin (X) Bowser.
mark
VIL Will of Daniel Bowser, York County, B. K. L. 446^
April 20, 1807. Wife Elizabeth Bowser. Children : Magdalena M.,
Nicholas Miller, Elizabeth M., Conrad Keppenheffer, Benj., Esther,
Joseph, Mary, Isaac, Jonas, Solomon and Adam.
VIII. John Bowser St. Clair Township, Bedford County, B. K.
L. 270. I, John Bowser, give my plantation and tract of land
whereon I now live, containing 180 acres, to my son George, he
paying thereout 670 pounds lawful money to my other children,
Michael, Elizabeth m. to John Mack, Ann Elizabeth m., Henry
Beckley, Eve m., John Arthurs 152 pounds, 10 shillings each, and
60 pounds to the children of my daughter Madalena Swoveland
(except John). Geo. Imler, Ex. 1808. (This property John Bow-
ser bought from Starcher. See deed.)
IX. Will of David Bowser, Bedford County Wills, Book 1, page
340. St. Clair Township. Date of probate, March 22, 1813. . . .
Give and bequeath unto wife Elizabeth one-third of my real and
personal estate during the time she remains my widow, no sale to
be made of estate during the time she remains my widow ; after her
decease to be equally divided between my children, viz. : Catraut
Bowser, Elizabeth Bowser, Mary Bowser, Catharine Bowser, Valen-
tine Bowser, John Bowser, Easter Bowser, and my grandson John
Mock. . , . Appoints James Clark, Sr., and William Clark,
Esq., executors. "Set my hand and seal," 19th day of October, 1810.
His
David (X) Bowser.
mark
CHAPTER XI
BOWSERS WAR RECORD
Revolutionary War
The ancestors of the Bowsers sprang from the pioneers and
founders of democracy.
History has recorded the influence of the far-visioned prophets of
liberty, Oliver Cromwell, William of Orange, William Penn and
Roger Williams ; but the cradle of democracy was rather on the con-
tinent, among the Huguenots of France, the Mennonites of Switzer-
land and the Anabaptists of Germany. We can readily understand
why the Palatine natives came to Pennsylvania in such predominat-
ing numbers. The "Holy Experiment" of the noble Penn found an
echo in their souls. The Bowsers have always borne their full share
in the various wars for liberty, and promptly marched to battle
under the Stars and Stripes at the call of Washington and Lincoln
and McKinley and Wilson. Many of them gave their lives and
today repose in graves forever honored.
At the opening of the Revolution, 1775, able-bodied citizens of
Pennsylvania formed themselves into military companies and were
known as Associators. Five battalions were organized in York
County. No complete muster is now known to be in existence. The
7th Battalion of York County Militia, organized under the state con-
stitution of 1776, was commanded by David Kennedy, Colonel, with
James Agnew, Lieutenant Colonel; John Means, Major; page 271,
muster roll for this battalion, 1777-1778, privates: Jacob Bowser,
Noah Bowser, Daniel Bowser, Abram Bowser.
Page 274 — 3d Co., 5th Battalion, 1780: Daniel Bowser. John
Bowser.
Page 275— 6th Co., 5th Battalion : Michael Bowser.
York County, Penn. Arch. 6th series. Vol. 2, a list of the 3d Co.,
5th Battalion of York County Militia, October, 1780. Capt. Peter
Zolinger. 5th class: Daniel Bowser. 7th class: Jacob Bowser.
Returns of the 3d Co., Paradise Township, August 29, 1781-2:
Jacob Bowser, Daniel Bowser, John Bowser.
Muster roll of the 7th Co., 7th Battalion, October, 1785. Capt.
John Wampler: Christian Bowser, Jonnas (Jonas) Bowser.
Sixth Co., 1785. Capt. Andrew Former: Samuel Bowser.
Capt. Adam Shoffer's Co., 5th Battalion. York County Militia,
private: John Bowser.
Muster roll, 1785, of Hanover Township, Capt. Simon Clear:
Joseph Bowser.
Associators and Militia, Capt. Andrew Bailey, privates : Michael
Bowser.
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Militia, 1782, David Jamison, Colonel : Henry Bowser.
Archives, 6th series, York County Militia, Camp Security, Decem-
ber 21, 1781 : "This is to certify that Jacob Bowser has served his
full time of duty agreeable to the law in the 7th class of York County
Militia, under the command of Capt. Pennington, and is discharged
by me, George Gyselman, Capt.
Associates and Militia of York County, Capt. Zahniger : Abram
Bowser, Daniel Bowser, Noah Bowser, Jacob Bowser.
Penna. Archives, 6th series. Vol. 2. Associates and Militia, York
County: "This is to certify that John Bowser, associate, has served
in my company from May 4, 1782, to June 21, 1783." Peter Ford,
Captain.
Penna. Archives 2d series, Vol. 1.
Associators and Militia : William Bowser.
Vol. 2, series 14, Bensalem Township, Associated Co. : Henry
Bowser.
Sixth Battalion, Berks Co. Militia, 1780, Sergeant : Peter Bowser.
Page 666, Capt. Paxton's Ranging Co., Bedford Co., 1781, 3:
Jacob Bowser.
1 — William Bowser, , 10th Pennsylvania.
2— Jacob Bowser, 1777-78, 7th Battalion, York County Militia.
3 — Michael Bowser, about 1782, 5th Battalion, York County Militia.
4 — Noah Bowser, 1777-78, 7th Battalion, York County Militia.
5~Abraham Bowser, 1777-78, 7th Battalion, York County Militia.
6— Daniel Bowser, 1781, 1777-78, 7th Battalion, York County
Militia.
7 — Peter Bowser, Ranger on Frontier, Northumberland County.
1778-83.
8 — Andrew Bowser, 1777, 5th Battalion, Philadelphia Militia.
9 — Christian Bowser, 1781, 7th Battalion, Lancaster County Militia.
10 — ^Jonas Bowser, 1785, 7th Battalion, York County Militia.
11 — Henry Bow'ser, 1783, York County Militia, Col. David Jamison.
12 — ^Joseph Bowser, 1785, Hanover Co., York County Militia.
13— Samuel Bowser, 1785, 6th Co., York County Militia.
14 — ^Joseph Bowser, 2d Lt., 1776, 3d Battalion, 7th Co., Northum-
berland County Militia.
15 — ^John Bowser, 1781, 3d Co., Paradise Township, York County
Militia.
Associators and Militia, York County: "This is to certify that
John Bowser has served in my company from Mav 4, 1782, to June
21, 1783. Peter Ford, Captain."
Mathias Bowser, Jr., lived in Paradise Township, York County,
and since Jacob, Samuel, Noah and Abram Bowser are recorded in
the same township, they evidently were his sons.
52 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Bowsers in the' Civil War
Addison H. Bowser, 39th Ohio Inf., 2nd lieutenant.
Alex D. Bowser, 137th Pa., private.
Benjamin S. Bowser, 12th Ohio Vol. Cav., corporal.
Aaron J. Bowser, 103d Pa., private.
Daniel Bowser, 103d Pa., private.
Daniel L. Bowser, 55th Pa., private.
David Bowser (cousin of Daniel L.), 55th Pa., private.
Emanuel Bowser, 37th Pa., private.
Hezekiah Bowser (son of Noah and Catherine), 78th Pa., private.
James M. Bowser (son of Daniel and Hannah), 29th Ind., private.
Joshua Crawford Bowser, 103d Pa., musician.
Mark C. Bowser (son of Noah and Catherine), 78th Pa., private.
Mathias P. Bowser, 78th Pa., private.
Mathias A. Bowser, 78th Pa., private.
Nicholas Bowser, 55th Pa., private.
Peter O. Bowser, 78th Pa., sergeant.
John G. Bowser (son of Jacob and Rachel), 12th Ohio Vol. Cav.,
corporal.
John W. Bowser (son of Michael), 12th Ohio Inf., 2nd lieutenant.
Henry Bowser (son of Jacob of Ohio), 2d Calif. Cav., private.
Samuel A. Bowser, 104th Pa., 2nd lieutenant.
George and Wm. R. Bowser, of Michigan.
Eli, James and Christian Bowser, of Ohio.
John G. Bowser, 78th Pa., private.
Thomas H. Bowser, 62d Pa., corporal.
William H. Bowser (son of Jacob of Mar>'land), 12th 111. Inf., 2nd
lieutenant.
William J. Bowser, 78th Pa., private.
William Bowser, 78th Pa., private.
Washington R. Bowser, 78th Pa., private.
Alex M. Bowser (son of John), 139th Pa., private.
John R. Bowser, 139th Pa., private.
Jacob F. Bowser (son of John), 139th Pa., private.
John F. Bowser, 159th Pa., private.
Jeremiah Bowser, 76th Pa., private.
John W. Bowser (son of Henry and Emily of Kosciusko Co., Ind.),
74th Ind., private.
Adam Bowser, 12th Md. Inf., private.
Chas. W. Bowser (son of Adam of Maryland), 3d Reg't Potomac
Home Brigade Inf., private.
Samuel Bowser (son of John and Elizabeth). 4th Ohio Vol. Cav.,
corporal.
Jacob Bowser (son of John and Elizabeth), 4th Ohio Vol. Cav.,
private.
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Elwood Bowser (son of John and Elizabeth).
John W. Bowser (son of John and Elizabeth, born 1829), I87th
Ohio Vol. Inf., private.
John Bowser, 195th Pa. Vol. Inf., private.
George W. Bowser, Co. F, 76th Reg't Pa. Vol. Inf., private.
— From Chas. A. Bowser.
Bowsers in the World War
Wayland Stanley Bowser, 1st lieutenant France
Frank Excell Bowser, sergeant Rahway, N. J.
Arda J. Bowser, marine aviation Boston, Mass,
Corbin Wayland Wyant, sailor New York City
Roy Frick Booher France
Ford W. Frick France
Orville Frick Cape May, N. J.
William Clyde Bowser France
Lewis Bowser Arizona
Sylvester Hyndman Smith France
William Calvin Bowser Oglethorpe, Ga.
Hyatt Hawk France
Edward Gumbert France
Hollace Gumbert Georgia
Jay Finley Wyant Georgia
Herman Schreckengost Georgia
William Arthur Bowser France
Ralph John, buried on Bowser Day.
Edward E. Evans, captain Pike, Ark.
Frederick Bowser France
Charles Bowser France
Paul Crytzer France
Wade Bailey Bowser France
Orman Younkins France
Blair Toy Georgia
Kirneal Mechling Georgia
Clarence Bowser Georgia
Edgar Westlake France
Howard Westlake France
Clement Arthur Cox France
Harry A. Bowser France
William A. Bowser . . . . ^ France
Guilford C. Brown Camp Lee, Va.
Eugene M. Brown France
Mabel G. Hudson, nurse France
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Catharine Leone Bowser, nurse France
Paul Lavvson Bowser France
John Thoburn Beck France
George H. Chappell France
Pressie M. Hooks France
Harry L. Kegg France
William Thomas Bowser France
Harry Ed. Bowser Honolulu, H. I.
Casper Bowser Navy
Bryan B. Bowser, corporal France
Henr)' A. Hudson, sergeant France
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WARREN G. HARDING
In June. 1920, the news was flashed around the world that Harding
and CooHdge were the nominees of the Republican convention for the pres-
idency and vice-presidency of the United .States. The fall election gave
them the most overwhelming triumph in the history of the nation. Again
the people asserted their confidence in the predominant type of an American
president — a man born in the common ranks and elevated to greatness by his
own efforts and the integrity of his character. His election for the supreme
office of the country was not a chance or the accident of a political exigency.
He stood a towering personality before the aspirants to the presidency. Like
all famed men of history, like Lincoln and Grant, he was ready when the
summons to duty called. Twenty years ago my father wrote me the proph-
ecy: "Some day Warren will be president of the United States." President
Warren G. Harding was born at Corsica, Morrow County, Ohio, November
2, 1865, son of Dr. George Tryon and Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding,
grandson of Mary Ann (Crawford) and Charles A. Harding, and great-
grandson of Sophia (Stevens) and Joshua Crawford, thus linking him with
our Bowser family on the maternal side. Sophia Stevens was a sister of
Mary Stevens, who married Abram Bowser. President Harding was edu-
cated in the public schools and the Ohio Central University at Iberia, Ohio.
In 1871 Dr. Harding moved from Blooming Grove to Caledonia, and scon
after started a country newspaper. Here Warren picked up a knowledge of
typesetting and managing a newspaper, an important step in his career. In
1882 Dr. Harding moved again, this time to Marion, an enterprising, grow-
ing interior city now known over the world. Here the future President
found his opportunity as reporter, manager, editor and publisher of the
"Marion Star," now one of the most influential dailies in the state. He soon
gained the attention of the political leaders of the state and was elected to
the Ohio State Senate in 1900. In 1904-6 he was lieutenant governor and
in 1914 he was elected to the Senate of the United States. At the National
Republican Convention, 1912, he nominated President Taft for the presi-
dency and in 1916 was chairman of the convention, and his address gave the
keynote of the campaign. In 1891 he married Florence Kling of Marion, whose
portrait appears wiith that of her famous husband, a woman whose intelligence
and good judgment have been potential factors in his success. By her nat-
ural grace and kindliness, and like her husband "possessed of a preeminent
gift of friend-making," she has gained more than applause — the esteem of
all classes. President Harding came into ofiice in a difficult time, in the
after-sludge of the World war — stagnation, high prices, demoralized com-
merce and general moral breakdown. But he has fulfilled the pledges he
made to the people and today stands in the full confidence of the nation — an
humble, kindly, wise. Christian president of all the people. Aside from
the constructive policies of his administration, now beginning to bring order
out of chaos, the one inspired master move — his summoning the civilized
nations to a conference on disarmament and its complete success — will be
sufficient to make his fame immortal.
Hon. Adam Martin W'vant
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 63
ADAAI MARTIN AVYANT
Hon. Adam Martin Wyant (2299) was born on a farm near Montgom-
eryville, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, September 15, 1869, a son of Chris-
tian Yerty and Elizabeth (John) Wyant. He was one of a family of six
children whose parents provided for them the highest educational advan-
tages. After finishing in the public school course, he taught one year prior
to entering Reid Institute, Reidsburg, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, where
he spent a year, and in the spring of 1889 entered the Western Pennsylvania
Classical and Scientific Institute at Mount Pleasant, Pa., where he graduated
in 1890. The three succeeding j^ears he was at Bucknell University, but relin-
quished his work there to finish his course in the University of Chicago. He
taught at the Mt. Pleasant Institute where he had previously been a student,
during 1894-95, and was graduated at the University of Chicago, 1895, with
the degree of A. B. While in the academy and college he won distinction
throughout the country in the athletic field. He maintained a high rank in
scholarship, taking the college entrance prize of $300, as well as the prize in
oratory at Mount Pleasant. In 1896 he was elected principal of the public
schools of Greensburg, Pa., and after serving two months as principal, a
superintendency was created, and he was elected for two terms of three
years each.
Having decided to follow the legal profession, he registered as a law
student with Hon. Willis D. Patton of Kittanning, and J. M. Hunter of
Pittsburgh, and during vacations prepared for admission to the bar. He was
admitted to the Allegheny County Bar on December 21, 1901, and to the
Westmoreland County Bar on May 5, 1902, and immediately took up his
practice at Greensburg. He has been admitted to the practice of law in the
Appellate courts of Pennsylvania and also the United States Federal courts.
In March, 1911, he formed a partnership with Hon. Edward E. Rcbbins,
which continued until the death of Senator Robbins on January 25. 1919.
and then formed a partnership with Paul J. Abraham, January 2, 1921, of
which firm he is the senior member.
Shortly after his admission to the bar he began the manufacture of
coke and the mining of coal, and at present is extensively engaged in the
business, acting as secretary' and treasurer for the several companies with
which he is connected. He also has a large interest in several banking insti-
tutions in his county and serves as a director in the Safe Deposit and Trust
Company, of Greensburg, Pa.
In 1920 he was a candidate for Congress in the Twenty-second District
of Pennsylvania and vv'as elected by the largest majority ever given a Repub-
lican for Congress from that district. In 1922 he received the nomination
without opposition.
On December 1, 1909. he married Katharine Nelson Doty, daughter of
Hon. Lucien Wilson Doty, judge for several terms of the Westmoreland
County Common Pleas Court. They have two children: Anna Moore, born
June 23, 1912, and Adam Martin, Jr., born September 1, 1917.
His record in Congress has confirmed the confidence of his constituents
and justified his election to so exalted a position of responsibility in the
nation.
Sheriff Chambers Frick
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 65
ANDREW ROBERT ELMER WYANT
Andrew Robert Elmer Wyant, A.B., A.M., B.D., Ph. D., M.D., son of
Christian Y. and EHzabeth (John) Wyant, was born on his father's farm
near Montgomeryville, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1867. He
acquired the rudiments of an education at the old Ruffner school, where the
three R's were taught nearly a century ago. Heredity and wholesome hard
work on the farm gave him a stalwart physique and proportionate stamina.
He entered Reid Institute, with the writer as his chum, in April, 1880.
While a student at Reidsburg he united with the Baptist Church, and was
there licensed to preach. For four years he taught school, then returned
to study at Bucknell Academy, from which he graduated in 1888. He
entered Bucknell University in the fall of 1888 and graduated with the
highest honors in 1892, taking scholarship prizes in literature, mathematics,
oratory, psychology and philosophy ; graduated from the Divinity School of
the University of Chicago in 1895, with historical fellowship honors ; received
the degrees of master of arts and doctor of philosophy for post-graduate
work; member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity; college tennis champion;
played football for seven years against colleges from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, and was the first captain of the University of Chicago team. He
gave the commencement oration at Bucknell. 1917, choosing as his subject
"Football and Preparedness." While at Bucknell and Chicago he was stu-
dent pastor, and was pastor of the Morgan Park Baptist Church, Chicago,
and continued for over ten years during which period he received into mem-
bership 594 and erected a new edifice ; edited the "Baptist Record" and
author of "The English Reformation and Puritanism." based upon the lec-
tures of his father-in-law, Dean Hulbert. Doctor Wyant went abroad in
1900 and witnessed the Passion Play. He has given more than 200 lectures
on that religious drama. He belongs to the Masonic order. Doctor Wyant
took the course in medicine at the Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery,
graduating in 1908, and is now well known and successful in his profession.
His articles on Modern, Mental and Religious Cults have attracted wide
attention. He is a member of the American, Illinois and Chicago Medical
Associations, Red Cross war physician ; on Chicago hospital corps, and
responds to calls for lectures and public addresses on religious and current
subjects. Always a hard worker with a defi.nite plan, he is an example and
challenge to the boy on the farm, of what can be won by industry, native
talent and perseverance. Doctor Wyant married Louise Hulbert, daughter
of Dean Eri B. Hulbert, of the Divinity School of the University of Chi-
cago. They have two children, Florence and Elizabeth.
WILLIAM H. BOWSER
William H. Bowser was born in Kittanning, Pa., February 16, 1857, a
son of William Fluke and Margaret E. Bowser, grandson of Christian and
Susana (Fluke) Bowser, great-grandson of Jacob Bowser, the oldest son of
"Hopewell" John. Mr. Bowser was reared in Kittanning and has always
lived there. He attended the public schools of North Buffalo Township and
Kittanning, and Pritner's Academy. He has been a successful business man
and conspicuous in- the social and political affairs of the town and county.
The people expressed their confidence in him by giving him a great majority
in his election (1919) to the office of county commissioner. He married (1)
Clara W. Moul of Allegheny, and (2) Ida B. Bowser of North Buffalo
Township.
Sylvanus F. Bowser
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 67
SYLVANUS F. BOWSER
Mr. Bowser was born August 8, 1854, eight miles north of Fort Wayne,
Ind. His father was John H. Bowser and his mother's maiden name was
Eliza Kariger.
About three months of elementary instruction in the district school was
the extent of his school experience. Later, however, self-instruction gave
him some knowledge of primary arithmetic.
Chopping wood, delivering ice and other rough labor served as his intro-
duction to the business of earning a livelihood. He traveled for some time
as salesman for a paper house.
At the age of 31 (1885) he conceived the idea of a self-measuring pump
for coal oil. With the aid of his brother and his nephew, x'VUen A. Bowser,
he built the first device, and continued to build others from that time on.
Likewise, he sold the products of the embryo shop, was its bookkeeper and
general majiager until the business was started and was its president for
thirty-seven years. January 1, 1922, he was elected chairman of the board
of directors.
The company which grew out of such a small beginning has branched
out and expanded until today S. F. Bowser & Company, Inc., employs about
twenty-five hundred people; has two subsidiary companies (S. F. Bowser
Co., Ltd., Toronto, Canada, and S. F. Bowser & Co. of Texas, Dallas, Tex.) ;
has a manufacturing plant at Milwaukee, Wis. ; has warehouses in Albany,
N. Y. ; Dallas. Tex., and San Francisco, Calif. ; tank assembly plants at
Albany, Dallas, San Francisco and Sydney, Australia, and ofiices and sales-
men in all of the principal cities of the world.
The company is valued at approximately ten million dollars, has a pay-
roll of two and one-quarter million dollars per year and is enjoying steady
growth and development.
As stated, Mr. Bowser is now chairman of the board of directors, and
Allen A. Bowser, who helped start the business, and Harry M. Bowser, his
son, are vice-presidents.
Mr. Bowser was married in 1877 to Sarah F. Russell and to this union six
children were born : Harry, Eva, William Hugh, Albert, Verne and Mildred.
Mr. Bowser is enjoying vigorous health in his sixty-eighth year and gives
promise of many years more of active business life.
Doctor Mortimore Copsy Hawk
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 69
^ CHAMBERS FRICK
Sheriff Chambers Frick, son of Abraham and Delilah (Bowser) Frick,
was born at Montgomeryville, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, November
26, 1852. He is a sturdy type of the self-made man. The start of an edu-
cation he received in the public schools. His broader, practical knowledge
he has acquired by his own effort. He early learned the value of efficiency
in whatever sphere he was placed. If he was set to a task with a bunch
of men, he was soon their foreman. He has mastered several trades ; kept
store for many years; was justice of the peace, mine foreman, bank director,
United States Labor Board official, and sheriff of Armstrong County, Penn-
sylvania. In 1871 he entered the employ of the Montecello Furnace Com-
pany, three miles north of Kittanning on the Allegheny River. One year
later he was given charge of the company's coal mines and coke yards, with
a daily "pot" of 4,000 bushels of coal, at that time the largest iron furnace
in that part of the state. In 1878 he went to Dixonville, Pa., and opened a
coal mine for his uncle. Dr. M. S. Bowser. In 1881 he opened a mercantile
business in the village of Montgomeryville, Pa., and continued for twenty-five
years until elected sheriff in 1906. At present he is a director of the Mer-
chant's National Bank of Kittanning, president of the Limestone company,
and conducts a wholesale and retail flour and feed store. He married Nancy
Flenner, November 3. 1870. They have the following chddren : Mary Deli-
lah, Ada Jane, Rose Lee, Lottie Belle. Lillian Helen, James H., Florence,
Chambers F.. and Rufus S. Chambers Frick is one of our executive com-
mittee and has served as treasurer and in various capacities. He has had
a great interest in the publishing of this history, and it is in part to his
effort the book could be prnited promptly when it was ready.
ISAAC BOWSER
Professor Isaac Bowser, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Bowser, was
born November 23, 1841, near New Freedom. York County. Pennsylvania.
Early in life he discovered a love of music in his soul and began to study
its science, both vocal and instrumental. At the age of 18 he was teaching
singing schools when not at work on his father's farm. A few years later
he began instructing brass bands, and since that beginning he has had over
2,000 pupils under his instruction. At the age of 29 he bought a farm of
33 acres near the homestead and has resided there ever since. He married
Anna Flory, daughter of Jacob H. and Mary Flory, of Canton, Ohio. Those
who were at the Bowser Reunion (1921) will never forget the genial, bright-
eyed man "from New Freedom. York County," apparently in middle life,
who held them with his happy address and entertained them with a song.
MORTIMORE COPSY HAWK
Dr. Mortimore Copsy Hawk, son of John M. and Anna Elizabeth (Bow-
ser) Hawk of Kittanning, Pa., was born January 11, 1873, at St. Petersburg,
Clarion County, Pennsylvania, one of eighteen children, thirteen of whom
are living. He was educated in the public schools, Kittanning Academy and
Reid Institute, Reidsburg, Pa., and took his medical degree at the University
of Pittsburgh, Pa., class of 1896. He married Pearl E. Strayer of Colorado.
Doctor Hawk went to Chicago after his graduation from the university and
located there, and has enjoyed a fine practice. Although enamored of his
location, the lure of the scenes of his boyhood and love of his family draw
him in repeated visits to his parents and friends in Armstrong County.
His residence is at Blue Island, 111.
Doctor Jay Crawford Booher
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 71
JAY CRAWFORD BOOHER
Dr. Jay Crawford Booher, son of Jacob and Sarah Ann (Bowser)
Booher, was born on his father's farm in Washington Township, Armstrong
County. Pennsylvania, March 20, 1867. He is one of nine children, four
sons and five daughters. (See picture group.) Doctor Booher began his
education in the public schools in Armstrong County, later becoming a stu-
dent in Reid Institute and Clarion State Normal School, Clarion, Pa., and
preparing for his profession in the medical department of the Western Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, which he entered in 1889, and was graduated in
1892. Immediately after his graduation he located at Falls Creek, Pa., and
since has enjoyed an extensive practice, his talents and culture having gained
for him an honorable position in the medical fraternity. Shortly after Doctor
Booher located at Fails Creek there appeared a disease among the workers
of the tanneries that baffled the older physicians. Four cases died in a
few days, and Doctor Booher made the diagnosis as anthrax, which proved
to be correct. Under his treatment the patients began to recover. Since then
he has treated more than a thousand cases and only lost four. His fame as
specialist in anthrax has spread throughout the United States. He is con-
sulted in the largest hospitals in the country and his success in treating this
dread disease has not been surpassed in the history of medicine. He has
given special attention to the schools of his town and has been instrumental
in making many improvements. He is a member of the Jefferson County
Medical Society, American Medical Association and the Pennsylvania State
Medical Society, the Penns\-lvania Railroad Surgeon's Association ; also con-
sulting surgeon to the Adrian Hospital, Punxsutawney, Pa. ; Central Leather
Company, New York; staff surgeon of the Maple Avenue Hospital, Dubois,
Pa., and surgeon for the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. He is also an enthu-
siastic adherent of the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Garfield
Lodge No. 559 of Dubois, Pa. ; Jefferson Royal Arch Chapter No. 25 of
Brookville; charter member Bethany Commandery No. 83 of Dubois; charter
member of Williamsport Consistory, Acacia Club, and a charter member of
Jaffa Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. of Altoona. He prizes a jewel (25 year)
presented by the Falls Creek Lodge No. 957, I. O. O. F. In college days
he won great fame as an all-round athlete. He won the football team imme-
diately upon entering the university and remained with the team during his
full course. He also was in the champion class in wrestling, boxing and
broad-jump. For a number of years he has been engaged in raising the best
bred pacers and trotters. His horses and trained bird dogs and gun provide
him the diversions he most enjoys. Doctor Booher married Sara Jane Car-
rier, daughter of J. E. Carrier, a prominent business man of Falls Creek.
He has a daughter, Sara.
DALLAS D. BOWSER
Dallas D. Bowser, son of Mathias Bowser of Manor Township, Armstrong
County, Pennsylvania, was born February 20, 1857. Like all his brothers and
sisters, he received a good education and specialized in agriculture and stock-
raising. He was recognized as the most extensive breeder of fine horses in
the county. After suffering great financial losses through incendiary fires,
he moved to Warren, Ohio, where he continued the same business until
recently. He married Mary Myrtle Kettermg and has two children, Mary,
born November 12, 1892, and Casper Findley, born August 14, 1894. Casper
married Katharine Portevus. They have one child, Elizabeth Jean, born
October 31, 1920. Casper and Mary attended the country schools, later the
schools of Warren, Ohio. After their graduation from the high school, Mary
took a course in the University of Chicago. Casper enlisted in the navy
May, 1917, and was in active service until discharged in July, 1919.
S. F. Booker
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SAMUEL FURMAN BOOHER
Sheriff Samuel F. Booher is a native of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania,
and a descendant of Bartholomew Bucher, an emigrant from Switzerland,
who owned considerable land in Frederick County, Maryland, and died there.
His will is recorded in Frederick County. He had at least three sons, Bar-
tholomew, Jr., Peter and Mathias Bucher. Bartholomew, Jr., and Mathias
received land in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, by their father's will, October
21, 1791. Deeds to this land are recorded in the court house at Bedford.
This tract was surveyed in 1767 and contained 317 .acres, and was purchased
by Bartholomew in 1777. Bartholomew, Jr., lives on his half of the above
land near Bedford. He had the following children : Frederick, Elizabeth,
Christina-, Catharine, Juliana. They received by his will, dated October 26,
1822, 541 acres — Elizabeth 137 acres, the others 96 each. Frederich Bucher
married Elizabeth Wyant. In 1830 he sold his two farms at Everett, Bed-
ford County, Pennsylvania, and moved to Armstrong County near Mont-
gomeryville. Frederich BuCher was the grandfather of the subject of this
sketch. (See Dr. J. C. Booher.) Samuel F. Booher has attained a com-
manding position in Armstrong County and in the state, a position he has
gained by his own efforts and intelligence. He began as a farmer and
storekeeper at Sherrett, Pa. He was elected sheriff of Armstrong County
in 1894, and county treasurer in 1902. He was twice county chairman
of the Armstrong County Republican organization, and two terms post-
master at Kittanning, being reappointed the second term by President
Taft. He has been engaged in stockraising and has bred some of the fastest
horses in the state. He has erected and owns the most valuable apartment
houses in Kittanning. Besides his town properties he owns a tract of more
than 700 acres of land near the place where he was reared in Washington
Township. He married (1) Sarah Titley, daughter of Walter Titley of
Sherrett, Pa., and (2) Demps Beighley, daughter of Samuel J. and Hannah
(Rowe) Beighley, of Vandergrift, Pa.
Martin Luther Bowser
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 75
MARTIN LUTHER BOWSER
Martin Luther Bowser, sen of Martin L. and Nancy (McGinnis) Bowser,
and a grandson of Mathias Bowser (133). was born at Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio, June 2'6, 1859. Mathias Bowser, son of "Hopewell" John
Bowser, was the first of John's children to move to Armstrong County, in
1798, and purchased land now incorporated in the town of Kittanning. Mar-
tin L. Bowser, son of Mathias, and father of Martin L., was born in 1814,
and died in 1888. He was given a medical education but never practiced, his
inclinations leading him to agriculture and lumbering. For several years he
lived in Ohio, then moved to Pike County, W. Va. Martin L., the subject
of this sketch, attended the public schools of his section and later taught
school in Tyler and Wetzel counties, W. Va. In 1886 he went to Pittsburgh,
where he was employed as a clerk. After two years he took up similar work
with A. Grow in a general store at Fairview, Butler County, Pa., remaining
two years. Another period of two years were spent in the store business at
Duke Centre, Pa. On May 31, 1890, he married Edith Krotzer, who died
June 24, 1897, daughter of David Krotzer of Smethport, Pa. In 1890 he
located in Butler, Pa., where he was engaged in the grocery and bakery
business for two and a half years ; in 1893 he returned to Pittsburgh and
became a salesman in the large shoe house of W. M. Laird and remained for
two years. By this time he had learned many business details necessary for
successful merchandising, especially in the shoe business, and in 1895 he came
to Kittanning, where he settled permanently and opened a shoe store of his
own in the most desirable location on Market street. He was eminently
successful and four years ago erected a large buff brick building on the
opposite side of the street, where he is now located in the largest shoe store
between Pittsburgh and Buffalo, doing both wholesale and retail business.
There were two children by his first marriage : Winnif red L., m. James A.
Gault, II, and Cecil Edith, m. John P. Roberts. On August 1, 1899, he mar-
ried Mary M. Krotzer. They have had three children : Elizabeth C, Jeane
Rebecca, and Martin Kenneth.
His residence at Applewold, just across the river from Kittanning, for-
merly the property of Hon. Calvin Rayburn, is attractive both in architecture
and its location. Mr. Bowser and his family are active members of the
Presbyterian church of Kittanning.
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JACOB AND SARAH ANN (BOWSER) BOOHER FAMILY
Sarah Ann Bowser, daughter of Abram and Mary (Stevens) Bowser,
was born near Walk Chalk. Pa., August. 1830. and died March 2, 1916. She
married Jacob Booher. son of Frederick and Christina (Wyant) Booher,
born September, 1830. Shortly after their marriage, Mr. Booher bought the
Reed farm in Washington Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
After a residence there of about five years he purchased the Simon Fair
farm near Sherrett, Pa., which he still owns. On this farm, Mr. and Mrs.
Booher reared their family of eleven children, eight of whom are living.
By the intelligent methods applied to the land upon which they lived, and
extensive stock raising, their farm became conspicuous in the county. They
were industrious, hospitable to all their friends, and, like all of their children,
members of the Baptist church. Mr. Booher is still living at the advanced
age of ninety-two. and, except failing sight, has all his faculties perfectly
preserved. They had the following children : Abram, Mary Catharine, Eva-
line, Melissa Jane, Samuel Furman, Frederick F. B., Leah Amanda, Rosanah,
Joshua Crawford. Sophia Elizabeth and Lydia Ann.
CHARLES A. BOWSER
Charles A. Bowser is the son of William W. and Nettie (Tague)
Bowser. His father was born in Indiana in 1849, a son of Daniel Bowser,
born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, in 1812. Charles A. was educated
in the Kansas State Normal school and the University of Southern Califor-
nia. He married Alice M. McMinn, a descendant of the Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, McMinns. Mr. Bowser has spent several years, starting in
1902. in collecting data for a complete "Genealogy of the Bowser Family."
He has traveled extensively and visited many states in his quest for Bowser
records, especially of York and Somerset counties of Pennsylvania, and of
Alaryland, Ohio and Indiana Bowsers. The writer of this work received
valuable assistance from him and was pleased to give such information as
he could in return. In May, 1922, Mr. and Mrs. Bowser moved from
Pittsburgh to Los Angeles, where he will go into business.
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RIED FRAMPTON SHIELDS
Rev. Ried Frampton Shields (147), son of Emma Margaret (Bowser)
and Samuel Frampton Shields, was born at Allerton, Iowa, March 1, 1893.
He attended the public schools of this city, graduating from the high school
in 1908. He took a secretarial course in the Capital City College, Des
Moines, graduating in 1909, and entered Tarkio College, Tarkio Missouri, in
1910, where he graduated with the B. S. degree in 1914. He then took up
his theological studies in the theological seminary of his church at Pitts-
burgh, graduating in 1917, and was ordained in June of that year by the
Des Moines Presbytery of the United Presbyterian Church as a missionary
to the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. He sailed for his station in October, 1917,
and has been located since that time at Omdurman, the old Dervish capital,
and has been director of the American mission schools in the Sudan. He
is now on furlough at his home in Allerton, Iowa, where his mother lives.
JOHN M. AND ANN ELIZA (BOWSER) HAWK FAMILY
John M. Hawk, a great-grandson of Esther (Bowser) John, was born
August 6, 1848. He married Ann Eliza, a daughter of Benjamin S. and
Elizabeth (Yerty) Bowser, born November 18, 1848. Mr. Hawk spent his
early life on a farm in the great pine timber belt of Indiana County, Penn-
sylvania, five miles from Punxsutawney. His father was both farmer and
lumberman, having a large saw mill on his place, and his boys all became
expert woodmen. After his marriage Mr. Hawk settled in the Armstrong
and Clarion County oil fields and worked at his trade, that of carpenter,
changing locations as the oil booms shifted. About 1875 he bought a farm
near Montgomeryville, Pa., where he lived for several years, later removing
to a house he built on the west bank of the Allegheny River near Kittanning,
where he now lives. Mr. Hawk is a well-known contractor and builder,
erecting buildings of every size and for every purpose ; remarkably vigorous,
quick in judgment and a speedy workman. Mr. and Mrs. Hawk have had
sixteen children: Benjamin S., Dr. Mortimore C, Jennie Roduska, Hattie Alay,
William E., Flossie Ora, Elizabeth Lee, John Herbert, Rachel C, Grace A.,
Mervin C, Mildred Florence, Annalee, David Boggs, Hyatt L. The worthy
parents of this great family are esteemed members of the First Baptist
Church of Kittanning, where he holds the office of senior deacon.
GEORGE B. BOWSER
George B. Bowser was born March 22, 1868, near Montgomeryville, Arm-
strong County, Pennsylvania, son of J. Crawford and Kisiah Bowser. Went
to Jefiferson County in 1878. After a course in the country school he engaged
in mining till 1895, when he embarked in the mercantile business at Rathmel,
Pa., which has been his vocation up to this time. He was appointed post-
master in 1897, and served in that capacity till 1913. Mr. Bowser belongs to
the following lodges: F. & A. M. No. 536: I. O. O. F. ; K. of P. He married
Jennie Mcintosh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Mcintosh of Rath-
mel, Pa., December 19, 1900. They have five children: Ralph, died August
20, 1905; George, died March 16, 1915; Belva, senior in Reynoldsville high
school ; Helen, freshman in Reynoldsville high school ; Alexander, now in
the public school at Rathmel. He and his family are members of the Pres-
byterian Church of Reynoldsville.
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HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 83
GEORGE AND DELILAH (WYANT) BOYLESTEIN
FAMILY
George Boylestein came from Germany when a young man and learned
the trade of cabinetmaker. He married Delilah, daughter of Adam and
Sophia (Bowser) Wyant. They lived first at Montgomeryville, Pa., and
later at Ford City and Kittanning, Pa. Characteristic of German thorough-
ness, Mr. Boylestein became exceptionally proficient at his trade and held a
responsible position in the great Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company at Ford
City. They had the following children : Archibald, married Elizabeth Serene ;
George L., married Kate Hanes ; Elizabeth, married J. B. Greer ; Katharyn,
married William Gess ; Sarah, married J. C. Douglas ; Daisy, married George
Edward Hanley ; Sophia, died young.
G. W. W. AMICK
Rev. G. W. W. Amick, son of George B. and Mary (Hinsling) Amick,
and grandson of Peter and Eve (Bowser) Amick, was born at St. Clairs-
ville, Pa., the home of the Amicks, April 16, 1861 ; attended the public
schools, graduated at Gettysburg, 1883, as one of the honor men, and from
the theological seminary, 1887. He was professor and taught for several
years at Selinsgrove, Pa., and then went into the ministerial labors, beginning
at Johnstown, Pa., where he established the Trinity Lutheran Church. He
remained with this congregation ten years and then became a missionary
of the Lutheran Home Mission Society in Kansas and Iowa; served as
pastor four years in New York state, "and now," he writes, "I expect
to spend the rest of my days in my native state of Pennsylvania." He is
now pastor of the Brick Church (Lutheran) near Kittanning, Pa. He mar-
ried twice: (1) Florence Philips, and (2) Virgie Walters, and has two
children, Arthur Park and Walter.
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 85
WILLIAM AND CATHARINE (JOHN) HAYS AND FAMILY
William Hays, son of William Hays II, was born in Donegal County,
Ireland, and came to this country with his parents when 16 years of age, and
immediately took a position with the American Furnace Co., at Rimerton, Pa.
In July, 1861, he enlisted in the army with Co. E, 62d Reg., Penn. Vol., and
served three years. He was in the battle of Gettysburg and the other battles
fought by his regiment. On his return from the war he married Catharine
John and bought the homestead of her grandfather, Peter John, where he
spent the remainder of his life. He was twice elected auditor of Armstrong
County; member of the John Foster G. A. R. Post; Activity Lodge of
I. O. O. F., and Grange No. 593, P. of H. Mr. and Mrs. Hays had sixteen
children, all of whom except two lived to grow to manhood and womanhood.
They were given the example by their parents of an inflexible code of honor
and integrity. The group picture shows William and Catharine Hays in the
center, the scenes of the childhood of Mrs. Hays are in view. A corner
of the old loghouse built by her grandfather Peter John nearly a hundred
years ago can be seen. The children then living are grouped there at their
doorway, with little apprehension of the fate which overtakes united house-
holds. That picture is today chiefly a memorial, for only about one-half of
the persons present there are now living. After the death of Mr. Hays in
1908 his widow made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Ruth Crisman, at
West Kittanning, until her death in 1918.
JOSHUA CRAWFORD BOWSER
Joshua Crawford Bowser, son of Abram and Mary (Stevens) Bowser,
was born in 1846 near Walk Chalk, Pa. His boyhood was spent on his
father's farm until his fourteenth year, when he slipped to the recruiting
station at Kittanning and offered himself to his country. His widowed
mother brought him home. That night the embryonic soldier crept out of
the window and started for Kittanning. After following the company to
the South he was accepted as a real soldier and enrolled with Co. D, 103d
Regt., Penna. Vol., to serve three years ; musician, August 30, 1862 ; discharged
at Pittsburgh, June 2, 1865. In subsequent years he has had an aversion to
talk "war," but one experience he has dared to tell — that when he was cap-
tured and sent to Andersonville Prison he weighed 180, and weighed 80
when he got out and was two years in the invalid corps as a consequence.
He married Kiziah, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Moore) Bowser. They
had three children: Ulysses Selby ; George B., and Maud B. Mr. Bowser
is now retired and lives at Columbus, Ohio.
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 87
ADDISON HARVEY BOWSER
Dr. Addison Harvey Bowser was born near Walk Chalk, Armstrong
County, Pennsylvania, February 18, 1862. He was a son of David S. and
Lydia (McCollum) Bowser. Dr. Bowser acquired his education in the pub-
lic schools and Reid Institute, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. He entered the
medical department of the Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio,
andvvas graduated February 25, 1885. He began the practice of his pro-
fession in Venango County, Pa. After five years he located permanently at
Reynoldsville, Pa., and built up a substantial general practice, which continued
until his death in 1914. He was an active and devoted member of the Bap-
tist church, serving as president of the board of trustees; member of the
school board of his town, president of the Jefiferson County Medical Society,
and member of the Pennsylvania and American Medical Societies, and also
affiliated with the I. O. O. F. Doctor Bowser married Sara Hannah Booth,
daughter of Rev. Jacob Booth, a Baptist minister. They had three children:
Dr. Ira D., Bertha E. and Addison W.
IRA D. BOWSER
Dr. Ira D. Bowser, son of Dr. Addison H. annd Sara Hannah (Booth)
Bowser, was born in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, November 29, 1883. He
was educated in the public schools and graduated from the high school of
Reynoldsville, Pa. He early became attracted to the profession in which
his father had won signal honor and success and accomplished this ambition
by entering the medical department of the University of Pittsburgh, grad-
uating there with the class of 1906. For six years he followed his profes-
sion at Rathmel, Jefiferson County, Pa., then moved to Reynoldsville, and
became associated with his honored father. After the death of his father
he assumed the latter's practice and his recognized ability enabled him to
retain his father's former patrons and to extend his practice to even broader
limits. He is a close student and brings to his work the most approved
and modern methods both in medicine and surgery. The doctor is identified
with the following organizations besides being an active member and trustee
of the Baptist church, the Jefferson County Medical Society, Pennsylvania
State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association, the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Patriotic Sons of America and
the Independent Order of Red Men. Politically, he is a staunch Republican
and is affiliated with all local social and educational interests, now serving
as a director of the school board. In 1902 he was married to Laura E.
Wheeler, daughter of David Wheeler, a representative farmer of Jefferson
County. They have six children : Albrey ; Sara H., now a student at Bea-
ver College ; Martha Jane ; Mary Katheryn ; Alma Esther and Ira David, Jr.
WILLIAM R. BOV^SER
William R. Bowser, son of Frederick R. and Elizabeth F. Bowser, was
born on his father's farm in Washington Township, Armstrong County, Penn-
sylvania, April 4, 1859. He devoted his life until recently to the farm. He
attended the public school in his neighborhood and worked on the farm till
he was grown up. For a short period he worked for his brother-in-law,
Amos T. Fair, at the carpenter trade. He married Martha J. Campbelle,
March 4, 1879. They had one daughter, Gertrude, married to Leroy Bar-
gerstock, and three grandchildren : Ralph, Harland and Helen. Shortly after
his marriage William R. settled on a farm at Cowansville, Pa., where he
remained until recently, when he erected a fine residence near the village
where he now lives.
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ARDA JOSHUA AND NELLIE (CRAFTS) BOWSER
Rev. Arda J. Bowser was born at Rural Valley, Pa., in 1868, son of Rev.
M. S. and Elizabeth (Booher) Bowser. He attended the public schools of
Indiana and Butler counties and finished his education at Dennison Uni-
versity, Granville, Ohio, and Crozer Theological Seminary, Upland, Pa.
After his graduation from the seminary he took charge of the Baptist church,
Reedsboro, Vt., where he was ordained. He has served with much success
also the churches of Saltsburgh and Bellwood, Pa., Vincennes, Vt., Windsor,
Vt., and is now pastor of the First Baptist Church of Delaware, Ohio. He
married Nellie May Crafts of St. Marys, Ohio, who has been a valued helper
and sympathizer in his ministry. She was educated in the city schools of
St. Marys. They have had two children, Harry Addison, born in 1890, and
Erma Elizabeth, born 1892, died in 1893.
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 91
ARMSTRONG COUNTY TRUST CO^IPANY
The Armstrong County Trust Company was incorporated in 1902 with
a paid in capital of $125,000.00 which was afterwards increased to $150,000.00.
The growth of the Armstrong County Trust Company has been marvelous
as at the present time its total assets amount to over four and one-half
million dollars ($4,500,000.00) and besides being the largest bank in Arm-
strong County it is considered one of the strongest banks in the state. A
bank is considered as strong as its board of directors and the personnel of
this bank's board consists cf many of our leading business men, namely,
Harry R. Gault, O. W. Gilpin, J. R. Einstein, D. B. Heiner, S. H. McCain,
Dwight C. Morgan, Floy C. Jones, W. A. Louden and H. G. Gates.
The Armstrong County Trust Company pays 4 per cent, interest on
savings accounts, acts as executor, adm.inistrator, guardian, etc.
The active executive of the Armstrong County Trust Company for the
past seventeen years is Mr. Herbert G. Gates, who has devoted his entire
time in making this bank a strong, safe bank where service is the motto.
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 93
ELIZABETH (FLUKE) BOWSER
Elizabeth Fluke was the oldest child of John Fluke, who moved from
the eastern section of the state to Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and settled
at Hopewell, where we found many of his descendants (1921). She married
Valentine Bowser, son of John Bowser, frequently mentioned in this history as
"Hopewell" John. In 1815 they moved to Armstrong County, Pennsylvania,
and settled on a SO-acre farm near Walk Chalk, now known as the Dougherty
farm. They spoke only the Palatine German language. Elizabeth was born
in 1782 and died at the home of her daughter Margaret, wife of Jonas
Bowser, in Washington Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, at the
age of 97.
MARY (STEVENS) BOWSER
Mary Stevens, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Ann Stevens, was born
October 5, 1805. While the Stevens family were living at Beaver Falls,
Pa., Mary, in company with another girl friend, visited the vicinity of Walk
Chalk, a place that had become the center of a large Bowser settlement. She
was but fifteen years of age but she met her destiny in the person of Abram
Bowser, son of Valentine and Elizabeth (Fluke) Bowser. He returned with
her to the Stevens home in Beaver Falls and finally won her parents' con-
sent to marry the young lady. Abram Bowser was an industrious and
upright man and soon became a well-to-do farmer as well as a successful
stone mason. Mary Stevens was the sort of wife for a man of ambition
and a Christian character. She intensified his ambition and steadied and
inspired his religious life. The writer is glad to acknowledge with reverence
his father was one of the children of this talented and devoted Christian
woman and sturdy, Godfearing nobleman. She was 15 years of age when
she was married and Abram was eighteen. He was killed in 1852 by the
fall of a tree. She eventually married John P. Davis and thereafter lived
at Montgomeryville, where her body now rests surrounded by many of her
beloved.
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 95
JOHN F. BOWSER
John F. Bowser, son of Rebecca (Svvigart) and Mathias Bowser, was
born near Kittanning, Pa., September 5, 1867. He was educated in the public
schools and Reid Institute, Reidsburg, Pa. For twenty-five years he has
followed a mercantile business. For four years he was an employee of the
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad Ccal Company's store at Rath-
mel. Pa. ; for seventeen years he was manager of the L. W. Hicks Coal
Company's store at Avonmore. Pa., and for the last five years, owner and
manager of a general store at Summerville, Pa. For twenty-three years he
and his wife have been active members of the Presbyterian Church; in
Avonmore and at Summerville he has held the trusted position of a "ruling
elder." His two children, Louisa and Daniel, are also active members of
the church of their parents. Mr. Bowser is active in all local affairs and at
present burgess of Summerville.
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 97
HIRA^I F. BOWSER
Hiram F. Bowser was born near Kittanning, Pa., September 29, 1874.
son of Lewis and Eva (Snowden) Bowser. He attended the public schools
until early young manhood, when he went into business. He went to Blairs-
ville. Pa., and established a general store, and is today one of the leading
merchants of the place. On June 10, 1903, he was married to Pearl A. Cribbs,
a popular young woman of Blairsville. Mr. Bowser has been much inter-
ested in our Bowser history. His grandfather, Peter Bowser, was six weeks
old when brought by his parents, Valentine and Elizabeth (Fluke) Bowser,
to Armstrong County, Pa.
JAMES QUINTER BOWSER
James Quinter Bowser, son of Jacob and Margaret (Claar) Bowser,
was born on the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains in Union Township,
Bedford County, Pennsylvania, September 29, 1856. Born of poor parentage he
had to make his own way in life when quite young, and among strangers.
When about fourteen years of age he began chopping wood for Hopewell,
Sarah and Springfield charcoal furnaces. A few years later he began huckster-
ing to Altoona, Pa., and continued for about five years. In 1884 he took up
farming and followed that pursuit until 1919, when he retired. By his
industry and skillful management he acquired the possession of four fine
farms in the beautiful Morrison's Cove. Bedford County. Pennsylvania. His
address is Baker Summit, Pa. He married Rebecca Walter. Their children
are: Rosco C, Sarah O., John W. and Anna M.
CATHARINE LEONE BOWSER
Catharine Leone Bowser, daughter of J. Miles and Elsie (Clever) Bowser,
was born at New Kensington, Pa., October 27, 1893. She received her educa-
tion in the public schools in Wisconsin and Armstrong County, Pa., and
Dayton Academy, Dayton, Pa. She took training as a nurse in the West
Penn Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pa., where she was graduated and registered
July 10. 1917. She volunteered into the service of her country and for a
short period was stationed at Camp Upton. She sailed for France on the
Megantic. June 12, 1918. On her arrival at the war zone she was stationed
at Base Hospital No. 1, thence transferred to Chamanit. She returned to her
home land on the S. S. Agamemnon, May 15, 1919.
Catharine Leone Bowser William Patton Bowser
James Quinter Bowser Rev. Wellington Bowser, A.M.
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 99
JAMES B. FINLEY WYANT
Doctor James B. Finley Wyant, was born on the Wyant homestead, in
Washington Township, Armstrong County, Pa., on August 7, 1862, son of
Adam and Sophia (Bowser) Wyant. He attended the public schools of his
locality, and after he had received whatever advantages they otTercd, he
entered Reid Institute, a Baptist academy at Reidsburg, Clarion County, Pa.,
established before the Civil war. Several circumstances are encountered here
of great consequence in his subsequent life. First of all, he remained in this
excellent school for a period of five years, except two or three short terms
in which he was engaged in teaching ; and then, it was during his course in
Reid Institute that he registered as a medical student and began a course of
preparation for his chosen profession, which he completed at the University
of Pittsburgh, graduating in 1889. And lastly, while engaged in teaching in
the Institute, immediately after he had graduated there, he married the
younger daughter of the principal. Prof. C. A. and Sarah F. Gilbert, Louise
Gilbert, who has been a cultured and sympathetic help-meet in the home,
church and also his profession. Prof. C. A. Gilbert, A. M., was one of the
foremost educators in the state, and many men and women of Western
Pennsylvania, now filling honored and useful places, owe the slender chance
they had to acquire a good education to the paternal care and scholarship of
this great man. .After the death of Professor and Mrs. Gilbert, the writer
had the satisfaction of gathering funds from their former students to erect
a beautiful monument to their memory, which now stands at their graves in
the Baptist cemetery at Montgomeryville, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
For ten years. Doctor Wyant practiced medicine at Templeton, Pa., after
which he moved to Kittanning, Pa., where he still lives highly successful and
honored in his profession. He has served as secretary of the Armstrong
County Medical Society continuously since 1901 ; a member of Pennsylvania
Medical Association ; the I. O. O. F. and Royal Arch Masons, Kittanning,
Pa. Doctor and Mrs. Wyant have had the following children : Sophia Irene,
Sarah Alleine, Margaret C, Corbin Wayland and Mary Louise. Corbin
Wayland Wyant, who is with his father in the picture, is now a senior in
Bucknell University. He enlisted in the Marine service in the World war
and made numerous voyages to France on the transports. When the war
closed he returned to his studies at the university.
WILLIAM PATTON BOWSER
William Patton Bowser, son of Benjamin S. and Elizabeth (Yerty)
Bowser, was born at the old Bowser homestead near Kittanning, Pa., May
9, 1854. Leaving the farm at quite an early age, he was engaged for some
time in carpenter work, rig building and oil field labor in the vicinity of
Rimerton, Parkers Landing, and other places in Armstrong and Butler
counties. During 1874 he married Margaret Sindorf. Seven children were
born to this union, as follows : Parma. Park, Celeste, Saida, Clema, Clarence
and Wayne. After a few years following his marriage he moved to Catta-
raugus County, N. Y., where he was employed in the great Bradford oil field.
In 1890 he went to the Turkcyfoot field in West Virginia as field manager
for John Coast of Olean, N. V., his former employer. His employer gave
him a responsible position in 1893 in the oil field of Wood County, phio.
where he acquired an interest in the property. Following the sale of this
property he returned to Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and bought the old
Bowser homestead near Walk Chalk, still in the hands of his heirs. After a
few months he returned to the oil district near Weston, W. Va., where he was
employed for seventeen years as superintendent of the Fink District, by the
South Penn Oil Co. He relinquished this position in 1915 on account of ill
health and accompanied by his wife, made a trip to Florida, and thence to
Oklahoma to visit the family of his wife's brother, John Sindorf. While
there he received tidings of the death of his daughter, Parma (Mrs. W. J.
Tapp). at Portville, N. Y. After the funeral of his daughter he returned to
his home in West Virginia. His health continuing to decline, he entered the
Hillsview Sanitarium, Washington, Pa., where he died December 16, 1916.
His body was taken to Montgomeryville, Pa., he having expressed a desire
to have his remains placed there by the last resting place of many relatives
and old friends in the cemetery connected with the Baptist church of which
he was a member.
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JACOB BOWSER
Jacob Bowser, son of John Bowser, grandson of Samuel Bowser (19)
and great-grandson of Mathias, Jr. (2), was born January 30, 1841. Jacob
and his three brothers, John, Samuel and Elwcod, were in the Civil war
and all hved through its perils to return home, but not without bearing
their share of its hardships, as indicated by Jacob's biography. He enlisted
September 16, 1861, with Co. C, 4th Ohio Cavalry. Honorably discharged
January 3, 1864, at Pulaski, Tenn. Re-enlisted next day (Jan. 4). Captured
at Atlanta, Ga., and sent to the infamous Andersonville Prison, July 22,
1864, where he endured the horrors of that notorious starvation camp for
nine months; at the time of his release, April 28, 1865, his weight was
80 pounds, having lost 110 pounds. He was mustered out of service, June
30, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio. In 1867 he married Jane Ann Chilton, a
neighbor's daughter. In 1873 he moved to Indianapolis, Ind., where he
continued to live until the time of his death, July 30, 1914. He was an
invalid for three years prior to his death, but with mind unimpaired.
Mr. Bowser, during those three years of physical inaction, gave much of his
time to reminiscences and much of historical interest and value was gleaned,
and now cherished by his family. For children, see Jane Ann (Chilton)
Bowser.
JANE ANN (CHILTON) BOWSER
Jane Ann Chilton was born in Sunderland. England, December 19, 1850,
daughter of Thomas Stafford and Jane Ann (Turner) Chilton. She came
from England to Xenia, Ohio, with her parents in 1852. She met Jacob
Bowser at the close of the Civil war, and they were married May 6, 1867,
at Lebanon, county seat of Warren County, Ohio. They had three children:
Carrie, who married Arthur G. Wills; Minnie, a twin of Carrie, who married
G. W. Bunting, Sr., and J. Edward, deceased. Mrs. Bowser is in good health,
enjoys the society and comfortable home of the family of her daughter,
Mrs. A. G. Wills, in Indianapolis, and is active in the Eastern Star organiza-
tion and philanthropic bodies. The writer is grateful to Mrs. Bowser and
daughter, Mrs. Wills, for valuable information which finally enabled us to
determine the place of Samuel Bowser (19) in our line.
Jacob Bowser
Jane Ann (Chilton) Bowser
Jacob C. Bowser
William H. Bowser
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 103
JACOB C. BOWSER
Jacob C. Bowser was bom November 8, 1870, on a farm in York County,
Pennsylvania, about one mile west of the town of New Freedom and joining
the farm originally purchased by his great-grandfather, Benjamin Bowser, son
of Daniel Bowser, who came to this country and landed at Baltimore, Md., in
the year 1733. He spent the first fifteen years on his father's farm and
attended country school in the winter, and after finishing public school
attended a few terms at Shrewsbury Academy. January, 1888, he entered
Huntingdon Normal School (now Juniata College) at Huntingdon, Pa.
In his junior year at Huntingdon he became interested in penmanship, pen
art and shorthand, and in the fall of 1889 he completed a course in penman-
ship at the G. W. Michael Pen Art School at Delaware, Ohio, then considered
the leading pen art school in the country. After completing his course at
Delaware he went to the Zanerian Art College, Columbus, Ohio, and took an
additional course in penmanship and art to prepare himself for teaching
in this particular line. In January, 1890, he started teaching penmanship
in a business college at Watertown, N. Y. At this time business colleges
were in a very flourishing condition throughout the country, and was the
connecting link between common or high schools in preparing young men
and women fcr business positions. He taugh't in various business colleges
throughout the country, not only teaching penmanship, but also branched
out and taught shorthand and all commercial branches. He also did con-
siderable work along the pen art line and was considered at that time one
of the leading pen artists and instructors of penmanship in the country.
In 1896 he entered the employ of J. H. Wasson & Sons, of Columbus,
Ohio, as private secretary and general office man and remained with them for
four years, or until the Salt Trust was formed which put this firm out of busi-
ness. In November, 1900, he entered the employ of the Erie City Iron Works,
at Erie, Pa., and has been with this firm ever since in various capacities, being
auditor for the past ten years.
In 1895 he was married to Miss Rose Mead, of Erie, Pa. They have
two daughters, Kathlyn and Marcia.
LoBEN R. Bowser
Adam and Sophia (Bowser)
Wyant
Esther Jane (Bowser) Fair
Amos T. Fair
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 105
LOBEN R. BOWSER
Loben R. Bowser, son of Peter and Jane Bowser, was born on his
father's farm near Walk Chalk, Pa., April 23, 1849. He married Catharyn
Fair, and after his marriage bought a farm in Madison Township, Clarion
County, Pa., and lived there until his death, on September 23, 1916. They
had four children: an infant child died in 1881; Enimett Bowser, living
near Rimersburg, Pa., Harry Bowser, living near Emmett, and Mrs. Edward
Conner, living on the homestead at Kissinger's Mill. Address : Rimersburg,
Pa., R. D. No. 2.
ADAM AND SOPHIA (BOWSER) WYANT
Sophia Bowser, daughter of Abram and Mary (Stevens) Bowser, was
born on the "Bowser" farm, one mile west of Walk Chalk, Armstrong
County, Pa., May 27, 1828. On Saturday, May 27, 1922, her children and
their descendants gathered at the home of Mrs. Emma T. Wolfe, near
Mahoning, Pa., to celebrate her 95th birthday. It was another great day
for "Aunt Sophia." These anniversaries have brought her children to her
side annually since 1889, and this one was the first of the thirty-three
birthdays thus observed when all of her children were not present. Her
oldest son, Eli, of Steubenville, Ohio, was not able to attend. Aunt Sophia,
despite her ninety-five years, was as happy as a school girl. She sat with
her family at the table as she had always done ; and while the after dinner
program progressed, she was in her arm chair and heard the songs, the
prayer, and the complimentary and loving words spoken. She is no doubt the
oldest living Bowser, and retains all her faculties to a remarkable degree —
memory, hearing, eyesight, and general good health and a genial happy spirit.
She married Adam. Wyant, son of Martin and Christina (Booher) Wyant.
They lived on the Wyant homestead in Washington Township, Armstrong
County, Pa., and there reared their family of ten children, all living except
the oldest two, Mary and Delilah. The living children are : Eli Fluke,
Christina, Benjamin W., Emma T., Catharine, Dr. J. B. Finley, Margaret
and Susanette.
AMOS T. FAIR
Amos T. Fair, son of Leonard and Mary Magdalena (Helm) Fair, was
born on the Fair homestead near Montgomcryville, Pa., March 23. 1853. He
attended the public schools until he was old enough to handle carpenter
tools ; learned the trade with his father, and in a few years was recognized
as one of the most competent carpenters in the country. When the great
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company began building their works at Ford City,
Pa., in 1887, now the largest in the world, they appointed Mr. Fair foreman
of the carpenters, a position he has held ever since. He has held office as
councilman or school director ever since the town became organized, and
has served as burgess for eight years. He married, (1) Adaline Bowser,
and had the following children : Frederick Lee, Clara Myrtle, Daisy Delcine,
Leonard Augustus, Elizabeth Araminta, and Olive Lenore. He married
(2) Esther J. Barbor.
ESTHER J. FAIR
Esther J. Bowser, daughter of Rev. M. S. and Elizabeth (Booher)
Bowser, was born February 4, 1860. She attended the schools of Rural
Valley, Pa. In 1876 she was married to Robert O. Barbor of Cookport, Pa.
They had the following children : Verner L., Delmong C, James R., and
Mina Ruth. She married (2) Amos T. Fair, Ford City, Pa., November 28,
1905. Mrs. Fair has devoted her life to religious and philanthropic work.
Benjamin S. Bowser
Dr. Math IAS S. Bowser
Elizabeth F. Bowser
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 107
MATHIAS STEVENS BOWSER
Mathias Stevens Bowser, M. D., was born in a log house three miles
west of Kittanning, Pa., May 14, 1837, a son of Abram and Mary Stevens
Bowser. He worked on his father's farm in summer and attended public
school in winter, until he was seventeen years of age, when he attended
"Select" school, later finishing his education in Elder's Ridge Academy at
Dayton, Pa., and Reid Institute, at Reidsburg, Clarion County, Pa. He was
endowed with a rare voice and was widely known as a leader of musical
conventions. At twenty-two he was ordained to the Baptist ministry and
served several churches in successful pastorates. In 1877 he took up the
study of medicine under the tutelage of Dr. George Tryon Harding, father of
President Warren G. Harding, at Caledonia, Ohio, completing his medical
course in the University of Cleveland. He resides at Lima, Ohio, where he
has enjoyed a large practice. He married (1) Elizabeth Booher, of Adrian,
Pa. There were the following children: Addison B., the author; Hettie J.,
Mary Bell, David Elmer, Rev. Arda J., Elizabeth L. and Arlington R. He
married (2) Mrs. T. A. Rufif, of Caledonia, Ohio. Doctor Bowser has been
closely identified with civic and educational work in his city, and is frequently
invited to make addresses on social and religious subjects on prominent
occasions. He is called the "Grand Old Man cf Lima.''
ELIZABETH F. BOWSER
Elizabeth F. Bowser, oldest daughter of Abram and Mary (Stevens)
Bowser, was born on the Bowser farm near Walk Chalk, Pa., December 8,
1825. She received such education as the public schools afforded and supple-
mented it in later years by her own efforts. She married Frederick R
Bowser, and with her husband settled on a farm near Montgomeryville, Pa.
Her husband died there, August 11, 1874. Subsequently the farm passed
into the possession of her youngest son, Jacob L. Bowser (one of our Bowser
committeemen now deceased), with whom Mrs. Bowser continued to live
until her death, November 21 , 1908. Mrs. Bowser was well acquainted with
the hardships and endless labor of the generation to which she belonged,
the days of the spinning wheel and the great oak loom. She was known as
Aunt Betsey and was loved and respected by all who knew her, a good
mother, a diligent housewife and a conscientious Christian.
George E. Hanley
Daisy Jeannette (Boylestein)
Hanley
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 109
GEORGE EDWARD AND DAISY JEANNETTE
(BOYLESTEIN) HANLEY
George Edward Hanley, son of John and Winnefred Hanley, was born
at Lynn, Mass., April 19, 1881. Mr. Hanley received a liberal education
in the schools of his city and took up a business calling in which he has
been eminently successful. In 1917 and 1918 he was president of the Pennsyl-
vania Shoe Travelers Association. At present he is the manager of a large
shoe establishment in Pittsburgh. On February 15, 1915, he married Daisy
Jeannette Boylestein, daughter of George and Delilah (Wyant) Boylestein,
of Kittanning, Pa. Mrs. Hanley was born April 7, 1891, at Ford City, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Hanley are well known in the best social ranks of Pittsburgh.
BENJAMIN S. BOWSER
Benjamin S. Bowser, oldest child of Abram and Mary (Stevens) Bowser,
was born on his father's farm near Walk Chalk, Pa., December 20, 1823.
He married (1) Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph D. Bowser, who died soon
after their marriage. He married (2) Elizabeth Yerty and settled on land
he bought in Washington Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where
he spent the remainder of his life. He was one of the foremost farmers of
his section. During the days of the Brady's Bend Furnace, he was con-
stable of his township and recognized as the fearless foe of evildoers, espe-
cially the vagrant and criminal classes who frequently haunt a public
works. There were five children of the second marriage: Eliza Ann,
Catharine, Rachael, Christian Y., and William P. He married (3) Catharine
Yerty. Of this union there were seven children: Mervin C, Steven,
Abraham, Denny D., Ellen, Sophia and Rose. He was the first president
of the Bowser Reunion — loved by everyone and known throughout the
county as Uncle Benny. He died in 1915.
X^ERNi'R L. Barbor, Esq.
Delmont a. Barbor
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James Robert Barbor
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 111
ELIZABETH (BOOHER) BOWSER
Elizabeth Bocher, a daughter of Bartholomew and Esther (Helsel)
Booher, was born on her father's farm, Washington Township. Armstrong
County, Pennsylvania, September 6, 1841. She is a descendant of the great
Bucher family, found through Switzerland. France and Germany, of Palatine
origin. One branch of this family has been traced to Klaus Bucher, a
nobleman of Switzerland. 1535. The first of the family of Elizabeth was
Bartholomew Bucher. who came to America through Baltimore, and settled
in Frederick County. Maryland, where he died in 1791. Elizabeth (mother
of the author) was one of five children. Her eldest brother, Emanuel
Booher, was killed in the Battle of Fair Oaks, in the Civil war. Isabelle.
married Abner Bcnner ; Henry, recently deceased, and Mary, who married
Jacob Frick, now living at Norwalk, Calif. She married Rev. M. S. Bowser,
son of Mary (Stevens) and Abram Bowser, and had the following children:
Addison B., David Elmer, Esther J., Mary Belle, Arda Joshua, Elizabeth
Lulu, and A. Reed. Two of her sons are ministers and one a teacher.
Among her grandchildren are doctors, lawyers, chief accountants, real
estate dealers, merchants, and four were in the World war. She married
(2) Martin Bowser. They had one child, Jennie Templeton, who married
George Rickle.
CHILDREN OF ESTHER JANE (BOWSER) AND ROBERT
O.B ARBOR
VERNER L. BARBOR
Verner L. Barbor. Esq., was born at Cookport, Indiana County, Pennsyl-
vania, March 21, 1877. He finished his public school course at Wilmerding.
Pa., then entered Grove City College. After his graduation from college
he took up the study of law in Pittsburgh, where in due course he was
admitted to the bar. He married Edith Davis, daughter of William and
Cora Belle (Hover) Davis. They have three children: Cora Belle, Delmont
and Verner. Jr.
DELMONT A. BARBOR
Delmont A. Barbor was born at Cookport, Pa., December 14, 1878. He
was educated in the public schools of Indiana, Pa., and Wilmerding. When
he had completed his course in school, he took a position in the Westing-
house Air Brake Works, of Wilmerding. His natural adaptability and steadi-
ness were rewarded by advancement in the institution until today he has
charge of the vast real estate interests of the company. He married Anna
Wise. They have one child, Verner H.
JAMES ROBERT BARBOR
James Robert Barbor was born October 18, 1887. James attended the
public schools and before he was out of his teens, went to work in the
Westinghouse Air Brake Works, where, like his brother. Delmont. soon
held a highly responsible position. He married Jennie Parker. They have
three children: Robert, William and Isabelle.
MINA RUTH BARBOR
Mina Ruth Barbor was born September 17. 1891. She attended the
public schools of Wilmerding and Ford City, Pa. She married Harry R.
Mygrant. About 1914 they moved to Los Angeles, Calif., and in 1920
Mr. Mygrant accepting a position there, they took up their residence in San
Francisco, where they now live. They have had six children : Elizabeth Jane,
Clifl'ord, Richard, Robert, Miriam Ruth and Glee.
Rev. Arda Joshua Bowser
Nellie (Crafts) Bowser
Elizabeth (Booiier) Bowser Harrv Addison Bowser
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 113
HARRY ADDISON BOWSER
Harry Addison Bowser, son of Rev. Arda J. Bowser, was born at
St. Marys, Ohio, 1890. He was educated in the public schools of St. Marys,
Cleveland, and the Dennison University, Granville, Ohio. He married Rose
Nitchman, of Schenectady, N. Y. They have two children. Harry was in
the World war and saw most of its worst features and endured all of its
perils. He went to France, May 28, 1918, and returned to America,
May 10, 1919. He was with Battery E, 309th Field Artillery, 78th Division,
1st Army Corps, and was in the following battles: Toul Sector, St. Mihiel,
Preny Raid, Meuse-Argonne, and Grand Pre. He is living at Schenectady,
New York.
FuRMAN T. Bowser
Ella (Lvle) Bowser
Archibald W. Bowsei
In Memoriam
John F. Bowser
Born September 6, 1887
Died February 5, 1889
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 115
FURMAN T. AND ELLA (LYLE) BOWSER
Furman T. Bowser, son of Archibald and Rosannah Bowser, was born
at Montgomeryville, Pa., August 18, 1861. He secured the first grades in
the public school and then, while still in his teens, went to work. In his
early years he learned the value of application to the task in hand, and by
his industry and upright life has won success in business and a good name.
He is an esteemed and active member of the Baptist Church of Galeton, Pa.,
where he lives, and belongs to the Masonic lodge, F. and A. M. No. 252.
He married Ella Lyle, daughter of William and Mary Lyle of Barclay, Pa.,
and much of his success has to be attributed to the intelligent and faithful
helpfulness of his wife. Besides her activities in her church, she is devoted
to the interests of the Order of the Eastern Star. They have had three
children: Archibald William, Daisy and John Fluke Bowser, the portrait in
memoriam of the latter appears in this work.
ARCHIBALD W. BOWSER
Archibald W. Bowser, son of Furman T. and Ella (Lyle) Bowser, was
born at Olean, N. Y., November 16, 1885. He received his education in
the schools of Olean, and prepared himself for a business career, and now
holds a responsible position with the Union Tank Car Co., of New York City.
His address is, room 1402, 21 East 40th St., New York. He married Emma
Goodrich, of New York City. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. of
Galeton, Pa.
Family of Mary Jane (Hays) and Joseph Leigh
Barber
Nina E. Barber
Lettie O. Barber Mary O. Barber
Sarah Kathern Barber
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 117
CHILDREN OF MARY JANE (HAYS) AND JOSEPH
LEIGH BARBER
LETTIE O. (BARBER) TICE
Lettie O. Barber was born November 10, 1889, at Dubois, Pa. She
married Oliver C. Tice, born May 12, 1886, at Cogley, Pa. Mr. Tice attended
a business college in Dubois, Pa., and the Clarion State Normal School. He
was an official in the National Bank, New Bethlehem, Pa. Later he moved
to Yukon, W. Va., where he is employed as bookkeeper for the Pocahontas
Coal Company. They have the following children : Mary Elaine, Martha
Jane and Frances Leigh.
MARY O. (BARBER) GILLIAM
Mary O. Barber was born in Dubois, Pa., May 23, 1891. She attended
the public schools and the high school of Dubois. In 1915 she moved to
West Virginia where she met her future husband, Marion W. Gilliam.
They were married on June 14, 1918. Mr. Gilliam was chief clerk of the
local board of Williamson, W. Va., during the World war. He is at present
chief electrical and mechanical engineer with the West Virginia Engineering
Company at Williamson, W. Va. They have one child, David Marshall
Gilliam, born December 6, 1919.
NINA E. (BARBER) BILGER
Nina E. Barber was born at Dubois, Pa., August 22, 1893. She married
Dr. Frederick W. Bilger, who was born at Curwensville, Pa. He was
educated in the public schools of his native place, and attended a medical
school in Philadelphia, and later, a medical college of Louisville, Ky., graduat-
ing from the latter institution. He settled in Maybeury, W. Va., where he
now lives and has established a large practice.
SARAH KATHERN (BARBER) PRESTON
Sarah Kathern Barber was born at Dubois, Pa., May 20, 1898. She
married Seaton Tinsley Preston, born at Bristol, Va., 1892. Mr. Preston
received a high school education and graduated from the Virginia Poly-
technic Institute in electrical engineering. He served as captain in the United
States Army in France during the World war. After the war he took up
the work for which he had prepared himself, accepting a position as electrical
engineer with the West Virginia Engineering Company. In 1920 he was
made assistant district manager of the Kentucky and West Virginia Power
Company, at Pikeville, Ky., where he now resides. They have one child :
Seaton Tinsley Preston, Jr.
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 119
FRANK E. BOWSER
Frank Excell Bowser, son of Addison B. and Ella Z. Bowser, was born
at Watsontown, Pa., October 31. 1892. He graduated from the Ingram, Pa.,
public schools, -1908, and the Crafton (Pittsburgh) high school, 1912. Entered
the University of Pittsburgh Science School in 1913. Two years later he
entered the junior class at Bethany College, W. Va., and graduated from that
institution in 1915, receiving the degree of bachelor of science. He attained
a h'gh standard in scholastic and athletic circles. For two years he was
halfback on the Bethany football team. After graduation he enlisted in the
medical corps of the U. S. Army at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. After three weeks
he was transferred to the U. S. Army General Hospital No. 3, Rahway. N. J.,
where he was made a sergeant. From Rahway he was transferred to the
Central Officers' Training School for Infantry Officers at Camp Lee, Va.
After his discharge from the army following the armistice, he entered the
University of Pittsburgh Medical School, where he is a senior. He will
receive his degree in June, 1923. He was president of the Sophomore class
in the medical school; member of Phi Beta Pi (medical) and Beta Theta Pi
(collegiate) fraternities; member of the Cap and Gown Club; Glee and
Banjo clubs of the University; leader of the College orchestra, Bethany, two
years ; president Bethany College Literary Societj^ and vice-president Bethany
Chemical Club.
WAYLAND S. BO\\^SER
Lieut. Wayland Stanley Bowser, son of Addison B. and Ella Z. (Stebbins)
Bowser, was born at Danville. Pa., March 29, 1894. He attended the pub-
lic schools, graduating with his brother Frank in the Crafton high school.
1912. He enlisted in the Officers' Training Corps August 27, 1917, and was
stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., receiving his commission of first lieutenant
in the infantry November 26, 1917; assigned December 15, 1917, to Co. D,
325th Infantry, 82nd Div., at Camn Gordon, Atlanta, Ga. ; transferred Decem-
ber 23, 1917, to the 5th Div., Regular Army, at Camp Logan. Houston.
Texas : assigned to Co. B, 5th Military Police ; left Houston for France April
20. 1918, and sailed April 30 on the S. Niagara ; arrived at Bordeaux. France.
May 11, 1918. He was in service in the Vosges mountains, St. Mihiel offen-
sive. Meuse. Argonne, Luxembourg and Germany. He was transferred to
the 42nd Division, March 15, 1919, and assigned to the 42nd Military Police
Co., and left Germany April 6, 1919; arrived at New York on the Leviathan
April 18, 1919; discharged at Camp Dix. N. J., Mav 1, 1919. He was wounded
in the battle at Romagne, France. After his discharge from the army he
entered the University of Pittsburgh and is now (1922) a member of the
senior class.
ARDA C. BOWSER
Arda Crawford Bowser, son of Addison B. and Ella Z. (Stebbins)
Bowser, was born at Danville, Pa., Tanuary 9, 1899. He attended the public
schools at Millville, N. J.. Crafton, Pittsburgh, and graduated from the Ford
City high school June, 1917. After spending one term at Bethany College,
West Virginia, he enlisted in the United States Navy Flving Corps and was
sent to the training camp at Boston, Mass. When the World war came to
an end he was released from service (finally discharged in 1921) and entered
the freshman class at Bucknell University, where he is now a Junior. On
his entrance at college he was placed on the Varsity football team and at
once was given the position of fullback. In his sophomore year he was
recognized by the majority of critics as the greatest fullback in the country.
In the 1921 season he was captain of his team. He was chosen as the best
fullback in the state and was also the choice of many writers for all-Eastern
honors and was mentioned by Walter Camp as an all-American. He married
Elsie Laura Reitler of Ford Citv, Pa., August 26. 1921.
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HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY 121
W^ELLINGTON BOWSER
Rev. Wellington Bowser, A. M., was born on a farm near Echo, Arm-
strong County, Pa., September 13, 1852, son of Loben and Martha Jane
(Oliver) Bowser. He worked on the farm and attended the public school
of his district until fifteen years of age, when he entered an academy.
After he had finished courses in the academy and colloge, he taught school
for several years and then went to India as a missionary, where he remained
for seven years. On account of breaking health, he returned to America
and held pastorates in the states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Com-
pelled to relinquish the arduous labors of the ministry, he located at Pasa-
dena, Calif., where he is now living. He has been keenly interested in our
preparation of the Bowser history and has furnished valuable assistance.
He married Fannie Waid. They have the following children : Vincent Earl,
born at Rurki, India, under the shadows of the Himalaya Mountains; Ethel
Maude, born at Karachi, a seaport on the Arabian Sea, and Genevieve Irene,
born at Spartansburg, Pa. (See 1108, 1109, 1110.)
ISABELLE (BOWSER) WINTERS
Isabelle Bowser, only daughter of Addison B. and Ella Z. (Stebbins)
Bowser, was born at Danville, Montour County, Pa., February 14, 1896.
She received her education in the public schools of Danville, Pa., Millville,
N. J., and Ingram, Pa., graduating from the Crafton (Pittsburgh) high
school. After her graduation she taught the Sherrett, Pa., school one
term; then took charge of the music department in the Wilmerding, Pa.,
schools, where she remained three terms, until her marriage to Dr. Ellis C.
Winters, June 24, 1920. During the time she was teaching school she was
studying voice under Doctor Savage, of Pittsburgh, who is recognized as
one of the most widely known voice teachers in the state.
ELLIS CALVIN WINTERS
Dr. Ellis C. Winters, son of Elmer E. and Emma (Machamer) Winters,
was born at Watsontown, Northumberland County, Pa., January 17, 1889.
He attended the public schools and graduated from the Dewart High School ;
a student at the Muncy Normal School, Bucknell University and the Medico-
Chirurgical of Philadelphia, Pa., where he graduated in 1914. He was
resident physician in the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, for one
year. In 1915 he located at Ford City, Pa., where he immediately established
a large practice. He served eighteen months in the United States Army,
thirteen months of which were spent overseas. After his discharge from the
army, he resumed his practice in Ford City. He married Isabelle Bowser,
daughter of Addison B. and Ella Zelima (Stebbins) Bowser, at Ford City,
June 24, 192'0. They have one child, James Elmer, born August 26, 1921.
Doctor Winters is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Armstrong County Medical Society; the Pennsylvania State Medical
Societv and a fellow of the American Medical Association.
Addison Bartholomew Bowser
Ella Zelima (Stebbins) Bowser
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ADDISON B. AND ELLA ZELIMA STEBBINS BOWSER
The author of this book was born near Montgomeryville. Armstrong
County, Pennsylvania, May 22, 1858. He was educated in the public schools
of Rural Valley, Pa., Reid Institute, Bucknell University (graduating with
the class of 1888 with the B. A. degree) and Crozer Theological Seminary.
He also holds the A. M. degree from his alma mater. He was pastor of
the Third Baptist Church of Philadelphia, Pa., where he was ordained in
1890; the Fir.st Baptist Church of Danville, Pa.; the First Baptist Church
of Millville, N. J.; the First Baptist Church of Crafton (Pittsburgh, eleven
years) and now of the First Baptist Church of Ford City, Pa. He was pres-
ident for eighteen years of the Bowser Reunion. He is a son of Rev. M. S.
and Elizabeth (Booher) Bowser. During his pastorate in Philadelphia he
married Ella Zelima Stebbins of Watsontown, Pa., daughter of Achilles R.
and Emily (Baker) Stebbins, born December 10, 1869. She was educated in
the public schools of Watsontown and Bucknell University. Mrs. Bowser is
a descendant en her mother's side of Samuel Gorton, proprietary governor
of Rhode Island. A genealogy of the family of that illustrious friend and
mentor of Roger Williams has been made, embracing more than 13,000 names.
Her father's people were also English emigrants who settled in Tioga County,
Pennsylvania. They have had four children : Frank Excell, Wayland Stanley,
Isabellc and Arda Crawford, and one grandchild, James Elmer Winters.
Representative of a New Generation
James Elmer Winters, born August 26, 1921, son of Doctor Ellis C.
and Isabelle (Bowser) Winters, and first grandson of the author.
THE BOWSERS IN AMERICA
In the Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd series, Vol. 17, are the names
of foreigners who took the oath of allegiance to the Province and
State of Pennsylvania. "Palatines: September 28, 1733, Brigan-
tine, Richard and Elizabeth, Christopher Clymer, Master, from Rot-
terdam, last from Plymouth."
Passengers, 44 males above 16.
Passengers, 34 females above 16.
Passengers, 24 males under 16.
Passengers, 35 females under 16.
Mathias Bausser, aged 63 ; Mathias Bausser, Jr., aged 22 ; Chris-
tian Bausser, aged 18 ; also Daniel Bausser, under 16, took the oath
September 28, 1733 ; i. e. on the day of their arrival. Along with
the three given above there are the names of Esther Bausser, aged
49 ; Anna Elizabeth Bewser, aged 20 ; Jacob Bewser, aged 9>4 ;
Magdalena Bewser, 7>4 ; Anna Maria Bewser, 4 ; Anna Catherina
Bewser, 1^; Anna Elizabeth Bewser, 7; Anna Maria Bewser, 17
weeks.
The clerk of the court evidently made errors both in spelling the
names and in the ages. Esther was the wife of Mathias, Sr., and
Anna Elizabeth of Mathias, Jr. Anna Catherine, aged lyi years,
and Anna Maria, aged 17 weeks, were doubtless children of Mathias,
Jr., and Anna Elizabeth.
In this list of family names we include as children of Mathias, Sr.,
several whose ages evidently were wrongly transcribed.
ch. — children 1
m.— married abbreviations.
b. — ^born (
d.— died J
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH
1. MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., b. 1670; m. Esther, b. 1684.
Children :
2. Mathias Bausser, Jr., b. 1711 ; m. Anna Elizabeth, b. 1713.
3. Christian Bausser, b. 1715.
4. Daniel Bausser, b. 1722.
5. Jacob Bausser, b. 1724.
6. Magdalena Bausser, b. 1726.
7. Anna Elizabeth Bausser.
8. Anna Maria, b. 1729.
2. MATHIAS, JR. (2) ; MATHIAS, SR. (1).
Children :
9. Anna Catherine Bausser, b. 1731.
10. Anna Maria Bausser, b. 1733.
11. Anna Margaret Bausser, baptized in Lancaster May 12, 1739.
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12. David Bausser, b. 1738; m. Elizabeth; d. 1813.
13. John Bausser, b. 1740; d. 1813; m. Mary.
14. Jacob Bausser, b. 1745; d. 1834; m. Elsie Kal.
15. Noah Bausser, b. 1748; m. Eunice Ditto.
16. Valentine Bausser, b. 1750; d. in Armstrong Co., 1836.
17. Abraham Bausser, b. 1758; d. about 1853-5.
18. Esther Bausser, b. 1758; m. Martin John.
19. Samuel Bausser, b. about 1755.
12. DAVID (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ; MATHIAS, SR. (1). David Bowser
was in Maryland in 1785. In 1798 he sold land in Frederick County, Md.,
and was living in Bedford County the same year. Mr. G. W. Bowser of
Osterburg, Bedford County, relates that David Bowser, his great-grand-
father, settled on the farm upon which he lives, V/z miles west of Oster-
burg, and cleared the land ; and a small burial place on the same land
shows that he was 75 years old when he died; 1813: that he had come
from some place in the east towards Philadelphia. "He had three sons.
John Bowser, my grandfather, was born about 1784." David Bowser was
therefore a year old and his sister Anna Margaret no doubt an infant
when they were baptized in the Reformed Church of Lancaster, Pa., May
12, 1739. David married Catherine. In his will he mentions seven chil-
dren : Catrout, Elizabeth, Mary, Catharine, Valentine, John and Esther ;
also a grandson, John Mock. Bedford County History says David also
had a son David who went west.
Children :
20. Catrout Bowser, a female, was buried in the ancient burial place on
the David Bowser farm; never married.
21. Elizabeth Bowser.
22. Mary Bowser.
23. Catharine Bowser, m. John Berkheimer.
24. Valentine Bowser, m. Mary ; lived in St. Clair Township in 1821.
In the census reports of 1820 St. Clair Twp., Bedford County, he
and his wife are recorded as aged between 26 and 45 ; no children ;
farmer. Valentine probably died in 1830 or shortly before. The
census of 1830 does not give Valentine, but Mary, no doubt his
widow, aged 40 to 50 years. In her family are 6 males and 3
females.
Children :
a24. Valentine Bowser, b. 1819; d. 1891; m. Catherine ,
b. 1824; ch.: Mary, b. 1848; Joseph, b. 1851; m. Eve, b.
1854; Henry, b. 1857; Jacob, b. 1860; Valentine, b. 1862;
m. William.
b24. Samuel Bowser, b. 1824; d. Dec. 20, 1896; m. Ann ,
b. 1824; ch.: Alexander, b. 1850; Michael, b. 1851; Eliz-
abeth, b. 1853; Matthias, b. 1854; m. Lucinda; Susan,
b. 1856; Rachel, b. 1860; Samuel, b. 1864.
25. John Bowser, m. Mary Helm, Daughter of John Helm of Bedford
County.
26. (Mother of John Mock). The will of Peter Mock of St.
Clair Township, dated 1815, mentions his grandson John Mock,
who was a son of his son Jacob Mock. Therefore it is probable
that a daughter of David married Jacob Mock.
27. Esther Bowser, m. Mock.
28. David Bowser.
23. CATHARINE (4), DAVID (3), MATHIAS, JR. (2), MATHIAS,
SR. (1). Catharine Bowser, m. John Berkheimer. Catharine is an impor-
tant personage in our history, as she becomes the connecting link between
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 129
two branches of Bowsers in the marriage of her daughter Sarah to Isaac
Bowser, a descendant of John and Eve.
Children :
29. William Berkheimer, m. Hannah Mock.
30. Peter Berkheimer, m. Margaret Bowser, daughter of George, Sr.,
and Margaret (Swartz).
31. Moses Berkheimer, m. Elizabeth Furney.
22. John Berkheimer, m. Sarah Shatzer.
Zi. Sarah Berkheimer, b. in 1804; m. Isaac Bowser, b. in 1798.
34. Joseph Berkheimer. Never married.
35. Jacob Berkheimer, b. March 6, 1806; d. July 9, 1874; m. Catharine
Bowser ; b. June 17, 1808 ; d. Oct. 19, 1866.
29. WILLIAM and HANNAH BERKHEIMER.
Children :
2>6. Joseph Berkheimer, m. Mary Earnest ; ch. : William, m. Florence
Kneisly; Dr. George; Bessie, m. M. A. Davis; Hannah Mary, m.
Ellis Holsinger.
Z7. Amos Berkheimer, m. Hannah Honestine ; ch. : Sarah, m. Edward
Mason ; Emma, m. O. S. Acher ; Hannah, m. Harvey Brown ; Dollie,
m. Elmer Claycomb.
38. Sarah Berkheimer, m. Joseph Riddle; ch. : G. W. Riddle, m. Emma
Oster; Shannon Riddle, m. Florence Potter; Hannah Mary Rid-
dle, m. Frank Oster.
39. Dorothy Berkhkeimer, m. William Oster; ch. : Sarah, m. David Shaf-
fer; Amanda, m. Dr. Conrad.
30. PETER and MARGARET BERKHEIMER.
Children :
40. John Berkheimer.
41. George Berkheimer, m. Jane Christ; ch. : Jacob Berkheimer, m.
Flora Fitler.
42. Samuel Berkheimer, m. Griffiths.
43. Jacob Berkheimer.
31. MOSES and ELIZABETH BERKHEIMER.
Children :
44. Hannah Mary Berkheimer, m. Huston.
45. Matilda Berkheimer, m. James Grindle.
46. Oliver Berkheimer, moved to Ohio.
47. Alonza Berkheimer, m. Mollie Barley.
48. Andrew Berkheimer.
49. Aaron Berkheimer.
50. Emma Berkheimer.
51. Agnes Berkheimer.
52. Elmyra Berkheimer.
Z2. JOHN BERKHEIMER and SARAH SHATZER.
Children :
53. John Berkheimer, m. Jane Christ.
54. Alexander Berkheimer, m. Elmira Claycomb.
55. Frank Berkheimer, m. Moses.
56. Mandilla Berkheimer, m. John Brown.
57. Mary Berkheimer, m. John Smith.
58. Sarah Berkheimer, m. Thomas Way.
130 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
33. SARAH and ISAAC BOWSER (son of George).
Children :
59. Joseph Bowser, b. Sept. 13, 1824 ; d. 1905.
60. George W. Bowser, b. Nov. 1, 1825; d. June 25, 1898; m. Frances
Matilda Gillett, b. Feb. 18, 1839; d. Dec. 10, 1911. See (17) under
"John and Eve."
61. Catharine Bowser, b. Mar. 3, 1827; d. 1910. Single.
62. Hannah Bowser, b. May 17, 1828; d. June 24, 1891; m. George Bol-
linger, b. 1838 ; d. 1910 in Sioux City, la. ; ch. : Elizabeth, m. Joseph
Bates, Detroit, Mich.
63. John Bowser, b. Oct. 25, 1829 ; m. Mary Echert, d. at Claysburg, Pa.,
Sept. 1, 1907; ch. : Mary, Laura, Amanda.
64. William Bowser, b. Jan. 7, 1831 ; d. 1907 ; m. Elizabeth Trees ; ch. :
William, Bemice, Martha, Emma, Ida, Ada.
65. Eve Bowser, b. Aug. 7, 1832; d. 1906. Single.
66. Isaac Newton Bowser, b. Dec. 25, 1833; d. Feb. 21, 1901 ; m. Annie M.
Smith. Dr. Isaac Bowser was a well known dentist and lived at
Woodbury, Bedford County, Pa. Later lived at Martinsburg, Blair
County, Pa. Ch. : Seward, Howard, Sarah, Haller.
67. Henry Bowser, b. June 10, 1835 ; died aged about 14 yrs.
68. Margaret Bowser, b. Jan. 18, 1836; m. John W. Cunningham, b. Oct.
9, 1820 ; d. Dec. 3, 1886. Margaret d. Nov. 2, 1878. Ch. : Charles,
John, Bruce, Belle, Bess.
69. David Porter Bowser, b. June 30, 1838; d. Apr. 3, 1882; m. Elizabeth
Lyons, b. July 20, 1835 ; d. Jan. 14, 1912. (See John and Eve) (22).
70. Sarah Jane Bowser, b. Oct. 10, 1840.
71. Solomon Bowser, b. Sept. 13, 1842; died in Civil War.
a70. Frederick Bowser, b. Dec. 8, 1844.
60. GEORGE and FRANCES MATILDA (Gillett) BOWSER. See John
and Eve (17) for children.
a71. Matilda Bowser.
12. Gilbert Bowser.
IZ. Charles T. Bowser (eldest son), b. Sept. 25, 1858; d. May 12, 1906;
m. Mary Snyder, b. Apr. 28, 1863.
74. Samuel H. Bowser, b. July 16, 1860, m. Crecie Belle Nesbit, b. Sept.
3, 1862.
75. Thomas L. Bowser, b. Nov. 6, 1863; d. Aug. 5, 1901. Grocer with
his brother Charles.
76. Sadie E. Bowser, b. July 28, 1870; m. Jesse J. Sankey. Live in Sun-
bury, Pa.
69. DAVID PORTER and ELIZABETH.
Children :
11. Catharine V. Bowser, b. Jan. 2, 1874; m. (1) Elmer E. Casiber, (2)
John S. Schreyer; address, Crafton, Pa.
78. Alpha L. Bowser, b. Feb. 28, 1876; m. Gertrude E. Cox, Crafton, Pa.;
ch.: James Robert, b. Apr. 4, 1906; Alpha Lyons, b. Aug. 21, 1910;
Margaret Elizabeth, b Jan. 25, 1917.
35. JACOB and CATHARINE BERKHEIMER.
Children :
79. Margaret Berkheimer, b. 1877; d. 1893; m. Michael Stambaugh, b.
1824; d. 1899.
80. Catharine Berkheimer, b. 1829, d. 1910; m. John H. Bowser, b. 1814,
son of "Davie" John.
81. Mary Berkheimer, b. Aug. 9, 1831; d. July 21, 1919; m. Jacob Iches.
82. Sarah Berkheimer, d. single, aged IZ.
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83. John Berkheimer, d. aged 70; m. Catharine Claycomb.
84. George Berkheimer, d. aged 71 ; m. Rebecca Acker, d. aged 59. .
85. Annie Berkheimer, b. 1845; d. Dec. 6, 1867; m. David C. Ling.,
86. Matilda Berkheimer, b. Oct. 10, 1847 ; lives at St. Qairsville, Bedford
Co., Pa. ; single.
87. Alexander Berkheimer, b. 1861 ; d. Sept. 20, 1862.
88. Elizabeth Berkheimer, d. 1841.
80. CATHARINE and JOHN H. BOWSER.
Children :
89. Quitman Bowser, b. 1851; m. (1) Emma Rock; (2) King.
SK). John F. Bowser, b. 1853 ; m. Mary Dougherty.
91. Mary Bowser, b. 1855; m. Michael D. Smeltzer.
92. Alexander Bowser, b. 1857; d. 3 yrs. of age.
93. Jacob Bowser, b. 1859; m. (1) Sarah Oster ; (2) Amanda Schroyer.
94. Leander H. Bowser, b. 1861 ; m. Minnie Crisman.
95. William Bowser, b. 1863; m. (1) Sadie Claycomb, (2) Maud Wolf.
96. George W. Bowser, b. 1866, living on his great-grandfather David
Bowser's farm near St. Clairsville, Bedford Co., Pa. A slate
stone picked from the hillside marks David Bowser's grave in
the old cemetery on his farm with the year of his death, 1813, aged
75 years.
97. Alice Bowser, b. 1867; m. Jacob Dively.
98. Charles C. Bowser, b. 1871; m. Bessie Imes.
25. JOHN (4), (DAVID (3), MATHIAS (2), MATHIAS, SR. (1).
Children :
99. Jacob H. Bowser, b. Nov. 6, 1808; d. May 22, 1887; m. Margaret
Hillegas, b. 1814.
100. David H. Bowser, b. Dec. 21, 1810; m. Charlotte Potts, dau. of Rev.
Jephthah and Mary Potts.
101. John H. Bowser, b. Aug. 14, 1814; d. 1889; m. Catharine Berkheimer.
See children under Catherine and John H. (80),
102. Elizabeth Bowser, b. 1816 ; m. Charles W. Colvin, of Bedford Co., Pa.
103. George W. Bowser, b. 1820; d. 1885; m. Rebecca L. Burns, b. 1832;
d. 1870. They lived in Napier Township, Bedford Co., Pa.
104. Alice Colvin, m. John Gerlinger. See 121.
99. JACOB H. and MARGARET BOWSER.
Children :
105. John Bowser, b. 1839 ; m. Jane Chilcott ; ch. : Nora, Alice, Annie, Lulu,
Blanche, Ray
106. Elizabeth Bowser, b. 1837 ; m. A. J. Kegg.
107. Amanda Bowser, b. 1842; m. George Marshall; ch.: Mamie, Ward.
108. Matilda Bowser, b. 1857; m. Jacob Blackburn; also known as Hes-
ter M. ; ch. : Ada, Carrie, Clifford.
al08. Emma M. Bowser, b. 1848; m. Thomas Alstatt; address, Windber,
Somerset Co., Pa.; ch. : Millie, Keiffe.
109. George Polk Bowser, b. 1845 ; m. Mary J. Clark.
109. GEORGE POLK and MARY J. BOWSER. Address, Alum Bank,
Bedford Co., Pa.
Children :
110. Jacob Bowser; m. Carrie Blackburn; ch. : Harold, Walter, Ruth,
Charles.
111. Elmer Bowser; m. Carrie Hoover; ch.; Rayford, Dorothy, Gladdys,
Paul.
112. Myrtle Bowser; m. John Heinze; ch. : Charles.
132 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
113. Sewell Bowser; m. Ada Barefoot; ch. : Kenneth, Warren, Russel,
Carl, Aline.
114. Carrie Bowser; m. Harry Schrock; ch. : Vera.
116. Harry Bowser; m. Mattie Ellison; ch. : Ruth, Viola, Stanley, Evelyn,
Alton.
117. Emerson Bowser.
118. Jerl Bowser.
119. Helen Bowser.
100. DAVID H. and CHARLOTTE BOWSER.
Children
120. Dr. Alexander J. Bowser, b. Nov. 27, 1862; d. Apr. 11, 1906; m. (1)
Louie O. Mock; (2) Mary P. Amick.* ch. by second marriage,
Georgia A.; David P., d 1897; Alex J. Jr., d. 1906.
♦Daughter of George B. and Mary P. Amick of St. Clairsville.
102. ELIZABETH (BOWSER) and CHARLES W. COLVIN.
Children :
121. Alice Colvin, m. John Ger linger.
122. George Colvin, m. Belle Williams.
123. Charles Colvin, m. Wishers.
124. John Colvin, m. Kerr.
125. William Colvin.
126. Frank E. Colvin, Esq. ; m. Effie Wilhelm.
127. Blanche Colvin, m. Roy Stauflet.
103. GEORGE and REBECCA BOWSER.
Children :
128. James S. Bowser, b. 1860; m. Kerr.
129. Harry Bowser, b. 1864; m. Harvey.
130. Ralph Bowser, b. 1867.
13. JOHN (3), MATHIAg, JR. (2), MATHIAS, SR. (1). John Bowser,
a soldier of the Revolutionary War, bought land on Yellow Creek, Hope-
well Twp., Bedford County, Apr. 5, 1797. Deed Book Vol. I, page 479:
"Know that I, Jos. Haines of Hopewell Twp., made an improvement on a
tract of land in March, 1796, joining lands with Melor and Jos. Snyder and
Tusseys Mountain in Hopewell Twp. and on Apr. 5, 1797, for the sum of
26 lbs. ten shillings, to me in hand paid by John Bowser, did sell improve-
ment and to warrant and defend it from me and my heirs forever unto
said John Bowser of Woodbury Twp., County of Bedford." Signed in
German.* Here, on these fertile acres, John Bowser and Mary, his wife,
lived until his death in 1813. (See his will). His great-grandson, Henry
P. Bowser, lives in Hopewell Twp. about three miles east of the old John
Bowser homestead.
♦The signature is that of Joseph Haines, the grantor, not of John Bowser
and Mary.
Children :
131. John Bowser, b. before 1770.
132. Jacob Bowser, b. 1770.
133. Mathias Bowser, b. Dec. 16, 1773; d. at Kittanning, Pa., Jan. 4, 1830;
m. Christianna Loy.
134. Valentine Bowser, b. 1777; d. 1852; m. Elizabeth Fluke of Hopewell,
b. 1782; d. 1879, near Montgomeryville, Pa.
135. Samuel Bowser, b. 1778; m. Catharine Snyder.
136. Nicholas Bowser, b. 1781 or 1782; d. 1862 at Hopewell; m. Eliza-
beth .
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137. Peter Bowser, b. 1786; d. 1879; m. Sarah Russell, b. 1787.
138. Mary Bowser, m. John Burnhamer.
139. Elizabeth Bowser, m. Abram Swigart.
140. Catherine Bowser, m. Peter Kline.
141. Julia Ann Bowser, m. David Flenner.
142. Barbara Bowser, m. Joseph Bowser, b. 1791 ; d. 1873.
133. MATHIAS (4), JOHN HOPEWELL (3), MATHIAS, JR. (2),
MATHIAS, SR. (1). Mathias Bowser was the first of John Bowser's
family to settle in Armstrong County. He came to Kittanning five years
before the town was organized and bought a tract of land now lying within
the city limits. Later he moved to Kentucky. He returned to Kittanning
some years afterward, where he died in 1830. He built the first brick house
in Kittanning. The old Hague Hotel building on Market Street, still stand-
ing and in good condition, attesting the honest workmanship of its builder,
was erected by Mathias Bowser in 1826. It was built very early in the
history of the town and on the very site of the ancient Indian town destroyed
by Colonel John Armstrong in 1756. Mrs. Margaret Bowser, wife of Jonas
Bowser, a niece of Mathias Bowser, frequently, when a child, visited the
house of her uncle in Kittanning, which was the above-mentioned hotel,
and saw Indian beads which the children of Mathias had found when the
yard of their house was spaded. Mathias Bowser was married to Christi-
anna Loy, daughter of Martin Loy, a wealthy land owner and merchant
of Loysburg, Bedford County, Pa. Loysburg lies 4 miles west of the John
Bowser homstead in Hopewell Twp. On the well-preserved tombstones
marking the resting place of Mathias and his wife Christianna in the old
burying ground in the heart of the town we noted the following:
(1) Mathias Bowser, b. Dec. 16, 1773; d. Jan. 4, 1830.
"Far from afflictions, toil and care
Thy happy soul is fled ;
The breathless clay shall slumber here,
Among the silent dead."
(2) Christianna L., wife of Mathias Bowser, b. May, 1787, d. April 13,
1855, aged 67 years and 11 months.
(3) Catharine Bowser, b. Feb. 17, 1811; d. Dec. 16, 1830. Daughter of
Mathias and Christianna Bowser.
(4) George Augustus, b. Sept. 30, 1832; d. April 5, 1833. Son of
Dr. G. A. Meeker and Mary (Bowser), daughter of Mathias and
Christianna Bowser. (Mary Meeker died in Tennessee.)
Children :
143. Catherine Bowser, b. Feb. 17, 1811 ; d. Dec. 16, 1830.
144. Rebecca Bowser.
145. Nancy E. Bowser, m. Steven B. Young.
146. Martin L. Bowser, b. 1814 in Armstrong County, Pa. ; d. Jan. 23, 1888,
in W. Va. ; m. Nancy McGinnis, d. 1892.
147. William A. Bowser, b. 1816, a physician, lived at Callensburg, Pa.
He had a son Heber (d.) and 3 daughters ; d. in 1865.
148. Mary Bowser, m. George A. Meeker; d. in Tennessee.
149. Emanuel Bowser, b. 1824, a physician and surgeon in Civil War; d.
at Houston, Tex.; single.
150. Albert I. Bowser, b. 1826; d. young.
151 Margaret Bowser, m. Elisha D. Barrett; lived in Muskingum, Ohio;
d. 1849.
134 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
146. MARTIN LOY (5), MATHIAS (4), JOHN (3), MATHIAS (2),
MATHIAS (1). Martin Loy Bowser and Nancy McGinnis lived in Ken-
tucky; d. 1892.
Children :
152. Flora T. Bowser, b. Mar. 10, 1846; m. Aaron Klipstein; d. Apr. 20,
1912 ; ch. : Augustus, Loy, Catharine.
153. Christianna Bowser, b. Nov. 28, 1842; m, Samuel Fluharty; arc liv-
ing in W. Va. ; ch. : Minnie, Nancy, Delia, Virgil (d.).
154. Martin Luther Bowser, b. June 26, 1859; m. (1) Edith Krotzer;
(2) Mary M. Krotzer ; ch. : Winnefred L. Bowser, b. Dec. 30,
1894; m. James A. Gault, Jr., II, (ch.) James A. Gault, III, b.
May 9, 1918; Cecil Edith Bowser, b. July 18, 1897; m. John P.
Roberts of Ford City, Pa.; (ch.) John Martin Roberts, b. Apr.
13, 1922; Elizabeth Claire Bowser, b. Sept. 14, 1900; Jeanc
Rebecca Bowser, b. July 11, 1902; Martin Kenneth Bowser, b. Feb,
1, 1905.
155. William W. Bowser, b. July 4, 1849 ; d. in California ; never married.
156. Cleora C. Bowser, b. Mar. 7, 1851; living at Sardis, Ohio; m. Lively
Fluharty ; ch. : Oscar, Huber.
157. Virgil M, Bowser, b. June 7, 1852; lives at Ravenwood, W. Va. ; m.
Nancy Fluharty ; child : Nancy.
158. Homer Loy Bowser, b. Jan. 6, 1854; d. May 9, 1919; m. Marietta
Jenkins ; ch. : Ora, d. ; Ella living in Akron, Ohio ; Orin, living in
Huntingdon, W. Va. ; William living in Paden City, W. Va.
al58. Belle I. Bowser, m. J. W. Morgan.
160. Adda Liletta Bowser, b. Aug. 7, 1857; m. John Watkins; living in
W. Va. ; ch. : Jessie, Earnest, Stephen, Gaeta, Dassie, John.
161. Heber O. Bowser, b. April 26, 1862; m. Pipher; ch. : Philip,
b. 1902; Michael, b. 1908.
162. Gaeta Bowser, b. Nov. 28, 1863 ; d. July 30, 1918, at Little Rock, Ark. ;
m. Ella Champion. He was a business man of large interests and
owner of the Bowser Company Furniture Store.
163. Minnie M. Bowser, b. Sept. 6, 1865 ; m. James Feist ; lives in W. Va.
147. WILLIAM ALEXANDER (5), MATHIAS (4), JOHN (3), MATH-
IAS (2), MATHIAS (1). Dr. William Alexander Bowser was born Feb.
22, 1822; d. Nov. 29, 1865. He lived in Callensburg, Pa.; m. (1) Anna
MacDowell, d. May 21, 1848.
Children :
147. Emma Margaret Bowser, b. Apr. 23, 1846; m. Samuel Frampton
Shields, b. Jan. 27, 1840 ; d. Aug. 17, 1919. They lived near Cal-
lensburg, Clarion County, Pa., until 1875, when they moved to
Allerton, Iowa, where Mrs. Shields still lives.
Children :
(147) Frank Bowser Shields, b. May 15, 1867; m. Stella Brown; address:
Denver, Colo.; ch. : Gussie Margaret Shields, b. Apr. 23, 1893;
Cecil Helen Shields, b. Mar. 1, 1895, m. Findley George; Howard
Samuel Shields, b. Mar. 8, 1897 ; served in inf. in World's war ;
Kathleen Margaret Shields, b. June 6, 1899.
(147) Edward Arthur Shields, b. Feb. 13, 1869; d. July 4, 1870.
(147) Anna Adella Shields, b. Jan. 4, 1871; m. Joshua Davis; address:
Reeder, Colo. ; ch. : Caroline Margaret Davis, b. June 4, 1898.
(147) Sallie Ellen Shields, b. Aug. 11, 1872; single.
(147) Mary Core Shields, b. Feb. 17, 1874; m. James E. Moore, d. 1908;
ch.: Howard Shields Moore, b. Mar. 16, 1901; Harold Boise
Shields, b. Dec. 17, 1904.
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(147) Ida Nan Shields, b. May 9, 1875; m. Judge James P. Hewitt;
address: Des Moines, Iowa; ch. : Ruth Georgia Hewitt, b. May
27, 1903 ; Elizabeth Nan Hewitt, b. Jan. 26, 1905 ; James Randolph
Hewitt, b. Nov. 27, 1906; Edwin Shields Hewitt, b. Apr. 16, 1908.
(147) Heber Rex Shields, b. Dec. 21, 1876; m. Susan McNab; d. May 8,
1921; address: Vega, Tex.; ch. : Vernon Frampton Shields, b.
Sept. 27, 1897; served in the Marine Corps in the World's war;
Elbert Kent Shields, b. Nov. 10, 1899; Edith Claire Shields, b.
Sept. 24, 1901 ; Rachel Ethel Shields, b. 1903 ; Emma Margaret
Shields, b. June 6, 1905; Susan Rexine Shields, b. Feb. 6, 1914.
(147) John Craig Shields, Jr., b. Oct. 6, 1878; veteran of the Spanish-
American War, Co. H, 51st Iowa Reg.; m. Othelia W. White;
address: Fort Yates, N. D. ; ch. : John Frampton Shields, b.
July 7, 1921.
(147) Minnie Emma Shields, b. Aug. 2, 1880.
(147) Harlan Samuel Shields, b. April 19, 1882.
(147) Edith Zella Shields, b. Feb. 22, 1885; m. Dr. Fred S. Wells;
address : Des Moines, Iowa ; ch. : Frederick L. Wells, Jr., b. Apr.
27, 1920.
(147) Benjamin Prentiss Shields, b. Dec. 2, 1888; m. Mary Karlinski;
address : Mobridge, S. D. ; ch. : John Craig Shields, b. June 9, 1918.
(147) Rev. Ried Frampton Shields, b. Mar. 1, 1893; see Biographies.
B147. CHRISTIANNA LOY BOWSER, b. May 17, 1848; m. JAMES
MONTGOMERY CLUGH, b. Sept. 11, 1843; d. Nov. 5, 1920; address:
Bloomington, Neb.
Children :
(147) Anna Belle Clugh, b. July 14, 1869; d. Apr., 1872.
(147) William Bowser Clugh, b. Jan. 28, 1871; m. May Kerrivan ; ch. :
William, Jr., b. June 25, 1901; Francis, b. Oct., 1904; Ramona
Belle, b. May 30, 1902.
(147) Kate Emma Clugh, b. June 30, 1873; m. Walter Lloyd Hayden,
b. Mar. 25, 1867 ; ch. : Josephine Maxine, b. Apr. 12, 1901 ; Cath-
arine Eleanor, b. Oct. 14, 1902.
(147) Francis Loy Clugh, b. Sept. 2, 1875; m. Mar. 16, 1901.
(147) Nancy Eleanor Clugh, b. Feb. 17, 1877; m. Clarence E. Harman,
b. 1877; ch.: Frederick Clugh, b. Nov. 21, 1902; Virginia Clare,
b. July 20, 1907.
(147) Mary Eva Clugh.
(147) Thomas Clugh.
(147) Heber Clugh, b. Jan. 23, 1883; m. Rose Farmer; ch.: Dorothy, b.
Feb., 1908; Heber, Jr., b. May, 1911.
147. DR. WILLIAM ALEXANDER BOWSER, married (2) NANCY
ELEANOR BRANDON, d. Nov. 1905.
Children :
(147) Alice Bowser, b. July, 1864; m. David A. Moore; address: New-
castle, Pa.; ch. : Eleanor Moore, b. 1900.
(147) Mary Bowser, b. Apr., 1852; m. William English.
(147) Heber B. Bowser, b. 1853; d. 1895; attorney.
(147) Nancy Ellen Bowser, b. May, 1858; d. Sept., 1886; m. David A.
Moore ; ch. : Phillip A., b. 1883.
134. VALENTINE (4) ; JOHN (3) ; MATHIAS (2) ; MATHIAS (1).
Valentine Bowser, the fourth son of John Bowser (Hopewell), b. 1777, d.
March, 1852, m. Elizabeth Fluke, oldest child of John Fluke of Hopewell,
about 1800. He was reared on the farm of his father, John Bowser, Hope-
well Twp., about 4 miles west of Hopewell on the Loysburg road. He
136 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
came to Armstrong County, Pa., with his wife and seven children, in 1815.
His son Peter was bom Oct. 20, 1815, a few weeks after their arrival. They
crossed the Allegheny River 2^2 miles north of Kittanning, and traveled up
the ravine now known as Furnace Run, and took up land one mile north
of Walk Chalk, now owned by Dougherty heirs, and there raised a family
of eleven children. Valentine and his wife adhered to the use of their
native speech, the Palatine German. Elizabeth (Fluke) was bom in 1782
and died in the home of her daughter Margaret Bowser (Jonas) Wash-
ington Twp., Armstrong County, Pa., 1879, aged 97.
Children :
164. Abram Bowser, b. 1802; d. 1852; m. Mary Ann Stevens, b. 1805, a
relative of Alexander Stevens, vice president of the Southern
Confederacy.
165. Elizabeth Bowser, b. 1804; m. Henry McAninch.
al65. Jacob Bowser, b. Aug. 5, 1805; d. May 21, 1883; m. Mary Moore,
b. July 14, 1806; d. May 21, 1883.
166. Delilah Bowser, b. Nov. 15, 1808; d. April 17, 1887; m. Peter Toy,
b. Feb. 8, 1805 ; d. Oct. 6, 1898.
167. Mary Bowser, b. 1810.
168. Catharine Bowser, b. Oct. 13. 1809; d. 1906; m. Noah Bowser, b.
Dec. 1, 1806; d. Oct. 31, 1878.
169. Peter Bowser, b. Oct. 20, 1815; d. Jan. 29, 1879; m. Jane Bowser,
b. Dec. 21, 1821 ; d. Jan. 22, 1900.
170. Margaret Bowser, b. July 30, 1818; m. Jonas Bowser, b. July 13, 1811 ;
d. June 11, 1891.
171. Mathias Bowser, b. Aug. 6, 1820; d. April 22, 1889; m. Rebecca
Swigart, b. July 25, 1823; d. Oct. 27, 1901.
al71. William Bowser, b. Nov. 20, 1813; d. Feb. 3, 1898; m. Mary Ann
Bowser, b. June 7, 1820; d. Apr. 8, 1906.
172. Valentine Bowser, b. Sept. 28, 1822 ; d. April 28, 1875 ; m. Elizabeth
Stephenson, b. April 2, 1828; d. July 18, 1900.
164. ABRAM (5) ; VALENTINE (4) ; JOHN (3) ; MATHIAS (2) ;
MATHIAS (1). Abram Bowser was a stone mason by trade. He was also
a prosperous farmer. He was killed by the fall of a tree, 1852. His farm
was located four miles west of Kittanning and is now owned by the heirs
of his grandson William P. Bowser. The children of Abram Bowser inaug-
urated the Bowser Reunion in Armstrong County in 1899 (see Reunions).
He was buried in the Pine Hill cemetery on the hill on the west side of
Kittanning — the first burial place in the county west of the Allegheny river.
His grave was not marked and the spot is now unknown. He married
Mary Stevens, a relative of Alexander Stevens, vice-president of the
Southern Confederacy. She was a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Ann
Stevens, who lived at Beaver Falls, Pa., and conducted a hotel. After the
death of her husband she married John P. Davis and moved with her hus-
band to MontgomeryArille, Armstrong County, Pa., where she died Aug. 8,
1874. She had a liberal education and devoted her talents to beneficent
works. She and her husband Abram, as also her second husband, were
staunch supporters of the Baptist Church. She was buried in the cemetery
of the Montgomeryville Baptist Church. Mary Stevens had two brothers,
Vachel and Moses, and one sister, Sophia. Vachel Stevens lived in the
South. He owned a large sugar plantation and a great number of slaves.
Moses Stevens moved to Ohio. For Sophia see page 151.
CThildren :
173. Benjamin Stevens Bowser, b. Dec. 20, 1823; d. Dec, 1915; m. (1)
Elizabeth Bowser; (2) Elizabeth Yerty, d. 1855; (3) Catharine
Yerty, b. Mar. 13, 1835 ; d. 1914.
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174. Elizabeth F. Bowser, b. Dec. 8, 1825 ; d. Nov. 27, 1908 ; m. Frederick
R. Bowser, b. May 12, 1821; d. Aug. 11, 1874.
175. Sophia Bowser, b. May 29, 1828 ; m. Adam Wyant, b. July 4, 1813 ;
d. May 28, 1882.
176. Sarah Ann Bowser, b. Oct. 17, 1830; d. March 2, 1916; Jacob Booher.
b. Sept. 20, 1830.
177. Delilah Bowser, b. Nov. 27, 1833, d. Mar. 15, 1873; m. (1), Abram
— Frick, b. Jan. 24, 1830; d. Oct. 7, 1862; (2) John D. Wolf.
178. Eli Bowser, b. Jan. 29, 1835.
179. Mathias Stevens Bowser, M.D., b. May 14, 1837; m. Elizabeth Booher,
b. Sept. 6, 1841.
180. Rosana Bowser, b. April 4, 1840; d. Aug. 18, 1880; m. Archibald
Bowser, b. Nov. 1, 1836; d. Nov. 12, 1889.
181. Jane Bowser, b. April 15, 1842; d. July, 1892; m. Adam Grantz, b.
March 25, 1837 ; d. April 22, 1905.
182. Joshua Crawford Bowser, m. Kiziah Bowser, b. Dec, 1841.
183. Nancy Bowser, d. in infancy.
184. Susan Bowser, d. in infancy.
185. James Hindman Bowser, b. June 7, 1852; m. (1) Amanda J. Bow-
ser, b. May 5, 1855 ; (2) Alberta Olevia Anylock, b. 1855.
173. BENJAMIN S. (6), ABRAM (5), VALENTINE (4), JOHN (3),
MATHIAS (2), MATHIAS (1). Benjamin S. Bowser devoted his life
to the soil. He was well known throughout the county (Armstrong, Pa.).
His beautiful country home was a popular resort to his hosts of friends.
He lived to the unusual age of 92 and was familiarly known as "Uncle
Benny." He was president of our Bowser Reunion from its organization
until his death. He was buried near his home and church at Montgomery-
ville. See biographies.
173 (2), Children by his second wife, Elizabeth Yerty:
186. Catharine Bowser, b. Feb. 17, 1846; d. June 20, 1892; m. Ezekiel
Ekis, b. March 21, 1839; d. Oct. 4, 1900.
187. Ann Eliza Bowser, b. Nov. 18, 1848; m. John M. Hawk, b. Aug
6, 1848.
188. Rachel Bowser, b. 1850; m. (2) Lee Stoops, (1) Gideon McGreggor
189. Christian Yerty Bowser, b. Jan., 1853; m. (1) Sadie J. Helm, b. Nov.,
1853; d. March 7, 1910; (2) Delilah Salsbury.
190. William P. Bowser, b. May 9, 1854; d. Dec, 16, 1916; m. Margaret
Sindorf, b. July 25, 1857.
173 (3). Children by his third marriage, Catharine Yerty:
191. Mervin C. Bowser, b. 1858; m. Pearl B. Kern. They live on the
old Benjamin S. Bowser farm, Adrian, Pa.
192. Ellen Bowser, b. 1860.
193. Abram Bowser, b. 1862 ; m. Nancy Jack, b. May 20, 1872.
194. Sophia Bowser, b. Mar. 9, 1864; m. (1) Daniel Giles; (2) Grant
Coggan.
195. Rosa Bowser; d. in infancy.
196. Stephen Bowser, b. 1866; m. Sally Wible.
197. Denny D. Bowser, b. June 6, 1868; d. Aug. 10, 1920; m. Olive J,
Jack, b. May 19, 1869.
186. KATHARINE (BOWSER) and EZEKIEL EKIS.
Children :
198. Henry A. Ekis, b. Sept, 23, 1866 ; d. Nov. 3, 1905.
199. Benjamin S. Ekis, b. Feb. 17, 1869; d. April, 1898; m. Jennie Foye,
200. Levi B. Ekis, b. June 17, 1870; m. Bertha Bowser.
201. William R. Ekis, b. Dec. 11, 1872; m. Laura S. Keene.
202. Blair C. Ekis, b. May 31, 1875; d. May 1, 1907; m. Ella King.
138 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
203. Minnie Ekis, b. Mar. 11, 1877; m. Frederick C. Wehling, b. Feb. 20,
1871 ; present address : 3029 Owen Ave., Brentwood Boro., Pitts-
burgh; ch.: Clarence Wehling, b. Oct. 29, 1897; Viola Wehling,
b. Dec. 25, 1899 ; Beulah Wehling, b. Feb. 23, 1900 ; Leslie Wehling,
b. Jan. 12, 1902 ; Grace Wehling, b. Sept. 21, 1905 Ida Mae Weh-
ling, b. Oct. 24, 1912 ; Frederick Wehling, Jr., b. June 12, 1916.
204. Mary L. Ekis, b. Mar. 21, 1879; m. Harry Heighley.
205. John C. Ekis, b. Jan, 10, 1881.
206. Katharyn Ekis, b. June 12, 1883.
207. Wilda E. Ekis, b. Apr. 24, 1885 ; d. Oct., 1899.
208. Tillie B. Ekis, b. June 2, 1899; m. Lee Householder.
209. Charles Ekis, b. June 3, 1892; d. 1892.
187. ANN ELIZA (BOWSER) and JOHN HAWK.
Children :
210. Benjamin S. Hawk, b. Feb. 9, 1871; m. Lina Craig.
211. Dr. Mortimore C. Hawk, b. Jan. 11, 1893; m. Pearl E. Strayer of
Colorado.
212. Jennie Roduska Hawk, b. Oct. 7, 1874 ; m. J. W. Gumbert.
213. Hattie May Hawk, b. March 28, 1876 ; m. J. Hays McDonald.
214. William E. Hawk, b. Aug. 31, 1877; m. Edith Baum.
215. Flossie Ora Hawk, b. Dec. 26, 1878 ; m. H. A. Waugaman.
216. Elizabeth Lee Hawk, b. May 21, 1880; m. Homer Ruff.
217. John Herbert Hawk, b. Nov. 12, 1881 ; m. Dollie Steinbeck.
218. Rachel C. Hawk, b. May 17, 1883; m. Chates Simson.
219. Grace A. Hawk, b. Jan. 23, 1885 ; m. Guy Albright.
220. Mervin C. Hawk, b. July 6, 1886; m. Mabel Matin.
221. Mildred Florence Hawk, b. Sept. 17, 1888 ; m. Clifford Rechards.
222. Anna Lee Hawk, b. Sept. 17, 1892; d. Feb. 24, 1921 ; m. David Boggs.
223. Hyatt L. Hawk, in World war, b. April 8, 1896; m. Jennifer E.
Shaul, b. Sept. 26, 1898; ch. : Edward Stanley, b. Dec. 23, 1920.
Ann Eliza (Bowser) Hawk and husband, John M., live in West Kit-
tanning. He is a prominent contractor and builder. See biog-
raphies.
189. CHRISTIAN YERTY and SADIE J. (HELM) BOWSER. Chris-
tian Y. Bowser is an extensive farmer of Washington Twp., Armstrong Co.,
Pa.; address: Cowansville.
Children :
224. Ralph D. Bowser, school teacher, b. March, 1883; d. Feb., 1905.
225. Vima E. Bowser, b. July, 1884 ; m. Curtis Toy.
226. Mabel Sidney Bowser, b. Jan., 1886 ; d. Feb., 1914 ; m. Blair Gumbert.
227. Anna Arminta Bowser, b. Oct., 1887 ; m. R. M. Collier, b. March, 1888.
228. B. S. Watson Bowser, b. Oct., 1889; m. Essie R. Tarr.
229. Polly Irene Bowser, b. July, 1894 ; m. H. L. Benton.
230. Spurgeon Bowser, b. June, 1898.
190. WILLIAM P. and MARGARET (SINDORF) BOWSER. William P.
Bowser during his entire life held a responsible position with the Standard
Oil Company. At the time of his death he was living in Parkersburg, W. Va.
231. Parma Bowser, b. May 14, 1876; d. June 5, 1916; m. William J. Tapp.
232. Park Bowser, b. Nov. 2, 1877 ; m. Alta Barker.
233. Celesta Bowser, b. Dec. 9, 1879 ; m. John D. McCutchan.
234. Sadie Bowser, b. Feb. 14, 1882 ; m. Ami V. Barker.
235. Clema Bowser, b. Oct. 17, 1883 ; m. Clyde B. Ross.
236. Clarence Bowser, b. May 6, 1889; m. Bertha Linder.
237. Wayne Bowser, b. May 6, 1892; m. Bessie Means.
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193. SOPHIA BOWSER mT (1) DANIEL GILES, b. Feb. 3, 1871; d. Sept.
6, 1895.
Children :
238. Homer Giles, b. Feb. 4, 1891 ; m. Minnie Ludwig, b. Jan. 9, 1892 ;
ch. : Charles, Phyllis and Grace.
239. Goldie Giles, b. June 2, 1892.
240. Mervin Giles, b. Dec. 3, 1893; d. Oct. 26, 1901.
241. Sheridan Giles, b. Feb. 16, 1895 ; m. Rose Tarr, b. July 26, 1897.
(2) m. Grant Coggan, b. Feb. 13, 1866. Ch. :
242. Herbert Coggan, b. May 22, 1902.
243. Joseph B. Coggan, b. Jan. 14, 1904.
244. Kenneth Coggan, b. Dec. 21, 1907.
194. ABRAM and NANCY (JACK) BOWSER. Carpenter. Address: West
Kittanning, Pa.
Child :
245. Ward Bowser, student.
196. STEPHEN and SALLY (WIBLE) BOWSER.
Children :
246. Clinton Bowser.
247. Clyde Bowser.
248. Raymond Bowser.
249. Margaret Bowser.
250. Ruth Bowser.
251. Naomi Bowser.
197. DENNY D. and OLIVE (JACK) BOWSER.
Children :
252. Lenora B. Bowser, b. Mar. 11, 1893; m. W. A. Chaplain, b. Oct. 22,
1894.
253. Bernetta C. Bowser, b. Sept. 11, 1897; m. Elmer Gaiser, b. Sept. 15,
1895; ch. : Harold Geiser, Virginia Gaiser, Lois Gaiser.
174. ELIZABETH BOWSER (6), ABRAM (5), VALENTINE (4), JOHN
(3), MATHIAS (2), MATHIAS (1).
Children :
254. Chambers T. Bowser, b. Oct. 17, 1846; d. Sept. 17, 1915; m. (1)
Margaret Cook, b. Nov. 30, 1844; d. Oct. 24, 1895; (2) Margaret
McCausland, b. May 31. 1853.
255. Adaline Bowser, b. June 24, 1854; d. Mar. 13, 1904; m. Amos T. Fair.
256. David J. Bowser, b. Sept. 24, 1856; m. Kathryn Vensel, b. July 3,
1863 ; d. July 26, 1909.
257. William R. Bowser, b. Apr. 4, 1859 ; m. Martha Campbell, b. May 4,
1861. See biographies.
258. Ann Elizabeth Bowser, b. April 23, 1864; m. Lee Guthrie, b. April
10, 1859.
259. Frederick Bowser, b. Jan. 18, 1862 ; m. Eva Schaffer.
260. Jacob L. Bowser, b. Dec. 23, 1866 ; d. Aug. 14, 1919 ; m. Nellie Fred-
erick, d. Sept. 22, 1916; ch.: Frederick, Alene.
261. Mary R. Bowser, b. April 15, 1849 ; d. March 15, 1854.
262. Margaret Jane Bowser, b. Jan. 15, 1852; d. March 4, 1854.
254. CHAMBERS and MARGARET (COOK) BOWSER.
Children :
ZdZ. Francis S. Bowser, b. Aug. 2, 1876.
264. Amos S. Bowser, b. April 10, 1870; m. (1) Matilda D. Kunkle, b.
Jan. 19, 1873; d. March 4, 1908; m. (2) Jennie R. Groves, b. Sept.
12. 1874.
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265. Elizabeth C. Bowser, b. Mar. 22, 1876.
266. Jessie W. Bowser, b. July 5, 1874.
267. Bertha Bowser, b. July 1, 1879.
a267. Matilda J. Bowser, b. April 20, 1872.
b267. Minnie C. Bowser, b. April 3, 1882.
255. ADALINE BOWSER, m. AMOS T. FAIR, b. March 23, 1853.
Children :
a25S. Frederick Lee Fair, b. July 8, 1874; d. Sept. 17, 1893.
b255. Clara Myrtle Fair, b. March 6, 1877; d. March 5, 1881.
c255. Daisy Delcine Fair, b. Oct. 20, 1881 ; m. Frank Croyle.
d2SS. Leonard Augustus Fair. b. Oct. 28, 1884; m. Anna Rhodes.
e255. Elizabeth Ariminta Fair, b. Sept. 15, 1887; d. April 14, 1893.
£255. Olive Lenore Fair, b. July 25, 1892; d. Nov. 11, 1918; m. Ray Snyder.
256. DAVID and KATHRYN VENSEL BOWSER.
Children :
268. Frederick H. Bowser, b. Dec. 13, 1882; m. Eleanor Friskorn, b. Jan.
23, 1888; ch. : Glen, b. Dec. 14, 1911 ; John Nenry, b. March 2, 1913;
Clair, b. March 14, 1918.
269. Pearl Bowser, b. July 16, 1887; m. Ulysses Lasher, b. Aug. 15, 1883;
d. March 30, 1914; ch. : Edna, b. Aug. 12, 1905; Kenneth, b. Oct.
9, 1907 ; Robert, b. June 20, 1912 ; Donald, b. July 8, 1914.
270. Viola Bowser.
271. Sarah Bowser, b. Jan. 24, 1892; m. Nelson McClay, b. Sept. 6, 1894;
ch.: June McClay, b. April 16, 1916.
Z12. Calvin Bowser, b. Sept. 26, 1895 ; in Prov. Motor Amb. Co. No. 618
Reg., World war.
273. Mary Bowser, b. Feb. 20, 1900.
274. Oliva Bowser, b. May 10, 1903; m. Andrew Edwards, b. Oct. 18,
1901 ; child :
275. Doris Edwards, b. July 23, 1920.
257. WILLIAM R. BOWSER and MARTHA CAMPBELL.
Child:
276. Gertie Bowser, b. Aug. 15, 1880; m. Leroy Bargerstock, b. Feb. 7,
1877; ch.: Ralph, b. Dec. 9, 1905; Harland G., b. Jan. 26, 1912;
Helen C.
258. ANN (BOWSER) and LEE GUTHRIE.
Child:
277. Elizabeth Guthrie, b. May 20, 1892.
278. Ira D. Guthrie, b. Oct. 15, 1897; m. Grace Bierline, b. May 27, 1896;
ch. : John Darwood Guthrie, b. May 31, 1920.
279. Adelynne L. Guthrie, b. Aug. 3, 1899.
264. AMOS S. and MATILDA D. (KUNKLE) BOWSER. Amos S. Bowser
is a farmer of Washington Twp., Armstrong Co., Pa.
Children :
a264. Florence E. Bowser, b. Sept. 13, 1891 ; m. Jay Yerty, b. April 7, 1890.
b264. Edward T. Bowser, b. Aug. 29, 1893.
c264. Lewis S. Bowser, b. July 17, 1899; m. Violet Rice.
d264. Clarence E. Bowser, b. Jan. 2, 1902; d. July 26, 1909.
Amos S. and (2) Jennie R. (Groves).
Children :
a264. Chambers A. Bowser, b. Oct. 12, 1911.
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175. SOPHIA WYANT (6), ABRAM (5), VALENTINE (4), JOHN (3),
MATHIAS (2), MATHIAS (1). Sophia (Bowser) Wyant is the third
child of Abram and Mary Ann Stevens Bowser. She was reared in Franklin
Twp., Armstrong Co., Pa. ; m. Adam Wyant, March 25, 1847, a prominent
farmer. Mrs. Wyant is still living at the remarkable age of 94 and retains
the full use of her mental faculties. She has been able to attend all the
Bowser reunions since the first one in 1899. For more than twenty years
her children and descendants have gathered at her home on May 29th in
the celebration of her birth.
Children :
280. Mary Wyant, b. March 2, 1848 ; m. Albert H. Rea ; ch. : Albert W.,
b. Nov. 6, 1876; m. Elizabeth Bandi, b. Feb. 21, 1878; (ch. : Ira S.,
Merl W.; Floyd, Enza E., Alton O.) ; Tillie Belle, b. 1875; d. 1884.
281. Delilah S. Wyant, b. Sept. 23, 1849 ; m. George Boylstein, b. July 28,
1845 ; d. April 10, 1910.
282. Eli Fluke Wyant, b. Aug. 9, 1851 ; m. Parmelia Sindorf, b. Dec. 27,
1853.
283. Christina Wyant, b. March 13, 1853; m. Thomas Jack, b. May 11,
1844; d. March 24, 1915.
284. Benjamin Wyland Wyant, b. Sept. 4, 1855; m. Cynthia A. Dickey,
daughter of Samuel H. and Diana (Wolfe) Dickey, b. June 26,
1853.
285. Emma T. Wyant, b. Fd). 4, 1858; m. Frank L. Wolfe, b. Jan. 1
1858; d. Sept. 6, 1915.
286. Catharine Wyant, b. April 13, 1860; m. Isaac F. Kramer, b. Jan. 17,
1865; ch.: Margaret, b. Jan. 12, 1896; d. July 30, 1896; Frederick,
b. Sept. 12, 1898 ; d. May 1, 1920.
287. Dr. Jay B. F. Wyant, b. Aug. 7, 1862; m. Mary Louise Gilbert, b.
May 11. 1864. See biographies.
288. Margaret Wyant, b. Sept. 2, 1868; m. (1) Labana Wolfe; (2) Thomas
Cramer.
289. Susanette Wyant, b. June 3, 1869 ; m. William Manross, b. 1865,
281. DELILAH S. and GEORGE BOYLSTEIN.
Children :
290. Archibald Boylstein, b. 1869; d. Jan. 12, 1910; m. Elizabeth Serene;
ch. : May.
291. George L. Boylstein, b. 1871 ; m. Kate Haines ; ch. : Jessie, Elsie.
James, Jean, Frederick, Daniel, Hainer.
292. Elizabeth Boylstein, b. 1875 ; m. James Boyd Greer ; ch. : Mary Louise,
293. Alma Kathryn Boylstein, b. 1879; m. John William Gess ; ch.:
John W., Jr.
294. Sarah Boylstein, b. 1887 ; m. John Clayton Douglass.
295. Daisie Jeannette Boylstein, b. 1891 ; m. George Edward Hanley.
296. Sophia Boylstein.
282. ELI FLUKE and PARMELIA WYANT.
Children :
297. Alma Wyant, b. May 11, 1874; m. William Anderson.
298. James Ray Wyant, b. Dec. 25, 1875.
299. Stella Mindon Wyant, b. Feb. 2, 1877.
300. Reno Curtis Wyant, b. 1879; d. young.
301. Ray Finley Wyant, b. Nov. 11, 1880; m. James.
302. Sophia Isabelle Wyant, b. Oct. 8, 1884; m. Howard Butcher.
303. May Wyant, b. 1886 ; m. Roy Krebs.
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283. CHRISTINA WYANT and THOMAS JACK.
Children :
304. Laura M. Jack, b. May 9, 1876; d. May 24, 1900; m. Harve Mech-
ling, b. 1876 ; ch. : Hazel, Neal.
305. Margaret Jack, b. Nov. 27, 1876 ; m. Herbert Summers ; ch. : Edwin,
Homer, Ira, Howard, Thomas.
306. Robert Jack, m. Alice Stringer, b. Apr. 11, 1880; ch. : Daisey, Lillian,
Mary, Louise, Martha, Jean.
307. Rose Jack, b. Jan. 10, 1880; m. Frank Burdett; ch. : Thelma, Saidie
Louise.
308. Milton Jack, b. Aug. 5, 1881; m. Dorothy Wolfe, b. May 11, 1892;
ch. : Charles, Helen, Ruth.
309. Labana Jack, b. Dec. 29, 1890; m. Marie Bish, b. Jan. 22, 1891; ch. :
Wallace, Uda, Neil.
284. BENJAMIN W. and CYNTHIA WYANT.
Children :
310. Finne Lula Wyant, b. Aug. 25, 1878 ; d. Aug. 30, 1879.
311. Mary Josephene Wyant, b. May 22, 1880; m. Horace E. Nichols.
312. Ch. : Kenneth W. Nichols, b. Feb. 12, 1907.
313. John Finley Wyant, b. July 7, 1883.
314. Samuel B. R. Wyant, b. May 3, 1886.
315. Anna Sophia Wyant, b. Jan. 16, 1890; m. Joseph Leard.
316. Ch.: Finley Arthur, b. Nov. 14, 1915.
317. Ruth L., b. Jan. 26, 1912.
318. Benjamin F. Wyant, b. June 26, 1892; m. Lottie May Wolfe.
319. Ch.: Harding Ashley, b. Nov. 16, 1915.
320. Muriel Josephine, b. Oct. 6, 1917.
321. Gaynell Isabell, b. Feb. 23, 1920.
285. EMMA and FRANK L. WOLFE.
Children :
322. Daniel W. Wolfe, b. Aug. 29, 1877; m. Pearl Lias, b. April 11, 1882;
ch. : Vernon, Pauline, Theone, Sidney, Marian.
323. A. Weldon Wolfe, b. Dec. 22. 1880; d. Apr. 16, 1911.
324. Orca May Wolfe, b. Apr. 22, 1884; m. (1) George McAuley; (2)
Victor S. Say, b. Feb. 18, 1887.
325. Clifton Wolfe, b. July 27, 1895; m. Margaret Gilbert, b. Mar. 14,
1895; ch.: Iris, Edward, Claris, Allen.
326. Milburn Wolfe, b. Dec. 25, 1901.
287. DR. J. B. F. and LOUISE (GILBERT) WYANT.
Children :
327. Sophia Irene Wyant, b. Oct. 12. 1886; d. Oct. 8, 1904.
328. Sarah Alleine Wyant, twin of Irene; m. Doctor Edward E. Evens,
a prominent physician of McKeesport, Pa.
329. Ch. : Finley Edward.
330. Anna Louise.
331. Margaret C. Wyant, b. Mar. 13, 1890; m. William C. Kline, in bank-
ing business New York City.
332. Ch.: Robert Wyant Kline, b. Sept. 15, 1916.
333. Corbin Wayland Wyant, b. Mar. 23, 1896; student Bucknell Univ.
334. Mary Louise Wyant, b. July 20, 1902.
288. MARGARET (WYANT) and LABANA WOLFE (1).
Children :
335. Hazel Wolfe, m. Kenneth Costello ; ch. : Mildred, Margaret, Sophia.
336. Kramer Wolfe, b. Oct. 16, 1898; m. Charlotte Raub, b. Sept. 11, 1902.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 143
289. SUSANETTE (WYANT) and WILLIAM MANROSS.
Children :
337. George Manross, b. Sept. 18, 1890; d. Aug. 12, 1908.
338. Luetta Manross, b. July 21, 1894; m. H. B. Phillips, b. Apr. 19, 1888;
ch. : Evelyn, Dudley.
339. Benjamin T. Manross, b. Nov. 18, 1900; m. Marie Wolfe, b. 1900;
ch.: Betty L,
340. William Manross, b. Sept. 7, 1908.
341. Finley Manross, b. Dec. 27, 1902.
342. Eli Manross, d.
343. Ira Manross, b. Aug. 17, 1892; m. Marie Cochoran.
344. Ch. : William D.
176. SARAH ANN BOWSER (6) ; ABRAM (5) ; VALENTINE (4) ;
JOHN (3); MATHIAS (2); MATHIAS (1). Sarah Ann Bowser m.
Jacob Booher and lived near Sherrett, Armstrong Co., Pa. They resided on
their farm until 1915 when they made their home with their daughter,
Mrs. Wilson Fair, W. Kittanning, Pa.
Children :
345. Abram Booher, b. Sept. 26, 1849; d. Aug. 3, 1911 ; m. Hannah Wyant,
b. Dec. 5, 1848.
346. Mary Catharine Booher, d. June 26, 1922 ; m. William Wyant.
347. Evaline Booher ; m. John Frick.
348. Malissa Jane Booher ; m. Francis M. Painter.
349. Samuel Furman Booher, m. (1) Sarah Titley; (2) Demps Beighley.
350. Frederick B. Booher; m. Rebecca Crawford.
351. Leah Amanda Booher.
352. Rosanah Booher.
353. Joshua Crawford Booher, M. D. ; m. (1) Blanche Taylor (2), Jane
Carrier.
354. Sophia Elizabeth Booher; m. Thomas N. Hazlett.
355. Lydia Ann Booher; m. Gideon W. Fair.
345. ABRAM and HANNAH (WYANT) BOOHER. Abram Booher was a
resident of Armstrong County, Pa., engaged in stock raising and farming.
Children :
356. Jacob Booher; m. (1) Annie McGlaughlin ; ch. : Sarah Pearl; (2)
Elizabeth Elder; ch. : Hazel, William, Ellsworth, Erma, Mildred.
357. John Booher ; m. Rose Leonard.
358. Edward Booher; m. (1) Jennie June; ch. : Josephene, June, Catharine
Gladdys (2) Catharine Harker ; ch. : Gertrude, Florence, Lillian.
359. Sadie Booher ; m. Finley Shrader ; ch. : Herman, Helm.
360. Harry Booher, U. S. Army, Philippines.
361. Samuel Booher; m. Vernie Rickle; ch. : Harold, Delmar, Doris M.
362. Frederick Booher ; m. Annie Shrader.
347. EVE (BOOHER) and JOHN FRICK. John W. Frick is a foreman
carpenter and bridge builder with the Pennsylvania Railroad — Allegheny
Division — a position he has held for nearly 40 years. For several years
after his marriage he resided in Armstrong County, Pa., but later moved
to Verona, near Pittsburgh, where he has since lived. He and Mrs. Frick
were given a memorable Golden Wedding in 1920. The author had the
honor of "performing the ceremony."
Children :
363. Charles M. Frick; m. Carrie Starr.
364. Daisy D. Frick; m. James B. Shaw.
365. Katharine M. Frick; m. Edward J. Null.
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366. Homer J. Frick; m. Laura Carrier.
367. Gertrude M. Frick; m. Charles P. Donahue.
368. Ford F. Frick. In World War.
369. Orville H. Frick; m. Julia Kent. In World War.
370. Norman E. Frick; m. Belle Candrcn.
371. Josephine E. Frick; m. Harry A. Depp.
2>n. John W. Frick, Jr.
373. Carrie L. Frick; d. Jan. 16, 1879.
363. CHARLES M. and CARRIE FRICK ; address : Verona, Pa.
Children :
374. Walter M. Frick; b. July 26, 1905.
375. Richard L. Frick, b. April 10, 1913.
364. DAISY D. and JAMES B. SHAW ; address : Verona, Pa.
Children :
lid. Stanley A. Shaw, b. Sept. 9, 1906.
Zn. Alexander Shaw, b. Aug. 14, 1908.
378. James B. Shaw, Jr., b. Apr. 26, 1913.
365. KATHARINE M. and EDWARD J. NULL.
Child :
379. David C. Null, b. Aug. 19, 1897.
366. HOMER J. and LAURA FRICK; address: Verona, Pa.
Children :
380. John J. Frick, b. Oct. 8, 1913.
381. Jack Frick b. June 28, 1915.
382. William P. Frick, b. June 30, 1919.
367. GERTRUDE M. and CHAS. P. DONAHUE; address: Wilkinsburg, Pa,
Children :
383. Evelyn Donahue, b. July 26, 1912.
384. Clyde Donahue, b. Nov. 9, 1915.
368. FORD F. FRICK served in the A. E. F. in France as sergeant-major
from May 20, 1918, to May 28, 1919. Headquarters, 80th Division.
369. ORVILLE H. FRICK served in the Machine Gun Platoon, Second
Cavalry, Philippines, Nov. 18, 1910, to Nov. 18, 1913. Also in the U. S.
Naval Reserves, July 3, 1918, to Dec. 10, 1919.
370. NORMAN E. and BELLE FRICK.
Children :
385. Norman E. Frick, Jr., b. Feb. 22, 1913.
386. Wesley Frick, b. Dec. 21, 1920.
348. MALISSA JANE (BOOHER) and FRANK M. PAINTER. Address,
Wilkinsburg, Pa.
Children :
387. Edward F. Painter b. June 7, 1878; m. Adalaide Neckerman; ch. :
Jay Crawford, b. Aug. 31, 1912; Norman Harding, b. Oct. 16, 1920.
388. Sarah Ann Painter, b. Aug. 9, 1881.
389. Jay Crawford Painter; m. Irma McDonald, b. Dec. 1892.
390. Frank M. Painter, Jr., b. Sept. 23, 1886; d. June 8, 1908.
a390. Mable Alverda Painter, b. Aug. 21, 1890; d. Jan. 24, 1895.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 145
349. SAMUEL FURMAN BOOHER. (See Biographies.)
350. FREDERICK F. B. BOOHER ; m. REBECCA CRAWFORD. Farmer.
Resides at Cowansville R. D." Armstrong County, Fa.
Children :
391. Mona Viola Booher, d. Dec. 25, 1918; m. C. F. Fair.
392. Flora Belle Booher ; m. W. F. Porterfield, d. Oct. 29, 1918.
393. Jay C. Booher; m. Beatrice T. Smith.
Children :
394. Brayden Sherwood Booher, b. Feb. 23, 1916.
395. Frederick Smith Booher, b. June 25, 1917.
396. Mona Viola Booher, b. Feb. 21, 1919.
353. DR. JOSHUA CRAWFORD BOOHER. Doctor Booher is a grad-
uate of Reid Institute and the medical department of the University of
Pittsburgh. He is located at Falls Creek, Pa., where he has established
a large practice. He made discoveries in the treatment of anthrax which
gave him a reputation throughout the country. He married (1) Blanche
Taylor; (2) Jane Carrier.
Child:
397. Sarah.
354. SOPHIA ELIZABETH BOOHER, b. July 4, 1868 ; m. THOMAS N.
HAZLETT, b. Apr. 13, 1879. Address: McKeesport, Pa.
Child :
398. Edwin N. Hazlett, b. Jan. 8, 1905.
355. LYDIA ANN BOOHER, m. G. WILSON FAIR. Mr. Fair is a railroad
carpenter. Residence at Apple Wold, Kittanning, Pa.
Children :
399. Jacob Clifford Fair.
400. Simon A. Fair.
401. Frederick Booher Fair.
177. DELILAH BOWSER (5) ; ABRAM (4) ; VALENTINE (3) ; MATH-
IAS (2); MATHIAS (1). Delilah Bowser, b. Nov. 27, 1833; d. ;
m. (1) Abram Frick. Lived at Adrian, Pa.; (2) John D. Wolfe.
Children :
402. Chambers Frick, b. Nov. 26, 1852; m. Nancy Flenner, daughter of
David Flenner b. Nov. 23, 1850. (See Biographies.)
403. Catharine Frick, b. Apr. 21, 1854; m. Wyland Lasher, b. Mar. 4, 1850.
Address : Adrian, Pa.
404. John Wesley Frick, b. 1860; d. 1862.
405. Luther Frick, d. Dec. 1881.
406. Michael Frick, d. Dec. 1902; m. Leana Wolfe.
-^ 407. Charlotte J. Frick, b. Feb. 3, 1862 ; m. David Booher, b. Aug. 18, 1858.
Address: Kittanning, Pa.
408. (2) Dr. William Wolfe, b. 1865; m. Louise Miller. Address:
Omaha, Neb. . „ ,
409. John Wolfe, b. July 8, 1866; d. Sept. 18, 1912; m. Lottie Booher,
b. Feb. 28, 1867. Address : Adrian, Pa.
410. Jeannette Wolfe, b. 1869; d. Dec. 11, 1894; m. Samuel Schrechengost.
411. Abram Wolfe, b. Mar. 4, 1871 ; m. Gertie Henan, b. Sept. 5, 1875.
402. CHAMBERS and NANCY (FLENNER) FRICK. Ex-sheriff Cham-
bers Frick was born and reared near Adrian, Armstrong County, Pa. For
years a merchant at Adrian and at present at the same place m mercantile
146 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
business with his son, Chambers Frick, Jr. He served one term as sheriff
of Armstrong County, Pa. Nancy (Flenner) Frick is a grand-daughter of
Julia Ann Bowser, daughter of "Hopewell" John Bowser.
Children :
412. Mary Delilah Frick, b. Sept. 27, 1871 ; m. George Lasher, b. Sept.
29, 1867. Address: Adrian, Pa.
413. Ada Jane Frick, b. Nov. 24, 1873; m. Edward Montgomery; ch. :
Florence, b. Aug. 29, 1902 ; m. Chas. W. Morgan — ch. : Jane.
Frank, b. Aug. 27 1905 ; Ralph, b. Apr. 10, 1907 ; Roy, b. March 24,
1908; Anna, b. May 7, 1911; Paul, b. July 18, 1913; Irene Pearl, b.
Apr, 29, 1917.
414. Rose Lee Frick, b. Apr. 18, 1876; m. Tony Martin. New Kensing-
ton, Pa.
415. Lottie Belle Frick, b. Oct. 31, 1878; m. Sherman Bowser, son of
Robinson Bowser. Address : West Kittanning, Pa.
416. Lillian Helen Frick, b. Mar. 7, 1881 ; m. (1) Joseph Toy; (2) David
Achard.
417. James M. Frick, b. Aug. 24, 1883; m. Lettie Montgomery. Address:
Adrian, Pa.
■^418. Florence Frick, b. Dec. 27, 1885; m. Charles Thompson. Address:
West Kittanning, Pa.
419. Chambers F. Frick, b. Feb. 28, 1892; m. Mary Serene, b. Oct. 1, 1896.
Address : Adrian, Pa.
420. Rufus S. Kank Frick, b. Apr. 13, 1894; m. Erman Tennent, b.
May 24, 1893.
403. CATHARINE (FRICK) and WYLAND LASHER. Farmer at
Adrian, Pa.
Children :
421. Cora J. Lasher, b. Nov. 10, 1872; m. Doctor Ernest Holtzhauser.
422. Arda J. Lasher, b. July 4, 1875; m. Minnie Croyle.
423. James H. Lasher, b. Jan. 21, 1880; m. Mary Robinson.
425. Maud D. Lasher, b. Oct. 24, 1882; m. Ambrose Bowser.
426. William L. Lasher, b. Mar. 14, 1884; m. Annie Renn.
427. John H. Lasher, b. June 29, 1886 ; m. Margaret Humes.
428. Dr. Lem A. Lasher, b. Aug. 5, 1889; m. Julia Blosam.
429. Lowen B. Lasher, b. Nov. 9, 1890; m. Mary Engleman.
406. MICHAEL and LEANA FRICK. Michael Frick was killed by the
explosion of a boiler.
Children :
430. Dora Frick m. Walter Holmes.
431. Amanda Frick m. Ernest Fair.
432. Charles Frick.
407. CHARLOTTE and DAVID BOOHER. David Booher, son of Barthol-
mew and Margaret (Bowser) Booher of Adrian, Pa. Carpenter. Address:
West Kittanning, Pa.
Children :
433. Nellie Booher, b. Aug. 29, 1880; d. June 18, 1889.
434. Herbert Booher, b. June 9, 1882 ; m. Violet Crissman, b. Aug. 4, 1882.
Contractor and builder of Kittanning, Pa. Ch. : Cecil R., b.
Aug. 9, 1907; Herbert, b. Nov. 25, 1910, d. Jan. 5, 1911 ;Alberta, b.
Sept. 8, 1912; Fonda Pearl, b. Aug. 24, 1915; d. Oct. 22, 1916.
435. Bertie Booher, b. June 28, 1884 ; d. Mar. 9, 1886.
436. Chambers Booher, b. Aug. 16, 1886; d. June 28, 1887.
\
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437. Elmer Booher, b. Nov. 6, 1888; m. Flow Mast, b. Sept. 14, 1891.
Ch.: Charlotte L., b. Feb. 2, 1916; Betty W., b. July 28, 1918;
Sarah M., b. Apr. 1, 19920. In banking business, Kittanning, Pa.
438. Margaret Booher, b. Feb. 17, 1891; m. Reed Stoops, teacher. Ch. :
Glenn, b. June 13, 1912; Reed, b. May 31, 1918; Harold, b.
June 6, 1920.
439. Roy Booher, b. July 6, 1893. In World war.
440. Blanche Booher, b. July 4, 1898.
441. Richard Booher, b. July 26, 1900; m. Lucy Harmon, b. Mar. 7, 1899;
ch.: Roy F., b. Mar. IS, 1920; Muriel Jane, b. Aug. 8, 1921.
442. John Hartzell Booher, b. Mar. 22, 1903.
408. (2) DOCTOR WILLIAM W. and LOUISE (MILLER) WOLFE.
Doctor William is also known as William W. Bowser.
Children :
443. Dell Wolfe.
444. Frederick Wolfe.
445. Robert Wolfe.
409. JOHN and LOTTIE (BOOHER) WOLFE. Address: Adrian, Pa.
Children :
446. Elsie Wolfe, b. May 8, 1893 ; m. Ira McAuley, b. Oct. 13, 1889 ; ch. :
Lottie, b. Aug. 12, 1913. Address: Adrian, Pa.
447. Bert Wolfe, b. June 27, 1895; medical student; m. Ruth Fitzgerald.
448. Emanuel Wolfe, b. July 12, 1901. Teacher. Adrian, Pa.
449. Larry Wolfe, b. Oct. 8, 1905. Teacher. Adrian, Pa.
410. JEANNETTE and SAMUEL SCHRECKENGOST.
Children :
450. Sannis Schreckengost.
451. Edith Schreckengost.
452. Forest Schreckengost.
453. Viola Schreckengost.
454. Herbert Schreckengost.
411. ABRAM and GERTIE (HENNAN) WOLFE. Abram Wolfe is an
iron worker. Residence, W. Kittanning, Pa.
Children :
455. Ethel Wolfe.
456. Naoma Wolfe.
457. Irene Wolfe.
179. DR. MATHIAS STEVENS and ELIZABETH (BOOHER) BOWSER.
(See Biographies.)
Children :
458. Addison Bartholomew Bowser, b. May 22, 1858; m. Ella Zelima
Stebbins, b. Dec. 10, 1869. (See Biographies.)
459. Esther Jane Bowser, b. Feb. 4, 1860; m. (1) Robert O. Barbor, b.
Mar. 4, 1855 ; (2) Amos T. Fair. Address : Ford City, Pa.
460. Mary Belle Bowser, b. Feb. 24, 1862; m. Solomon Bowser, b. Jan.
9, 1859, d. Apr. 26, 1920.
461. David Elmer Bowser, b. Sept. 23, 1866; d. Oct." 20, 1882.
462. Arda Joshua Bowser, b. July 21, 1868 ; m. Nellie Craft, b. 1870.
463. Elizabeth Lula Bowser, b. Dec. 14, 1870; m. John Rebolt, b. Sept.
28, 1865.
464. Arlington Reed Bowser, b. June 11, 1875; m. (1) Margaret McCol-
lums, b. Feb. 22, 1881 ; d. Oct. 20, 1917; m. (2) Mrs. Alice Dougherty.
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458. ADDISON B. and ELLA ZELIMA (STEBBINS) BOWSER. (See
Biographies.)
Children :
465. Frank Excell Bowser, b. Oct. 31, 1892. Medical student University
of Pittsburgh. In Med. Corps and later in training at Camp Lee.
World War.
466. Wayland Stanley Bowser. Student University of Pittsburgh. Served
as 1st Lt. in France from until . In Battle of
St. Mihiel.
467. Isabelle Bowser, b. Feb. 14, 1896; m. Dr. E. C. Winters, b. Jan. 17,
1889. (See Biographies.) Ch. : James E. Winters, b. Aug. 26, 1921.
468. Arda Crawford Bowser, b. Jan. 9, 1899. Student at Bucknell; m.
Elsie Laura Reitler, b. Oct. 27, 1902.
459. ESTHER JANE (BOWSER) and (1) ROBT. O. BARBOR.
Children :
469. Verner L. Barbor, b. Mar. 21, 1877; m. Edith Davis. Attorney,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Children :
a469. Corabelle Barbor.
b469. Delmont Barbor.
c469. Verner L. Barbor, Jr.
470. Debnont A. Barbor, b. Dec. 14, 1878; m. Anna Wise. Real estate,
Wilmerding, Pa.
Children :
471. Verner H. Barbor.
472. James Robert Barbor, b. Oct. 18, 1887; m. Jennie Parker; ch. :
Robert, William, Isabelle.
473. Mina Ruth Barbor, b. Sept. 17, 1891; m. Harry R. Mygrant; ch. :
Robert, Meriam, Ruth, Elizabeth Jane, Clifford R. d. in San Diego,
Cal., Nov. 21, 1913.
460. MARY BELLE and SOLOMON BOWSER. Adrian, Pa.
Children :
475. Margaret E. Bowser, b. May 22, 1882 ; d. Oct. 3, 1882.
476. Lydia M. Bowser, b. Oct. 30, 1883; m. Andrew Bowser, b. May 14,
1875. Address: Adrian, Pa. Ch. : Wilbert R., b. Apr. 21, 1901;
Stanley S., b. June 12, 1903; Herman A., b. Sept. 9, 1905; Ken-
neth A., b. Dec. 13, 1910; Paul R., b. Sept. 3, 1913.
477. Gracia E. Bowser, b. May 1, 1886; d. May 3, 1887.
478. Sally R. Bowser, b. May 5, 1889; m. Robert Lemmon, b. July 6, 1870;
address: Adrian, Pa.; ch. : Russell J., b. July 27, 1908; Sarah E., b.
Sept. 3, 1911 ; Earl W., b. Jan. 16, 1914; James R., b. Sept. 26, 1920.
479. Clarence S. Bowser, b. Nov. 2, 1897. Address : Adrian, Pa.
480. Mathias E. Bowser, b. Jan. 26, 1901. Address: Adrian, Pa.
481. Ella M. Bowser, b. Jan. 30, 1902. At home.
462. ARDA JOSHUA and NELLIE (CRAFT) BOWSER. Rev. Arda J.
Bowser was educated at Dennison College and Crozier Theological Semi-
nary. Pastor of the Baptist Church at Delaware, Ohio.
Children :
482. Harry Addison Bowser, b. 1890; m. Rose Nitchman. Served in the
late World War, in France, from May 28, 1918, to May 10, 1919,
with Battery E, 153d Brigade, 78th Div. 1st Army Corps. Battles :
Toul Sector, St. Mihiel, Preny Raid, Meuse Argonne and
Grand Pre. Ch. : Jack.
483. Erma Elizabeth Bowser, b. 1892 ; d. 1893.
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463. ELIZABETH LULU and JOHN REBOLT. Address : Templeton, Pa.
Children :
484. Charles Rebolt, b. June 17, 1890; d. Nov. 16, 1910.
485. Frank Rebolt, b. Jan. 19, 1894; m. Florence M. Gray, b. Feb. 21, 1892;
ch. : Elizabeth Marghreta, b. Aug. 1, 1919. Address : Templeton, Pa.
486. Genevieve Rebolt, b. June 24, 1908. At home.
464. ARLINGTON REED and MARGARET BOWSER. Teacher, Sher-
rett. Pa.
Children :
487. Catharine Elizabeth Bowser, b. Jan. 7, 1911.
488. A. Gerald Bowser, b. July 24, 1912.
180. ROSANNAH and ARCHIBALD BOWSER. Archibald Bowser was
an iron worker for a number of years in Kittanning, Pa. Later he moved
with his family to Dubois ; he subsequently removed to Olean, N. Y.,
where he died, Nov. 12, 1889.
Children :
489. Rhinaldo M. Bowser, b. Jan. 14, 1858; m. Alice Lindsey, b. Apr. 9,
1862. Merchant. Olean, N. Y.
Children :
490. Archibald Milton Bowser, b. Aug. 17, 1884.
492. Beatrice Heine Bowser, b. Nov. 18, 1896.
492. Adoniram Judson Bowser, b. Sept. 25, 1859; m. (1) Delia M. Frye,
b. Sept. 7, 1866, d. 1884; (2) Mary H. Miller, b. May 18, 1859, d.
1899; (3) Jeannette G. Byrne, b. Oct. 19, 1871. Prof. Adoniram J.
Bowser, music teacher and band leader, resides at Butler, Pa.
Children :
493. Rosanah Mabel Bowser, b. Sept. 18, 1887.
494. Hazel Adelaide Bowser, b. May 27, 1889.
495. Adrian Rupert Bowser, b. Aug. 10, 1894; d. 1895.
496. Furman T. Bowser, b. Aug. 18, 1861 ; m. Ella Lyle, b. Feb. 13, 1863
Resides at Galeton, Pa.
Children :
497. Daisy Bowser, b. Aug. 27, 1884; d. same year.
498. Archibald William Bowser, b. Nov. 16, 1885; m. Emma Goodrich,
b. 1881. Address : New York City.
499. John Fluke Bowser, b. Sept. 6, 1887 ; d. Feb. 5, 1889.
500. Mary Margaret Bowser, b. June 2, 1863 ; d. June, 1909 ; m. Charles
Richardson ; ch. : Charles Barnes, b. Aug. 10. 1886, d. Jan. 2, 1887.
501. Jacob Fluke Bowser, b. Aug. 31, 1865; m. Ida Coonrod, b. 1871.
Resides in Rochester, N, Y.
502. Benjamin Stevens Bowser, b. Dec. 23, 1867; d. Jan. 5, 1870.
503. Rosanah Francis Bowser, b. Oct. 31, 1869; d. Sept. 28, 1891.
504. Ermeda Belle Bowser, b. Nov. 12, 1871; m. Silas Hughes; ch.:
Dorthea Irene, b. June 21, 1894, m. Bylgardes; Ester, b. Mar. 19,
1897, m. Arthur E. Doyle.
505. Lillie Myrtle Bowser, b. Apr. 27, 1874; d. Dec. 7, 1911; m. Chester
Osterhoudt.
(a) Ch. : Richard Isaac, b. June, 1897.
(b) Avanail Lillian, b. Oct. 7, 1904.
506. Lottie Arvilla Bowser, b. Jan. 27, 1878 ; d. Feb. 26, 1880.
507. Joshua Crawford Bowser, b. Aug. 6, 1880; d. Aug. 28, 1880.
150 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
181. JANE (BOWSER) and ADAM GRANTZ. Adam Grantz, blacksmith.
Residence, Adrian, Pa. Died in Westmoreland Co., Apr. 22, 1905.
Children :
a507. Alice Grantz, b. Mar. 26, 1860; m. Henry Spang, b. Aug. 17, 1844,
d. July 15, 1919. Residence, Leechburg, Pa. Iron worker.
508. Benjamin Grantz.
509. Mary Elizabeth Grantz, b. Sept. 17, 1865; m. John C. Marks, b.
Oct. 16, 1864. Railroad engineer. Residence: New Kensington, Pa.
510. Rosa Agnes Grantz, b. Dec. 15, 1867; m. Peter H. Kline, b. Nov. 9,
1857. Photographer, Leechburg, Pa.
511. George Grantz, m. Elizabeth Stahl.
507. ALICE (GRANTZ) and HENRY SPANG.
Children :
512. Smith McKee Spang, b. July 12, 1877; m. Mary Belle Eschelman,
b. Mar. 10, 1886; d. Nov. 21, 1918.
Children :
a512. Grant McKee Spang, b. Jan. 16, 1907.
b512. George Henry Spang, b. Jan. 16, 1907.
c512. Beatrice A. R. Spang, b. Dec. 3, 1908.
d512. Mabel Prudence Spang, b. Nov. 12, 1910.
513. William Ernest Spang, b. May 25, 1899 ; m. Celia McCauley.
Child :
a513. Doyle Henry Spang, b. June 15, 1898.
514. Jesse Bibson Spang, b. Dec. 31, 1884; m. Mattie P. Lascoe.
Children :
a514. Kenneth Earl Spang, b. Apr. 1, 1906.
b514. Dorothy May Spang, b. 1908.
c514. Harold Henry Spang, b. July 31, 1909.
d514. Arthur Spang, b. May, 1914; d. May, 1916.
515. Alfred Spang, b. Sept. 17, 1887; d. Apr. 21, 1890.
516. Harold Henry Spang, b. July 22, 1895. Salesman.
509. MARY ELIZABETH (GRANTZ) and JOHN C. MARKS.
Children :
517. Edith Josephine Marks, b. Jan. 9, 1884; m. William Hardie Ikler, b.
July 3, 1872.
Ch.: 517. Helen Elizabeth Ikler, b. Jan. 30, 1909.
518. Muriel Agnes Marks, b. Oct. 21, 1889; m. Henry William Heyer, b.
May 4, 1884.
Ch.: 518a. Henry William Heyer, Jr., b. May 13, 1909.
518b. Mary Elizabeth Heyer, b. Jan. 24, 1916.
519. John E. Marks, b. Nov. 24, 1899 ; m. Mary Cohen, b. Oct. 2, 1900.
520. Helen Elizabeth Marks, b. May 17, 1906.
510. ROSA AGNES (GRANTZ) and PETER H. KLINE.
Children :
521. Ethel Irene Kline, b. July 31, 1891; m. A. O. Kinter.
Child :
522. Marion Agnes Kline, b. Apr. 27, 1916.
523. Marion Rebecca Kline, b. Jan. 9, 1899.
523. Harold Eugene Kline, b. Feb. 13, 1905.
182. JOSHUA CRAWFORD BOWSER, b. 1846; m. Kiziah Bowser, b.
Dec. 1, 1842. Joshua Crawford Bowser enlisted in the beginning of the
Civil war at the age of 13, and served to the end as a drummer. He
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 151
re-enlisted at the close of the war and was stationed first at Sacketts
Harbor, N. Y., later at Columbus, Ohio, where he is at present retired.
Children :
524. Ulysses Selby Bowser, m. (1) Annie Lordel ; ch. : George, Paul,
Louisa, Jay. (2) May Callen ; ch. : Agnes, Elizabeth, Annie, Mary
and Jacob.
525. George Bowser, b. Mar. 22, 1868; m. Jennie Mcintosh, b. Apr. 24,
1880.
Children :
a525. Ralph B., b. Nov. 5, 1902; d. Aug. 20, 1904.
bS25. Belva J., b. Jan. 22, 1905.
cS25. Helen K., b. Jan. 17, 1908.
d525. Alexander G., b. Nov. 17, 1910.
e525. George, b. Mar. 10, 1915; d. Mar. 16, 1915.
526. Maud B. Bowser, b. May 18, 1870; m. William H. Bowser, son of
Mathias and Rebecca; b. Apr. 17, 1865; d. Mar. 19, 1920.
Children :
527. Nula K. Bowser.
528. Ruth R. Bowser, b. Jan. 8, 1893; m. Perry Hampton, b. July 14,
1891 ; ch. : Helen H., Ardel.
529. William A. Bowser. Enlisted in World War Dec. 21, 1917. Hon-
orably discharged Aug. 12, 1919. Served with No. 405 Third
Army Corps. Battles in the Meuse and Argonne Sectors.
530. Margaret Bowser. Student.
531. Harry M. Bowser. Student.
185. JAMES HINDMAN and AMANDA J. BOWSER. James Hindman
Bowser was born at the Bowser homestead near Walk Chalk, Armstrong
County, Pa., and has resided in the county ever since; at present in West
Kittanning. He is president of the Bowser Reunion, which meets annually
near Kittanning.
Children :
532. Jessie May Bowser, b. 1873; m. Captain C. A. Smith,
533. Tillie Vereta Bowser, b. 1877 ; m. Philip T. Bowser.
534. David S. Bowser, b. 1880; d. July 29, 1922.
535. James Herby Bowser, b. 1882 ; m. Louise.
536. Cozy Belle Bowser, b. 1885 ; m. John G. Helm.
537. Mary Ivine Bowser, b. 1890; m. (1) Frank C. Wylie; m. (2)
Frank C. Ross.
164. SOPHIA (2) ; BENJAMIN STEVENS (1). Sophia Stevens, sister of
Mary Stevens Bowser (see 164), married Joshua Crawford of Baltimore,
Md. Benjamin and Sarah Ann Stevens had four children, two sons
and two daughters. Vachel was a successful Southern planter and a slave-
holder. Moses went from Ohio to Missouri where we lose all trace of him.
Mary, grandmother of the writer, spent all her married life in Armstrong
County, Pa. She was the mother of 12 children, three of whom died in
infancy. Many of her descendants have made honorable careers. But to
Sophia Stevens and Joshua Crawford, Providence granted the great dis-
tinction of giving a great-grandson to the Presidency of the Nation.
Children :
a (164) Mary Ann Crawford, b. 1826, d. 1896; m. Charles A. Harding, b.
1820, d. 1876.
b(164) Benjamin Crawford, m. Sarah Miller.
c(164) John Crawford, m. Elizabeth Bixby.
d(164) Matilda Crawford, b. 1840; m. Rev. Warren G. Bancroft.
e(164) Catharine Crawford, m. Seth Arborgast.
f(164) Elmira Crawford, m. Rev. Joseph Matlock.
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g(164) Travis Harding, m. Jennie Close.
h(164) Louise Crawford, m. Shed Johns.
i( 164) Frances L. Crawford, m. Dr. Smith.
al64. MARY ANN (CRAWFORD) and CHARLES A. HARDING.
Children :
j(164) George Tyron Harding, M. D., b. 1844; m. Phoebe Elizabeth
Dickerson, b. 1843, d. 1910.
k(164) Phobe Harding, m. Thomas Mitchell.
1(164) Sophia Harding, m. Simon A. Numbers.
m(164) Callie Harding, m. Daniel Marshman.
n(164) Frances L. Harding, b. 1852, m. Rev. Andrew Wyant.
o(164) Ella H. Harding, m. Albert Wheeler Dickerson.
jl64. DOCTOR GEORGE TRYON and PHOEBE (DICKERSON) HARD-
ING. Doctor George Tryon Harding was married and lived in the village
of Blooming Grove, Morrow County, Ohio, adjacent to the farm where he
was born. It was here his illustrious son, Warren G. was born. In
1871 Doctor Harding moved to Caledonia, a neighboring town. Here he
remamed eleven years. When he had fully gained his stride as a physician
and man of various enterprises, he located permanently in Marion, a grow-
ing, enterprising town, now a city known around the world.
Children :
p(164) Warren Gamaliel Harding, President of the United States, b.
Nov. 2, 1865, m. Florence Kling.
q(164) Charity Harding, b. 1867, m. E. E. Remsberg.
r(164) Mary Harding, b. 1868.
s(164) Abigail Harding, b. 1872.
t(164) Dr. George Tryon Harding, Jr.
u(164) Caroline Harding. For years a missionary in India.
ml64. CALLIE (HARDING) and DANIEL MARSHMAN. The children
of Callie and Daniel Marshman were born at Blooming Grove. Later they
moved to Galion. They now reside in Marion.
Children :
v(164) John T. Marshman; professor at the Wesleyan University, Dela-
ware, Ohio.
w(164) Charles Marshman.
x(164) Benjamin Marshman.
y(164) Frank Marshman.
z(164) Warren Marshman.
nl64. FRANCES L. (HARDING) and ANDREW WYANT; address: Saw,
telle, Calif. Mr. Wyant was a native of Armstrong County, Pa. He was a
veteran of the Civil War. In the early days of the oil development in
western Pennsylvania he was a successful producer at Parker's Landing,
Pa. He later moved to Ohio, thence to Sawtelle, Calif., where his widow
and their son Harding reside. Mr. Wyant died while on a trip to his native
state about 1914.
Children :
n(164) Maud E. Wyant, b. 1872; d. 1905; m. Walter Ludington. b. 1871;
d. 1906.
n(164) Pearl C. Wyant, b. 1874; d. 1900; m. Vincent L. Frank, b. 1869;
child: Marine Frank, b. 1898; d. Jan. 1900.
n(164) Charles Harding Wyant, b. 1876; m. Carolyn Osborne, b. 1879.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 153
165. JACOB BOWSER (5), VALENTINE (4), JOHN (3), MATHIAS,
JR., (2), MATHIAS, SR. (1); farmer; died in Washington Twp., Ann-
strong Co., Pa.
Children :
538. Rachel Bowser, b. Oct. 25, 1829 ; d. March 5, 1912 ; m. Samuel Har-
rison Bowser, son of Peter and Elizabeth ; resided at Walk Chalk,
Armstrong Co., Pa.; died there.
539. William Bowser, b. March 3, 1831; m. Delilah Frick; farmer;
resides at Kittanning, Pa.
540. Eliza Bowser, b. March 1, 1833; m. George Helm.
541. Hannah Bowser, b. Feb. 14, 1835; m. William Henry.
542. Archibald R. Bowser, b. Nov. 1, 1836; m. Rosanah Bowser, b. April
4, 1840; d. Aug. 18, 1880. See (180) for children.
543. Valentine Bowser, b. Oct. 1, 1838; m. *Anna John. He died about
1914.
544. Mary Ann Bowser, b. Nov. 1, 1840; d. March 12, 1853.
545. Kiziah Bowser, b. Dec. 1, 1842; m. Joshua Crawford Bowser,
(See 182.)
546. John Bowser, b. April 1, 1844; m. Jane Flenner; d. May 30, 1870.
547. Jacob Bowser, b. April 26, 1847; d. May 27, 1865.
548. Susan Bower, b. July 11, 1849; m. W. L. Bowser (son of Jacob F.),
b. June 15, 1856.
543. VALENTINE and ANNA (JOHN) BOWSER.
Children :
(543) John A. Bowser, m. Mamie ; address: Dubois, Pa.; ch. :
Wesley M., Robert Kenneth, Nellie G., Etta V., Marie.
a543 Jacob W. Bowser.
b543 Frederick Bowser.
c543 Jeremiah Bowser,
d543 Richard Bowser.
e543 Charles W. Bowser, b. May 3, 1881 ; m. Elsie Treser ; address :
Turtle Creek, Pa. ; child : Belva L., b. June 26, 1919.
£543 Susan Bowser, m. Lewis Strawmeyers ; address : Clarion, Pa.
g543 Ella Nora Bowser, m. James D. Owens ; address : Braddock, Pa.
h543 Blanche Bowser, m. James Purdy; ch. : Helen, Isetta, Lee, Gene-
vieve ; address : Susquehanna, Pa.
1543 Elizabeth Bowser, m. John Anderson ; address : Dubois, Pa.
jS43 Katharine Bowser, m. Charles Anderson; address: Dubois, Pa,
k543 Adam Bowser, d. in infancy.
1543 Lonie Bowser, d. in infancy.
539. WILLIAM and DELILAH BOWSER.
Children :
549. Anna J. Bowser, b. Sept. 11, 1857; m. Elijah Crisman; ch. : Lillie,
Alice, Viola, Pearl, Ernest.
550. Mary L. Bowser, b. Sept. 8, 1859; m. G. F. Mixer.
551. Elizabeth Bowser, b. May 26, 1861 ; m. John M. Dickey.
552. Rachel M. Bowser, b. Sept. 23, 1863; d. August, 1864.
553. Roland S. Bowser, b. July 15, 1865; m. Tillie Wolfe.
554. Laura A. Bowser, b. Aug. 25, 1867; m. Howard Claypoole.
555. Delilah L. Bowser, b. Nov. 7, 1869; m. Lobean Gibson.
556. William Arda Bowser, b. Feb. 11, 1871.
557. Bertha L. Bowser, b. Oct. 18, 1873; m. Levi Ekis.
558. Daisie J. Bowser, b. April 2, 1876; m. Wilson Bouch.
559. Uriah F. Bowser, b. Oct. 14, 1878; m. Bertha McMillon.
560. Carrie Pearl Bowser, b. May 11, 1881.
154 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
550. MARY L. and G. F. MIXER.
Children :
561. Frederick F. Mixer, b. Sept. 13, 1898; m. Getha Carder.
562. Delilah F. Mixer, b. May 14, 1900.
563. Nellie Pearl Mixer, b. Jan. 18, 1903.
551. ELIZABETH and JOHN M. DICKEY.
Children : Hattie, Grace, Ethel.
553. ROLAND and TILLIE BOWSER.
Children: Bessie, Ada, Effie, Erma, Raymond, Warren, William, Ernest.
554. LAURA A. and HOWARD M. CLAYPOOLE; address: Adrian, Pa.
Children :
564. Mona Claypoole, b. March 12, 1892 ; d. Feb. 18, 1893.
565. Vera M. Claypoole, b. July 26, 1893 ; d. June 3, 1919.
566. Homer H. Claypoole, b. Jan. 8, 1895.
567. Aida F. Oaypoole, b. June 9, 1896.
568. Lloyd M. Claypoole, b. June 25, 1898.
569. Hazelle M. Claypoole, b. May 20, 1900.
570. Mary Belle Claypoole, b. Sept. 10, 1906.
571. Clinton Y. Claypoole, b. Jan. 7, 1909.
572. Alice D. R. Claypoole, b. Aug. 28, 1911.
555. DELILAH L. and LOBEAN GIBSON.
Child :
573. Joy Gibson, b. Nov. 24, 1893.
557. BERTHA L. and LEVI EKIS.
Children :
574. Gertrude Ekis, b. Jan., 1896.
575. Ward Ekis, b. June, 1898.
558. DAISY J. and WILSON BOUCH.
Child:
576. Pearle Bouch, b. Nov. 4, 1902.
559. URIAH F. and BERTHA BOWSER.
Children :
577. Grant Bowser, b. Feb. 10, 1904.
578. Lena Bowser, b. July 25, 1905.
579. Joy Bowser, b. April 21, 1907.
580. Margaret Bowser, b. Nov. 15, 1909.
581. Glen Bowser, b. Oct. 12, 1911.
582. Grace Bowser, b. Oct. 8, 1913.
583. Lenora Bowser, b. Jan. 20, 1915.
584. Zelia Bowser, b. Sept. 21, 1916.
585. Charlotte Bowser, b. Sept. 11, 1918.
540. ELIZA and GEORGE HELM. Live on a farm near Cowansville, Pa.
Children :
586. Mary Helm, m. Alexander Shea.
587. Conrad Helm.
588. Jacob Helm, m. Anna Fair.
589. Nancy Helm, m. Thomas Ross.
590. Catharine Helm, m. William Dickey.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 155
591. Wilson Helm.
592. Ada Helm, m. Bonny.
593. Harvey Helm, m. King.
594. Curtis Helm, m. King.
541. HANNAH and WILLIAM HENRY.
Children : Valentine, Jacob, John, Jane, Hannah.
543. VALENTINE and ANNA BOWSER.
Children: John A., Fred V., Catharine, Elizabeth, Adam, Jacob W., Susan,
Jerry M., Ella, Richard, Blanche, Gertrude, Charles W.
546. JOHN and JANE BOWSER.
Children :
595. Archibald Bowser, m. Kelly.
596. Kiziah Bowser, m. Mechling.
548. SUSAN and W. L. BOWSER ; address : Robinson, Pa.
Children :
a597. Mary Bowser b. Sept. 1, 1877; m. Mack Shaffer; ch. : Arthur Shaf-
fer, b. Jan. 30, 1900; Burwell Shaffer.
598. Sadie M. Bowser, b. Oct. 9, 1882; m. John Dias.
599. H. J. Bowser, b. July 29, 1884 ; m. Laura Duncan, b. July 6, 1885 ;
ch. : Dorothy Bowser, b. Aug. 28, 1911; Bernice Bowser, b. Aug.
29, 1914; Phillis Bowser, b. July 12, 1918.
600. Burwell Bowser, b. April 12, 1888; d. Aug. 21, 1901.
601. Archibald Bowser, b. Aug. 29, 1890; m. Bessie Pierce; ch. : William,
Louise, Orpha, Helen, Susan.
166. DELILAH (5), VALENTINE (4), JOHN (3), MATHIAS (2),
MATHIAS (1), DELILAH (BOWSER) and PETER TOY. Peter Toy,
farmer. Walk Chalk, Armstrong Co., Pa.
Children :
602. Michael Toy, b. Nov. IS, 1808.
603. Catharine Toy, b. March 21, 1827.
604. Margaret Toy, b. Aug. 11, 1828.
605. James Toy, b. March 11, 1829; m. Rebecca Findley.
606. Abram Toy, b. Oct. 20, 1831 ; m. Margaret Bowser ; ch. : Peter, Eliz-
abeth, Harvey.
607. Peter Toy, b. May 5, 1834; m. Ellen Dout; ch. : Charles, Edward,
Dolly, Thomas. Albert, William.
608. Elizabeth Toy, b. Nov. 23, 1834; m. James Bur ford, b. April 27, 1832;
d. August 21, 1920.
609. Esther Toy, b. April 5, 1837; m. David Lemon; ch.: James, Ross,
Margaret.
610. Valentine Toy, b. April 18, 1839; m. (1) Julia A. Cornman, (2)
Christine Achison. ; ch. : John, Lemuel, Benjamin.
611. Mary Toy, b. April 15, 1841; m. Lemuel Porterfield; ch. : Annie,
Katie, Myrtle, Alice, Bert, Edith, Cara.
612. Ellen Toy, b. Feb. 8, 1843 ; m. Adam Steinmetz ; child : Mary.
613. Delilah Toy, b. Dec. 23, 1844; m. Hamilton D. Bowser, b. 1843; d.
1913.
614. Benjamin Lee Toy, b. May 10, 1847; m. Rachel Hollobaugh ; address:
Walk Chalk, Pa.; ch. : Rosie, Hamilton, Belle, Hannah, Mollie,
Bert, Curtis.
615. Ross Toy, b. Sept 5, 1849; m. (1) Katharine Steinmetz, b. Sept. 26,
1865, (2) Margaret King; address: Ford City, Pa.
156 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
605. JAMES and REBECCA TOY.
Children :
605. Alonza Toy, m. Shumaker.
(605) William Toy, m. Sadie McGreggor.
(60S) James Toy, m. Annie Fonner, ch. : Mary J., m. J. S. Clay-
poole; ch. : Findley Sloan; Homer H., m. Wilda Rowland;
ch. : Rowland Sloan, Margaret J.
(605) Frank Toy.
(60S) Harry Toy, m. Kittie Wells.
(60S) Samuel Toy.
(60S) Mary Toy, m. Clem Adams.
(60S) Daisy Toy.
(60S) Clara Toy.
608. ELIZABETH TOY and JAMES BURFORD. James Burford was a
miller and for many years operated the grist mill at Walk Chalk on the site
of the mill first built in that part of the country by Samuel Bowser, son
of "Hopewell" John.
Children :
616. John F. Burford, b. Nov. 8, 1856; m. Annie Heckman.
617. Parks P. Burford, b. Nov. 4, 1858; m. Edith Wible. In hardware
business in Kittanning, Pa. Ch. : Arthur Fennimore, b. 1886 ; Eliz-
abeth Irene, b. 1891.
618. Ida A. Burford, m. William Rumbaugh ; ch. : Joseph J., Delia, Ralph,
619. Dora E. Burford, m. John Buzzard ; ch. : Claire, Charles.
620. James T. Burford, m. Flora Swigard ; ch. : Roy, Day, Hallie, Harry.
621. Charles C. Burford, m. Eva Crawford ; ch. : Annie, Margaret.
615. ROSS and CATHARINE (STEINMETZ) TOY.
Children :
622. Mary D. Toy, b. Feb. 2, 1871 ; m. Frank M. Fries.
623. Anna E. Toy, b. Dec. 3, 1873 ; m. William K. Brown.
624. Margaret E. Toy, b. Jan. 10, 1875; m. George Emminger.
625. Elmer J. Toy, b. March 4, 1877; m. Minnie Beck.
626. Dora E. Toy, b. Feb. 26, 1879; m. James Gould.
627. Catharine W. Toy, b. Oct. 30, 1881 ; m. George Striker.
628. Alice L. Toy, b. Aug. 13, 1884; m. William Quinn.
629. Florence V. Toy, b. Sept. 7, 1889.
630. Charles W. Toy, b. Aug. 14, 1893 ; d. Jan. 15, 1894.
631. Raymond H. Toy, b. April 17, 1895 ; m. Helen Russell.
168. CATHARINE BOWSER (5), VALENTINE (4), JOHN (3), MATH-
lAS (2), MATHIAS (1). Catharine and Noah Bowser resided at Clin-
ton, Armstrong Co. She survived all of the other children of Valentine
and Elizabeth (Fluke) Bowser. She died in 1906 at the remarkable age
of 97.
Children :
632. Alexander B. Bowser, b. June 10, 1828; d. May 10, 1914; m. Susan
Malone, b. Nov. 21, 1832; d. March 10, 1904.
633. Hezekiah Bowser, b. Oct. 13, 1829.
634. Valentine Bowser, b. Nov. 11, 1831; d. Jan. 1, 1895; m. Mary A.
McNabb.
635. Lucy Ann Bowser, b. Sept. 11, 1833; d. Oct. 28, 1894; m. Samuel C
Babb, b. Feb. 24, 1834.
636. Simon Peter Bowser, b. June 4, 1835; m. (1) Susan McNabb; (2)
Vina Shriner, d. 1909.
637. Isabelle C. Bowser, b. Oct. 10, 1837; d. Aug. 24, 1842.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 157
638. Elizabeth Bowser, b. June 26, 1839; m. William Mahaffey, b. May 9,
1830; d. Dec. 9 1903.
639. Mark C. Bowser, b. Aug. 9, 1842; d. March 18, 1862; death caused
by wounds received in Civil War.
640- Henry C. Bowser, b. Dec. 9, 1845 ; d. 1916.
641. Mary Jane Bowser, b. March 4, 1847; d. Dec. 15, 1893; m. Edward
Camp.
642. Millie Rachel Bowser, b. Dec. 15, 1849; m. George McCausland.
643. Sarah Rebecca Bowser, b. July 22, 1851; d. 1854.
644. Katharine Bowser, b. Oct. 14, 1854; d. Jan. 19, 1902; m. James M.
Hudson, b. March 15, 1852.
645. Steven Girard Bowser, b. May 22, 1857 ; m. Minnie McNabb.
632. ALEXANDER and SUSAN BOWSER. Alexander Bowser was a sol-
dier in the Civil War, serving with the 154th Pa. Reg. Vol. Died at Bur-
gettstown, Pa., March 10, 1914. (See Bates History for army record.)
Children :
646. Anna C. Bowser, b. 1868; d. 1908.
647. Carson A. Bowser, b. April 1, 1866; m. Nora Jackson, b. 1878.
648. Margaret A. Bowser, b. 1868; m. B. D. Malone.
649. Millicent M. Bowser, b. 1870; m. Wm. Bristol.
650. Mary Bowser, b. 1872; m. F. B. Vance.
651. Blanche Bowser, b. 1874; m. U. H. Creighton.
652. Carrie L. Bowser, b. 1876; m. Robert Phillips.
634. VALENTINE and (1) MARY A. BOWSER.
Children :
653. William A. Bowser, b. Aug. 8, 1856.
654. Thomas N. Bowser, b. April 24, 1859; d. Dec. 10, 1917; m. Annie
Jane Slagle. She resides in Kittanning. Ch. : Mary, Thomas M.,
Flur B., Nellie.
655. Margaret Bowser, b. April 13, 1863; m. Samuel Latham.
656. Ebert Bowser, b. Jan. 3, 1865 ; m. MoUie Poorman, b. May 8, 1866.
657. Ada M. Bowser, b. Nov. 15, 1866; m. John E. Cams.
658. Quigly S. Bowser, b. March 5, 1878; address: Ellwood City, Pa.
659. Harry J. Bowser, b. March 5, 1869 ; m. Ida Baker.
634. VALENTINE m (2) SOPHIA ESSENWINE.
Children: Beulah, Frank, Rachel.
635. LUCY ANN and SAMUEL C. BABB.
Children :
660. James F. Babb, b. May 18, 1858; m. Malinda Jane Swigart; address:
Ford City, Pa.; ch. : Arthur, b. April 15, 1891.
661. Catharine C. Babb, b. Oct. 5, 1860; m. Scott Wilson.
662. Mary E. Babb, b. June 22, 1862 ; d. July 21, 1895.
663. Sarah Isabelle Babb, b. Sept. 20, 1866.
664. Ella Fulton Babb, b. Aug. 23, 1869; d. Oct. 16, 1896.
665. Samuel Lindsay Babb. b. Oct. 18, 1872; d, Aug. 14, 1879.
636. SIMON PETER and SUSAN (McNABB) BOWSER.
Children :
666. Ross Bowser, resides in West Kittanning, Pa.
667. Kiziah Bowser, m. John Thubron.
668. Mark Bowser.
158 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
638. ELIZABETH and WILLIAM MAHAFFEY; address: Tarentum, Pa.
Children :
669. Maude Mahaffey, b. Feb. 5, 1871; m. Harry C. Brown, b. May 28,
1871 ; d. March, 1902 ; address : Tarentum, Pa.
670. Miner Mahaffey, b. July 23, 1872; d. March 12, 1873.
671. Luella E. Mahaffey, b. Dec. 21, 1873; d. June 8, 1880.
672. Harry A. Mahaffey, b. Dec. 17, 1879; m. Pearl Tucker, b. Apr. 27,
1879; ch: Thelman, b. Jan. 25, 1903.
&y9. MAUDE and HARRY C. BROWN.
Children :
673. Guilford C. Brown, b. Nov. 27, 1896.
674. Eugene M. Brown, b. Feb. 22, 1899.
675. Graham L. Brown, b. Jan. 16, 1902.
Guilford served in the World war s. d. f. Co., Camp Lee, August
30, 1918 to Dec. 15, 1918.
Eugene M. served with the Fifth Marine Machine Gun Company in
France and Germany, June 8, 1918, to August 18, 1919.
644. CATHARINE and CAPT. JAMES M. HUDSON. Captain Hudson
retired; residence, Maple Ave., Kittanning, Pa.
Children :
676. Charles F. Hudson, b. May 15, 1877; m. Emma Speece.
677. Thomas N. Hudson, b. Oct. 11, 1878; m. Elizabeth Simpson, d. 1909.
678. Herbert P. Hudson, b. Nov. 18, 1880; m. Margaret Anderson.
679. Mabel G. Hudson, b. Dec. 11, 1883; Red Cross nurse overseas in
Unit L, Allegheny Gen. Hospital Corps, 1918-19.
680. James Grover C. Hudson, b. Nov. 23, 1887; m. Maude Linnon.
681. Sgt. Henry A. Hudson, b. March 24, 1891 ; m. Edith McGIaughlin.
He served in the World war Co. A, 305th Engineer Corps ; rank
as sergeant.
169. PETER BOWSER (5), VALENTINE (4), JOHN (3), MATHIAS
(2), MATHIAS (1). Peter Bowser owned a large farm near Walk
Chalk, one mile from his father Valentine (4) Bowser's farm. His son
Harry resides on the homestead. Died Jan. 29, 1879.
Children :
682. Alfred Bowser, d. in infancy (1842).
683. Adeline Bowser, b. March 15, 1844; m. John Cravenor, b. 1838; d.
November, 1902.
684. Lewis Bowser, b. Nov. 23, 1846; d. June, 1922; m. (1) Eva Snowden,
b. Jan. 23, 1852; d. Sept. 11, 1889; m. (2) oily Noble, d. 1916.
685. Loben R. Bowser, b. April 26, 1849 ; m. Catharine Fair, d.
686. Andrew Bowser, b. 1854; m. Mary E. Kribbal, b. 1855.
687. Malinda Bowser, b. 1855 ; m. Ormond Berry, b. July 8, 1845.
688. James M. Bowser, b. 1857; m. Evaline Stewart, b. 1858.
689. Amelia Bowser, b. July 7, 1859; m. John Collier, b. April 7, 1852.
690. Ross Toy Bowser, b. May 11, 1861; m. Cora Peat, b. May 28, 1876.
691. Harry Bowser, b. June 27, 1863 ; m. Minnie Rupert, b. Oct. 10, 1871.
692. Melancthon Bowser, b. March 6, 1868; m. Nettie Swartzlander, b.
June 28, 1874.
683. ADELINE and JOHN S. CRAVENOR.
Children :
639. Addison Peter Cravenor, b. July 8, 1865 ; m. Nancy T. Dickey.
694. Elizabeth Jane Cravenor, b. Oct. 25, 1866; m. William Richardson.
695. Amelia Ann Cravenor, b. August 11, 1868; m. Harry De Vore.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 159
696. Laura Etta Cravenor, b. June 25, 1871 ; m. Joseph Green.
697. William Anthony Cravenor, b. May 30, 1874; d. April 7, 1875.
698. Mary Jemima Cravenor, b. Oct. 2, 1876; m. John E. Schoop. b.
March 21, 1872.
a698. Charles J. Jessup Cravenor, b. Dec. 29, 1879; d. May 26, 1881.
698. MARY JEMIMA (CRAVENOR) and JOHN E. SHOOP. Address:
McCrann, Pa.
Children :
b698. Ruth Shoop, b. 1896; d. Oct. 21, 1896.
c698. Elizabeth A. Shoop. b. Oct. 28, 1897 ; m. Wilbert J. Funk, b. April 17,
1897; child: Wilbert James, b. March 9, 1922.
d698. Pearl A. Shoop, b. Aug. 24, 1899 ; m. Ira C. Crytzer, b. Oct. 14, 1896 ;
child : Eleanor Pearl Crytzer, b. Dec. 17, 1918.
e698. Edith A. Shoop, b. Oct. 10, 1901; m. John E. Scott, b. Feb. 2, 1900;
child: Dorise A. Scott, b. Aug. 27, 1920.
£698. Elinor M. Shoop, b. Oct. 2, 1903.
g698. Earnest L. Shoop, b. Sept. 20, 1905 ; d. Feb. 22, 1922.
h698. William Addison Shoop, b. Dec. 19, 1910.
i698. Sara A. Shoop, b. Feb. 17, 1912 ; d. March 28, 1913.
685. LOBEN R. and CATHARINE BOWSER; farmer in Clarion Co., Pa.
Children :
a685. James Emmitt Bowser, b. June 9, 1879; m. Beulah Shaugenkaupt.
b685. Harry Herbert Bowser.
c685. Carrie Emelia Bowser, m. Edward Conner.
d685. Eva Jane Bowser, died when aged 8 months.
684. LEWIS and (1) E VALINE SNOWDEN BOWSER.
Children :
699. Ervin C. Bowser, b. June 17, 1874; m. Lydia Troutner.
700. Hiram F. Bowser, b. Sept. 22,, 1875 ; m. Pearl Cribbs, Blairsville, Pa.
701. Oren T. Bowser, b. Dec. 5, 1876; d. June 11, 1905.
702. Jerry F. Bowser, b. May 16, 1878; m. Margaret Christy, Blairs-
ville, Pa.
703. Florlola J. Bowser, b. Oct. 8, 1879 ; m. David Shearer, Blairsville, Pa.
704. Nicholas Clark Bowser, b. Dec. 10, 1880; m. Emma Powell; ch. :
Carl, Rebecca, Teressa, Paul, Edgar.
705. Olga B. Bowser, b. May 15, 1882; m. John Swigart; residence:
Worthington, Pa.
706. Jesse M. Bowser, b. March 28, 1883.
707. Wilbert C. Bowser, b. Jan. 15, 1885; m. Marie Ellenberger.
708. Bessie Bowser, b. July 8, 1886; m. Charles Rosborough, Blairj
ville. Pa.
709. Roy P. Bowser, b. Sept. 21, 1887; m. Nellie Powell; ch. : Louise, b.
1910; Jeanette, b. 1912; Rosanah, b. 1904; Richard, b. 1917. Resi-
dence; 232 High St., Kittanning, Pa.
686. ANDREW J. and MARY BOWSER.
Children :
710. Edward M. Bowser, b. 1877.
711. Mert R. Bowser, b. 1879.
712. Charles Bowser, b. 1881.
713. Clyde Bowser, b. 1883.
714. George Bowser, b. 1887.
715. Maude Bowser, b. 1889.
716. Dean Bowser, b. 1892.
717. Harry Bowser, b. 1895; d. 1895.
718. Iva Bowser, b. 1898.
160 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
687. MALINDA and ORMOND BERRY.
Children :
Lewis D., Elizabeth J., John P., George I., Alma V., Ada A., Mintie L.,
Lottie G., Harry H., Prior B., Aroya.
689. AMELIA and JOHN COLLIER. Live near Petrolia, Pa.
Children :
719. Annie Jane Collier, b. May 14, 1882 ; m. William Parker ; ch. : Rich-
ard, Edward.
720. John Herbert Collier, b. Jan. 7, 1884 ; m. Alta Jamison ; ch. : Eugene,
Geraldine.
721. Amelia Belle Collier, b. Nov. 15, 1885; m. Bert Ellenberger.
722. Harry Emmitt Collier, b. Oct. 14, 1887; m. Ella Irman ; ch. : Lester,
John, Thelma, Lillian.
723. Clyde Olden Collier, b. March 10, 1889 ; m. Ethel Foster ; ch. : Ger-
trude, Bertha.
724. James Milton Collier, b. Nov. 1, 1890; m. Celia Waltman; child:
Milford.
725. Laura Agnes Collier, b. Dec. 9, 1892; m. Roy McElravy.
726. Ross Nelson Collier, b. Feb. 1, 1895; m. May Irman.
727. Floyd La Vere Collier, b. Jan. 22, 1897.
728. Etta Florence Collier, b. April 8, 1899.
729. Dorothy Eaton Collier, b. April 10, 1903.
691. HARRY and MINNIE BOWSER. Live on the homestead. Walk
Chalk, Pa.
Children :
730. Arthur Bowser, b. May 7, 1892; d. 1912.
731. Laura Bowser, b. June 2, 1894; m. H. A. Wible, b. Jan. 2, 1894;
ch. : Arthur Floyd.
732. Homer Ross Bowser, b. Nov. 18, 1896.
733. Freda Bowser, b. May 5, 190O; m. W. B. Clark, b. Nov. 11, 1900;
child : Richard.
734. Claude Bowser, b. Feb. 23. 1902.
735. Mabel Bowser, b. June 16, 1905.
736. Vera Bowser, b. Jan. 2, 1910; d. 1918.
692. MELANCTHON and NETTIE BOWSER: address: Butler, Pa.
Children :
737. Raymond J. Bowser, b. Jan. 27, 1896; m. Gertrude Foster; ch. : Elsie,
Verda.
738. Clifford Bowser, b. Aug. 20, 1897; d. March 20, 1898.
739. Pauline Bowser, b. May 10. 1901 ; m. W. F. Davis.
740. Gertrude Bowser, b. Dec. 19, 1904.
741. Hulda Bowser, b. Jan. 30, 1906.
742. Melvin Bowser, b. March 1, 1914.
743. Robert Dean Bowser, b. July 31, 1918.
170. MARGARET (5), VALENTINE (4), JOHN (3), MATHIAS (2).
MATHIAS (1), MARGARET and JONAS BOWSER. Margaret and
Jonas lived in Washington Twp., Armstrong Co., Pa. ; occupied until their
death May 5, 1898, and June 28, 1891, a log house built in 1808 by Martin
John, husband of Esther Bowser. The property is now in possession of
their heirs. See picture of log house.
Children :
744. Eliza Ann Bowser, b. May 16, 1836, m. (1) Alexander Bowser, killed
in Civil War; (2) John Southworth.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 161
745. William Harvey Bowser, b. April 5, 1838; d. Nov. 25, 1840.
746. Alonza H. Bowser, b. July 25, 1841. Veteran of the Civil War.
Capt. E. S. Jones, Co. B, 1st Reg., Penna. Mounted Volunteers;
d. Nov. 9, 1920; m. Mary Ellen Yerty, b. May 12, 1835; d. Aug. 2,
1906.
747. Manuel Bowser, b. Dec. 25, 1843; d. 1844.
748. Rebecca Jane Bowser, b. Feb. 28, 1845 ; m. William King.
749. James Franklin Bowser, b. March 25, 1848; m. Jane Jack, b. 1843;
d. 1920; address: Kittanning, Pa.
750. Ephriam B. Bowser, b. 1851 ; m. Catharine Gray ; address : Kittan-
ning, Pa.
751. Martin Bowser, b. Oct. 14, 1855; m. Elizabeth Bowser, b. Sept. 6,
1841 ; address : Adrian, Pa.
752. Solomon R. Bowser, b. Jan. 9, 1859; d. April 26, 1920; m. Mary
Belle Bowser, b. Feb. 24, 1862.
744. ELIZA ANN and (1) ALEXANDER D. BOWSER.
Children :
753. John R. Bowser, b. August 15, 1859 ; m. Lydia Ann Booher.
754. Mary Bowser, b. May 15, 1862; m. Benson Wolfe,
744. m (2) JOHN SOUTHWORTH ; lived at Worthington, Pa.
Children :
755. Sarah Southworth, b. Dec. 20, 1864 ; d. March 15, 1887.
756. Rebecca Southworth, b. April 14, 1862; m. William Simmers.
757. Otis Southworth, b. July 23, 1878 ; m. Elizabeth Birk.
758. Phoebe Southworth, b. May 7, 1875 ; m. Isaac Simmers.
759. Jennie Southworth, b. Nov. 30, 1879; m. Los Demly.
753. JOHN and LYDIA (BOOHER) BOWSER.
(753). MoUie M. Bowser, b. June 5, 1888; m. Frank Kunkle; b. May 5,
1884 ; ch. : Bernice Alberta, b. May 12, 1908 ; Hattie Jane, b. Jan.
18, 1910; Josephene Frances, b. Sept. 12, 1912; John William,
b. April 10, 1914; Florence Irene, b. Sept. 5, 1915; Lydia Ann,
b. July 13, 1918.
(753). Hettie Jane Bowser, b. July 20, 1890; d. August 25, 1911.
(753). Catherine Ann Bowser, b. April 10, 1893; d. Feb. 8, 1896.
(753). David Alexander Bowser, b. Oct. 18, 1897; d. Jan. 25, 1919; m.
Emma Miller.
(753). Clara Rebecca Bowser, b. June 4, 1902; d. Oct. 30, 1902.
746. ALONZA H. and MARY ELLEN BOWSER.
Children :
760. Harvey S. Bowser, b. Dec. 18, 1860; m. (1) Lily M. Barnetto, b.
July 4, 1870; d. April 23, 1902; address: Kittanning, Pa.
Child:
761. Ralston H., b. Aug. 2, 1896; (m.) Mary M. Belles, b. Jan. 31, 1877.
762. Christian Bowser, b. Sept. 21, 1862 ; m. Martha E. Crothers ; address :
Vandergrift, Pa.
763. Jonas Bowser, b. Dec. 10, 1864; d. July 25, 1865.
764. Margaret Bowser, b. April 5, 1865; d. Oct. 28, 1913; m. William
Hoon; ch. : Hannah, William, Ellen, Alice, Viola, Evedell, Alonza,
Isabelle, Deemer, Raymond.
765. Catharine Bowser, b. Jan. 2, 1868; d. Feb. 23, 1872.
766. E. Shenandoah Bowser, b. March 12, 1870; m. Esther Jane Edwards,
b. Aug. 7, 1875; ch.: Chas. Kelley, b. Nov. 30, 1895; m. Hazel
Robinson,
162 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
a766. Elmer Ellsworth, b. Oct. 28, 1897; Murry W., b. July 8, 1903.
767. Minnie Bowser, b. Feb. 22, 1872; m. Chambers S. Bowser, b. 1867
(See 1749.)
768. Ralston Bowser, b. March 21, 1874; d. April 17, 1874.
769. Etta Bowser, b. April 2, 1876 ; m. Frank K. Bowser, b. March 16, 1876 ;
ch. : Dwanie, Elizabeth, Bepulah, Leroy.
770. Rosey Bowser, b. April 3, 1878; d. Jan. 31, 1891.
771. Cena M. Bowser, b. July 24, 1880; m. R. C. Kerr, b. Feb. 11, 1881.
771. CENA M. and R. C. KERR.
Children :
772. Beulah A. Kerr, b. Feb. 20, 1907.
m. Theodore C. Kerr, b. Jan. 5, 1909.
774. Charles W. Kerr, b. May 2, 1911.
775. Ethel E. Kerr, b. Oct. 24, 1912.
lid. Russell Alonza Kerr, b. August 5, 1914.
m. Ida Helen Kerr, b. Sept. 14, 1915.
778. Clyde E. Kerr, b. April 19, 1917.
779. Stanley J. Kerr, b. August 6, 1918.
780. Paul Kerr, b. Nov. 8, 1920.
1781. Pauline Kerr, b. Nov. 8, 1921.
748. REBECCA JANE and WILLIAM KING.
Children :
782. Harriet Anna King, b. Nov. 15, 1864.
783. Hannah King, b. Jan. 16, 1866 ; m. Alexander McCullough ; farmer
and merchant in Kittanning, Pa.
Children :
a783. William McCullough, b. May 16. 1890.
b783. James McCullough, b. August 19, 1892.
c783. Alexander McCullough, Jr., b. Jan. 21, 1897.
d783. Mary McCullough, b. June 15, 1899.
e783. Margaret McCullough, b. May 10, 1903.
784. Lyman King, b. Jan. 28, 1870.
749. JAMES FRANKLIN and JANE BOWSER.
Children :
785. Laura L. Bowser, b. March 9, 1868; m. W. Burleigh Edwards, b.
Oct. 26, 1865 ; address : Kittanning, Pa.
786. Margaret Ann Bowser, b. July 9, 1870; d. 1905; m. John C. Salsbury,
b. April 25, 1869; ch. : Laura Fay, b. April 20, 1893.
787. Emma R. Bowser, b. Oct. 18, 1872; m. Samuel Densmore, b. March
25, 1875; address: Kittanning, Pa.
788. Elizabeth, twin of Sophia Catharine.
789. Sophia Catharine Bowser.
790. Elsie M. Bowser, b. Oct. 12, 1878 ; m. Z. H. Shuster, b. Jan. 22, 1873.
791. Chambers E. Bowser, b. 1880; d. 1882.
792. Florence Bell Bowser, b. April 2, 1883 ; m. W. E. Miller, b. July 29,
1879.
793. Jonas O. Bowser, b. July 19, 1885; m. Hilda P. Swiger, b. Sept. 29,
1889.
785. LAURA L. and W. BURLEIGH EDWARDS.
Children :
794. Elmer T. Edwards, b. Sept. 1, 1887; d. Dec. 19, 1918.
795. Robert B. Edwards, b. Sept. 12, 1889; d. Dec. 9, 1914.
796. Nancy Jane Edwards, b. August 7, 1891,
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 163
797. Adam F. Edwards, b. Nov. 15, 1895.
798. Elsie Edwards, b. Feb. 25, 1898; d. Dec. 26, 1898.
799. Charles Edwards, b. Jan. 3, 1900.
790. ELSIE M. and Z. H. SHUSTER.
Children :
800. Julia Catharine Shuster, b. Oct. 19, 1898; d. Oct. 28, 1898.
801. Mathias H. Shuster, b. Dec. 18, 1899.
802. Howard F. Shuster, b. March 18, 1901.
803. Zella B. Shuster, b. Nov. 23, 1906.
804. Edgar B. Shuster, b. April 2Z, 1909.
792. FLORENCE BELL and W. E. MILLER.
Children :
805. Zellers C. Miller, b. Sept. 20, 1904.
806. Dorothy M. Miller, b. Nov. 10, 1908.
793. JONAS O. and HILDA P. BOWSER.
Children :
807. Revena G. Bowser, b. Oct. 5, 1909.
808. Oran J. Bowser, b. July 15, 1911.
809. Elmer S. Bowser, b. March 30, 1918.
751. MARTIN and ELIZABETH BOWSER.
Child :
810. Jennie Templeton Bowser, b. Sept. 29, 1882; m. George Rickel, b.
Oct. 30, 1873.
752. SOLOMON R. and MARY BELL BOWSER.
Ch. : See under No. 460.
810. JENNIE TEMPLETON and GEORGE RICKEL.
811. Flora Rickel, b. Nov. 27, 1905.
812. Martin Rickel, b. Nov. 4, 1909.
813. Catharine Elizabeth Rickel, b. Dec. 21, 1911; d.
814. Lulu Rickel, b. Oct. 19, 1916.
171. WILLIAM (5), VALENTINE (4), JOHN (3), MATHIAS (2),
MATHIAS (1). William Bowser, farmer. Walk Chalk, Armstrong Co.,
Pa. ; two years old when his father moved from Bedford County to Arm-
strong; m. Mary Ann Bowser, a daughter of "Steam" John Bowser; d. at
the age of 84, Feb. 3, 1898.
Children :
815. Wilson Bowser, b. Jan. 4, 1841; d. Jan. 10, 1918; m. Sarah Milligan,
b. Jan., 1840; d. April 11, 1916; farmer; lived near Cowansville, Pa.
Children :
a815. Andrew Lee Bowser, b. Aug. 16, 1870.
b815. William Park Bowser, b. Sept. 25, 1873.
c815. Ida Bowser, b. Sept. 24, 1875; m. C. A. McClay.
d815. Edward W. Bowser, b. Jan. 16, 1878; m. Jennie Helm; b. June
21, 1882 ; ch. : Florence, b. July 19, 1902 ; Hazel, b. March 25, 1905 ;
Ray, b. Feb. 21, 1912.
816. Robert Bowser, b. Oct. 24, 1842 ; d. May 3, 1906 ; m. Martha H. Craig.
817. Francis S. Bowser, b. Nov. 18, 1844; m. Anna Davidson of Cowans-
ville, Pa.; moved to Iowa; d. May 25, 1916; ch. : Mona, Myrtle,
Robert, Herbert, Albert, Dr. William, Orlando L.
164 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
818. Elizabeth Bowser, b. Aug. 30, 1846; d. Aug. 26, 1908; m. William
Wiley ; ch. : Edward, Eva, Laura, John, Cora, Maud, Blanche, Boyd.
819. Curtis Bowser, b. Nov. 19, 1848, m. Rose Noble; farmer, Walk
Chalk, Pa.; ch.: Alice, Earl, Violet.
820. Jane Bowser, b. Sept. 30, 1850; m. John Wolford, Ambridge, Pa.;
ch.: William, Mollie, Delia, Nellie, Lulu.
821. J. Albert Bowser, b. Jan. 21, 1853; m. Ellen Weamer, merchant, Rural
Valley, Pa.
822. Mary Bowser, b. April 27, 1855; d. March 16, 1910; m. M. S. Kerr;
lived at Worthington, Pa. ; ch. : Ora, James, Robert, Ray.
823. Emma Bowser, b. Dec. 10, 1857 ; d. Nov. 27, 1913 ; m. H. McGeary.
824. Calvin Bowser, b. Oct. 4, 1861; m. Nancy A. Hays, b. Jan. 11, 1876;
live on the homestead, Walk Chalk, Pa.
Children :
825. William D. Bowser, b. Nov. 14, 1898.
826. Albert F. Bowser, b. Jan. 2, 1902.
827. John Kenneth Bowser, b. Aug. 12, 1906.
828. Mary C. Bowser, b. Oct. 7, 1914.
171. MATHIAS (5), VALENTINE (4), JOHN (3), MATHIAS (2),
MATHIAS (1). Mathias Bowser was an iron worker; died near Kit-
tanning April 22, 1889.
Children :
829. Emanuel Bowser, b. April 24, 1847; d. Nov., 1860.
830. George Bowser, b. June 4, 1849 ; d. Jan. 27, 1901 ; m. Julia Flenner ;
ch. : Ella, Rose, Dolly, Wood, Anna, Berby, Charles.
831. Sarah Bowser, b. Feb. 4, 1851; m. Archibald Wyant; address: New
Kensington, Pa. ; ch. : Ida, Christopher, Rebecca, Harry S., William,
Robert, John.
832. Elizabeth Bowser, b. Feb. 8, 1853; m. James Thompson; ch. : Sarah,
Carrie, Harry.
833. Catharine M. Bowser, b. Oct. 23, 1855 ; m. Joseph Brown ; ch. : Car-
rie, Lottie, John.
834. Robert Bowser, b. March 7, 1858 ; m. Elizabeth Carr ; ch. : Myrtle,
Margaret, John, Rebecca, Susan, Catharine, Pearle.
835. Jane Bowser, b. June 24, 1860; m. Edward Hughes; address: Rath-
mel, Pa.; ch. : Laura, George, James, Irene, John, Edwin.
836. Margaret Bowser, b. Dec. 26, 1862 ; d. Nov., 1863.
837. William Harvey Bowser, b. April 17, 1885; d. March 19, 1900; m.
Maud Bowser. (See 526.)
838. John Franklin Bowser, b. Sept. 5, 1867; m. (1) Louisa Callaway; d.
Dec, 1897; ch. : Louisa M., Daniel R. ; m. (2) Myrtle Haven (nee
Cochran), b. July 24, 1874; merchant, Summerville, Pa.
174. VALENTINE (5), VALENTINE (4), JOHN (3), MATHIAS (2).
MATHIAS (1).
Children :
839. Harvey Bowser, b. July 2, 1846; d. April 3, 1901; m. (1) Hannah
Claypool, b. 1847 ; d. Feb. 20, 1873 ; (2) Mary A. Toy.
840. Elizabeth Bowser, b. July 11, 1848; d. Oct. 15, 1863.
841. Mary Ann Bowser, b. July 11, 1848; (twin of Elizabeth) ; d. Feb. 13,
1885; m. Felix Bowser, farmer and stock raiser. Walk Chalk, Pa.
842. Valentine Bowser, b. Mar. 20, 1852; d. Mar. 11, 1910; m. (1) Martha
Bouch; (2) Jennie Claypool.
843. Jacob Bowser, b. May 4, 1854; d. Nov. 6, 1863.
844. Samuel Bowser, b. Mar. 13, 1857; d. Nov. 7, 1863.
a844. Lurenna Bowser, b. Sept. 11, 1859; m. Frederick Bowser (son of
"Big" Fred).
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 165
845. Miller Bowser, b. Aug. 4, 1863 ; m. Adeline Schrecengost, b. Dec. 4,
1864.
846. Sarah Malissa Bowser, b. Dec. 11, 1869; m. James K. Lafferty.
839. HARVEY and (1) HANNAH BOWSER.
Children :
847. Nelson Bowser, b. July 6, 1867; m. Mary E. Miller, b. Aug. 19, 1880;
address : Ford City, Pa. ; ch. : Annabel Bowser, b. Jan. 30, 1907 ; d.
Feb. 24, 1920; Elizabeth Bowser, b. July 4, 1909; Millard Bowser, b.
June 6, 1911.
848. Minerva Bowser, b. 1878; m. Wilson Gillam.
839. HARVEY and (2) MARY A. TOY.
Children :
849. Cora Bowser, m. William Shaffer.
850. Luie Bowser m. William Lytle.
851. Luther Bowser, m. Lydia Bouch.
852. Valentine Bowser, single (1920).
853. Wilbert Bowser, m. Goldie Hooks.
854. Jessie Bowser, m. Edward Bouch.
855. Elizabeth Bowser, m. George Montgomery ; ch. : Henry R., Emily C.,
Lillie G., Elnora E.
841. MARY ANN and FELIX BOWSER.
Children :
856. Ella Bowser, m. Hamilton Toy.
857. Elizabeth Bowser, m. Wilbert Lewis.
858. Ambrey Bowser, m. Maud Lasher.
859. Emmit Bowser, m. Maud Brown.
860. Harry Bowser, m. Elizabeth Brown.
861. Charlotte Bowser, m. Frederick Beckwith.
862. Newton Bowser.
842. VALENTINE and (1) MARTHA (BOUCH) BOWSER.
Children :
863. Anna Bowser m. Charles Claypoole.
864. Daniel Bowser, m. Delia Miller.
865. Frank Bowser, m. Maud Bruner.
866. Valentine Bowser, m. Cora Roudabush.
(2) JENNIE CLAYPOOLE.
Child:
867. Raymond Bowser, m. Bowser.
845. MILLER and ADALINE BOWSER; farmer; near Adrian, Pa.
Children :
868. Edwin J. Bowser, b. Apr, 4, 1888; m. Sarah L. John, b. Sept. 29,
1893; ch.: Freda, Rebecca, Richard.
869. Albert S. Bowser, b. Jan. 31, 1896.
870. Frank L. Bowser, b. Sept. 2(i, 1898; m. Minnie Hooks, b. Apr. 5,
1900; ch.: Isabel, Mildred, Berton.
871. Cliflford J. Bowser, b. Sept. 8, 1902.
872. Chambers Bowser, b. Dec. 3, 1884; d. Sept. 15, 1899.
873. Jennie Bowser, b. Nov. 14, 1891 ; d. Nov. 20, 1891.
166 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
a844. LURENNA and FREDERICK BOWSER.
Children :
874. Laura Bowser, m. Jacob Bowser, son of David.
875. Florence Bowser, m. Herbert Grafton.
876. Sarah Bowser, m. Plummer Kepple.
877. Merl Bowser, m. Viola Bowser.
878.Helen Bowser m. Edward McKelvey.
133. SAMUEL (4), JOHN (3), MATHIAS (2), MATHIAS (1). Samuel
Bowser, son of "Hopewell" John, b. 1777, came to Armtsrong County in
1805 and bought land at the "Falls" of Glade Run, now known as Walk
Chalk, at the junction of the two branches of that stream. He cleared the
land and erected a grist mill which ground the grain of that section until
recent days. A portion of his land is still in the hands of some of his heirs.
He married Anna Catharine, a daughter of John "Snider," an early settler
in Bedford County, Pa. He was the progenitor of a large family whose
children have borne the characteristics of his industry and religious zeal.
He died Aug. 7, 1861. Anna Katharine Snider, b. 1871, d. Feb. 7, 1873.
Children :
879. Peter ("Sheriff") Bowser, b. Apr. 4, 1806; d. 1864; m. Betsey White,
b. 1809 ; d. 1905.
880. Isaac Bowser, m. Catharine, dau. of "Steam" John Bowser. (al811).
881. Susanna Bowser, b. Oct. 16, 1819; d. May 10, 1904; m. Solomon Abe
Bowser, son of Nicholas, son of "Hopewell" John, b. 1820; d. May
16, 1896.
882. Samuel Bowser, m. Margaret McGraw.
883. Lucinda Bowser, m. Daniel Slagel.
884. David S. Bowser, b. June 10, 1822 ; m. Lydia McCuUum, b. Sept. 22,
1834.
885. Jacob Bowser.
886. Catharine Bowser, m. John Slagel.
879. PETER and BETSEY BOWSER; lived in Ohio.
Children :
887. Samuel Harrison Bowser, b. 1832; d. in 1908; m. Rachel Bowser
(538) ; resided at Walk Chalk, Pa.
888. Sarah Bowser, b. Aug. 25, 1834; d. May 5, 1911; m. S. S. English.
889. David J. Bowser, b. 1841; m. (1) Jane Dickson; child: William H. ;
m. (2) Caroline Rosenberg; child: Laura; m. (3) Susan Houser ;
ch. : Harvey, Grant, Elizabeth; m. (4) Hattie Houser; m. (5) Hat-
tie S. Welling.
890. Benjamin F. Bowser, b. 1845; m. Margaret I. Cornman, 8. 1844;
address : Dayton, Ohio.
891. John E. Bowser, b. 1872; m. Florence Walls, b. 1874; ch. : Mar-
garet, Raymond, Milford.
892. W. S. Bowser, m. Margaret Sherman; child: Ida.
893. Thompson P. Bowser, Feb. 12, 1850; m. Jennie E. Sloan, b. Dec. 9,
1856; address: Wickboro, Kittanning, Pa.
a893. Charles F., b. May 12, 1880 ; m. Jennie Bestine, b. Mar. 4, 1880 ; ch. :
Mable, Margaret, Charles F., Jr.
b893. Orlo F., b. Aug. 23, 1881 ; m. Catharine McSherson, b. Apr. 8, 1882 ;
d. Aug., 1918.
c893. Alma R., b. Dec. 18, 1883; d. Mar. 15, 1902.
d893. Jennie P., b. Jan. 22, 1889 ; d. Mar. 26, 1902.
children in this family. All died in infancy except the above six.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 167
880. ISAAC and CATHARINE BOWSER; lived at Walk Chalk; moved to
Pike Co., Ohio; died there.
Children :
895. Addison Bowser, b. 1837; vet. of the Civil War; 2d Lt. 39th Ohio
Vol. Inf.; 1865.
896. Amos Bowser, b. 1839.
897. Samantha J. Bowser, b. 1845.
898. Samuel Bowser.
882. SAMUEL S. BOWSER, b. Jan. 21, 1817; d. June 28, 1900; m. Margaret
McGraw, b. Apr. 28, 1816; d. Apr. 7, 1890; they came to Pittsburgh in 1853
Children :
899. Nancy Bowser, b. Dec. 19, 1842 ; m. Robert Jones ; ch. : Mary Jane,
Fannie, Margaret, Nellie, William C, Rebecca, Robert, Bertha,
Lonella, Nancy.
900. John Bowser.
900. Margaret Ann Bowser, b. May 24, 1846 ; d. May 20, 1880 ; m. Joseph
Maitland; no children.
900. Rebecca J. Bowser, b. Mar. 24, 1849 ; m. Peter Hyer.
900. Sarah Bowser, b. Apr. 19, 1852.
900. Emma Bowser, b. Aug. Zl , 1854; d. in 1896; m. Charles Gardner.
884. DAVID S. and LYDIA BOWSER. David S. Bowser, farmer, lived on
the Abram Bowser homestead near Walk Chalk; eventually he sold this
property and moved into the village where he died. His widow is still
living. David, his wife Lydia, and all of their children, were members of
the Baptist Church of Walk Chalk.
Children :
912. Matilda A. Bowser, b. Sept. 24, 1851 ; d. Apr. 6, 1878; m. Rev. Cham-
bers T. Jack, Baptist minister ; Rev. Jack is located at Linesville,
Pa. ; ch. : Almeda, m. Zigler ; address : Linesville, Pa. ; Lulu m.
Daniel Lacy ; ch. : Jack, Jeanette.
913. Robert M. Bowser, b. July 7, 1853 ; d. July 5, 1854.
914. Amanda J. Bowser, b. May 14, 1855; d. 1918; m. James Hindman
Bowser, b. June 7, 1852. (For children see 185.)
915. Anna M. Bowser, b. Sept. 14, 1857; m. Lebbius Russell, b. Apr. 14,
1856; address: New Kensington, Pa.
Children :
916. John B. Russell, b. July 1, 1879; m. Laura Pierce.
917. Claude M. Russell, b. Dec. 28, 1880.
918. Glendora Russell, b. Oct. 29, 1882; m. George L. Hays.
919. Charles O. Russell, b. Feb. 5, 1885.
920. Edna J. Russell, b. July 23, 1893 ; m. Owa McKinney.
a920. Wilda M. Russell, b. Jan. 18, 1898; m. Harry Varner.
b920. Willard J. Russell, b. Jan. 18, 1898; d. July 1, 1898.
921. Samuel S. Bowser, b. Nov. 8, 1859; m. Ida J. Booth, b. Oct. 12, 1865;
in automobile business. Ford City, Pa.
Children :
922. Herbert Jacob Bowser, b. Sept. 22, 1884; m. Lulu Campbell, b.
Jan. 18, 1885 ; in business with his father, Samuel S. ; ch. : Sharon
Kenneth, b. Alay 7, 1907; Dorothy May, b. Dec. 25, 1909; Herbert,
b. Oct. 20, 1911 ; Mildred, died in infancv; Ida, d. ; Walter,
b. May 20, 1914; George, b. Jan. 18, 1917.
923. Harry Bowser, b. Feb. 22, 1890; d. Mar., 1900.
924. Samuel Dwight Bowser, b. July 4, 1902 ; d. Nov. 22, 1918.
925. Dr. Addison H. Bowser, b. Feb. 18, 1862; d. 1914; m. Sarah H.
Booth, b. 1862; address: Reynoldsville, Pa.
168 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Children :
926. Doctor Ira D. Bowser, Reynoldsville, Pa.; b. Nov. 29, 1883; m.
Laura C. Wheeler.
a926. Bertha E. Bowser, m. Deible.
927. Addison W. Bowser, b. July 7, 1897; m. Tillie Hughes.
928. Ollie E. Bowser, b. Jan. 9, 1865, d. May 24, 1922 ; m. Chambers M.
Fair, b. May 22, 1863 ; live in the homestead at Walk Chalk, Pa.
Children :
a928. Edith M. Fair, b. Jan. 2, 1888 ; m. Robert A. Ober.
b928. Stella B. Fair, b. July 29, 1889; m. Arch. L. Austin.
c928. Merl L. Fair, b. May 5, 1891, d. Aug. 23, 1892.
d928. Earl C. Fair, b. June 1, 1893; m. Mary Montgomery.
e928. Norman P. Fair, b. Oct. 8, 1896; m. Magy Stoner.
£928. Olive B. Fair, b. Apr. 11, 1899; d. May 4, 1921 ; m. Carl Crozer.
g928. Vemie K. Fair, b. Apr. 12, 1901 ; m. William Walters.
h928. Neubert W. Fair, b. Mar. 7, 1905.
i928. Ralph S. Fair, b. July 12, 1909.
929. Sarah B. Bowser, b. June 29, 1867; m. Arthur Cooper.
Children :
930. Charles Cooper.
931. David Cooper.
932. Arnold Cooper.
933. Ella D. Bowser, b. June 8, 1869; m. (1) John M. Russell; (2)
Thomas H. Johnson ; address : Ford City, Pa.
Child:
934. Carl Russel, b. Oct. 1893; m. Susan Bouch; in business, Ford
City, Pa. ; ch. : Eldora, Margaret, William.
935, Almeda M. Bowser, b. May 7, 1872 ; m. David Cochran.
936. Lydia K. Bowser, b. Oct. 27, 1874; m. R. L. Wylie.
Children :
937. Wanda Lee Wylie.
938. Charlotte Wylie.
939. Stella M. Bowser, b. June 9, 1877 ; m. Abram S. Harman ; d. May 12,
1921; address: Brownsville, Pa.
Children :
940. Norma Harman.
941. Harlow Harman.
881. SUSANNA and SOLOMON ABE BOWSER, son of Nicholas (136).
Of this union were bom twelve children, seven of whom died in infancy.
Those living are :
942. Lucinda Bowser, b. 1840; m. Michael McCoy; ch. ; Matilda, m.
Emery Snyder; Mary, m. William Downey; James, m. Jennie
Forsythe; Ella, m. Richard Bray; Elizabeth, m. George Reibold.
943. James C. Bowser, m. Jennie Keys ; ch. : Ernest, m. Anna Klingle-
smith; William; Ida, m. William Smith; Flora, m. Edward
Kramer; Pearl.
944. Margaret Bowser, b. 1849 ; m. John Roberts.
945. Mary C. Bowser, b. 1847; m. William McClain ; ch.: John; Ida, m.
R. C. Scott; address: Fairview, Pa.; ch. : Chambers, Kenneth,
Theodore.
946. Samuel Henry Bowser, b. Jan. 29. 1856; m. Malissa Jane (1906), b.
July 8, 1859; d. Oct. 25, 1901 ; (daughter of "Sadler" John Bowser) ;
address: Vandergreft, Pa.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 169
Children :
a.946. Jessie, b. Jan. 30, 1878, d. Feb. 4, 1913 ; m. Sherman Edward
Kennedy ; ch. : Mendal Edward, b. May 7, 1902 ; Grace Eliza-
beth, b. Sept. 10, 1903; m. Edward Silk; Helen Rachel, b.
June 22, 1906.
b946. Samuel H., Jr., b. Oct. 12, 1881.
c946. Pearl Clifford, b. Feb. 19, 1884; m. Oliver R. Long; ch.:
Aceneth ; Rachel Ellen, b. June 3, 1919.
d946. Gladys Susana, b. June 3, 1888; m. John Weitzel; ch. : Charles
Raymond, b. Apr. 27, 1911; Isabelle Marian, b. July 9, 1913;
Bernice Catharine, b. Apr. 25, 1915; Herbert Francis, b.
Aug. 3, 1917.
e946. Harry David, b. Apr. 13, 1890; m. Margaret Albaugh; ch.:
Harry Leon, b. May 18, 1911; William Francis, b. Oct. 4,
1912; Samuel Lawson, b. Mar. 28, 1916; Robert Leroy, b.
May 24, 1919.
f946. Estella Mary, b. Oct. 17, 1891 ; m. Charles W. Wangler ; ch. :
Hildreth Harry, b. Jan. 26, 1915; Helen Florence, b. Aug. 10,
1918.
g946. Hazel Sarah, b. Aug. 22, 1894.
h946. Paul Lawson, b. June 15, 1897; enlisted in World War service,
Aug. 23, 1917, Co. H, 111th Reg., 28th Div.; participated in
the battles of the Chauteau Thierry, Argonne and St. Mihiel;
was discharged May 13, 1919.
i946. Ruth Augusta, b. Dec. 19, 1899; m. John Fennell; address:
Butler, Pa.
883. LUCINDA and DANIEL SLAGLE.
Children :
952. Lemuel Slagle, m. Catharine Hyle ; ch. : Fluke, Flur.
953. Chamlbers Slagle ; died young.
954. Miles Slagle.
955. John Slagle, m. Emma Holder.
956. Mary Alice Slagle, b. Aug. 7, 1855 ; m. Mathew McCollum, b. Aug. 7,
1854; address: Ford City, Pa.
Children :
a956. Charles McCollum, b. Oct. 28, 1894; m. (1) Mildred Gulp; (2)
m. Kunkle; ch. : Harry, Edward, Ralph, Charles.
b956. Lilly McCollum, b. Jan. 22, 1877 ; m. Samuel Rupert ; ch. : Earl,
Garland, Frederick, George, Ernest, Gladys, Floyd, Frank,
Alice, Mary, Ruth.
c956. Daisey McCollum, b. Apr. 23, 1879; m. (1) John Walker; (2)
Abe Stivason ; ch. : Annie, George, Virginia, Clarence,
Dorothy.
d956. Minnie McCollum, b. Mar. 9, 1881 ; m. Charles Heilman ; ch. :
Bert, Ruth.
e956. Carrie McCollum, b. Jan. 26, 1883; m. William Fair; ch. :
William, George, Susan, Roy, Harry Hayle, Annie.
f9S6. Arthur McCollum, b. Mar. 4, 1885; m. Mary Thierry; ch.:
Lucy, Freda, Dorothy, Rovena, Mildred.
g956. Ocie McCollum, b. Apr. 9, 1887; m. Jacob Moore; ch. : Ken-
neth, James.
h956. Grace McCollum, b. June 16, 1889; m. (1) Edward Burdette;
(2) Archy Stivason; ch. : Dorothy, Clarence, Kathleen,
Ruth, Fay.
i9S6. Roy McCollum, b. June 7, 1892; m. Florence Stivason; ch.:
Gertrude, Ruth, Frances, Roberta, Laverne.
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j956. Lulu McCollum, b. June 6, 1895; m. (1) Perry Woodward; (2)
Edward Stivason ; ch. : Laura, Thelma, Perry, Margaret,
Teddy.
k956. Walter McCollum, b. Sept. 8, 1896.
957. Samuel Slagle, m. Jennie Leinweaver ; ch. : Guss, Turrie.
958. Ann Slagle, m. Thomas Bowser; ch. : Lulu, May, Thomas, Richard,
Nellie.
959. Emma Slagle, m. Cull Peters ; ch. : Zetta, William, Cora, Clara, Nellie.
960. Catharine Slagle, m. Shed Starr.
Children :
96L Harvey Slagle.
962. David Slagle.
963. Ella Slagle, m. David French.
136. NICHOLAS (4) ; JOHN (3) ; MATHIAS (2) ; MATHIAS, SR (1).
Nicholas, John and Jacob Bowser were the only members of John Bowser's
family (of Hopewell) who remained in Bedford County. Nicholas' farm
was located about one mile southeast of the John Bowser homestead. As
his farm laid on the slope of a mountain near Hopewell he could look from
his doorstep to the door of the home of his childhood. The picture shows
the site of the farm. His grandson, Henry P. Bowser, of Hopewell, remem-
bers Nicholas in the early days of the Civil War, an old decrepit man. He
died about 1862. He married Elizabeth Kline. He was a member of the
Dunkard Church.
Children :
964. Jacob Bowser; moved to Venango County, Pa.
965. Magdalena Bowser; moved to Worthington, Pa.; one of her daugh-
ters married George Bellus. (See No. 975.)
966. Peter Bowser, b. between 1810 and 1820; died in Armstrong Co., Pa.
967. Solomon Abe Bowser, b. 1820; m. Susan Bowser; daughter of
Samuel Bowser (133) ; for children see Susannah (881).
968. John Bowser, b. 1805; m. Ruth Weaver, b. 1810; ch. : Henry, John,
Jacob, Lily, Caroline, Martha, Rachel, James, Nicholas, b. 1842,
Ashbury, Tillie, b. 1847.
969. Nicholas Bowser ; in Mexican war ; died in New Orleans with Yellow
fever.
970. Henry Bowser, b. 1810; d. Feb. 20, 1878; m. Mary Steele.
971. Samuel Bowser; lived in Hopewell Twp., Bedford Co., Pa.
972. William Bowser.
973. Mary Bowser, m. John Grace ; ch. : John W. ; Daniel ; Piper ; Sarah,
m. George Cartright ; Hannah, m. John Croyle ; Rebecca, m.
Woodlock; Elizabeth, m. Heffher.
974. Hannah Bowser, m. Daniel Ritz; ch. : Henry, James.
975. Magdelena H. Bowser, m. William Brannen.
976. James Bowser, b. 1824; d. 1880; m. Elizabeth Kelley.
970. HENRY (5) ; NICHOLAS (4) ; JOHN (3) ; MATHIAS (2) ;
MATHIAS (1). Henry and Mary Steele Bowser. His will in Book 5,
page 351, Bedford, Pa. Henry Bowser of Liberty Township, Bedford
County; wife, Mary.
Children :
977. James S. Bowser, b. 1840; d. 1917; m. Fannie S. Moore.
978. Emanuel Bowser; m. Margaret Divelbiss.
Children :
a978. Elsie Bowser.
b978. May Bowser.
c978. Preston Bowser.
d978. Roy Bowser.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 171
e978. Mary Bowser ; m. A. C. Householder ; address : Johnstown, Pa ;
ch. : George, Bessie, Preston.
f978. George H. and Alice Sutchall; address: Hopewell, Pa.; ch. ;
Edith, John, Helen.
g978. Fannie Bowser; m. M. H. Cook, 401 Main St., Niles, Ohio;
ch. : Chester.
h978. Alzie Bowser; m Bou Ramie; Philadelphia, Pa.
i978. James W. Bowser; m. Anna Plant; Youngstown, Ohio; ch. :
James.
j978. Alida Bowser; m. Steven Dudley, 26 Hunter Ave., Niles, Ohio;
ch. : Margaret.
k978. Robert Bowser.
979. Charles Bowser; m. Sarah Mardis.
Children :
a979. Clifton Bowser, m. Viola Troutman; Riddlesburg, Pa.
5979. Zella Bowser, m. Joseph Cleve ; Liberty Twp., Bedford Co.
c979. Dorothy Bowser, m. Alvin Carbary; Liberty Twp., Bedford Co.
d979. Eliza Bowser.
980. Maria Bowser, m. John Hawkins, Riddlesburg, Pa.
Children :
a980. Mary Hawkins, m. Oliver Phillips.
b980. Rosa Hawkins, m. Irvine Bredenstine.
c980. Elizabeth Hawkins, m. Elmer Menster.
d980. Jennie Hawkins.
e980. Myrtle Hawkins.
f980. Hawkins, m. Alice Guthridge.
g980. Hawkins, m. Mary Shannon.
h980. Hawkins, m. Lena Switzer.
981. Catharine Bowser, m. John Long.
Child :
a981. Mary Long, m. John Fields.
982. Mary Ann Bowser, m. David Brunbaugh.
983. Elizabeth Bowser, m. Jacob Weyandt.
984. Harrison Bowser, m. Ida Brumbaugh.
977. JAMES S. and FANNIE S. BOWSER.
Children :
985. Mary Jane Bowser, b. 1860; m. D. N. Hanley,
986. Annie M. Bowser, b. 1865 ; d. 1918 ; m. J. H. Black.
987. Alice M. Bowser, b. 1867 ; d. 1901 ; m. W. A. Butts.
988. Rev. H. Graybill Bowser, b. 1872; m. (1) Esther Williams, (2)
Viola M. Swisher; minister of the Church of God; residence near
Franklin, Pa.
989. Clay M. Bowser, b. 1873; m. Estella Burtnett.
990. James S. Bowser, Jr., b. 1875 ; m. Elizabeth Jones.
991. Hattie T. Bowser, b. 1880; d. 1919; m. Fred Oast.
988. REV. H. GRAYBILL and VIOLA (SWISHER) BOWSER.
Children :
992. Ruth May Bowser, b. 1891 ; m. J. J. Cashman.
993. M. Ester Bowser, b. 1896; trained nurse.
989. CLAY M. BOWSER and ESTELLA.
994. Edna Bowser, b. 1900; teacher.
995. Irma Bowser, b. 1902.
996. Frank Bowser, b. 1904.
997. Ida Bowser, b. 1907.
998. Victory Elnora Bowser, b. 1907.
172 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
91(,. JAMES and ELIZABETH BOWSER.
Children :
999. Nicholas Bowser ; went West ; was a veteran of the Civil War ; died
in the West about 1910 ; m. Alice ; one son : William.
1000. Catharine Bowser, d. 1916; m. Valentine Fink.
Child :
1001. Cinderella, m. Wood Spellman.
1002. Rev. John Bowser, minister of the Dunkard Church ; d. Feb., 1907 ;
m. Elizabeth Thistle; (2) Catharine Stair; no children.
1003. Henry P. Bowser, b. 1852; m. Catharine Smith.
1004. William Bowser ; never married ; died in New York State 1882.
1005. Rebecca Bowser, now living on the John Bowser homestead at
Hopewell; m. Henry Cogan.
1006. Simon Bowser, m. Sara Rush; lived in the West; present residence,
2846 Blake St., Denver, Colo ; child : Lena Bowser, m. Jones.
1007. Jeanette Bowser, b. about 1860; m. William E. Baker ; ch. : Elizabeth,
Mary, John.
1008. Rufus Bowser; living in Florida.
1009. Edmund Bowser; living in Altoona, Pa.; m. Elizabeth Smith.
1010. Ch. : Chester Byron Bowser, b. May 20, 1884 ; d. Aug. 14, 1884.
1011. Gussie Bowser, b. Aug. 8, 1885; d. 1908; m. Charles Roop; child:
Melvin E.
1012. Harry P. Bowser ; m. T. E. Mertz, b. Aug. 27, 1887.
1013. Cora E. Bower, b. July 12, 1890 ; m. A. L. Lytle ; child : Edmund B.
1014. Savilla Bowser, b. 1862; m. Oliver Parrin, farmer of Hopewell
Twp. ; address : Jerome, Yavapai Co., Arizona.
1015. Tobias Bowser
1003. HENRY P. and CATHARINE BOWSER. Henry P. Bowser is an
extensive land owner and successful farmer. He resides one and a half
miles northwest of Hopewell, and two miles from the John Bowser home-
stead on "Yellow Creek," so frequently mentioned in this history. His
father told him that his (Henry's) great-grandfather came "from Germany";
that he brought parts of a wagon and farming implements with him from
the old country, and that he was wealthy. Some of his ancestors were in
the Revolutionary War. His great-grandfather, whom he believes was
Mathias, made frequent trips to Philadelphia for supplies.
Children :
1017. Mary Elizabeth, m. John Fluke ; living near Hopewell ; ch. : Florence,
m. Roy Easier ; Margaret.
1018. Ella Bowser, m. Ambrose Steel ; ch. : Edith, Margaret, Robert.
1019. Scott Bowser, m. Florence Eichelberger.
1020. Russell Bowser, m. Ora Cypher.
1021. James Franklin Bowser.
1022. Anna Bowser.
1023. George Bowser.
1014. SAVILLA BOWSER and OLIVER PARRIN ; ch. : Clarence, m. Mary
Likens ; Frank, m. Delia Reed ; Tobias ; Valentine.
1005. REBECCA and HENRY COGAN.
Children :
1024. Gertie Cogan.
1025. Charles Cogan.
1026. James Blaine Cogan.
1027. Chester Cogan, m. Ham.
1028. Stella Cogan.
1029. Elizabeth Cogan.
1031. Ethel Cogan.
1030. Elsie Cogan.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 173
137. PETER (4); JOHN (3); MATHIAS (2); MATHIAS (1). Peter
Bowser, the youngest son of John Bowser, of Hopewell, Pa., came to
Armstrong County, Pa., early in the history of the country and bought
land on Pine Creek, two miles east of the Allegheny River. Here he
reared a large family and lived to see the country of his adoption emerge
from a wilderness into a land of fertile farms, schools and churches.
Children :
1032. Elizabeth Bowser, b. 1811.
1033. Mary Bowser, b. 1813 ; m. Abram Swigart.
1034. Martha Bowser, b. 1815; d. Oct. 12, 1877; m. Jacob Bowser (son of
Joseph Bowser, son of Noah Bowser), b. 1806; d. June 9, 1868.
1035. John Bowser, b. 1816.
1036. Mathias Bowser, b. 1819; d. 1909; m. Sarah H. Baum, b. 1825.
1037. Jane Bowser, b. Dec. 21, 1821; d. Jan. 22, 1901; m. Peter Bowser
(169), b. Oct. 20, 1815; d. Jan. 29, 1879.
1038. Sally Bowser, b. 1825.
1039. Margaret Bowser, b. 1826.
1040. Loben Bowser, b. July 16, 1828; d. Jan. 11, 1912; m. Martha Jane
Oliver, b. Oct. 14, 1829 ; d. June 29, 1879.
1041. Jeremiah Bowser, b. 1832.
1034. MARTHA (5) ; PETER (4) ; JOHN (3) ; MATHIAS (2) ;
MATHIAS (1). Martha and Jacob Bowser.
Children :
1042. Mathias Q. Bowser, b. Sept. 25, 1836; d. Oct. 15, 1898; m. Mar-
garet Stockdill, b. 1847 ; lived at Echo, Pa.
1043. Jemima Bowser, b. Dec. 28, 1837; d. Sept. 5, 1918; m. James
McCullough ; ch. : Martha, Mary.
1044. Jeremiah Bowser, b. Oct. 31, 1839; m. Catharine Snyder.
Children :
1045. Harvey Bowser.
1046. Nettie Bowser.
1047. William Bowser.
1048. Joannah Bowser, b. July 27, 1842; m. Samuel Buzzard.
Children :
1049. Mary Buzzard.
1050. Ida Buzzard.
1051. Bertha Buzzard.
1052. Robert Buzzard.
1053. Caroline Bowser, b. June 9, 1844; d. Apr., 1919; m. Henry Weaver;
ch. : Jennie, Miranda, Savina, Mary, Annie, Ella, Maisey, Thomas,
David Wellington.
1054. Jane Bowser, b. June 10, 1846; m. William Jones.
Children :
1055. Mary Jones, m. Daniel Schreckengost ; ch. : Mary, Pearl, Bcrton,
Claire.
1056. David Jones.
1057. John Jones.
1058. Thomas Jones, m. Ida Schreckengost; ch. : Claude, Preston,
1059. Eleanor Bowser, b. July 27, 1847; d. Oct. 21, 1919; m, Uriah M.
Cleaver ; ch. : Fanty, Nettie, Emma, Elizabeth, John, Thomas,
Mary, Belle, Bessie.
1060. Anderson Bowser, b. Nov. 15, 1849; single; resides at Manor-
ville, Pa.
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1061. Franklin P. Bowser, b. Oct. 7, 1852; d. Jan. 24, 1920; m. Catharine
Swigart, daughter of Mary Bowser (1033), daughter of Peter
(137).
Children :
1062. Jennie Bowser, m. Downsey.
1063. Thomas Bowser, m. Schaffer.
1064. Thomas Bowser, b. Oct. 10, 1854; d. Mar., 1913; m. Catharine
Boyle; d. June, 1912.
Children :
1065. William A. Bowser, b. Jan. 4, 1880; m. Bessie Geiger, b. Aug.
11, 1884.
Children :
1066. Merle L. Bowser, b. Aug. 20, 1903.
1067. Ethel C. Bowser, b. Feb. 13, 1906.
1068. Prof. John A. Bowser, b. Apr. 17, 1882; m. Joan Moore, b.
Mar. 16, 1884.
Children :
1069. Janet Bowser, b. Nov. 28, 1910.
1070. Dorothy Bowser, b. Apr. 18, 1920.
1071. Elmer Curtis Bowser, b. Aug. 26, 1885 ; m. Wilda Mclntire.
Children :
1072. Laird Bowser.
1073. Sallie Bowser.
1074. Mildred Bowser.
1075. James Y. Bowser, m. Emma Harmon.
1076. Emory P. Bowser, b. Aug. 23, 1890; m. Helen Dailey.
1077. Ch. : Martha Jane Bowser, b. July 29, 1915.
1078. Jeremiah Leroy Bowser, m. Kitty Mechling; d. 1918.
1036. MATHIAS (5) ; PETER (4) ; JOHN (3) ; MATHIAS (2) ;
MATHIAS (1). MATHIAS and SARAH H. (BAUM) BOWSER.
Mathias Bowser settled on the homestead established by his father on Pine
Creek. He was a veteran of the Civil War. During his term of service in
the army his wife and children carried on his extensive farm ; he was a
man of intelligence and great enterprise. He died at his home in 1909 at
the advanced age of 90 years.
Children :
1079. Wilson L. Bowser, b. 1845; d. 1917; m. Caroline Hollobaugh ; ch.:
Henry, Mary, Wilber, Arnold, Phoebe, Anna, Cora, Maude, Essie,
Benjamin, Ellen, Lee, Sandy.
1080. Ross Mechling Bowser, b. 1847; m. (1) Amanda Anthony; ch. :
Jessie, Harry, Frank, Floda, Forest; (2) Christina Zimmerman.
1081. Harvey Peter Bowser, b. 1849; Wickboro, Kittanning, Pa.
1082. Hettie W. Bowser, b. 1853; m. Henry Troutner.
Children :
1083. Sarah Troutner, m. Jerry Swigart.
1084. Emma Troutner, m. Charles Crawshaw.
1085. Rebecca P. Troutner, m. Charles Walker.
1086. Lydda Troutner, m. Irvin Bowser, son of Lewis Bowser (684).
1087. Philip Templeton Bowser, b. 1855; m. (1) Mary Shannon; ch.:
Mabel, John; (2) Tillie Bowser, daughter of J. H. Bowser (185) ;
child: Charles.
1088. Sally J. Bowser; single; b. 1857.
1089. Madison M. Bowser, b. 1860; d. 1912; m. Hattie Jones; ch. : Leroy,
Flossie, Fern.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 175
1090. George McGelland Bowser, b. 1862; stockraiser and miner in the
West ; present address unknown.
1091. James Neale Bowser, b. 1866; m. (1) Louise Bank; (2) Minerva
Hull.
1092. Rebecca P. Bowser, b. 1867; m. A. S. Schreckengost ; photog-
rapher; Kittanning, Pa.
1040. LOBEN (5) ; PETER (4) ; JOHN (3) ; MATHIAS (2) ; MATHIAS
(1). Loben Bowser purchased land on Pine Creek, in Armstrong County,
Pa., about six miles east of his father's residence, and there reared a family
of fifteen children, all of whom have honored his name and maintained the
best ideals of our Bowser family. He was born July 16, 1828, and died at
his home near Echo, Pa., Jan. 11, 1912. He married Martha Jane Oliver,
born Oct. 14, 1829, died June 29, 1829. He devoted his life to farming, the
traditional occupation of nearly all of our people, and was eminently
successful.
Children :
1093. Florence Young Bowser, b. May 26, 1851 ; died in infancy.
1094. Rev. Wellington Bowser, b. Sept. 13, 1852; m. Fannie Waid, b.
Sept. 6, 1857.
1095. Sarah Emeline Bowser, b. Jan. 27, 1854.
1096. Alexander Bowser, b. Nov. 20, 1855 ; d. Feb. 1, 1891, in Cincinnati,
Ohio ; carriage painter.
1097. Wesley Smith Bowser, b. Jan. 5, 1857; d. Mar. 1, 1911.
1098. Clement Elgin Bowser, b. July 5, 1858; m. Barbara Boyle; reside
at Echo, Pa.
1099. Margaret Elmira Bowser, b. Dec. 24, 1859; m. George W. Beck,
b. May 15, 1859; reside at Echo, Pa.
1100. James Miles Bowser, b. Feb. 21, 1863; m. Elsie Clever; reside at
Evans City, Pa.
1101. Mary Malissa Bowser, b. July 5, 1861 ; m. Robert S. Andrews.
1102. McClelland Ellsworth Bowser, b. May 6, 1864; m. Mary Farster.
1103. Nancy Laura Bowser, b. Aug. 26, 1866; died young.
1104. Alice Jane Bowser, b. Nov. 3, 1867; teacher.
1105. Estella Olive Bowser, b. July 31, 1871; m. W. Van Voorliss ; live
at Seattle, Wash. ; ch. : Helen Irene.
1106. Clara lona Bowser, b. Nov. 11, 1872; died young.
1107. Bertha Marinda Bowser, b. Sept. 6, 1874; m. Robert R. Barker, b.
Nov. 9, 1871 ; live near Kittanning, Pa.
1094. REV. WELLINGTON and FANNIE WAID BOWSER. (See
biographies.)
Children :
1108. Vincent Earl Bowser, b. at Rurki, India, under the shadows of the
Himalaya Mountains, Sept. 29, 1881; m. Mary Thompson, of
Pasadena, Calif.; he studied law in the University of Southern
California and is now practicing his profession at El Monte,
Calif. ; he has four children.
1097. WESLEY SMITH and CATHARINE BOWSER.
Bertha Jane, Margaret Ann, Harvey Miles, Mary Terressa, Wilbert
Lewis, Minnie Pearl, Venice Irene.
1099. MARGARET ALMIRA and GEORGE W. BECK.
Children :
al088. Oliver Oben.
bl099. Lillian D.
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cl099. John Thoburn.
dl099. Guy Raymond.
John Thoburn Beck was in service in the World War for 16
months, 12 of which were spent overseas. He belonged to
601st Co. Eng. as first class private.
1109. Ethel Maude Bowser was born in Karachi, a seaport on the Arabian
Sea, Dec. 3, 1885 ; m. Thomas K. Hoagland, Hermos Beach,
Calif. ; they have a son.
1110. Genevieve Irene Bowser, was born at Spartansburg, Pa., June 23,
1887; m. Edgar A. Lord, Los Angeles, Calif.; they have one son.
1098. CLEMENT E. and BARBARA (BOYLE) BOWSER. Clement Elgin
Bowser is a farmer, located near the Loben Bowser homestead at Echo, Pa.
Children :
1111. Nannie N. Bowser, b. June 19, 1877; m. T. Talmadge Skinner, b.
Jan. 15, 1877.
Child :
1112. T. Talmadge Skinner, b. Mar. 21, 1902.
1113. May E. Bowser, b. Sept. 4, 1879; m. Harry E. Olinger.
Children :
1114. Leland Olinger, b. Nov., 1898.
1115. Leroy Olinger, b. 1900.
1116. Maud Olinger, b. 1901.
1117. Freda Olinger, b. 1904.
1118. Floyd Olinger, b. 1907; d. Mar. 1921.
1119. Sadie Bowser, b. June 2, 1883; m. Harvey McCullough.
Children :
1120. Mulvene McCullough, b. July 16, 1913.
1121. Robert McCullough, b. Sept. 1915.
1122. Bert Bowser, b. Dec. 3, 1885; m. Cora Kirkwood.
Children :
1123. Chester Bowser.
1124. Kenneth Bowser.
1125. Mildred Bowser.
1126. Robert Bowser.
1127. Freda Bowser.
1128. Edith Bowser, b. Nov. 26, 1890; m. William Emmons.
Children :
1129. Relton Emmons.
1130. Donald Emmons,
1131. James Emmons.
1132. Richard Emmons.
1100. JAMES MILES and ELSIE (CLEVER) BOWSER. James Miles
Bowser taught school when a young man. For the last 30 years he has
been in street car work, now a conductor on the Pittsburgh, Harmony and
Butler Line; address: Evans City, Pa.
Children :
1133. Nelson Bowser, b. 1891; d. 1891.
1134. Catharine Leone Bowser, b. 1893; graduate nurse; volunteered in
the war service; stationed at Camp Upton; thence sailed for
France on the Megantic, June 12, 1918; was stationed at Base
Hospital No. 1 ; later at Chamanet ; returned on the Agamennon
May 15, 1919.
1135. Francis Bowser, b. 1896; graduate of Duff's Business College,
Pittsburgh; now employed in Butler, Pa.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 177
1102. McClelland Ellsworth and mary bowser.
Children: Blanche, m. Frederick Greybiggle; Miles, m. Coonart ;
Minnie, m. Walter Herman; Charles, m. Campbell; Olive, m.
Nelson Shirey; Frank, Roy, Pearl, Harry, Raymond.
1100. MARY MALISSA and ROBT. S. ANDREWS.
Children :
1136. Wellington Andrews.
1137. Lucile Andrews.
1138. Gladys Andrews.
1139. Catharine Andrews.
1107. BERTHA MARINDA and ROBERT R. BARKER; address: Kittan-
ning, R. D.
Children :
1140. Grace Elma Barker, b. Sept. 22, 1902.
1141. Relton Barker, b. Mar. 12, 1905; d. Oct. 2, 1918.
1142. Nelda Lucile Barker, b. May 23, 1902.
1143. Feme Marie Barker, b. May 14, 1916.
138. MARY (4) ; JOHN (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ; MATHIAS, SR. (1).
Mary Bowser married John Burnheimer — no doubt a descendant of the
Berkheimers of Bedford County, Pa. They lived near Kittanning; later
moved to Ohio.
1144. William Burnheimer; lived near Kittanning.
1145. Mathias Burnheimer; moved to Jackson Co., Ohio; died there in
1862.
1146. John Burnheimer.
1147. Samuel Burnheimer; John and Samuel moved to Canton, Ohio;
died there.
1148. Mary Burnheimer, b. Mar. IS, 1803; d. Oct. 20, 1880; m. Samuel D.
Bowser ; b. Apr. 4, 1802 ; d. Aug. 18, 1885.
1149. Elizabeth Burnheimer; m. Jacob Flenner.
1148. MARY (BURNHEIMER) and SAMUEL D. BOWSER. Mary and
Samuel D. Bowser lived near Walk Chalk, Pa. They were members of the
Dunkard Church.
Children :
1150. Elizabeth Bowser, b. 1823; d. 1896; m. John Wible.
1151. Rebecca Bowser, b. Oct. 23, 1826; d. May 22, 1903; m. John Bar-
ker, b. Sept. 28, 1822; d. Jan. 4, 1902.
1152. Robinson Bowser, b. Sept. 14, 1832; d. May 6, 1907; m. Catharine
Yingst, b. Jan. 1, 1839.
1153. Sarah A. Bowser, b. Oct. 20, 1834; d. Aug. 28, 1914; m. Robert
Wible, b. Dec. 26, 1831 ; d. Dec. 25, 1905.
1154. Nancy Bowser, b. 1836; d. 1907; m. William J. Geary, d. 1884.
1155. Julia A. Bowser, b. May 5, 1839; d. 1902; m. James Wible, b. Aug.,
1829; d. Oct., 1907.
1156. Hamilton D. Bowser, b. 1843; d. 1913; m. Delilah Toy, b. 1844.
1157. Alexander J. Bowser, b. Aug. 7, 1846; d. Mar. 2, 1915; m. Emily
Bowser, b. July 20, 1854.
1151. REBECCA (BOWSER) and JOHN BARKER. Lived near Kittanning.
There were eight children of this union.
1158. C W. Barker, b. Mar. 27, 1859; d. Oct. 20, 1916; m. Melvina Tyler.
1159. G. G. Barker, b. Dec. 2, 1850; m. Mary Etta Williams, b. Sept. 9,
1856; address: Britton, Okla. ; child: F. M. Barker, b. Dec. 28,
1882.
178 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
1160. Anna Barker, b. Dec. 12, 1852; d. July 5, 1877; m. J. H. R. Spilman.
1161. Mary J. Barker, b. Apr. 8, 1855; m. Percy Tyler, b. Jan. 8, 1853;
resides at Ute, Iowa.
1162. Sarah C. Barker, b. July 20, 1857; d. Feb. 11, 1895 ; m. Daniel Farrar.
1163. P. C. L. Barker, b. Oct. 23, 1859; m. Elizabeth Morse; address:
Vermillion, S. D.
1164. Ida M. Barker, b. Dec. 30, 1863; d. Feb. 10, 1864.
1165. Sherman Barker, b. Jan. 20, 1866; d. Oct. 27, 1883.
1152. RO'BINSON and CATHARINE (YINGST) BOWSER.
Children :
1166. Sherman Bowser, b. April 18, 1878; m. Charlotte Frick, b. Oct. 31,
1878; address: West Kittanning, Pa.; ch. : Elizabeth, Chambers,
Myrtle, Grace, Harry, Helen, Rufus, Gladine, Arthur.
1167. Whitsel Bowser, b. Mar. 6, 1882; m. Maud Cramer; ch.: Rhinaldo,
Clarence, Francis, Kenneth.
1153. SARAH A. (BOWSER) and ROBERT WIBLE. Samuel D. and Mary
(Bumheimer) Bowser had the rare good providence of having three daugh-
ters marry three sons of a neighbor. One daughter, Sarah A., married
Robert Wible and lived near Worthington, Armstrong Co., Pa.
Children :
1168. William Wilson Wible, b. Nov. 20, 1859; m. Belle Toy, b. Apr. 6, 1872.
Children :
1169. Alvin Wible, b. 1895.
1170. Hobert Wible, b. 1897.
1171. Miles Wible, b. 1901.
1172. Charlotte Wible, b. July 21, 1861.
1173. George G. Wible, b. May 13, 1863; m. Manda Summerville, b. 1864.
Children :
1174. A. Wible, b. 1890.
1175. Howard Wible, b. 1892.
1176. Richard Wible, b. 1894.
1177. Mary Wible, b. 1896.
1178. Robert Wible, b. 1900.
1179. Dorothy Wible, b. 1906.
1180. Robert Lee Wible, b. Mar. 25, 1865; m. Lydia Bowser, b. 1874.
Children :
1181. Wanda Wible, b. 1904.
1182. Charlotte Wible, b. 1909.
1183. James Elmer Wible, b. Mar. 19, 1867; d. Jan. 8, 1912; m. Lucy
Smith, b. 1869; d. 1907.
Child :
1184. Harry Wible, b. 1898.
1185. Harriet Wible, b. May 23, 1869.
1186. Tillie Wible, b. July 9, 1871.
1187. James Mark Wible, b. Mar. 29, 1874; d. Sept. 15, 1904.
1188. Charles Wayne Wible, b. Nov. 23, 1876; m. Lucille Rock
Children :
1189. Charles Wayne Wible, Jr., b. 1915.
1190. Charlotte Wible, b. 1918.
1154. NANCY (BOWSER) and WILLIAM J. GEARY.
Children :
1191. John A. Geary, b. Mar. 14, 1863; m. Margaret Smith.
1192. May E. Geary, b. 1866; m. Merl Benton.
1193. Mahala Geary, b. 1867; m. W. H. Lewis.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 179
1194. Sarah A. Geary, b. 1870; d. 1912; m. O. N. Myer.
1195. William Geary, b. 1872.
1196. Hannah Geary, b. 1874; m. Harry Bowser.
1197. Samuel Geary, b. 1877; m. Rachel Thompson.
1198. Martha Geary, b. 1880; m. Albert Toy.
1155. JULIA A. (BOWSER) and JAMES WIBLE.
Children :
1199. Nannie Wible, b. Oct. 23, 1859.
1200. Mary Wible, b. April 27, 1861 ; m. Marion Zillefrow, b. 1863.
Children :
1201. Grace Zillefrow, b. 1887.
1202. Julia Zillefrow, b. 1890.
1203. Hallam Zillefrow, b. 1893.
1204. Olive Zillefrow, b. 1896 ; d. 1899.
1205. Leota Zillefrow, b. 1898.
1206. Kenneth Zillefrow, b. 1900; d. 1912.
1207. Parker Wible, b. Jan. 10, 1863; m. Belle MoCullough.
Children :
1208. Paul Wible, b. 1885.
1209. James Wible, b. 1887.
1210. Frances Wible, b. 1902.
1211. Julia Wible, b. 1905; d. 1919.
1213. Isaac Wible, b. Jan. 15, 1865 ; m. Margaret Richardson.
Children :
1214. Helen Wible, b. 1892.
1215. Marion Wible, b. 1900.
1216. Edith Wible, b. Mar. 9, 1867; m. Parks P Burford. See (617) for
children.
1217. Effie Wible, b. June 2, 1869; m. J. P. Stewart, b. 1867.
Children :
1218. Olive Wible, b. Sept. 1, 1871 ; m. W. M. Seligman, b. 1873.
Children :
1219. William Seligman, b. 1902.
1220. Donald Seligman, b. 1904; d. 1907.
1221. Julian Seligman, b. 1906.
1222. Grace Wible, b. Feb. 22, 1874; m. Earnest Bartels.
Children :
1223. Earnest Bartels, Jr., b. 1913.
1224. Carl Bartels, b. 1915.
1225. Henry Wible, b. Mar. 17, 1876; m. Jennie Foster, b. 1879.
Children :
1226. Donald Wible, b. 1909.
1227. Edith Wible, b. 1918.
1228. Florence Wible, b. July 9, 1878; m. E. E. Crawford, b. 1874.
Children :
1229. Charlotte Crawford, b. 1912.
1230. Edna Crawford, b. 1916.
1231. Elizabeth Crawford, b. 1918; d. 1918. ,
1232. Alice Wible, b. Oct. 10, 1880; m. Bert Foster.
Children :
1233. Glen Foster, b. 1903.
1234. Rodney Foster, b. 1906.
1235. Edna Wible, b. June 1, 1883.
180 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
1157. ALEXANDER J. and EMILY BOWSER.
Children :
1236. Nannie Bowser, b. Sept. 24, 1873; m. Everett McGeary, b. Aug.
28, 1867.
Children :
1237. Melba McGeary, b. 1899.
1238. Charles McGeary, b. 1901.
1239. Florence McGeary, b. 1903.
1240. Elizabeth Bowser, b. Oct. 1, 1875.
1241. Guy Bowser, b. Sept. 13, 1878.
1242. Jay Bowser, b. Mar. 12, 1881 ; d. Aug. 16, 1898.
1243. Hamilton Bowser, b. May 28, 1887; m. Sadie Shepherd.
Children :
1244. Mildred Bowser, b. May 21, 1917.
1245. Grace Bowser, b. Aug. 24, 1919.
1246. Daisy Bowser, b. July 19, 1884 ; d. July 19, 1909 ; m. Frank Borland.
1247. Iva Bowser, b. March 31, 1890; m. William Smith.
Child:
1248. Virginia Smith.
1249. Roy Bowser, b. Feb. 21, 1892.
1250. Ruth Bowser, b. Jan. 27, 1894; m. Edward L. Anderson; address:
Stenen, Sask., Canada.
Child :
1251. Marie Anderson, b. 1920.
1252. Warren Bowser, b. Feb. 7, 1896.
Alexander J. Bowser reared his family near New Kensington, Pa., where
most of his descendants are now living.
139. ELIZABETH (4), JOHN (3), MATHIAS, JR. (2), MATHIAS, SR.,
(1). Elizabeth, the second daughter of John Bowser (13) of Hopewell
Twp., Bedford Co., Pa., as mentioned in his will, married Abraham Swi-
gart, of York Co., Pa. The will of Abraham Swigart, a resident of Buf-
falo Twp., Armstrong Co., Pa., dated March 15, 1830, was probated in
Kittanning, Pa., May 23, 1832.
Children :
1253. Jacob Swigart, m. Mary Gouldinger.
1254. John Swigart, b. 1802 ; d. 1878 ; m. Sarah A. Bowser, b. 1800, d. 1876.
1255. Elizabeth Swigart, m.
1256. Abraham Swigart.
1257. Daniel Swigart.
1258. Mary Swigart, m. Cornman.
1254. JOHN and SARAH A. SWIGART. John Swigart came from Bed-
ford County, Pa., to Armstrong County about 1812. He was united by mar-
riage to Sarah A. Bowser, daughter of Joseph D. Bowser, son of Noah and
Eunice (Ditto) Bowser. He was a stone mason and brick layer, and helped
to build the "Eagle" hotel and a number of the earliest brick buildings
in Kittanning. He and his wife were members of the Dunkard Church,
Children :
1259. Jacob Swigart, b. 1824; d. in infancy.
1260. Abraham Swigart, b. 1825; d. 1907; m. Margaret Burnheimer, b.
1827; d. 1902.
1261. Rebecca Swigart, b. 1828; d. 1904; m. Mathias Bowser. (See 133
for children.)
1262. Elizabeth Swigart, b. 1830; d. 1860; m. Henry Bowser, son of
Christian.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 181
1260. ABRAHAM and MARY (BURNHEIMER) SWIGART. Abraham
Swigart was a veteran of the Civil War. He enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, Co. A,
2d Regiment Cavalry; discharged Dec. 16, 1863; re-enlisted Dec. 17, 1863,
Co. M, Penn. Mounted Corps ; discharged July 13, 1865 ; he married Mary
Bumheimer.
Children :
al260. Sarah E. Swigart ; single ; b. 1849.
bl260. Mary A. Swigart, b. 1852; d. 1900; m. Oliver P. Stover, b. 1850;
d. 1910.
cl260. John Swigart, b. 1854: d. 1873; single.
dl260. Clarence Swigart ; b. 1857 ; m. Malinda Hopper ; b. 1861.
el260. Joseph F. Swigart, b. 1861 ; m. Margaret Delph.
1263. Joseph F. Swigart, b. 1832; d. 1912; m. Sarah A. White, b. 1834;
d. 1900.
1264. Jonas Swigart; moved to California; address unknown.
1265. John Swigart, b. 1836; d. in California.
1266. Rev. Daniel W. Swigart, b. 1838; m. Margaret Starr, b. Dec. 12,
1837; d. Sept. 26, 1868.
al266. Sarah Swigart, b. 1840; m. Robert Adams.
1267. Nancy Swigart, b. 1842; d. 1915; m. Adam Edwards.
1263. JOSEPH F. SWIGART and SARAH A. SWIGART. After his mar-
riage settled at Mosgrove, Pa., and engaged in farming. He was a mem-
ber of the Baptist Church.
Children :
1268. Malinda J. Swigart, b. 1857; m. James F. Babb, b. May 18, 1858,
a son of Samuel and Lucy Ann (Bowser) Babb. Present address,
Ford City, Pa.
Child :
al268. Arthur E. Babb, b. Sept. 15, 1891.
1269. Lycurgus Swigart, b. 1858 ; killed on the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1898.
1270. James W. Swigart, b. 1860; m. Elizabeth Schaub.
Children :
1271. Edna Swigart.
1272. Morna Swigart.
1273. Murial Swigart.
1274. David M. Swigart, b. Aug. 15, 1861 ; m. Martha Serene, b. 1863.
Child :
1275. Lotta Swigart, b. Mar. 23, 1900.
1276. John B. Swigart b. Sept. 22, 1863 ; m. Mollie Rebecca McNeil of
East Brady, Pa. In 1881 he went into the employ of the Allegheny
R. R. (now the Penna. R. R.) and has continued in the railroad
service. For twenty years Mr. Swigart has been a conductor on a
passenger train between Oil City and Pittsburgh, Pa.; address:
Kittanning, Pa.
Children :
1277. Sarah Bertha Swigart, m. Harry D. Utley.
1278. H. B. Swigart, m. Mabel Leech; reside at Ford City, Pa.
1279. Mollie R. Swigart.
1280. Anna R. Swigart, b. 1865; m. George Sheasley.
Children :
1281. Ralph Sheasley.
1282. Pauline Sheasley.
1283. Ardell Sheasley.
1284. Harold Sheasley.
182 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
1285. Wililiam Swigart, m. Maud Ellen Campbell, daughter of Samuel
Lansing and Elizabeth (Lowe) Campbell, of Mosgrove, Pa. Mr.
Swigart is a carpenter and lives at Ford City, Pa. He and his
entire family are members of the Ford City Baptist Church.
Children :
1286. Fonda E. Swigart, b. July 23, 1890; m. Claire W. Ankeny, b.
July 20, 1887 ; address : Clarksburg, W. Va.
Children :
1287. Jeannette Ankeny, b. Sept. 23, 1913.
1288. Ruth Ankeny, b. Dec. 12, 1914.
1289. Miriam Ankeny, b. March, 1918.
1290. Betty Ankeny, b. Feb., 1920.
1291. Larry B. Swigart, b. Oct. 16, 1896; d. Nov. 21, 1912.
1292. Mildred LaVerne Swigart, b. July 9, 1898; m. Frank Mast, son
of Frank Mast, Sr., Rimerton, Pa. ; address : Ford City, Pa.
1293. Maud Lucille, b. Dec. 15, 1899; m. August C. Schubert, b. May
18, 1897.
1294. Alexander Lowry Swigart, b. 1870.
1295. Sarah Alberta Swigart, b. 1875; m. Norman J. Templeton,
Child:
1297. Ruth Templeton.
1266. REV. DANIEL W. and MARGARET (STARR) SWIGART. Rev.
Daniel W. Swigart was a veteran of the Civil War. At the close of the
war he completed a course of study and entered the ministry. He was an
able preacher and an esteemed and active pastor in the Baptist denomina-
tion until shortly before his death, which occurred at Beaver Falls, Pa.,
Oct. 8, 1921. By his first marriage with Margaret Starr, b. Feb. 4, 1885,
d. Mar. 30, 1897, there were the following children :
1298. Ella J. Swigart, b. Mar. 7, 1861 ; m. Willis O. Woods, d. June 13,
1916.
1299. Emma M. Swigart, b. Nov. 10, 1863 ; m. Henry W. Heasley, b. July
17, 1862; d. May 22, 1918.
1300. John J. Swigart, b. Nov. 5, 1864.
1301. Frank H. Swigart, b. Apr. 12, 1866; m. Cora Slagle.
1302. Margaret I. Swigart, b. Sept. 25, 1868; m. (1) Harry McNeil, d.
June, 1912; (2) John Elwood.
(2) (Second marriage) Emily Stoughton, daughter of Rev. Samuel
Stoughton. She was born June 30, 1836 ; d. Mar. 8, 1908.
1303. Eva M. Swigart, d. March, 1904.
1304. Samuel S. Swigart, m. Bertha Cooke.
Children :
Gladys, b. July 1, 1912; Warren, b. August, 1918.
1305. Elvira Swigart, d. 1919; m. Roland Phillips.
Child:
al305. Elenor Winifred, b. June 8, 1907.
1306. Emerson O. Swigart, d. 1903.
(3) Mary J. Thomas.
1298. ELLA J. and WILLIS O. WOODS.
Children :
Pearle E., b. Feb. 24, 1882; Walter W., b. June 14, 1884; Mabel K., b.
April 2, 1886; Warren J., b. May 29, 1888; d. April 10, 1911 ; Clara M.,
b. Aug. 13, 1890; Fred E., b. April 3, 1893.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 18i
1299. EMMA M. and HENRY W. HEASLEY.
Children :
1307. Luella M. Heasley, b. Sept. 3, 1887; m. John S. McMaster, b. 1876;
d. Feb. 9, 1916.
1308. Herbert W. Heasley, b. Apr. 30, 1889 ; m. Golda Allott.
Children :
1309. William Heasley, b. Dec. 13, 1913.
1310. Robert Hays Heasley, b. Nov., 1919.
1311. Paul Warren Heasley, b. Oct. 19, 1921.
1312. Edna E. Heasley. b. May 31, 1891; m. George H. Chappell, b.
Oct. 4, 1886 ; address : Ford City, Pa.
1313. Wilda M. Heasley, b. May 16, 1893 ; m. Bennett R. Cooke.
1314. James J. Heasley, b. Aug. 19, 1897; m. Virginia Manson.
Children :
al314. Eldora Louise, b. April, 1918.
1315. Edna, b. July, 1920.
1316. Helen M. Heasley, b. Dec. 10, 1899 ; m. Harry Walsh.
Child :
1317. Betty Jane, b. May, 1919.
1318. Harry E. Heasley, b. Aug. 6, 1901.
1319. Roland P. Heasley, b. June, 1905.
1266. SARAH (SWIGART) and ROBERT ADAMS.
Children :
1320. Janet Adams, m. Gilbert Wolfe.
1321. Sarah Adams, m. Abe Zillefrow.
1322. Thomas Adams, m. Sarah Schrechengost.
1333. John Adams, m. Susana Miller.
1324. George Adams, m. Molly Mohney.
1325. Robert Adams, m. Rose Smith.
1326. Norman Adams, m. Sara Williams.
1327. Abraham Adams.
1328. Alena Adams, m. John Leech.
1267. NANCY JANE (SWIGART) and ADAM EDWARDS.
Children :
1329. W. Burleigh Edwards b. 1865; m. Laura L. Bowser. (See 785 for
children.)
1330. Mary A. Edwards, b. 1867 ; m. Jacob Schrechengost.
1331. Albert Edwards, b. 1869; m. Jennie Lasher.
1332. John Edwards, b. 1871 ; m. Margaret Geary.
1333. Finley Edwards, b. 1873; m. Cora Bruner.
1334. Esther Edwards, b. 1875; m. E. Shanandoah Bowser (766).
1335. Wilson Edwards, b. 1877; m. Alice Glassel.
1336. Rebecca Edwards, b. 1880; m. William King.
1337. Emmett Edwards, b. 1882; m. Jennie Fipps.
1338. Abraham Edwards, b. 1884; d. 1888.
1339. Joseph Edwards, b. 1888; d. 1907.
140. CATHARINE (4), JOHN (3), MATHIAS (2), MATHIAS, SR. (1).
Catharine Bowser daughter of John and Mary Bowser of Hopewell, Bed-
ford County Pa. ; married Peter Kline in Hopewell ; her husband died there ;
she came to Armstrong County in 1805 with her brother Samuel ; she later
removed to Jackson County Ohio.
Children :
1340. Peter Kline m. Schrechengost; moved to Jackson County, Ohio.
1341. Mary Kline, m. Daniel Swigart; after her third marriage she moved
to Kentucky and died there.
184 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
1342. Barbara Kline, m. Jacob Mechling; moved to Illinois; no children.
1343. Catharine Kline, m. Daniel Fish; lived at McKeesport, Pa.
141. JULIA ANN (4), JOHN (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2), MATHIAS, SR.,
(1). Julia Ann Bowser came to Armstrong County, Pa., between 1815 and
1820 ; she was united by marriiage to David Flenner ; they lived and died
in Washington Township, near Montgomeryville, where most of her
descendants still reside.
Children :
1344. David Flenner, m. Polly Cousins.
1345. Jacob Flenner, m. Sarah Kimmel.
1346. Elijah Flenner, m. Esther John.
1347. Catharine Flenner, m. Rev. James Toy.
1348. Sarah Flenner, m. William Cousins.
1349. Mary Flenner, m. John Henry.
1350. Christine Flenner, b. 1822; d. 1884; m. Martin John, b. 1812; d. 1894.
1351. Nancy Flenner, m. Peter John.
1352. Julian Ann, m. Alexander Henry.
1344. DAVID and POLLY Y (COUSINS) FLENNER. David Flenner set-
tled on a farm in Washington Twp., Armstrong Co., Pa., near his parents.'
Children :
1353. Nancy Flenner, b. Nov. 23, 1850; m. ex-Sheriff Chambers Frick.
See Chambers Frick for children (402).
1354. Sarah Jane Flenner, m. (1) Henry Whitehead, (2) John Bowser,
(3) John McElravy.
1355. Catharine Flenner, m. Thomas Rutter.
1356. Julia Flenner, m. George Bowser, son of Mathias Bowser (171).
1357. Mary Flenner, m. Camelius Henry.
1358. Harriet Flenner, d. young.
1359. David Flenner, d. ; never married.
1360. Owen Flenner, m. (1) Hannah Smith, (2) Anna Bear.
1361. George Flenner, m. (1) Maggie Sharp, (2) Ella Hetrick.
1362. Thomas Flenner, m. Mollie Schrechengost.
1363. Isaac Flenner, m. Alice Lucas.
1364. John Flenner, m. Catharine Mechling.
1365. Domer Flenner, ni. Clara Bryson.
1345. JACOB and SARAH (KIMMEL) FLENNER.
Children :
1366. Elizabeth Flenner, m. Bowser.
1367. Julia Flenner, m. Oliver.
1368. Catharine Flenner, m. Oliver.
1369. David Flenner.
1370. Alexander Flenner.
1371. Rev. Jacob Flenner, minister of the Dunkard Church.
1346. ELIJAH and ESTHER (JOHN) FLENNER.
Children :
1372. Henry Flenner, m. Catharine John.
1373. Jacob Flenner, m. Toy.
1374. John Flenner ; never married ; killed in coal mines.
1347. CATHARINE (FLENNER) and REV. JAMES TOY. Catharine and
her husband lived in Washington Twp., Armstrong Co., Pa., not far from
Montgomeryville, where he served as pastor of the Church of God. He
was a fine type of the sturdy frontier preacher of three generations ago.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 185
Children :
1375. David Toy, m. Eliza Bonner.
1376. Jacob Toy; never married.
1377. James Toy, m. Eliza Kennings.
1378. Peter Toy, d. in infancy.
1379. Margaret Toy, m. Rev. Nncholas Lasher, a conspicuous and worthy
son of this large family in Armstrong County. Mr. Lasher during
the week days devoted his energies to the forge or the farm ; and
on Sundays gave his services to the "Shoemaker Church," as it
is known locally at his home near Montgomeryville, Pa.
1380. Julia Toy, m. John John.
1381. Catharine Toy, b. Oct. 14, 1844; m. Samuel Rickle, a farmer near
Rimerton, Pa. ; b. Jan. 3, 1835 ; d. June 8, 1912.
Children :
1382. Jacob J. Rickle, b. Oct. 1, 1871 ; carpenter.
1383.George Rickle, b. Oct. 30, 1873; m. Jennie T. Bowser.
1384. James H. Rickle, b. Dec. 4, 1869; teacher, Adrian, Pa.
1385. Catharine B. Rickle, b. July 30, 1875 ; at home.
1383. GEORGE and JENNIE T. (BOWSER) RICKLE. Mr. Rickle is in
the employ of J. A. Gault Co., v/holesale and retail merchants, Kittanning,
Pa. (For children see 810.)
1348. SARAH (FLENNER) and WILLIAM COUSINS.
Children :
1386. Simon Cousins, m. Martha Woodrow.
1387. David Cousins, m. Hannah Hagenbottom.
1388. Elmer Cousins, m. Sarah Bowser.
1389. Julia Cousins, m. Snow.
1390. Margaret Cousins, m. Edwards.
1391. Isaac Cousins.
1350. CHRISTINE (FLENNER) and MARTIN JOHN.
Children :
1392. Elizabeth John, m. Emanuel French.
1393. Barbara Ellen John, b. 1862 ; m. John Hooks, b. 1859.
1394. Nancy John, m. John Croyle.
1395. Esther John, m. Emaheizer.
1396. Sarah John ; never married.
1397. William John, m. Cousins.
1398. Christina John, m. John Oliver.
1351. NANCY (FLENNER) and PETER JOHN.
Children :
1399. Mary Jane John, m. Absalom Bowser (son of Levi).
1400. Ida John, m. Anthony Bowser (son of John, son of Joseph D.).
1401. Elizabeth John, m. David Wyant.
1402. Nancy John, m. Lee Christman, d.
1403. John Adams John, m. Martha White.
1404. Peter John, m. Catharine John.
1405. Frederick John, m. Harriet Bowser (daughter of John, son of
Valentine) .
1406. David Isaac John, m. Julia Ann Bowser, b. June 3, 1860; (daughter
of Alexander, son of John, son of Joseph D.)
Children :
1407. Harvey John, b. Dec. 27, 1879; d. Feb., 1900.
1408. Manuel John, b. April 26, 1881.
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1409. Alexander John, b. June 16, 1884; m. Anna B. Flenner, b. Aug. 23,
1884.
1410. Sharon John, b. June 26 1886; d. April, 1887.
1411. Allamay John, b. Feb. 28, 1889.
1412. Bertha John, b. Aug. 13, 1892 ; d. Sept., 1904.
1413. Elizabeth John, b. Sept. 13, 1895.
1414. George D. John, b. Dec. 18, 1897; d. July 28, 1914.
1415. Nancy F. John, m. French.
1409. ALEXANDER and ANNA B. (FLENNER) JOHN.
Children :
1416. Stanley John, b. Aug. 12, 1905.
1417. Genevieve John, b. Oct. 16, 1907.
1418. David M. John, b. Sept. 3, 1909.
1419. Helen E. John, b. Oct. 24, 1911.
1420. Mabel D. (H.) John, b. Oct. 18, 1916; d. Dec. 8, 1916.
1421. M. L. John, b. Sept. 18, 1919.
1415. NANCY F. (JOHN) and FRENCH.
Children :
1422. Andrew French, b. Nov. 10, 1902.
1423. David F. French, b. Dec. 22, 1904.
1424. Annice A. French, b. Mar. 13. 1906.
1425. Freda S. French, b. Feb. 28, 1908.
1426. Vernon French, b. Feb. 22, 1910.
1427. Cecil French, b. Mar. 12, 1912.
1428. Harry S. French, b. Dec. 18, 1914.
1352. JULIA ANN (FLENNER) and ALEXANDER HENRY.
Children :
1429. William Henry, m. Harriet Rutter.
1430. David Henry, d. young.
1431. Jane Henry, m. William Darling.
1432. Julia Henry, m. William Cornman.
1433. Mary Ann Henry, m. William Toy.
1434. Catharine Henry, m. Ross Lemon.
1393. BARBARA ELLEN (JOHN) and JOHN HOOKS. John Hooks is
a son of William Hooks, an early settler in Washington Twp., Armstrong
Co., Pa. He was an active personality in the development of the county,
serving for many years as assessor. His son John has followed his father's
footsteps. For thirty years he has served his neighbors in som€ official
capacity.
Children :
1435. Nerlis M. Hooks, b. 1884; m, Elijah John, b. 1867.
1436. Amos M. Hooks, b. 1885; m. Grace John, b. 1895.
1437. Chambers M. Hooks, b. 1887; m. Mabel Lasher.
1438. Plummer M. Hooks, b. 1889; m. Pearl Cousins, b. 1884.
1439. Pressie M. Hooks, b. 1891 ; m. Lettie Crisman, b. 1901.
1440. Goldie M. Hooks, b. 1893 ; m. Wilbur Bowser, b. 1891.
1441. Adaline M. Hooks, b. 1895 ; m. Frederick Croyle, b. 1888.
1442. William M. Hooks, b. 1898.
1443. Christopher M. Hooks, b. 1898.
1444. Homer M. Hooks, b. 1900.
1445. Violet M. Hooks, b. 1902.
1446. Bertha M. Hooks, b. 1904.
Pressie M. Hooks served two years in the World war with the 42nd,
Rainbow Division.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR, BRANCH 18^
142. BARBARA (4), JOHN (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2), MATHIAS, SR.,
(1). Barbara, the youngest daughter of John Bowser of Hopewell, Bed-
ford Co., Pa., came to Armstrong County, Pa., in 1815. She married
Joseph Bowser (1503), a son of Jacob Bowser (14). They settled on a
farm two miles west of Kittanning.
Children :
1448. Catharine Bowser, single; d. Dec. 14, 1888.
1449. Elizabeth Bowser.
1450. Moses Bowser, b. 1819; d. June 24, 1865; m. (1) Mary Roudabush;
d. 1858; m. (2) Eve Roudabush.
1451. James Bowser, m. Mary Ann Bowser, daughter of Jacob, son of
Jacob Bowser (14).
1452. Johnathan Bowser, b. Jan. 14, 1824; d. Aug. 30, 1883; m. Esther John.
al452. Barbara Bowser.
1503. JOSEPH BOWSER, m. (2) MARY MAXWELL.
Child :
al452. John Maxwell Bowser, m. Tillie Booher; he died in 1919.
Children :
bl452. Aramina Bowser, m. John A. Bowser.
cl452. James K. Bowser, m. Bessie Swigart.
dl4S2. Alvin H. Bowser, m. Lottie Claypoole; resides in Ford City.
bl452. Aramina and John A. Bowser ; ch. : Sadie, m. Emmett Jordan, d. ;
Ida Clara; Bert, m. Nannie Richardson; Stanley K. (single);
William R. ; Harry ; Harlon J. ; Mary ; Kenneth ; June A.
1450. MOSES and MARY (ROUDABUSH) BOWSER.
Children :
1453. Edward Bowser, b. Mar. 15, 1849; d. June 10, 1918; m. Lydia
Bowser, daughter of Jacob Bowser, son of Rock Davy.
Children :
1454. Ida Bowser.
1455. Orman Bowser.
al455. Elmer C. Bowser.
1456. Howard Bowser.
1457. Clarence Bowser,
1456. Clark Bowser.
1459. Jacob M. Bowser, b. Mar. 16, 1851 ; m. Priscilla Bowser, daughter
of David R. Bowser; (2) m. Sadie Morrow.
1460. Jesse Bowser, m. Bertha Geiser ; ch. : Orville, Ocie, Relton, Veda,
Benjamin.
1461. Susan Bowser, single.
1462. Viola Bowser, m. Merl Bowser, b. June 23, 1860.
1463. Joseph Bowser, b. Aug., 1852; m. Dorcas Phails.
Children :
1464. Kiziah Bowser, m. Thel Williard ; ch. : Clark, Alton
1465. Margaret Bowser, m. Alfred Shearer.
1466. Debeah Bowser, m. Harvey Noble; ch. : Percey, Homer, Mildred,
Vera.
1467. Elizabeth Bowser, m. James McKelvey,
1468. Joseph Blair Bowser, single.
1469. Laura Bowser, single.
al469. Barbara, m. Frank Beer.
bl469. Belle Bowser, b. June 23, 1860 ; m. Orman Younkins.
188 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
1470. MARY ANN BOWSER, b. Aug. 12, 1854; m. HIRAM H. BOUCH, b.
1847.
Children :
1471. Joseph Bouch, d. ; m. Mollie Morrow ; ch. : Frank, Lois, Mathew,
Sarah.
1472. Albert Bouch, m. Mary Moore.
1473. Florence Bouch, m. Jean Furgeson.
1474. Elizabeth Bouch, m. Charles Smith.
1475. William Bouch, m. Mollie Davis.
1476. Edward Bouch, m. Jessie Bowser, daughter of Harvey Bowser, son
of Valentine.
1477. Anna Bouch, m. John Smith.
1478. Walter Bouch, single.
1479. Sarah Bowser, b. March 13, 1856 ; m. Robert Reed, b. Dec. 3, 1847 ;
d. Nov. 3, 1917; ch. : Anna, William, John, Clifford.
1480. Manuel R. Bowser, b. Jan. 16, 1858; m. Belle Bowser, b. May 30,
1858, daughter of Jacob, son of Rock Gravy; address: R. D.,
Kittanning, Pa.
Children :
al480. Milford A. Bowser, b. May 8, 1891 ; m. Stella Morrison, daugh-
ter of Albert Morrison, b. Sept. 10, 1895; ch. : Virginia E., b.
July 7, 1914; Ralston W., b. Oct. 30, 1916.
bl480. Ethel Bowser, b. May 22, 1894.
cl480. Carmen W. Bowser, b. June 8, 1897; m. Nancy Elder, b. Oct. 11,
1889.
1450. MOSES and (2) EVE (ROUDABUSH) BOWSER.
Children :
1481. William H. Bowser, b. Jan. 31, 1862; m. Laura A. Hooks, b. Aug. 15,
1868.
1482. Amos A. Bowser, b. 1859; d. Oct., 1917.
1481. AMOS A. and LAURA A. BOWSER.
Children :
1483. Wilber O. Bowser, b. Sept. 2, 1894; m. Gertrude Miller, b. 1901;
child: Rosella, b. 1921.
1484. Ruth A. Bowser, b. Sept. 15, 1896.
1485. Rhoda E. Bowser, b. Aug. 17, 1900; d. Jan. 5, 1919.
1486. Sharon Q. Bowser, b. Nov. 8, 1902.
1487. Lois M. Bowser, b. Sept. 25, 1904.
1488. Galen R. Bowser, b. Oct. 9, 1906.
1489. Amos E. Bowser, b. Dec. 1, 1912.
1451. JAMES and MARY ANN BOWSER.
Children :
1490. Catharine Bowser, m. Albert Claypoole.
Children :
1491. Boggs Claypoole, m. Sadie Bowser, daughter of Wm. J., son of
Jacob, son of Rock Davy.
1492. Barbara Claypoole, m. Samuel Snyder.
1493. Grover Claypoole, single.
1494. Alfred Claypoole, m. Margaret Yount.
1495. Wilda Claypoole, m. Edward McQuinny.
1496. Raymond Claypoole, m. in Davenport, Iowa.
1497. Margaret Bowser, single.
1498. Melvina Bowser, single.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 189
1452. JOHNATHAN and ESTHER (JOHN) BOWSER.
Children :
1499. Enos Bowser, m. (1) Mary M. Myers, d. Oct. 23, 1888; (2) Phoebe
Booher, d. Nov. 25, 1903; ch. : William Bartholomew Bowser, b.
Oct. 20, 1903.
14. JACOB (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2), MATHIAS, SR. (1). Jacob Bowser,
son of Mathias Bowser, Jr., was born in York County, Pa. 1745, and came
to Armstrong County in 1808 or 1810. He served in the Revoluntionary
War. He married Elsie Kal, established his home near Centre Hill, three
miles west of Kittanning, where many of his descendants are living.
Children :
1500. Christian Bowser, d. at Centre Hill, buried in a private plot on
Joseph Bowser farm.
1501. John Bowser, known on account of his stalwart physique as "Big
John," b. 1781 ; d. 1857. He married Margaret Razor, daughter
of Rev. David Razor, a Dunkard minister.
1502. Catharine Bowser, never married; distinguished from the many
Catharines by the nickname "Long Katie."
1503. Joseph Bowser, b. Dec, 1791; m. Barbara Bowser. (See 142 for
children.) (2) m Mary Maxwell.
1504. David Bowser, called "Rock Davie," b. 1788; d. Sept. 27, 1860; m.
Mary Razor, sister of Margaret, b. 1797 ; d. Aug. 27, 1870.
1505. Jacob Bowser, also bearing the insignia of this family as "Big
Jake"; b. 1811; m. (1) Isabelle Claypoole and (2) Mary (Bucher)
Galusha.
1501. JOHN and MARGARET (RAZOR) BOWSER. John and Margaret
Bowser lived near the homestead at Centre Hill. He was a farmer.
Children :
1506. Mary Bowser, m. Levi Bowser. (See 348, under Daniel, for
children.)
1507. Margaret Bowser, m. George Jack.
1508. Elsie Bowser, m. David Wyant.
1510. Catharine Bowser, m. Thomas Cousins.
1511. Jacob Bowser, m. (1) Isabelle Claypoole, (2) Mary Bucher.
1512. Frederick Bowser, m. Elizabeth Claypoole.
1507. MARGARET (BOWSER) and GEORGE JACK. Lived near Slate-
lick, Armstrong County, Pa.
Children :
1513. Catharine Jack, b. 1840; d. Dec. 22, 1921; single.
1514. Margaret Jack, m. Stofel Burns ; settled near Atwood, Indiana
County, Pa. ; ch. : Anthony, Clark, George, Sarah.
1515. Caroline Jack, m. W. Reynolds Bowser.
1516. George Wilson Jack, m. Mary Ellen Bonner, daughter of Chas.
Bonner.
1517. John Alexander Jack, single.
1518. Thomas Jack, b. May 11, 1844; d. Mar. 24, 1915; m. Christina
Wyant, b. Mar. 13, 1853. (See 283 for children.)
1519. Jacob Jack, m. Betsey Jane Galusha ; ch. : William, Harry.
1515. CAROLINE (JACK) and W. REYNOLDS BOWSER. Reynolds
Bowser, the husband of Caroline Jack, was a well known educator. He
was a prominent personality in the Armstrong County public schools. In
later years he held public offices under the Government. He was one of
the original committee on our Bowser History. He was called by death,
190 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
however, suddenly, at Kittanning, Pa., before his valuable services on the
History became available. The writer will always cherish the frequent
conversations on the proposed history and the interest RejTiolds had in the
great family to which he belonged. He was an intelligent student of his-
tory and frequently conversed with me on the Huguenots and Palatines,
and the suffering our parents endured in the homeland. He was a veteran
of the Civil War.
Children :
1520. Milton Nerr Bowser, b. 1871; d. 1910; m. Margaret Lawson, of
Lawsonham, Pa.
1521. Joseph Bowser, b. 1873; killed by a train at Bokerton, Ohio, in 1907.
1522. Nellie Blanche Bowser, born June 11, 1880; m. Harry S. Marsh.
Children :
al522. Jack C. Marsh.
bl522. Philip Reynolds Marsh.
1523. Anna Bowser, b. Feb. 17, 1878; d. Jan. 27, 1903; m. Abraham Cook,
b. June 7, 1876; residence: Kittanning.
Children :
1524. Nell Irene Cook, b. Feb. 21, 1901.
1525. Elizabeth Frances Cook, b. March 18, 1902.
1526. Anna J. Cook, b. Jan. 7, 1903; d. Sept. 14, 1903.
1514. MARGARET (JACK and STOFEL BURNS.
Children: Anthony, Clark, George, Sarah.
1516. GEORGE WILSON and MARY ELLEN JACK.
Children :
1529. Olive J. Jack, b. May 19, 1869; m. Denny D. Bowser, b. June 6,
1868; d. Aug. 10, 1920. (See 197 for children.)
1530. Nancy Jack, b. May 20, 1872; m. Abram Bowser. (See 194 for
children.)
1531. May Jack, m. Harry Foreman ; ch. : Wilbert, Louise.
1532. Belle Jack, m. George Ruth.
1508. ELSIE (BOWSER) b. Apr. 16, 1824; d. Jan. 29, 1892; and JOHN
JACK, b. Mar. 20, 1810; d. June 13, 1883.
Children :
1533. Jane Jack, b. 1843; d. 1920; m. James Franklin Bowser, b. Mar. 25,
1848. (See 749 for chidren.)
1534. Letitia Jack, m. Robert Bonner, d. at Centre Hill, Pa., 1920.
1535. Rev. Chambers T. Jack, Baptist minister; veteran of the Civil War;
Educated at Reid Institute, Reidsburg, Clarion Co., Pa. After
his graduation he became pastor of the Baptist Church at Lines-
ville. Pa., where he is now living. He was also the pastor of a
Baptist church in Michigan for a number of years. He married
Matlida A. Bowser. (See 912 for children.)
1536. Johnston Jack, m. Bella Claypoole, daughter of Joseph Claypoole;
address : Bradford, Pa. ; ch. : Edwin Jack, college student.
1537. Otis Jack.
1538. John Jack.
1539. Margaret Jack.
1540. Mary Jack.
1509. MAGDALENA (BOWSER) and DAVID WYANT; lived at Cado-
gan, where she died.
Children :
1542. Samuel Wyant, m. Bowser,
1543. John Wyant, m. John, daughter of Martin John.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 191
1544. Oliver Wyant, tn. John.
1545. James Wyant, m. Nancy Jane Claypoole.
1510. CATHARINE (BOWSER) and THOMAS COUSINS.
Children :
1546. John Cousins, single.
1547. Alexander Cousins, single.
1548. Levi Cousins, m. Mary Bowser, daughter of Absolom Bowser.
1549. Absolom Cousins, m. Mary .
1550. Joseph Cousins, single.
1505. JACOB and (1) ISABELLE (CLAYPOOLE) BOWSER.
Children :
1551. George Bowser, m. Eliza Claypoole.
1552. Jacob (Rich) Bowser; lived near Slatelick; died there 1920; m.
Clarissa Claypoole.
al552. Mary Ann, m. James Bowser. (See 1451 for children.)
bl552. Margaret Bowser, m. William Bowser, son of Jacob, son of "Rock"
David.
1505. JACOB BOWSER, m. (2) MARY (BUCHER) GALUSHA.
Children :
1553. Emanuel B. Bowser, m. Mary Byers.
1554. Frederick Bowser, m. Margaret McNab.
1555. Adaline Bowser, m. William Greesly.
1556. Emily Bowser, m. Jacob Bowser, son of Samuel Bowser.
1551. GEORGE and ELIZA (CLAYPOOLE) BOWSER. George Bowser
lived on a farm near Montgomeryville, Pa., until his death.
Children :
1557. Henry Bowser, m. Sarah Hooks.
1558. Wilson Bowser, m. Dora Bonner.
1559. Richard Bowser ; single.
1560. Cover Bowser; single.
1561. Anna Bowser, d. ; m. Harvey Claypoole.
al561. Melissa Bowser, m. Haines Zillefro.
1562. Laura Bowser, m. Crisman.
1563. Elizabeth Bowser, m. Raymond Bouch.
1564. Maud Bowser.
1565. Orrie Bowser.
1566. Malinda Bowser.
1567. Emma Bowser, deceased.
1552. JACOB and CLARISSA (CLAYPOOLE) BOWSER.
Children :
1568. Laura Bowser, m. Alexander Claypoole.
1569. William H. Bowser, m. Candace Grafton.
1570. Allison C. Bowser, m. Elizabeth Snyder.
1571. Blanche Bowser, m. Guy Miller.
bl552. MARGARET (BOWSER) and WILLIAM BOWSER.
Children :
1572. Alfred Bowser, m. Wilda Wood; ch. : Carl, b. Jan. 3, 1903; Wood,
b. Feb. 12, 1910.
1573. Sarah Bowser, b. Feb. 9, 1880; m. Boggs Claypoole, b. Nov. 8, 1875.
al573. Melvina Bowser, b. Aug. 12, 1874; d. May 6, 1898; m. Loyal Clay-
poole.
bl573. Flora Bowser, b. Jan. 9, 1883; single.
192 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
1572. ALFRED and WILDA (WOOD) BOWSER.
Children :
1574. Carroll W. S. Bowser, b. Jan. 3, 1903.
1575. Wood J. R. Bowser, b. Feb. 20, 1910.
1573. SARAH (BOWSER) and BOGGS CLAYPOOLE.
Children :
1576. William S. Claypoole, b. Dec. 10, 1901.
1577. Hazel A. Claypoole, b. Mar. 8, 1904.
1578. Irene Claypoole, b. June 27, 1909.
1579. Margaret Claypoole, b. Aug. 4, 1912.
1580. Flora Claypoole, b. Oct. 15, 1915.
1553. EMANUEL B. and MARY (BYERS) BOWSER.
Children :
1581. Oliver Bowser, m. Pearl McDonald.
1582. Emma Bowser, m. Ross Booher, son of John Booher.
1583. Calvin Bowser, m. Lena Stitt.
1584. Clem W. Bowser, m. Pearl Hetrick.
1585. Celia Bowser, m. Charles Lytle.
1586. Lenora Bowser, m. Charles Hetrick.
1587. Cora Bowser.
1554. FREDERICK and MARGARET (McNAB) BOWSER.
Children :
1587. Leslie M. Bowser, m. Elizabeth Ober.
1588. Sarah Bowser, m. Alfred Shoop.
1589. Maud Bowser, m. Frank Shankel.
1555. ADALINE (BOWSER) and WILLIAM GREESLY.
Children :
1590. Ocie Greesly.
1591. William Greesly.
1592. Ada Greesly.
1593. May Greesly.
1594. Emma Greesly.
1556. EMILY (BOWSER) and JACOB BOWSER.
Children :
1595. Nancy Bowser, m. Everett McGeary.
1596. Daisy Bowser, d.
1597. Iva Bowser, m. William Smith.
1598. Guy Bowser, single.
1599. Hamilton Bowser, m. Sarah Shepherd.
1600. Elizabeth Bowser.
1601. Roy Bowser.
1602. Warren Bowser.
1603. Ruth Bowser.
1512. FREDERICK (5), JOHN (4), JACOB (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2),
MATHIAS, SR., (1). Frederick Bowser settled near the homestead at
Centre Hill, Pa. He had five sisters and one brother, "Big Jacob."
(Children :
1604. David C. Bowser, m. Mary McCollum.
1605. Frederick Bowser, m. Louise Bowser.
1606. Margaret A. Bowser, m. Abraham Toy.
1607. Elsie Y. Bowser, m. Michael Younkins.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 193
1608. Isabella Bowser, m. Isaac Bouch.
1609. Magdalina Bowser, d. 19Z1 ; m. David Bouch ; residence near Mont-
gomeryville, Pa.
1610. Elizabeth Bowser, m. Obediah Claypoole.
1588. DAVID C. and MARY (McCOLLUM) BOWSER.
Children :
1611. Hays Bowser.
1612. Minerva Bowser, m. Jacob Whitmer.
1613. Frederick Bowser; single.
1614. M Bowser; single.
1615. Margaret Bowser ; single.
1616. William C. Bowser, m. Dessie Fiscus.
1617. Pearl Bowser.
1587. LESLIE M. and ELIZABETH (OBER) BOWSER.
Children: Lloyd, Thomas, Anna, Evelyn, George.
1588. SARAH (BOWSER) and ALFRED SHOOP.
Children : Ray, Francis, William, Margaret, John, Leslie, Geraldine.
1589. MAUD (BOWSER) and FRANK SHANKEL.
Children: Omer, Harry, Leona, Frank, Leslie.
1589. FREDERICK and LOUISE BOWSER.
Children :
1618. Laura J. Bowser, m. Jacob Bowser, son of David C. Bowser.
1619. Florence Bowser, m. Herbert Grafton.
1620. Marlin J. Bowser, m. Viola Bowser, daughter of Jacob Bowser.
1621. Sarah Bowser, m. Plummer Kepple.
1622. Helen Bowser, m. Edward McKelvey.
1590. MARGARET (BOWSER) and ABRAHAM TOY.
Children :
1623. Harvey Toy, m. Emma Montgomery.
1624. Peter Toy, m. Susan Montgomery.
1625. Elizabeth Toy; single.
1591. ELSIE Y. (BOWSER) and MICHAEL YOUNKINS.
Children :
1626. Nelson Younkins.
1627. Elmer Younkins, m. Molly Benton.
1628. Mary Belle Younkins, m. Gabriel Yockey.
1629. Frank Younkins, m. Rosa Cravenor.
1592. ISABELLA (BOWSER) and ISAAC BOUCH. Mr. Bouch was
a soldier in the Civil War; died shortly after the war from the effects of
wounds and exposure.
Children :
1630. Frederick Bouch, m. Harriet Claypoole.
1631. Eliza Jane Bouch, m. Adam Shearer.
1632. Adaline Bouch, m. Oliver V. Claypoole.
194 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
1593. MAGDALINA (BOWSER) b. 1850; d. Mar. 22, 1921; and DAVID
BOUCH.
Children :
1633. Park D. Bouch.
1634. Qarence Bouch.
1635. Ella Bouch, m. David McNutt.
1636. Elizabeth B. Bouch; single.
1637. Rosa Bouch, m. Lasher.
1638. Wilson Bouch.
1639. Harry H. Bouch.
al639. Charles B. Bouch.
1594. ELIZABETH (BOWSER) and OBEDIAH CLAYPOOLE.
Children :
1640. Loyal Clapoole, m. (1) Melvina Claypoole; (2) Florence Kimmel.
1641. Alvin Bowser, m. Orpha Bowser, daughter of David C. Bowser.
1504. DAVID (4) ; JACOB (3) ; MATHIAS (2) ; MATHIAS (1). "Rock"
Davy Bowser came to Armstrong County, Pa., in 1800, and took up a
section of land near Centre Hill, Pa. ; he married Mary Razor.
Children :
1642. Jacob Bowser, b. Mar. 2, 1818; m. Margaret Claypoole, b. 1816.
1643. Frederick R. Bowser, b. May 12, 1821; d. Aug. 11, 1874; m. Eliza-
beth R. Bowser (174) b. Dec. 8, 1825; d. Nov. 27, 1908. (See 174
for children.)
1644. Magdalene Bowser, m. William Walker.
1645. William Bowser, m. Elizabeth Roudabush.
1646. David R. Bowser, b. June 1, 1827; d. June 2, 1910; m. (1) Susan
Yerty, b. 1830; d. 1872; (2) Elizabeth Kelso, b. Mar. 24, 1845;
d. Aug. 22, 1883.
1647. Mary A. Bowser, single.
1648 Margaret Bowser, b. June 18, 1832; d. Apr. 24, 1890; m. Bartho-
lomew Booher, b. May 1, 1819; d. Jan. 4, 1905.
1649. Elsie Bowser, b. 1837; m. John Booher.
1650. Lydia Bowser, b. 1840; m. Henry McCollum who was killed in the
Civil war ; (2) m. Rev. Levi Wells ; ch. : Mary Ann McCollum,
William McCollum.
1642. JACOB and MARGARET (CLAYPOOLE) BOWSER.
Children :
1650. William Bowser, b. Mar. 30, 1843; d. Aug. 15, 1918; m. Mary J.
Claypoole; (2) Margaret Bowser.
1651. Francis Bowser, b. Apr. 24, 1847; m. Sarah Shearer, b. Dec. 25, 1858.
1652. Lydia Bowser, b. Sept. 26, 1855 ; m. Edward Bowser.
1653. Belle Bowser, b. May 30, 1858; m. Manuel R. Bowser.
1650. WILLIAM BOWSER and (1) MARY J. CLAYPOOLE; (2) MAR-
GARET BOWSER. See (bl552) for children.
1651. FRANCIS and SARAH (SHEARER) BOWSER. Francis Bowser
lives in the Centre Hill Bowser settlement. Perhaps there are more of
our kinship in this district than can be found in a like area in the world.
He and most of the large family he represents have been staunch supporters
of the Dunkard Church, which stands near his house in the center of
the village.
Children :
1654. Adam S. Bowser, b. Aug. 25, 1878 ; m. Eliza Chappell ; ch. : George,
Ralph, Mabel, Gertrude.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 195
1655. Cora Bell Bowser, b. Sept. 7, 1883.
1656. Luella Bowser, b. Sept. 18, 1885; m. Blaney Somerville; ch. :
John, Hazel, Genevieve and Beatrice (twins), Margaret, Thelma.
1657. Effie Ann Bowser, b. May 19, 1888; m. Arthur Roudabush; ch.:
Isabelle, Paul, Edna, Francis, Stanley.
1658. Elizabeth Bowser, b. Aug. 31, 1890.
1659. Minerva J. Bowser, b. Apr. 24, 1894; m. Harry Toy; ch. : Clare,
Vernon.
1660. Wilda May Bowser, b. Aug. 29, 1900; d. May 17, 1915
1652. LYDIA and EDWARD BOWSER.
Children :
1661. Ida B. Bowser, b. May 4, 1875.
1662. Orman J. Bowser, b. Oct. 8, 1876; m. Delia M. Bouch, b. May
24, 1881 ; ch. : Lena B., Delbert, Stanley.
1663. Lewis K. Bowser, b. July 7, 1878 ; m. Ollie Walker, b. 1877 ; ch. :
Clair, Ralph, Omer, Blaney, Harvey, Edna.
1664. Elmer Bowser, b. Nov. 12, 1881.
1665. Edward C. Bowser, b. Mar. 2, 1886; m. Margaret Younkins, b.
July, 1893 ; ch. : Hazel, Allene, Rudell, Vera.
1666. Howard R. Bowser, b. Mar. 3, 1890.
1667. Clarence Bowser, b. Apr. 8, 1893; m. Margaret Bouch, b. Mar. 24,
1891 ; ch. : Esther.
1668. Clark Bowser, b. June 24, 1896.
1644. MAGDALINE (5) ; DAVID (4) ; JACOB (3) ; MATHIAS (2) ;
MATHIAS (1). Magdaline Bowser married William Walker.
Children :
1644. Catharine Walker, m. Henry Cornman; ch. : Julia A, Chambers,
William, Margaret, Samuel, Mabel, Laura.
1644. Mary Ann Walker, m. Samuel Nunamaker ; ch. : Nancy J., Mar-
garet, Elizabeth, Ella, Martha, Henry, Samuel, John.
1644. Lydia Walker, m. Samuel Younkins; ch. : Harrison, Jacob, Austin,
William, Charles, Rose.
1644. Nancy J. Walker, m. Henry Livengood ; ch. : Harvey, John, Thomas,
Effie, Ruth.
1644. William Walker, m. Mary Livengood ; ch. : James M., Irvin, George,
John.
1644. Hamilton Walker, m. Christina Livengood ; ch. : Miles, John, Joseph,
Etta, Oliver, Harvey.
1644. Sarah Walker, m. William A. Fish; ch. : Ella, m. Wm. H.
Klingensmith ; Kelley; Jane, m. Frank Camp; Catharine, m.
Charles Nicely; John, m. Lulu Shafifer ; Charles, m. Bertha Beck.
1644. HAMILTON and CHRISTINA (LIVENGOOD) WALKER.
Children :
al644. Miles Walker, m. Ollie Gillam ; ch. : Bertha, m. Harvey Sipes ;
Nora, m. Norman Bowser; Roy, m. Elizabeth Bowser, daughter
of Valentine Bowser.
bl644. John Walker, m. Elizabeth Bowser.
cl644. Christopher Walker, m. Etta Bowser, sister of Elizabeth.
dl644. Harvey Walker.
el644. Joseph Walker, m. Ona Bowser, also a sister of Elizabeth.
fl644. Etta Walker, m. William Roudabush.
gl644. Ollie Walker, m. Lewis Bowser (son of Edward Bowser).
196 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
1644. WILLIAM and MARY (LIVENGOOD) WALKER.
Children :
hl644. James M. Walker, b. Apr. 29, 1875; m. Lydia B. Gillam, b. Aug.
25, 1876 ; ch. : Earnest M. Walker, b. Apr. 22, 1901 ; m. Marion
Beer; ch.: Marshall, b. Oct. 3, 1921. Raymond Walker, b. Mar.
23, 1905 ; Ethel R. Walker, b. Jan. 13, 1908 ; Dorothy P. Walker,
b. Aug. 11, 1911.
1646. DAVID (5) ; DAVID (4) ; JACOB (3) ; MATHIAS (2) ; MATHIAS
(1). David R. Bowser, a prosperous farmer, lived near Walk Chalk, Pa.;
he married (1) Susan Yerty.
Children :
1669. Christian Bowser, b. Jan. 16, 1853; killed by an explosion in 1880;
m. Ellen Miller.
1670. Catharine Bowser, b. Feb. 28, 1855; m. Wilson Bowser.
1671. Priscilla Bowser, b. Mar. 19, 1857; m. Jacob M. Bowser. See
(1459) for children.
1672. Lydia Bowser, b. Jan. 5, 1859 ; m. Daniel Wilcox.
1673. Ross Bowser, b. Nov. 20, 1861 ; m. Clara Anthony.
1674. Austin Bowser, b. July 26, 1863.
1675. Ida Bowser, b. Aug. 6, 1865.
1676. William Bowser, b. Feb. 8, 1869; d. March 3, 1902.
1677. Jacob Bowser, b. March 5, 1869; m. Laura Bowser.
1678. Rose Bowser, b. March 4, 1871 ; m. Frank Braun.
1646. DAVID R. m. (2) ELIZABETH KELSO.
Children :
1679. Frank K. Bowser, b. Mar. 16, 1876; m. Etta Bowser, b. Apr. 2,
1876. (See 769 for children.)
1680. Charles L. Bowser, b. Jan. 23, 1878.
1681. Orphie Bowser, b. Aug. 20, 1879; m. Alvin Claypoole, d. Mar.
10, 1920.
1682. Flora A. Bowser, b. June 1, 1882.
1648. MARGARET (5) ; DAVID (4) ; JACOB (3) ; MATHIAS (2) ;
MATHIAS (1). Margaret Bowser married Bartholomew Booher, a
farmer of Washington Township, Armstrong County, Pa.; grandfather of
the author on his mother's side. This was Mr. Booher's second marriage.
Children :
1683. Elsie Booher, b. July 26, 1856 ; m. James L. Dailey, b. May 5, 1852.
1684. David Booher, b. Aug. 18, 1858; m. Charlotte Frick. See (407)
for children.
1685. Catharine Booher, b. Dec. 26, 1860; m. William McCollum, b.
April 24, 1854.
1686. Lydia Booher, b. Nov. 4, 1862; m. John Bowser. See (753)
for children.
1687. Margaret Booher, b. Aug. 18, 1865; m. Isaac McCuUough, b.
June 9, 1858.
1688. Phoebe Booher, b. Apr. 16, 1864; d. Nov. 25, 1903; m. Enos
Bowser. See (1499) for children.
1689. Charlotte Booher, b. Feb. 28, 1867 ; m. John Wolfe. See (409)
for children.
1683. ELSIE (BOOHER) and JAMES L. DAILEY. Mr. Dailey is a
carpenter. He gave most of his life to the employ of the Penna. R. R.,
where he was recognized as an efficient and faithful employe ; at present
he and Mrs. Dailey reside at Kelly Station, Armstrong, County, Pa.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 197
Children :
1690. Mary Dailey, b. March 21, 1877; m. Samuel Lasher, b. May 13, 1876.
1691. Charles Dailey, b. Sept. 15, 1878; m. Clara Helm, b. 1876; d.
April 28, 1921; their children are: Carl, Olive, Elsie, Theodore
and Maxine; address: Kittanning, Pa.
1692. Bert Dailey, b. May 31, 1882; b. Eliza Crisman; address: Kittan-
ning, Pa.
1693. Harry Dailey, b. Oct. 20, 1888; single.
1694. William Dailey, b. July 15, 1884; m. Lena Rereigh.
1695. James L. Dailey, b. Mar. 7, 1892; m. Vernice Weaver, b. Dec.
28, 1892.
1685. CATHARINE (BOOHER) and WILLIAM McCOLLUM. Mr. Mc-
Collum is a native of Armstrong County, Pa. ; a plasterer and decorator by
trade; present address. New Kensington, Pa.
Children :
al685. Bartholomew R. McCollum, b. Dec. 15, 1879; m. Ella McCullough;
d. Oct. 17, 1918; ch.: Clara Leona, b. Aug. 16, 1901; m. John
McNamara; Margaret Catharine, b. Mar. 16, 1904, m. Clarence
Nolte.
bl685. Margaret Jane McCollum, b. Feb. 22, 1881; d. Oct. 20, 1917; m.
A. Reed Bowser. See (464) for children.
cl685. William Andrew McCollum, b. Feb. 14, 1883 ; m. Carrie M. Ceder-
borg; ch. : James Andrew, b. Nov. 11, 1915.
dl685. James Henry McCollum, b. Aug. 15, 1884; d. Aug. 30, 1889.
el685. Zetta Mae McCollum, b. Aug. 6, 1886; m. Frank J. Kline; ch. :
Margaret Catharine, b. Mar. 28, 1907; William Earle, b. Oct. 10,
1909; Charles, b. Sept. 15, 1913; Luella Jane, b. Feb. 22, 1917;
Phoebe Janet, b. May 22, 1920.
fl685. Phoebe McCollum, b. Nov. 23, 1887; m. Charles C. Starr; d.
Apr. 17, 1913; ch. : Charles Andrew, b. May 21, 1908.
gl685. David Lee McCollum, b. Aug. 2, 1889 ; m. Margaret Reynolds.
hl685. Delia Catharine McCollum, b. July 10, 1891 ; m. Frank McConnell.
ch. : Vernon Franklin, b. Jan. 31, 1910; Bartholomew R., b.
July 30, 1911.
il685. Frank C. McCollum, b. Oct. 2, 1893; m. Carrie Geiser; ch.:
Frank C, b. Feb. 13, 1915; Paul F., b. March 14, 1916; Mildred
Ruth, b. Dec. 16, 1918.
J1685. Lydia Ann McCollum, b. Jan. 26, 1897; m. Harry E. Bowser; ch.:
Kathleen Elizabeth, b. April 8, 1920 ; Alverta Mae, b. Oct. 16, 1921.
kl685. Ella Alverta McCollum, b. May 27, 1898; d. Sept. 29, 1899.
11685. John J. McCollum, b. March 20, 1900; m. Lucy Hodgson; ch. :
Betty Jane, b. April 25, 1921.
ml685. Elizabeth B. McCollum, b. April 18, 1904.
1687. MARGARET (BOOHER) and ISAAC McCULLOUGH. Mr. McCul-
lough recently retired from the Pennsylvania Railroad service. After his
marriage he bought property at Rimerton Station, Armstrong County, Pa.,
where he and his family reside.
Children :
1696. Lottie May McCullough, b. May 26, 1888; m. Mathew Fair, b.
April 6, 1861 ; ch. : Josephine Fair, b. Feb. 22, 1910.
1697. Charles McCullough, b. Oct. 21, 1892 ; m. Agnes Minich, b. July
25, 1899; ch.: Margaret.
1698. Bartholomew McCullough, b. Sept. 21, 1892; m. Nora Belle Arm-
strong, b. Feb. 8, 1896; ch.: Lena Pearl, Mandella.
198 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
15. NOAH (3); MATHIAS (2); MATHIAS (1). Noah Bowser was a
soldier of the Revolutionary War, 1777-78, 7th York Co. Militia. This
battalion of York Co. Militia was organized under the state constitution
of 1776. Com. Col. David Kennedy. (See chapter on York County.)
"Noah Bowser came to Armstrong County, Pa., in 1807, and bought 100
acres of land west of Glade Run (near Walk Chalk). His son, Joseph D.
Bowser, bought this farm from him." (Benjamin S. Bowser, notes.) He
was the fourth son of Mathias Bowser, Jr., who landed in Philadelphia,
Sept. 28, 1733, with his father, Mathias Bowser, Sr. Noah was born
between 1748 and 1750. He married Eunice Ditto. She was a Catholic,
but it was agreed between them that their children should have the utmost
freedom in the choice of a religious denomination. The children all adhered
to the Protestant faith. Noah Bowser died in Armstrong County, Pa.
After his death his widow moved with some of her children to Mount
Heathy, Ohio, where she died.
Children :
1699. Joseph D. Bowser, b. 1775; d. 1845; m. Rebecca Dull.
1700. Noah Bowser, b. about 1783; m. Catharine Bowser.
1701. Elizabeth Bowser.
1702. George Bowser, b. about 1785 ; m. Mary
1703. John ("Steam") Bowser, b. Feb. 26, 1784; d. Feb. 22, 1834; m.
Elizabeth Baker, b. 1789.
1699. JOSEPH D. and REBECCA (DULL) BOWSER. Joseph D. Bowser
moved from Bedford County, Pa., early in the last century and settled in
Armstrong County, Pa.
Children :
1704. John Bowser, b. Nov. 1, 1796; m. Shumaker.
1705. Joseph Bowser, born May 19, 1798; d. Oct. 21, 1874; m. Nancy
Cole, b. Feb. 9, 1800; d. 1869.
1706. Sarah A. Bowser, b. May 25, 1800; m. John Swigart. See (1254).
1707. Samuel Bowser, b. April 4, 1802; d. Aug. 18, 1885; m. Mary Burn-
heimer, b. March 15, 1803; d. Oct. 20, 1880. See (1448) for
children.
1709. Eunice Bowser, b. July 29, 1804; m. John Morrison.
1710. Noah Bowser, b. Dec. 1, 1806; d. Oct. 31, 1878; m. Catherine Bow-
ser, b. Oct. 13, 1809; d. 1906. See (168) for children.
1711. Jacob Bowser, b. April 6, 1809; d. June 9, 1868; m. Martha Bow-
ser, b. Oct. 12, 1815; d. Oct. 12, 1877. See (1034) for children.
1712. Jonas Bowser, b. July 13, 1811; d. May 5, 1898; m. Margaret Bow-
ser, b. July 30, 1818; d. June 28, 1891. See (170) for children.
1713. Peter Bowser, born Oct. 11, 1813; d. July 13, 1899; m. Hannah
Eaton, b. , 1829 ; d. Sept. 20, 1907.
1714. Elizabeth Bowser, b. June 20, 1816; m. Benjamin S. Bowser, b. Dec.
20, 1823; d. 1915. (173).
1715. Joshua Bowser, b. July 29, 1818.
1704. JOHN (5) ; JOSEPH D. (4) ; NOAH (3) ; MATHIAS (2) ; MATH-
IAS (1). John Bowser was a school teacher and a well known musician.
Children :
1716. Jacob F. Bowser, b. 1827; m. Sarah Hepler; lived in E. Franklin
Twp., Armstrong Co., Pa.
1717. Alexander Bowser, d. 1919; m. Mary Jane Hepler, b. June 2, 1836;
was with his parents in Sugar Creek Twp., Armtsrong Co., Pa.
1718. George R. Bowser, b. 1838 in Pennsylvania.
1719. Anthony C. Bowser, b. 1834 in Pennsylvania ; retired ; 1903 Walnut
St., Murphysboro, 111.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 199
1716. JACOB F. and SARAH (Hepler) BOWSER. Jacob F. Bowser was
a soldier in the Civil war, Co. B, 139th Reg. Pennsylvania Vol., and died
in a hospital April IS, 1863, while in the service. Buried in National
^ Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Children :
1720. William L. Bowser, b. June IS, 18S6; m. Susan Bowser, b. July 11,
1849. Present address Robinson, Pa. For children see (548).
1721. J. H. Bowser, b. March 8, 18S4; m. Emma Mobly, b. Oct. 31, 1863;
ch. : Eva, b. Dec. S, 1883 ; Arthur, b. Sept. 9, 1893.
1722 Anthony Bowser, b. June S, 1858 ; d. July 7, 1895 ; m. Nancy John,
b. 1858; d. Sept. 25, 1911; ch. : Charles, b. Oct. 5, 1881; Edward,
b. July 20, 1883 ; Harry, b. July 10, 1885 ; Oscar and Lewis, twins ;
William and Wilbert, twins, b. June 5, 1891 ; Alice, b. Aug. 31.
1895.
1723. Rev. Robert B. Bowser, b. 1861 ; m. Katharine Leisure, b. 1864.
Ch.: John A., b. 1881; Dora Bell, b. 1884; Sarah M., b. 1887.
Rev. Robert B. Bowser is a prominent minister of the Church of
God denomination, located at Indiana, Pa.
1717. ALEXANDER (6) ; JOHN (5) ; JOSEPH (4) ; NOAH (3) ; MATH-
IAS (2) ; MATHIAS (1). Alexander Bowser was the father of nineteen
children, five of whom are living.
Children :
1724. Ephriam Bowser, b. Dec. 19, 1853; m. Mary Ann Helsel.
1725. Loviet Clarissa Bowser, b. Mar. 23, 1858; m. James Smith.
1726. Julia Ann Bowser, b. June 3, 1860; m. David Isaac John. See
(1406) for children.
1727. Ebin G. Bowser, b. Feb. 5, 1867.
1728. Ellis S. Bowser, b. Nov. 16, 1868; m. Minnie Cunningham.
1705. JOSEPH (5) ; JOSEPH D. (4) ; NOAH (3) ; MATHIAS (2) ;
MATHIAS (!)• Joseph Bowser bought a farm two miles west of Kittan-
ning and resided there the remainder of his life.
Children :
1729. Joshua Cole Bowser, b. Jan. 24, 1821 ; d. May 20, 1875 ; m. Mar-
garet Dick, b. Aug. 2, 1825; d. March 13, 1905.
1730. David Failes Bowser, b. 1827; d. 1898; m. Huldah Reyburn, b. 1829;
d. 1855.
1731. James Ditto Bowser, b. 1829; d. 1880; m. Mary Rayburn, b. 1832;
d. 1910.
1732. Isabelle Bowser, b. 1831 ; d. 1883.
1733. Peter Osborne Bowser, b. 1853; d. 1896; m. Eliza Dick, b. 1836;
d. 1919.
1734. John Gilpin Bowser, b. 1836; d. 1917; m. Eliza Bradford, b. 1846;
d. 1897.
1735. William Johnson Bowser, b. 1836 ; d. 1914.
1736. Chambers Orr Bowser, b. 1838; d. 1864.
1737. Caroline Bowser, b. 1840; m. William Cunningham, b. 1820; d. 1900.
1738. Washington Reynolds Bowser, b. 1843; d. 1918; m. Caroline Jack.
b. 1856. See (1515) for children.
1729. JOSHUA COLE and MARGARET BOWSER.
Children :
1739. William G. Bowser, b. Sept. 6, 1854; d. 1860.
1740. Mary Ann Bowser, b. March 24, 1858; m. James A. Painter, b.
Sept. 1, 1853.
1741. John Dick Bowser, b. July 3, 1861 ; m. Cora V. Kennedy.
200 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
1740. MARY ANN and JAMES A. PAINTER.
Children :
1742. William W. Painter, b. March 23, 1887 ; d. Oct. 30, 1889.
1743. Vernice A. Painter, b. May 25, 1889; m. Frederick Swank, b.
April 12, 1890; ch.: Samuel J., b. March 1, 1915; Gladys, b.
June 9, 1919.
1744. Stanley C. Painter, b. Dec. 21, 1891; m. Florence Swank, b. Dec.
12, 1895; ch.: Donald, b. Aug. 30, 1919.
1745. Margaret W. Painter, b. March 23, 1894; m. Hayes Manthe, b.
July 2, 1896; ch. : Mary, b. Jan. 5, 1919; Vernice, b. Sept. 2,
1918 ; Hayes, b. June 30, 1920.
1746. Jessie D. Painter, b. March 28, 1896 ; m. John McGuire, b. May 8,
1892 ; ch. : Roy, b. Dec. 5, 1919.
1741. JOHN DICK and CORA V. (KENNEDY) BOWSER. Ch.: Florence,
Stella, Harry, Charles, Margaret, Albert.
1731. JAMES DITTO and MARY (RAYBURN) BOWSER.
Children :
al731. Lorenzo Dow Bowser, adopted son, m. Elizabeth J. White.
Children :
bl731. James David Bowser, b. Feb. 21, 1886; m. Ethel Hockman; ch. :
Elma Margaret, b. Oct. 8, 1914; Velma Elizabeth, b. Oct. 8, 1914.
cl731. Lorenza W. Bowser, b. 1889, m. Sarah R. Stock; ch. : Clara
Amette, b. Dec. 16, 1914; Sarah Elizabeth, b. May 8, 1916.
dl731. Elizabeth Rachel Bowser, b. 1887; d. Jan. 26, 1916.
1733. PETER OSBORNE and ELIZA (DICK) BOWSER. Peter Osborne
Bowser enlisted in the army, October, 1861. He was sergeant of Co. G,
78th P. V. Inf. ; honorably discharged, November, 1862.
Children :
1747. Isabella Bowser, b. 1858; m. Henry A. Painter.
1748. Lillian Bowser, b. 1864; m. William J. Bowser.
1749. Chambers Sirwell Bowser, b. 1867; m. Minnie Bowser.
1750. Margaretta Bowser, b. 1874; trained nurse.
1751. Sara Dick Bowser, b. 1876; m. Joseph F. Huey.
1749. CHAMBERS SIRWELL BOWSER and MINNIE (BOWSER) {Jtl).
Chambers S. Bowser resides at Wickboro, Kittanning.
Children :
1752. Earnest Edwin Bowser, b. 1891.
1753. Herman Osborne Bowser, b. 1893; m. Martha J. Helrick; ch. :
Harry Arnold, b. 1917.
1754. Freda Rose Bowser, b. 1894; m. Frederick W. Wolfe; ch. : Edwin
Lee, b. 1917.
1755. Margaretta Bowser, b. 1896; m. Philip Calhoun; ch. : William
Sheridan.
1756. Leon Alonza Bowser, b. 1898; m. Nora Manthe.
1757. Jean Dick Bowser, b. 1902.
1758. Marion Elizabeth Bowser, b. 1904.
1709. EUNICE (5) ; JOSEPH (4) ; NOAH (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ;
MATHIAS, SR. (1). Eunice Bowser was born in Bedford County, Pa.,
July 29, 1804. She came to Armstrong County with her parents and was
married to John Morrison.
Children :
1759. Joseph Morrison, b. July 26, 1826 ; d. March 26, 1891 ; m. Lucy
Zeller, b. Feb. 8, 1828.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 201
1760. Agnes Morrison m. Neal McQafferty; ch. : Cynthia; Adalaide (d).
1761. Catharine Morrison, d. 1895; m. Edward Rial; ch. : Clara, Edward,
James, Emma, Catharine.
1762. Rebecca Morrison, d. 1910; m. James Kennedy; ch. : Catharine,
Ida, Elizabeth, Seward, Samuel.
1763. Hiram Morrison, b. 1844; d. Nov. 21, 1909; m. Susan Uber; ch.:
Catharine, William, John Harry.
1764. Thomas Morrison, d. 1900; m. Katharine McCoy; ch. : Clara,
Gussie, Eunice, Madge, Thomas, Pearl, Emma, Josephine, Francis,
Sylvester.
1759. JOSEPH and LUCY (ZELLER) MORRISON.
Children :
1765. Erben Henry Morrison, b. Dec. 1, 1847; address: care of "Texas
Co.," Tulsa, Okla. ; m. Mary Alford; ch. : Frank, Hattie.
1766. Alice A. Morrison, b. May 21, 1850; m. John A. McCutcheon;
address : 312 Central Ave., Oil City, Pa.
1767. Silas Munroe Morrison, b. Aug. 20, 1852 ; m. Lida Shafifer ; address :
R. D. No. 1, Nevada, Mo.; ch. : Mary, John.
1768. Flora Josephine Morrison, b. Nov. 15, 1854; m. William C. Man-
ning ; address : 201 Kirkpatrick St., Syracuse, N. Y. ; ch. : Charles
D., John A., Richard B.
1769. Eunice Catharine Morrison, b. April 7, 1857; m. (1) James Alford;
(2) Eugene Freeman ; address : 225 South St. Clair St., Paines-
ville, Ohio ; ch. : Alice Alford, Silace Alford, Fannie Alford,
Goldie Alford, James Alford.
1770. Clara Emma Morrison, b. June 5, 1860; d. Nov. 21, 1863.
1771. Charles Munson Morrison, b. Feb. 2, 1863; d. June 13, 1864.
1772. Hannah Jeannette Morrison, b. June 9, 1865 ; d. Feb. 27, 1921 ; m.
John Linton ; address : 938 Fruit Ave., Farrell, Pa. ; ch. : Wesley
Linton, Joseph Linton, Beulah Linton, Guy Linton, Ira Linton;
m. (2) Lawrence L. Newton.
1773. William Dawson Morrison, b. Feb. 23, 1868; m. Pearl Myers;
address : R. D. No. 6, New Castle, Pa. ; ch. : James, Evelyn.
1774. James Eaton Morrison, b. Feb. 3, 1871; m. Alice Rea; address:
1416 South Boston Ave., Tulsa, Okla.
1766. ALICE A. and JOHN A. McCUTCHEON.
Children :
1775. David Bowser McCutcheon.
1776. Jane D. McCutcheon; m. Bruce G. Eddy, Oil City, Pa.
1713. PETER (5) ; JOSEPH (4) ; NOAH (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ;
MATHIAS, SR. (1). Peter Bowser, while a young man, went to Franklin,
Pa., where he engaged in the tailoring business. He became one of the prom-
inent and successful business men of the town. Later he purchased a large
farm on the eastern bank of the Allegheny River and combined his town
business with his agricultural interests. His death occurred at Franklin,
July 13, 1899. His will, in which all his property, real, personal and mixed,
was given to his wife, Hannah (Eaton) Bowser, absolutely during her
natural life to be disposed of by her as she might see proper, etc., is
recorded in Will Docket 9, page 380.
Children :
1777. Lycurgus Bowser, b. Dec. 16, 1848; resides with his daughter, Mrs.
Harry L. Warner, Greenfield, Ind. ; m. Margaret Tighe, b. 1846,
1778. Hannah Bowser, b. 1846; m. Harry L. Warner.
1779. Frederick Park Bowser, b. Aug. 24, 1850; d. Mar. 23, 1910; m
Sarah M. Mayes, b. Dec. 10, 1850.
1780. Marshall Eaton Bowser, b. July, 1852 ; d. Mar. 22, 1907.
202 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
1779. FREDERICK PARK and SARAH M. (MAYES) BOWSER.
Address : Franklin, Pa.
Children :
1781. Harry P. Bowser, b. May 7, 1875; m. Florence Wood, b. Dec.
25, 1875.
1782. Frank Mayes Bowser, b. May 5, 1877; on the staff of the Franklin
Daily Herald ; residence, 838 Elk St., Franklin, Pa. ; m. Jane L.
Tracey; ch. : Betty Jane, b. June 4, 1918.
1783. Mary Bowser, b. May 26, 1880; m. Dr. Lewis S. Rickards, b. 1870.
The dwelling of Dr. Rickards stands exactly on the site of the
famous French fort at the mouth of French Creek, now 1322
FrankHn Ave, Franklin, Pa. ; Mrs. Sarah M. Bowser lives with
her daughter, Mrs. Rickards.
1781. HARRY P. and FLORENCE (WOOD) BOWSER.
Children :
1784. Allen Wood Bowser, b. Oct. 9, 1897.
1785. Sarah M. Bowser, b. Nov. 22, 1899.
1786. William A. Bowser, b. Oct. 13, 1908.
1787. Frederick Park Bowser, b. Oct. 25, 1912.
1788. Robert Lewis Bowser, b. Aug. 2, 1915.
1789. Harriet Bowser, b. May 12, 1917.
1700. NOAH, JR. (4) ; NOAH, SR. (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ; MATHIAS,
SR. (1). Noah Bowser, Jr., lived in St. Qair Township, Bedford County,
Pa., with a family of eleven, census reports 1820; not mentioned in 1830;
probably moved to Ohio.
1702. GEORGE (4) ; NOAH (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ; MATHIAS, SR.
(1). Moved to Hamilton County, Ohio, near Mount Heathy.
Children :
1790. Denny Bowser.
1791. Eli Bowser, b. 1818.
1792. Elizabeth Bowser.
1793. Anderson Bowser, b. 1822 inBedford Co., Pa. ; d. at Plumville, Pa.,
May 8, 1876; m. Mary Templeton, b. 1829; d. 1913, daughter of
Col. Templeton of Kittanning, Pa.
Children :
1794. Mary Bowser, b. 1843.
1795. Martha L. Bowser, b. 1848; m. William Davis.
1796. Thomas Bowser, single, b. 1853; d. 1891.
1797. Dr. William E. Bowser, b. Feb. 5, 1861 ; m. La Vinnia Pounds ;
died at Plumville, Pa., 1916.
1798. Nancy Bowser, b. 1862; d. 1910.
1799. Clarilla Bowser, b. 1856; d. 1879.
1795, MARTHA L. and WILLIAM DAVIS.
Children :
1800. Althea M. Davis, b. Oct. 28, 1870; d. 1909; m. J. W. Stevenson,
she was a graduate of Bucknell University, 1888; ch. : Marie.
1801. Charles S. Davis, b. Mar. 29, 1873; m. Bernie Meals.
1802. Marie Davis, b. Mar. 17, 1875; m. Doctor King; ch. : Martha,
Helen, Louise; address: Syracuse, N. Y.
1803. Elizabeth Davis, b. June 20, 1877 ; m. J. N. Harth.
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1703. JOHN (4) ; NOAH (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ; MATHIAS, SR. (1).
John Bowser moved from Bedford County to Glade Run, Armstrong County,
Pa. He was a miller and built a mill on his property. He was said to have
been the first miller in the country to apply the use of the steam engine
to a flour mill; on that account he was known as "Steam" John.
Children :
1804. George Bowser, b. 1809; m. Elisabeth Cooper, b. 1825.
1805. Noah Bowser, b. 1816; d. 1894; m. Eunice Boney, b. 1822; d. 1912.
1806. Mary Ann Bowser, b. June 4, 1820; m. William Bowser. (See 171
for children.)
1807. Margaret Bowser, b. 1822 ; single.
1808. Sarah A. Bowser, b. 1825 ; single.
1809. Samuel A. Bowser, b. 1835; m. Gumbert (widow); no children.
1810. Barbara Bowser, b. Mar. 14, 1818 ; d. July 17, 1882.
1811. Elizabeth K. Bowser, b. Mar. 14, 1818; d. July 17, 1882; m. James R.
Boney, b. Apr. 30, 1817; d. Apr. 13, 1897.
al811. Catharine Bowser, m. Isaac Bowser. See (880) for children.
1804. GEORGE (5) ; JOHN (4) ; NOAH (3) ; MATHIAS (2) ; MATHIAS
(1). George Bowser, like his father, was a miller. For many years he
operated the Patterson mill, nine miles east of Kittanning. He later took
charge of his father's mill on Glade Run and continued there until his death.
Children :
1812. Baxter Bowser, a musician, m. Margaret Coleman, b. 1858 in
Strausburg, Va. ; she lives in Tennessee.
1813. Jennie Bowser, b. 1860 ; m. Haines.
al813. John P. Bowser, d. in infancy.
bl813. Melissa Bowser, d. in infancy.
1805. NOAH (5), JOHN (4), NOAH (3), MATHIAS, JR. (2),
MATHIAS, SR. (1). Noah Bowser moved to Muscatine, Iowa.
Children :
1814. Harriet Bowser, b. 1846; m. Edward Thornton.
1815. Matilda A. Bowser, b. 1848; d. 1911; m. James Middagh, b. 1851;
d. 1916.
1816. Ella Jane Bowser, b. 1849 ; m. John Reynolds.
1817. James Albert Bowser, b. 1851; m. Emma Warman, b. 1854; d. 1919.
1818. Sarah Bowser, b. 1852.
1819. Rachel Bowser, b. 1853; d. 1858.
1820. John B. Bowser, b. 1854; d. 1918; m. Minnie Spitznzagel, b. 1859.
1821. Samuel Wilson Bowser, b. 1857; m. Sarah H. Warman, b. 1861;
d. 1895.
1822. Ann Eliza Bowser, b. 1858; m. (1) D. M. Foster; (2) George Daut.
1823. Margaret Bowser, b. 1860; m. William Kampman.
1824. Emma Bowser, b. 1861 ; d. 1864.
1825. Joseph Bowser, b. 1863; m. Clara Foster, b. 1872.
1826. Nora Bowser, b. 1866; m. Lewis Thomas.
1814. HARRIET (BOWSER) and EDWARD THORNTON.
Children :
1827. Roy Thornton.
1828. Nora Thornton, m. Leonard Harper ; ch. : Ruth B., Edith B.
1829. James Thornton, m. Telsa H. Allen, d. 1919; ch.: Mildred Eileen.
1815. MATILDA A. (BOWSER) and JAMES MIDDAGH.
Children: ^, ,.
1830. Hattie E. Middagh, b. 1882; m. Claude E. Smith; ch. : Kathleen,
b. 1908; Karl, b. 1912.
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1831. Ella E. Middagh, b. 1804; m. Frederick Krauz.
1832. George E. Middagh, b. 1885; m. Anna Bailey; ch. : Lucile, b. 1919;
Margaret M., b. 1920.
1833. William N. Middagh, b. 1886; m. Lydia Livesay; ch. : Glen E., b.
1909; Ruby M., b. 1911; Zora, b. 1913; Serena M., b. 1915.
1834. Serena I. Middagh, b. 1889; m. Floyd Hewes ; child: Martha
Louise, b. 1918.
1816. ELLA JANE (BOWSER) and JOHN REYNOLDS.
Children :
1835. Delia Reynolds, b. 1870 ; m. John W. Lawrence ; ch. : Zola, b. 1892 ;
m. Wayne Menear; Percy, Ethel, Hazel, Elmer, Wilson Zona.
(Zola and Wayne Meanear: child, Virgil, b. 1918.)
1836. Matilda L. Reynolds, b. 1873 ; d. 1912 ; m. Pickens.
1837. Josie Reynolds, b. 1875; m. (1) Butts; (2) Peterman; ch. : Eunice
Butts, b. 1893.
1838. John Reynolds, b. 1877; m. Agnes ; child: Bessie, b. 1906.
1817. JAMES ALBERT and EMMA (WARNIAN) BOWSER.
Children :
1839. Archie E. Bowser, b. 1878 ; m. Minnie L. Keller, b. 1882. Archie E.
Bowser is a hardware merchant, located in Muscatine, Iowa.
Ch. : Carroll C, b. 1905 ; Lois M., b. 1909.
1840. Orson A. Bowser, b. 1896 ; m. Lula France ; child : Delbert, b. 1912.
1820. JOHN B. and MINNIE (SPITZNAGLE) BOWSER.
Children :
1841. Mae Bowser, b. 1881; m. H. R. Vibber ; child: John R., b. 1915.
1842. Noah L. Bowser, b. 1883 ; m. Sadie Feldman.
1843. Pearl Bowser, b. 1885; m. Edward H. Feldman; ch. : Harry E.,
b. 1908; Arthur B., b. 1909; Walter W., b. 1913.
1844. Raphall B. Bowser, b. 1893.
1845. Delia I. Bowser, b. 1894 ; m. Albert T. Workman ; child : Delia L.,
b. 1920.
1846. Mattie L. Bowser, b. 1903.
1821. SAMUEL WILSON and SARAH E. (WARNIAN) BOWSER.
Children :
1847. Grace Bowser, b. 1880; d. 1881.
1848. Williard B. Bowser, b. 1883 ; m. Hazel M. Nures, b. 1892 ; ch. :
Niona R., b. 1916; Imogene, b. 1920.
1849. Harley M. Bowser, b. 1885; m. Maude A. Cramer, b. 1888; ch. :
Cleo L., b. 1913; Leol M., b. 1914; Harold C, b. 1917.
1850. Almira Fay Bowser, b. 1888; m. William H. Thompson; child:
Archie M., b. 1910.
1851. Wilson Dale Bowser, b. 1890; m. Grace Nelson, b. 1890; ch. : Donald
N., b. 1915 ; Howard, b. 1919.
1852. Erda E. Bowser, b. 1892; m. Frederick L. Simons, b. 1888; child:
Dariel A., b. 1912.
1853. Heber E. Bowser, b. 1894; m. Josie Rickets, b. 1896; ch. : Violet L.,
b. 1915 ; Kenneth, b. 1917.
1822. ANNA E. (BOWSER) and D. M. FOSTER.
Children :
1854. Georgia E. Foster, b. 1881 ; m. Olney A. Keller, b. 1882 ; ch. :
Loren O., b. 1905 ; Elma R., b. 1907 ; Albert D., b. 1909 ; Kenneth
A., b. 1910; Eunice B., b. 1912; Herman W., b. 1913.
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1855. Archie I. Foster, b. 1883 ; m. Arizona Watson ; child : Robert, b. 1920.
1856. Guy Foster, b. 1889.
1857. Nora Foster, b. 1895 ; m. John Houseman ; child : John H., b. 1920.
1823. MARGARET (BOWSER) and WILLIAM K. KAMPMAN.
Children :
1858. Norvie B. Kampman, m. Nettie Ronian; child: Norvie.
1859. Barrel Kampman.
1825. JOSEPH and CLARA (FOSTER) BOWSER.
Child :
1860. Marvel Bowser, b. 1896 ; m. Frederick Satterethwaite ; child : Norma
B., b. 1919.
1861. Eunice I. Bowser, b. 1898; m. Lloyd C. Shields; child: George,
b. 1919.
1862. Edith Naomi Bowser, b. 1907.
1863. Marjorie R. Bowser, b. 1911.
1811. ELIZABETH (5), JOHN (4), NOAH (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2),
MATHIAS, SR., (1). Elizabeth and James R. Boney lived in North Buf-
falo Twp., Armstrong Co., Pa.
Children :
1864. George H. Boney, b. Sept. 11, 1838; d. Nov. 4, 1913; m. Medora
Frederick, b. Sept. 10, 1851.
1865. Melissa Boney, b. Jan. 13, 1840; d. Dec. 31, 1863.
1866. Adaline Boney, b. Jan. 13, 1840; d. Dec. 31, 1863.
1866. Adaline Boney, b. July 10, 1841; d. Feb. 15, 1916; m. James D.
Logan, b. Oct. 1, 1838; d. May 2, 1914.
1867. David M. Boney, b. Jan. 18, 1843; d. Feb. 23, 1904; m. Ada Camp-
bell, b. May 5, 1855; ch.: Ethel, b. Sept. 1, 1874; d. Oct. 17, 1893;
Frank, m. Bertha B. Shaflfer ; Thad., b. Mar. 29, 1881 ; d. Apr. 6,
1906.
1868. Margaret Boney, b. Aug. 2, 1845; d. Feb. 12, 1916; m. Rodney
Malone, b. 1843; d. 1909; no children.
1869. Sara Elizabeth Boney, b. Oct. 23, 1848; d. July 15, 1903; m. Marian
Dinsmore, b. May 12, 1837; d. Dec. 28, 1899.
1870. John A. Boney, b. Jan. 23, 1854 ; d. Aug. 24, 1909 ; m. Ella House
holder, Sept. 12, 1865; ch. : Earl; Zella, m. W. C. McGreggar.:
Hazel; Irene, m. Heman Sedwick; Alice.
1871. Robert W. Boney, b. Sept. 23, 1856 ; m. Mary J. Larden, b. Apr. Id
1860; d. Apr. 19, 1914; ch. : Leona, Clair, Mabel, Lulie, Mertie, Robert
1864. GEORGE H. and MEDORA (FREDERICK) BONEY. He was a
cabinet maker; lived at Rural Valley, Pa.
Children :
al864. Etta M. Boney, m. J. R. Myers.
bl864. George M. Boney; dead.
cl864. June F. Boney; single.
dl864. Charles D. Boney, m. Lulu Duncan.
el864. James A. Boney, m. Elizabeth Mills.
1866. ADALINE (BONEY) and JAMES D. LOGAN.
Children :
al866. Harry White Logan, d. Sept. 26, 1887.
bl866. Emerson Logan.
cl866. Carrie Logan, d. May 16, 1892.
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dl866. Martha E. Logan, d. Dec. 28, 1909.
el866. Myrtle R. O. Logan, d. Sept. 26, 1910; m. Edward E. Shaffer.
fl866. Ollfree Boney Logan; address: Kittanning, Pa.
1869. SARA E. (BONEY) and MARIAN DINSMORE.
Children :
al869. James R. Dinsmore, m. Anna Evans.
bl869. Nellie M. Dinsmore, m. L. C. Myers.
cl869. Mary E. Dinsmore, m. G. E. Schwemm.
dl869. Anna E. Dinsmore, m. Harry Gibson.
el869. Floronna C. Dinsmore, m. H, B. Palmer.
fl869. Marian A. Dinsmore.
gl869. Frederick E. Dinsmore.
16. VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2), MATHIAS, SR., (1). Valen-
tine Bowser came from Bedford County to Sugar Creek Twp. (now Wash-
ington Twp.), Armstrong Co., Pa., eight miles north of Kittanning, Pa.,
in 1798, where he settled on a large tract of land. He was born in 1750
and died in 1836. He brought a number of young apple trees with him
which he planted on his farm, three of which are still living. He was
buried in a cemetery which he gave to the community from his land. Many
of the early settlers repose in this long-neglected and desolate spot. At
his death his land was parceled out to his children. He has many descend-
ants, a number of whom have attained prominence in various professions.
Children :
1871. Margaret Bowser, m. Andrew Sites; no children.
1872. Christina Bowser, m. Samuel Small ; no children.
1873. Elizabeth Bowser, m. Thompson.
1874. Henry Bowser, b. 1794; m. Mary Fish, b. 1807.
1875. Daniel Bowser, m. Annie Anders.
1876. John Bowser, b. 1785 ; m. Mary Edwards.
1877. Samuel Bowser, d. about 1865 ; single.
1878. Barbara Bowser, m. John Wyant.
1879. Mathias Bowser, m. Musselman.
1873. ELIZABETH (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2), MA-
THIAS, SR., (1), ELIZABETH AND THOMPSON.
Children :
1880. Mary Thompson.
1881. John Thompson, m. Mary Wyant.
1882. Christina Thompson, m. George King; child: Mary, m. William
Nevell ; address : Rimerton, Pa.
1883. Joshua Thompson, m. Catharine Wyant.
1874. HENRY (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2), MATHIAS,
SR., (1).
Children :
1884. Absolom Bowser, b. 1827; d. May 5, 1904; m. Mary Hershey.
1885. Thomas Bowser, b. 1848; d. 1919; m. Margaret Davison.
1886. William Bowser, b. 1835 ; m. Jemima Phillips.
1887. John F. Bowser, b. Dec. 12, 1825; d. May 6, 1877; m. Jane Sad-
ler, b. May 24, 1846.
1888. Elsie A. Bowser, b. 1836.
1889. Deborah Bowser, b. 1840.
1890. Mary Bowser, b. 1833; d. 1905; m. Mards.
1891. Aaron Bowser, b. 1842.
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1892. Elizabeth Bowser, b. 1845.
1893. Jane Bowser, m. Tanner.
Henry Bowser was killed at Rimerton, Pa., while engaged in construction
work on the new Allegheny Valley Railroad.
1884. ABSALOM and MARY (HERSHEY) BOWSER. For many years
Absalom was well known in the livery business at Irwin, Pa.
Children :
1894. John A. Bowser, b. 1855 at Jacksonville, Westmoreland Co., Pa.;
d. 1906 at Wilmerdivg, Pa.; m. Jennie Geddings; no children.
1895. DeWitt C. Bowser, b. 1863; d. 1917 at Elwood, Ind. ; m. Frances
Krause.
1896. Sarah A. Bowser, b. 1862; m. David C. Hackensmith; address:
Chambersburg, Pa.; ch. : DeWitt, Mervin M., Mary M., Emily,
Catharine, Amy, Jeane.
1897. Rebecca M. Bowser, b. 1864; d. 1916.
1898. James M. Bowser, b. May 1, 1869; single; in restaurant business,
Irwin, Pa.
1899. Harry Bowser, b. 1862; d. in infancy.
1900. Edward H. Bowser, b. 1882; m. Marie ; ch.: Howard,
Thomas, Sarah, Edna.
1886. WILLIAM and JEMIMA (PHILLIPS) BOWSER. William Bowser
was a soldier in the Civil war. He was wounded in the battle at Bull
Run; subsequently murdered in the South.
1887. JOHN F. and JANE (SADDLER) BOWSER. John F. was distin-
guished among the numerous John Bowsers as "Saddler" John.
Children :
1901. Sarah E. Bowser, b. Nov. 6, 1847 ; single ; lives at Bruin, Pa.
1902. Lucy A. Bowser, b. Nov. 21, 1850; d. Feb. 27, 1854.
1903. Firman Duff Bowser, b. Oct. 22, 1852; d. May 1, 1900; m. Susan
Stanley.
1904. John Milton Bowser, b. Nov. 21, 1854; m. Margaret Turk.
1905. E. DeWitt Lawson Bowser, b. May 5, 1857; m. Rachel Phillips.
1906. Melissa Jane Bowser, b. July 8, 1859; d. Oct. 25, 1901; m.
Samuel H. Bowser, b. Jan. 29, 1856. (See 946 for children.)
1907. Anna B. Bowser, b. May 25, 1861 ; m. Elmer Cousins.
1903. FIRMAN DUFF and SUSAN (STANLEY) BOWSER.
Children :
1908. Clara Bowser, b. Apr. 27, 1879 ; d. Feb. 27, 1912 ; m. Thomas For-
rester.
1909. Homer Bowser, b. Oct. 12, 1880; d. August, 1918; m. Elizabeth
Bowser.
1910. Bessie Bowser, m. Jason Gray.
1911. Edna Bowser, m. Frederick Lasher.
1912. John Bowser.
1913. Elda Bowser.
1904. JOHN MILTON and MARGARET (TURK) BOWSER.
Child :
1914. Louisa Bowser, b. Jan. 29, 1885; m. McCormick.
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1905. E. DEWITT LAWSON and RACHEL (PHILLIPS) BOWSER.
Address: Vandergrift, Pa.
Children :
1915. Aida Bowser, b. Apr. 2(i, 1879; m. George Weitzel; child: Helen.
1916. Claud Bowser, b. June 3, 1880; m. Florence Bryan.
1907. ANNA B. and ELMER COUSINS.
Children :
1917. Edwar Cousins, m. Edith Ihenlot.
1918. Goldie Cousins, m. Ellis Artman.
1919. Lawrie Cousins, m. Minnie Flasher.
1890. MARY (BOWSER) and MARKS.
Children :
1920. Rhuhanna Marks, d. 1920; m. Turney.
1921. Jane Marks.
1922. Agnes Marks, m. Bell.
1923. George Marks.
1924. Samuel Marks.
1891. AARON BOWSER. A soldier in the Cicil war, Co. D, Inf., Pa. Vol.
A prisoner in Andersonville prison ; captured at Plymouth, N. C, Apr. 20,
1864; d. at Charleston, S. C, Oct. 10, 1864.
1875. DANIEL (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2), MATHIAS.
SR. (1). Daniel Bowser lived in Manor Twp., Armstrong Co., Pa.
Census reports, 1850, his wife Ann was 55 years of age.
Children :
1925. Mathias Bowser, b. Dec. 8, 1814; d. Sept. 18, 1881; m. Margaret
Williams.
1926. Valentine Bowser, b. October, 1817; d. August, 1889; m. Mariah
Bowser, b. February, 1818; d. 1891.
1927. Christina Bowser, m. Abraham Slagle.
1928. Anna Bowser, m. (1) James Brice; (2) Alex Ritchey.
1929. Catharine Bowser, m. James Nolder.
1930. Philip Bowser, m. Margaret Slagle.
1931. Jacob A. Bowser, b. 1827; m. Mary Ann Murphy, b. 1832.
1932. Mary Bowser by a (2) marriage; m. Robert Hooks.
1933. Julia Bowser, m. John Allen.
1825. MATHIAS (5), DANIEL (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR.,
(2), MATHIAS, SR. (1). Mathias and Margaret (Williams) Bowser lived
in Manor Twp., Armstrong Co., Pa., five miles southeast of Kittanning. He
engaged in farming and became a large landholder. All the children of
his large family received a liberal education. He died Sept. 18, 1881 and
his wife in April, 1887.
Children :
1934. Senthelia Bowser, b. May 12, 1839; d. August, 1898; m. Amos
Wilson, b. 1836; d. March, 1907.
1935. Clarissa Bowser, b. 1840; m. Isaac Wilson.
1936. Sylvester F. Bowser, b. 1842; m. Mary Curll Young.
1937. Marlin Bowser, b. Dec. 1, 1843 ; m. Arreta Hawkins, b. May 28, 1854.
1938. Malinda Bowser, b. 1845 ; m. John J. H. Truby, Leechburg, Pa.
1939. Josephus S. Bowser, b. 1848; m. (1) Susan F. Bredin; (2) Mary
L. Hynson.
1940. Lyman Bowser, b. 1850; m. Laura Fennel.
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1941. Albert L. Bowser, b. 1852; m. Mary B. Smiley; no children.
1942. Dallas D. Bowser, b. Feb. 20, 1857; m. Mary M. Kettering, b.
Oct. 31, 1861.
1943. Harrena Bowser, b. 1856; m. William Sim; d. at Blairsville, Pa.
1934. SENTHELIA (6), MATHIAS (S), DANIEL (4), VALENTINE
(3), MATHIAS, JR., (2), MATHIAS, SR., (1).
Children :
1944. Nordena Wilson ; m. James B. Mates.
1945. Affa Wilson; single.
1946. Elmer Wilson.
1947. Lourene Wilson; b. Mar. 28, 1872; m. P. W. Leedam, b. July 18,
1869 ; wholesale merchant Oil City, Pa. ; ch. : Jeanette, b. Nov. 18,
1898; Helen Elnor, b. Oct. 24, 1900.
1948. Margaret Wilson, m. John B. Grier, Esq., Butler, Pa.
1935. CLARISSA (6), MATHIAS (5), DANIEL (4), VALENTINE (3),
MATHIAS, JR., (2), MATHIAS, SR., (1). Clarissa and Isaac Wilson
lived in Manor Twp., Armstrong Co., Pa.
Children :
1949. Alvin E. Wilson, b. Jan. 2, 1859.
1950. Ott N. Wilson, m. Lu. Brumbaugh; prominent shoe dealer and
stockman, Kittanning, Pa.
1951. Edwin Wilson, m. Ida Bayha; ch. : Mildred, Jerlina, b. 1902.
1952. Olive Wilson, d. aged 18 years.
1953. Charles R. Wilson, b. Apr. 8, 1868; m. Edith Seifert, b. Mar. 1,
1879; merchant, Erie, Pa.; ch. : Thomas N., b. Sept. 21, 1903;
Robert C, b. Oct. 6, 1905 ; Margaret R., b. Aug. 23, 1907 ; John A.,
b. June 17, 1910; Helen G., b. Nov. 8, 1918.
1854. William F. Wilson; m. (1) Jessie Firth; ch. : Edward William,
Virginia ; m. (2) Ethel Barnes ; child : Lloyd.
1955. Harry M. Wilson, m. Frances Lea King ; ch. : Frances Gage, Harry
N., Jr.
1956. Clara Kate Wilson, b. Sept. 29, 1873 ; m. Hugh F. Iseman ; farmer ;
address: Ford City, Pa., R. D.
Children :
1957. Hugh Wilson Iseman, b. June 1, 1909.
1958. Robert Earle Iseman, b. Jan. 17, 1911.
1959. Lois Irene Iseman, b. June 14, 1913.
1936. SYLVESTER F. (6), MATHIAS (5), DANIEL (4), VALENTINE
(3), MATHIAS, SR., (2), MATHIAS, JR., (1). At the completion of
his college course, Sylvester F. Bowser studied law and was admitted to the
bar at Butler, Pa., where he has earned for himself distinguished honor.
He has been engaged on many of the most important cases in western
Pennsylvania.
Children :
1960. Mary Edna Isabelle Bowser.
1961. George Franklin Bowser.
1937. MARLIN (6), MATHIAS (5), DANIEL (4), VALENTINE (3),
MATHIAS, JR., (2), MATHIAS, SR., (1). Professor Marlin Bowser
is a resident of Manor Twp., Armstrong Co., Pa. ; address : Ford City, Pa.,
R. D. He purchased a farm near the homestead of his father Mathias and
has lived there all his life. Besides carrying on extensive agricultural pur-
suits he taught in the public schools of his district for nearly thirty years
and for two terms was superintendent of the county public schools. His
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versatile talents have contributed noted poems and essays on the bird life
of his locality.
Children :
1962. Ella Dale Bowser, b. Mar. 30, 1878; m. Claude E. Hyfringer; ch. :
Katharyn, Marlin Claude, John Earl, Paul Luther.
1963. Wilber Roy Bowser, b. Feb. 28, 1880; m. Rhetta Heilman ; merchant.
Ford City, Pa. ; ch. : Clayton Heilman, Rhetta Grace, Florence Gail.
1964. Walter Hawkins Bowser, b. Sept. 18, 1881; m. Edna Artman; jew-
eler, Ford City, Pa. ; ch. : Margaret Josephine, Richard Artman.
1965. Ximena Moss Bowser, b. Aug. 18, 1884; m. Mont Clare Emrich;
ch. : Paul Clare.
1966. Paul Forbes Bowser, b. May 26, 1886; m. Cora Livingstone; won
fame as the world's champion middleweight wrestler ; in business
at Newark, Ohio.
1938. MALINDA (6), MATHIAS (5), DANIEL (4), VALENTINE (3),
MATHIAS, JR., (2), MATHIAS, SR., (1). Residence: Leechburg, Pa.
Malinda (Bowser) and John J. Truby; address: Leechburg, Pa.
Children :
1967. John Truby.
1968. Mathias Truby.
1969. Paul Truby.
1970. Margaret Truby, m. Frank I. Gosser, Esq. ; practicing law in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
1971. Harrena Truby.
1939. JOSEPHUS S. BOWSER, b. 1848; m. (1) Susan T. Bredin, b. 1853;
d. 1861 ; (2) Mary L. Hynson. Received a liberal education ; well known
shoe merchant at Kittanning; later general store at Franklin, Pa.; now
retired; lives at Warren, Ohio.
Child: Howard P. Bowser, b. 1883.
1942. DALLAS D. BOWSER, b. Feb. 20, 1857; m. MARY M. KETTER-
ING, b. Oct. 13, 1861.
Children :
1972. Mary Bowser, b. Nov. 12, 1892.
1973. Casper Bowser, b. Aug. 14, 1894; m. Katharine Portevus, b. Oct.
12, 1899; child: Elizabeth Jean, b. Oct. 31, 1920.
1926. VALENTINE (5), DANIEL (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS,
JR., (2), MATHIAS, SR., (1). Valentine Bowser lived at Sherrett, Pa.,
where he raised a large family. Two of his sons reside on the homestead.
Children :
1974. Emily Bowser, m. Robert Ridley.
1975. Jonathan Bowser, b. 1839; d. about 1900; m. Lucinda Booher, the
only child of John Booher and Jane Bowser, daughter of John
Bowser, son of Valentine (16) ; ch. : Maria, b. 1868; Mary; Eliz-
abeth ; Leonard ; Oliver ; Nancy, b. 1877 ; m. L. Henderson ; m. (2)
Mary Edwards ; ch. : Joseph, Stanley, Harry, Anthony, Christina.
1976. Philip Bowser, m. Margaret Regis ; ch. : Benson, James, Henry,
John Jefferson, Oliver, Nelson, Elizabeth, Lulu, Ellen, Maria,
Jane, Adaline.
1977. James C. Bowser, b. 1847; m. Phoebe Bowser, a daughter of Valen-
tine ("Tine"), son of Valentine (16).
1978. David Bowser, d. Mar. 29, 1914; m. Jemima Wyant.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 211
1979. Jackson Bowser, b. Mar. 18, 1855; m. Mahala Bowser, daughter of
Reuben Bowser (2084) ; ch. : Jacob, Elizabeth ; address : Sher-
rett, Pa.
1980. Jacob Bowser, b. Apr. 23, 1859; m. (1) Mary A. Swigart; address,
Sherrett, Pa.; ch. : Larenz, James, Earl, Nora; m. (2) Harriett
Hilliard, b. 1885; ch. : Andrew J., William, Donald, Kenneth,
Homer.
1981. Sarah Bowser, b. Apr. 3, 1844; m. James Booher, son of Henry
Booher and Susan (Bowser) Booher; ch. : Margaret, Jackson,
Frank.
1982. Robert Bowser, d. in infancy; b. 1849.
1983. John Bowser, d. in infancy.
1984. Elizabeth Bowser, d. in infancy.
1985. Loben Bower, d. in infancy; b. 1841.
1974. EMILY (BOWSER) and ROBERT RIDLEY.
Children :
Thomas, Annie, Marie, Sara Belle, Martha, Matilda, Mary, Margaret,
Harriet, Susan, Valentine, b. April 15, 1862; m. Evaline Early, b. June
20, 1867 ; ch. : Lulu, Eva Belle, William, Albert, John, Phoebe, Nellie,
James, Walter, Lillian
1977. JAMES C. and PHOEBE BOWSER. James C. Bowser has been a
successful farmer; address: Adrian, Pa.
Children :
1986. Elizabeth Bowser, m. (1) Joseph Crisman, (2) Jacob Forney;
address: Adrian, Pa.
1987. Peter Bowser.
1988. Maria Jane Bowser.
1989. Catharine Bowser.
1990. David Quigley Bowser, m. Ollie Cousins : address : Kittanning, Pa.
1991. Harriet Ann Bowser, m. Frederick John; address: Kittanning, Pa.
1992. Robert M. Bowser; m. Lydia Chandler; address: Manorville, Pa.
1993. Valentine Bowser.
1994. Jacob C. Bowser, b. Aug. 13, 1882; m. Verdie I. Aaron, b. Aug. 14,
1883 ; address : McGrann, Pa. ; merchant.
Children :
al994. James Lewis Bowser, student; b. Apr. 5, 1903.
bl994. Charles Roy Bowser, b. Feb. 12, 1905.
cl994. Verdie Irene Bowser, b. Aug. 27, 1912.
1995. James Lewis Bowser, m. Esther Bechtel; address: Adrian, Pa.
1996. Thomas L. Bowser, m. Minnie Stover ; address : Adrian, Pa.
1997. John Bowser, m. Blanche Crisman; address: Adrian, Pa.
1978. DAVID and JEMIMA (WYANT) BOWSER. Residence: Kittanning,
Pa. Jamima Wyant was a daughter of Henry Wyant, who died in Ander-
sonville prison during the Civil war.
Children :
1998. Samuel B. Bowser, b. May 9, 1871.
1999. Valentine Bowser, b. March 19, 1873.
2000. Andrew W. Bowser, b. May 14, 1875; m. Lydia Bowser. (See 476
for children.)
2001. Henry W. Bowser, b. Oct. 14, 1877.
2002. Adam Bowser, b. Apr. 27, 1880.
2003. Mary Magdalena Bowser, b. Oct. 10, 1882.
2003. Peter J. Bowser, b. Apr. 29, 1885.
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2004. Catharine Bowser, b. March 17, 1888.
2005. H. Reed Bowser, b. Jan. 17, 1891.
2006. Jemima M. Bowser, b. May 4, 1894.
1927. CHRISTINA (5), DANIEL (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS,
JR., (2), MATHIAS, SR., (1).
Children :
2007. George Slagle, m. Ruble F. Benner.
2008. Daniel Slagle, m. Jane Lasher.
2009. Jacob A. Slagle, Templeton, Pa.; b. Dec. 15, 1844; m. (1) Mary
Gamble, b. Aug. 2, 1847; d. May 30, 1908; m. (2) Mary Grafton.
2010. Melissa Slagle, m. Robert Gamble, Breckenridge, Pa.
2011. Jennie Slagle, m. R. M. Walker.
2012. John Slagle, m. Annie Kimmel, Mosgrove, Pa.
2013. Manuel Slagle, m. Stewart, Lawsonham, Pa.
2014. Smith Slagle, m. Maud Dias, Templeton, Pa.
2015. Mary Slagle, m. Samuel Gamble.
2016. Malinda Slagle, m. Samuel Gamble. (Samuel Gamble married his
first wife's sister.)
2017. Alice Slagle, m. Michael C. Carl.
2018. Washington Slagle, m. Sarah Hopper.
2019. Rose Slagle, m. (1) Frederick Walker, (2) John Johnson.
2009. JACOB A. and MARY (GAMBLE) SLAGLE. Rev. Jacob A. Slagle
is an honored minister of the Church of God denomination ; he resides on
a farm near Adrian, Pa., and ministers to a church in Kittanning, Pa.
Children :
2020. Francis H. Slagle, b. Aug. 4, 1866; d. June 18, 1918; ch. : WUliam,
Eva, Ethel, Frederick.
2021. William H. Slagle, b. Dec. 22, 1869; m. Elizabeth Casper; ch.:
Francis, Arthur.
2022. Samuel E. Slagle, b. March 14, 1872; m. Carrie Rowe ; ch.: Mary,
Andrew, Daisey, Nettie, Liah, Sarah E., Retta, Ida. Cecil.
2023. Sarah M. Slagle, b. March 30, 1874 ; m. John A. Hill. : ch. : Jessie,
Randall, William, Edna, Russell, Dale, Samuel.
2024. Mary Elizabeth Slagle, b. April 19, 1877; m. (1) Orion Flick; ch.:
Washington A., Harry Myron; m. (2) S. H. Hartman ; ch. :
Edward, Walter, Russell, William, Dorothy.
2025. Abraham L. Slagle. b. March 17, 1880; m. Maud Garvin; ch. :
Harry, Merl, Nellie.
2026. Quintine E. Slagle, b. April 23, 1883; m. Sarah E. Bighly ; ch. :
Dorothy, Clyde, Arnold.
2027. George A. Slagle, b. March 22, 1889; m. Ethel J. Feh ; ch. : lola,
George, Ardell.
2016. MALINDA and SAMUEL GAMBLE.
Children :
2028. Elizabeth Gambel, m. William McCoy.
2029. Frank Gamble, m. Julia Delp.
2030. Randle Gamble, m. Anna Clark.
2017. ALICE and MICHAEL C. CARL.
Children :
2031. Lee Carl, m. Annie Dyes ; ch. : Luther, Minnie, Harry, Florence,
Mary.
2032. Harry Carl, m. Margaret Swigart.
2033. Rose Carl, m. Howard Heckman ; child : Earl.
2034. Nelson Carl, m. Lottie Reese.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 213
2035. Anna Carl, m. Arthur Geiger.
2036. Cora Carl, m. Earl Lark.
2037. William Carl.
2038. Robert Carl.
2039. Florence Carl.
2040.Charles Carl.
1928. ANNA (5), DANIEL (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2),
MATHIAS, SR. (1). ANNA (BOWSER) and JAMES BRICE.
Children :
2041. Charles Brice, m. Ella Schumaker.
2042. Allen Brice, m. Ella Thompson; m. (2) Alexandre Ritchey,
Child:
2043. James Ritchey, m. Agnes Mechlin.
1929. CATHARINE (5), DANIEL (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS,
JR. (2), MATHIAS, SR. (1). CATHARINE (BOWSER) and JAMES
NOLDER.
Children :
2044. Jacob Nolder, m. Hannah Moses.
2045. Robert Nolder, m. Schall.
2046. David Nolder, m. Marian Anderson.
2047. Catharine Nolder, m. Jacob Nelson.
2048. Julia Nolder, m. James Norman.
2049. Susan Nolder, m. Ellis Schall.
1930. PHILIP (5), DANIEL (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR.,
(2), MATHIAS, SR., (1). PHILIP and MARGARET (SLAGLE)
BOWSER.
Children :
2050. Anna Bowser.
2051. Rebecca Bowser, m. William Ramer.
2052. Margaret Bowser, m. William McCoy.
2053. John Bowser, m. Louisa Sample.
2054. Marlin Bowser, m. Ella Yates.
2055. Chambers Bowser, m. Priscilla Lasher.
1931. JACOB A. (5), DANIEL (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR.,
(2), MATHIAS, SR. (1). Jacob A. Bowser settled on a farm adjacent
to the farm of his brother Mathias (1925) in Manor Township.
Children :
2056. Lafayette Bowser, b. 1857; d. 1915; m. Belle Reedy; ch. : Lydia,
Essie.
2057. Mathias A. Bowser, b. 1859; m. Maggie Rogers; m. (2) Lulu Smith.
2058. Nathaniel Bowser, b. 1850.
2059. Mary Elizabeth Bowser, b. 1864; deceased.
2060. Lillian Bowser.
2061. Harriette Jane Bowser.
2062. Ella Bowser.
2057. MATHIAS A. and MARGARET (ROGERS) and LULU (SMITH)
BOWSER. Mathias A. Bowser was brought up by a family related to his
parents. He moved to North Fairfield, R. D. No. 1, Huron Co., Ohio,
where he now resides.
Children :
2063. Lela Bowser, b. 1885.
2064. Perry J. Bowser, b. 1887.
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2065. Charlotte A. Bowser, b. 1906 ; d. 1918.
2066. Mary Elizabeth Bowser, b. 1911.
1932. MARY (5), DANIEL (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2),
MATHIAS, SR., (1). Mary Bowser, m. Robert Hooks, son of William
Hooks ; they lived in Washington Twp., Armstrong Co., Pa.
Children :
2067. Elizabeth Hooks, m. Aaron Gray.
2068. Jasper Hooks, m. Truett.
2069. Chambers Hooks.
2070. Madison Hooks, m. Phoebe Elder.
2071. Peter Hooks, m. Walker.
2072. Annie Hooks.
1933. JULIA (5), DANIEL (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2),
MATHIAS, SR., (1).
Children :
2073. William Allen, m. Sarah McGreggor.
2074. James Allen, m. Anna Fonner.
2075. Lou Allen, m. Schumaker.
2076. Frank Allen.
2077. Harvey Allen, m. Lydia Simmers.
2078. Harry Allen, m. Kittie Wells.
2079. Samuel Allen ; single.
2080. Mary Allen, m. Clem Adams.
2081. Daisy Allen, m. Adams.
2082. Clara Allen, m. George Anthony.
1876. JOHN (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2), MATHIAS,
SR., (1). John and Mary (Edwards) Bowser lived in Washington Twp.,
Armstrong Co., Pa.
Children :
2083. Johnathan Bowser, b. 1814; d. 1859; m. Matilda Edwards, b. 1824.
2084. Reuben Bowser, b. 1815; m. Sally Edwards, b. 1820.
2085. Valentine ("Tine") Bowser, b. 1809; m. Elizabeth Flenner, b. 1816.
2086. John Bowser, b. 1825 ; m. Nancy Slagle, b. 1830.
2087. Hettie Bowser, m. Henry Booher, b. 1810; d. 1893.
2088. Abraham Bowser.
2089. Catharine Bowser, m. Leonard Stand.
2090. Elizabeth Bowser, m. Stacy King.
2091. Jane Bowser, m. John Booher.
2092. Susan Bowser, m. (1) Christian Spiker; (2) Henry Booher; ch.:
Caroline, Sophia, Christina; John, m. Mary Bowser, daughter of
Lucinda (1975).
2093. Mary Bowser, m. John Booher. (Two brothers married four sisters.)
2094. Maria Bowser, m. Valentine Bowser. (See 1926 for children.)
2083. JOHNATHAN (5), JOHN (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR.,
(2), MATHIAS, SR. (1). Johnathan and Matilda (Edwards) Bowser
lived in Washington Twp., Armstrong Co., Pa.
Children :
2095. Daniel Bowser, b. Aug. 9, 1840; veteran of the Civil war, Co. D,
103rd Penna. Volunteers; d. about 1916; m. Mary Ann Davis, a
daughter of John P. and Elizabeth Davis.
2096. Albert Bowser, b. 1843; m. Rose Montgomery.
2097. Adam Bowser, b. 1847.
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2098. Christina Bowser, m. (1) Alexandre Shrader, (2) Gus Hornberger.
2099. Mary Bowser, m. William Taylor.
2100. Sarah Bowser, b. 1845; m. James King, veteran of Civil war.
2095. DANIEL and MARY A. (DAVIS) BOWSER. Daniel Bowser was an
oil producer; residence: Parker's Landing, Pa., where he died about 1916.
Children :
2101. Ola Bowser, m. Frank Claypoole, Vandergrift, Pa.
2102. Curtis Bowser.
2103. Delia Bowser, m. George B. Downing.
2104. Emma J. Bowser, m. Percy A. Perrine, 6728 Kelly St., Pitts-
burgh, Pa.
2104. Charles Bowser.
2105. William D. Bowser, Clymer, Pa.
2106. Mathew F. Bowser, Gary, Ind.
2107. Frederick S. Bowser, m. Nora Feicht ; ch. : Donald, b. Nov. 20,
1905 ; Phillip, b. Dec. 24, 1906 ; Ronald, b. May 20, 1908 ; Edwin,
b. Apr. 6, 1910; Malcom, b. Feb. 2, 1911; Paul, b. June 6, 1910;
Mary Margaret, b. Dec. 6, 1915; Ernest, b. Oct. 5, 1918; Frederick,
Jr., b. Dec. 9, 1919.
2098. CHRISTINA (BOWSER) and ALEXANDER SHRADER.
Children :
2108. Finley Shrader, m. (1) Sarah Booher. (See 359 for children).
(2) Mrs. Morrow.
2109. Jacob Shrader.
2110. Manuel Shrader, m. Mary Inglet.
2111. Elizabeth Shrader; single.
2112. Matilda Shrader; m. Isaac Fair.
a2112. Lydia Shrader; m. George Rickle.
b2112. Anna Shrader, m. Frederick Booher.
2099. SARAH (BOWSER) and JAMES KING.
Children: Adam, John.
2085. VALENTINE (5), JOHN (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR.
(2), MATHIAS, SR. (1). VALENTINE and ELIZABETH (FLEN-
NER) BOWSER.
Children :
2113. David Bowser; d. in infancy.
2114. Julia Ann Bowser; d. in infancy.
Mary, Elizabeth, Joshua, Ellen, m. (1) Frederick John; m. (2)
March Hooks.; child: (1) H. Valentine Yale, m. Emma John;
Phoebe, m. Lewis Bowser: ch. : Isabelle, Ida, Mildred, Lewis; (2)
Austin Hooks.
2116. Christina Bowser, m. Hugh Edwards.
2117. Phoebe Bowser, m. James Bowser, son of Valentine (1926). (See
1977 for children.)
2118. Jackson Bowser; d. in infancy.
2119. Catherine Bowser, m. Peter John; no children.
2120. Elizabeth Bowser, m. Frederick Harper.
2121. Robert Bowser, m. Elizabeth John.
2122. Valentine M. Bowser, b. April 11, 1859; d. March 4, 1922; m. Caro-
line Stitt.
216 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
2122. VALENTINE (6), VALENTINE (S), JOHN (4), VALENTINE
(3), MATHIAS, JR., (2), MATHIAS, SR., (1). Valentine Bowser, b.
Apr. 4, 1859, m. Caroline Stitt, b. August 22, 1859. He was a member of the
Brethren Church; buried at Centre Hill. Pa.
Children :
2123. Orlo L. Bowser, b. May 19, 1870; m. Phoebe Hooks, b. June 9,
1886; ch.: Isabelle, b. June 2, 1905; Oda, b. August 10, 1907;
Mildred, b. Dec. 4, 1909; Orlo M., b. Feb. 23, 1912; Glenn A.,
b. Jan. 13, 1914; Eunice, b. Dec. 9, 1916; d. Feb. 6, 1917; Helen,
b. May 6, 1919.
2124. Nina L. Bowser, b. Jan., 1882; d. Jan., 1903; m. Henry Bowser;
child : Lewis, b. Aug. 22, 1900.
2125. Smith G. Bowser, b. Mar. 29, 1886 ; m. Fannie McIIsic.
2126. Owen Bowser, b. Sept. 15, 1888; d. Mar. 7, 1917.
2127. Florence Bowser, b. Nov. 16, 1894.
2128. Norman Bowser, b. June 16, 1896 ; m. Nora Walker ; child : Bernice
Geraldine.
2129. Jemima Bowser, b. Mar. 4, 1898.
2130. Alice M. Bowser, b. July 14, 1900; m. Hovie Yates; child: Eliza-
beth Yates, b. May 30, 1919.
2131. James Bowser, b. Apr. 4, 1905 ; d. May, 1905.
2132. Myrtle Bowser, b. Aug. 12, 1907.
a2132. Elizabeth Bowser, b. March, 1893; m. Roy Walker, b. Sept. 1, 1893;
ch. : Clare, Melda, Flossie, Myrtle, Phoebe.
2086. JOHN (5), JOHN (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2),
MATHIAS, SR. (1). John Bowser was born 1825. He married Nancy
Slagle, b. 1830, and was nicknamed "Slagle" John.
Children :
2133. Matilda Jane Bowser, b. Apr. 23, 1858; m. Bartholomew Booher,
son of Henry Booher, Sherrett, Pa.
2134. Harriet Bowser, m. William Bowser.
2135. James Bowser, m. Ida Wolfe.
2136. Benjamin Bowser, b. 1866; m. Priscilla J. Walker; child: Minnie, m.
Paul Stewart.
2137. William Bowser, m. (1) Jane Hamilton; (2) Alice Givens.
2138. Catherine Bowser, m. Joseph Grafton ; ch. : John, Nancy Jane.
2133. MATILDA JANE and BARTHOLOMEW BOOHER.
Children :
2139. Catherine E. Booher, m. William Early; ch. : Albert, William, Mar-
garet, Andrew, Ida, Chambers, Oscar.
2140. Lottie J. Booher, m. Chambers Spiker ; ch. : Sarah, Florence, Ray-
mond.
2141. Minnie Booher, m. Charles Spiker; ch. : Bartholomew, William,
Jannie.
2142. Hannah Booher, m. William Hamilton ; ch, : Kenneth, Edward,
Evaline, Annie.
2143. William Booher.
2134. HARRIET and WILLIAM BOWSER.
Children :
2144. Winfield Bowser, m. Bessie Bowser, daughter of Johnathan and
Lucinda ; ch. : Lucile, Alberta.
2145. Mary Bowser.
2146. Alice Bowser, m. Guy Wolfe; ch. : Argie, Robert, Calvin, Vera.
2147. Elmer Bowser, m. Alice McAll; ch. : Vera, Robert, Bessie, Lloyd.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 217
2133. JAMES and IDA (WOLFE) BOWSER.
Children:
2148. Gilmer Bowser, m. Hazel Johns.
2149. Myrtle Bowser, m. Garnet Moore.
2084. REUBEN (5), JOHN (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2),
MATHIAS, SR., (1). Reuben and Sally (Edwards) Bowser lived in
Sugar Creek Twp., Armstrong Co., Pa.
Children :
2150. Charles Bowser, b. 1836.
2151. Mary A. Bowser, b. 1838; born in Ohio.
2152. William Bowser, b. 1842.
2153. Harvey Bowser, b. 1846.
2154. Matilda J. Bowser, b. 1849.
2155. Mahala Bowser.
2087. HETTIE (5), JOHN (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2),
MATHIAS, SR. (1). Hettie (Bowser) and Henry Booher lived at Sher-
rett, Pa. Henry accompanied his father, Frederick Bucher, from Bedford
Co. to Armstrong Co., Pa., in the spring of 1831 at the age of 21 ; his
father purchased a farm in Washington Township, then left Henry to look
after the property until he should return from Bedford County. Henry
improved the time during his father's absence by marrying Hettie Bowser,
and was comfortably established in the log cabin when his father returned
in the fall.
Children :
2156. Elizabeth Booher, m. John Edwards ; ch. : Isaiah, George, Amanda,
Catharine.
2157. Catharine Booher, m. John Adams.
2158. Oliver Booher, b. 1841 ; m. Caroline Blanchard ; Oliver lived at
Petrolia, Pa. ; prosperous farmer ; killed by a runaway team,
1883 ; ch. : Manual, Jay, Harry, Maud, Anna, Evaline.
2159. William Booher, m. Maria Pet, Center Hill, Pa.
2160. George Booher ; single.
2161. Bartholomew Booher, m. Matilda Jane Bowser, daughter of Nancy
(Slagle) and John Bowser. (See 2133 for children.) Sherrett, Pa.
2162. Mary Ann Booher, m. Daniel Greek ; ch. : Wesley, Harvey, Malinda.
2090. ELIZABETH (5), JOHN (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR.,
(2), MATHIAS, SR., (1). Elizabeth (Bowser) and Stacy King lived in
Sugar Creek Twp., Armstrong Co., Pa. They were buried in the old ceme-
tery on Valentine Bowser's farm.
Child :
2162. James King.
2091. JANE (5), JOHN (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2),
MATHIAS, SR., (1). Jane Bowser married John Booher, a brother of
Henry Booher.
Child:
2163. Lucinda Booher, m. Johnathan Bowser. (See 1975 for children.)
2092. SUSAN (5), JOHN (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2),
MATHIAS, SR., (1). Susan (Bowser) Spiker married (1) Christian
Spiker; (see 2091 for children); m. (2) Henry Booher.
218 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
2093. MARY (5), JOHN (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2),
MATHIAS, SR. (1). Mary (Bowser) married John Booher.
Children :
2164. James Booher, m. Sarah Bowser, daughter of Valentine (1926).
2165. Frank Booher, m. Emma Wilson ; Freeport, Pa. ; ch. : Harry, John.
2166. Joseph Booher, m. Ann Wilson, Freeport, Pa.; child: Frank.
2167. Christina Booher, m. William Regis.
2168. Matilda Booher, m. John Maxwell Bowser. (See 1452 for children.)
2094. MARIA (5), JOHN (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2),
MATHIAS, SR., (1). Maria (Bowser) and Valentine Bowser lived at
Sherrett. (See 1926 for children.)
1778. BARBARA (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR. (2), MATHIAS,
SR., (1). Barbara Bowser was the youngest child of Valentine, son of
Mathias Bowser, Jr. (1878). She married John Wyant and came to
Armstrong Co., Pa., with her parents in 1798.
Children :
2169. Mary Wyant, m. John Thompson.
2170. John ("Banks") Wyant, m. when advanced in years; residence:
Tionesta, Pa.
2171. Catharine Wyant, m. Joshua Thompson.
1879. MATHIAS (4), VALENTINE (3), MATHIAS, JR., (2), MATH-
IAS, SR., (1). Mathias Bowser died 1865; m. Christiana Musselman in
Bedford Co., Pa. ; moved to Armstrong Co., Pa. His wife died in 1873.
Children :
2172. Jacob Bowser, b. 1819; d. 1896; m. Margaret Qaar, b. 1823; d. 1910.
2173. Mary Bowser, b. 1870.
2174. Barbara Bowser, b. 1833.
2175. Henry Bowser, b. 1838.
2172. JACOB (5) ; MATHIAS (4) ; VALENTINE (3) ; MATHIAS, JR.
(2); MATHIAS, SR. (1). Jacob and Margaret (Claar) Bowser.
Children :
2176. Elizabeth Bowser, b. 1846; m. Thomas Claar, b. 1840; d. 1896;
ch. : Delilah, Mary, Ella, Agnes, Essington, Berdine, Margaret.
2177. Margaret Bowser, b. 1848; m. Alexandre Walter; no children.
2178. Jacob Bowser, b. 1853; d. 1917; m. Anna Kell, b. 1854; ch. : Charles,
Edward, Rose, Albert, George, Lawrence, Harvey, Elmer and
Delia (twins), William, Anna.
2179. J. Quinter Bowser, b. 1856; m. Rebecca Walter, b. 1853.
2180. Isaac Bowser, b. 1859; m. Julia Walter; no children.
2181. Absalom Bowser, b. 1863; m. Minnie Sell; ch. : Ruth, Luke, Bertha,
Paul.
2182. Aaron Bowser, b. 1870; m. Linnie Brooks; ch. : Essington, Jennie,
Laura.
2183. Matilda Bowser, b. 1870 (twin of Aaron); m. Miles Claar; ch. :
Ada, Mazie, Mary, Walter, Merle.
2179. J. QUINTER BOWSER and REBECCA (WALTER) BOWSER.
Residence, Baker Summit, Bedford Co., Pa. He writes: "My great-
grandfather and his family all lived in Armstrong County. He came back
to Bedford County and married a Walter (sec)ond marriage), then
returned to Armstrong County. My grandfather, Mathias, came to Bedford
County and married Christiana Musselman, and lived at New Enterprise.
See biographies.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 219
Children :
2184. Rosco C. Bowser, b. 1887 ; m. Mary Reighard, b. 1893.
2185. Sarah O. Bowser, b. 1889; m. Wilson Reffner, b. 1884.
2186. John W. Bowser, b. 1890 ; m. Lena Kagarise, b. 1890.
2187. Ana M. Bowser, b. 1895; m. Harrison Settlemeyer.
18. ESTHER (3); MATHIAS, JR. (2); MATHIAS, SR. (1). Esther, in
her native language called Matilena Bowser, youngest child of Mathias
and Anna Elizabeth, of whom we have any certain record, was born, no
doubt, in Paradise Twp., York County, Pa., 1758. She was married to
Rev. Martin John, a Dunkard minister, and came to Washington Twp.,
Armstrong County, Pa., and settled on what is now known as the Jonas
Bowser farm. He erected a log house on his property, the first building
in that section of the county, in 1808. This house, subsequently, had a
second story added to it, and thus stood and sheltered four generations
until 1918 when it was allowed to fall into ruin (see picture). Martin
John died in a small log house on the farm of Henry Helsel, his son-in-law,
near Sherrett, Pa., in 1847. Esther had previously died. They spoke only
the "Palatine German." Their bodies repose in the small burial plot on
William Hay's farm, not more than 10 rods from the writer's land which
was once a part of Martin's tract — a wooded hill top — where Henry Helsel
and his wife Elizabeth and a number of other early settlers were buried.
These neglected graves are easily descernable by depressions in the ground,
or the slanting field stones which still remain. Under the primeval oaks
sleep those hardy god-fearing pioneers ; their fields remain ; the roads they
made through the forests, and the churches they established, but the
treasure of a human life is less enduring, as this forgotten burial place
is a melancholy witness. With the children of Esther Bowser and Martin
John we attain the end of the family of Mathias Bowser, Sr., the progenitor
of the largest branch of the Bowser clan, that to which the writer belongs.
There are hundreds of this branch of the Bowser family who are not
recorded in this history for the reason that it is physically impossible to
visit units so widely scattered in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa, and other states, and because of the failure to elicit a response to
any kind of request for data, names, and dates.
Children :
2188. John John, m. Elizabeth Crisman.
2189. Martin John, b. 1797 ; d. 1856 ; m. Mary Crisman, b. 1799 ; d. 1871.
2190. Peter John m. Catharine Helsel.
2191. Catharine John m. John Crisman.
2192. Elizabeth John, d. 1858; m. Henry Helsel, d. 1866.
2193. Esther John m. Simon Steelsmith.
2194. Christina John m. Peter Helsel.
2188. JOHN (4) ; ESTHER (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ; MATHIAS, SR.
(1). John John settled two miles east of his father's farm in Washington
Township and erected a large brick house which remained until 1915, when
it was torn down.
Children :
2195. Frederick John m. Eva Wolfe.
2196. Adam John d. Jan. 20, 1892 ; m. Esther Crisman, d. Nov. 1893.
2197. Martin John m. Christina Flenner.
2198. John John, Jr. m. Ann Toy.
2199. Peter John m. (1) Nancy A. Flenner; (2) Catharine Bowser
(daughter of "Tine").
2200. Samuel John m. Sarah Lasher.
2201. Isaac John m. Catharine Lasher.
2202. Henry John m. (1) Sarah A. Hooks; (2) Caroline Hooks.
220 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
2203. Phillip John m. Mary Lasher.
2204. Esther John m. (1) Elijah Flenner; (2) Johnathan Bowser.
2195. FREDERICK and EVA (WOLFE) JOHN.
Children :
2205. Adam John m. Ella Lytle.
2206. Jerry John never married.
2207. Christiana John m. Abraham Crisman.
2208. William John m. Elizabeth Geary.
2209. Ann John m. Valentine Bowser, son of Jacob Bowser (son of
Valentine).
2196. ADAM and ESTHER (CRISMAN) JOHN.
Children :
2210. Jeremiah C. John, b. May 1, 1851 ; m. Elizabeth Fennell.
2211. Harvey J. John, b. June 10, 1853; miller; Adrian, Pa.; m. Pauline
Claypoole.
Children :
a2211. Edward John, m. Iva Belle.
b2211. Earl John, m. Alda Fonner.
c2211. Esther John.
2212. Philip John, b. 1855.
2213. Martin John, b. April, 1858.
2214. John W. John, b. August, 1860.
2215. Catharine Ellen John, b. Oct. 30, 1862; m. Joseph Stivason.
2216. Adam E. John, b. May 1, 1865.
2217. Mary E. John, b. Aug. 26, 1867.
2218. Walter John, b. February, 1870.
2219. Flora A. John, b. Aug. 16, 1875; m. John Smith.
2197. MARTIN and CHRISTIANA (FLENNER) JOHN. Farmer, Wash-
ington Township, Armstrong County, Pa. Instead of a repetition of the
occupation and residence of Martin and Esther John's family it may be said
that most of their descendants are farmers and settled within the bounds
of the township mentioned above, where they have sustained the traditions
of their ancestry for industry and religious integrity.
Children :
2220. Elizabeth John, m. Emmanuel French ; address : Dial, Pa. ; merchant,
2221. Sarah John.
2222. Catharine John.
2223. Jane John, m. John Croyle.
2224. Margaret John, m. Oliver Wyant.
2225. Esther Ann John, m. Laban Armahizer.
2226. Christiana John, m. John Wyant.
2227. William John, m. Emily Cousins.
2228. Ellen John, m. John Hooks. See (1393) for children.
2198. JOHN and ANN (TOY) JOHN.
Children :
2229. William John, unmarried.
2230. James John, m. Adaline Hooks.
2199. PETER and NANCY A. (FLENNER) JOHN.
Children :
2231. Mary Jane John, m. Absolom Bowser, son of Levi Bowser.
2232. John A. John, m. Martha White.
2233. Julia Ann John, m. Abram Crisman.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 221
2234. David Isaac John, m. Julia Bowser. See (1406) for children;
address: Adrian, Pa.
2235. Peter John, m. Catharine John.
2236. Nancy John, m. Anthony Bowser.
2237. Ida John, m. Levi Crisman.
2238. Frederich John, m. Harriet Bowser, daughter of James.
2200. SAMUEL and SARAH (LASHER) JOHN.
Children :
2239. Rebecca John, m. Peter Crisman.
2240. Isaac John, m. Catharine Harriger.
2241. Obediah John, m. Mary Hooks.
2242. Margaret John, m. Peter Fennell of Adrian, Pa.
2243. Samuel John, m. Catharine Hooks.
2244. Isaiah John, died single.
2245. Susan John, m. Samuel Crisman ; ch. : Casper, Eugene,
Silvi, Samuel.
2246. Ralston John, died single.
2247. Guy John, m. Eva Winecoop.
2201. ISAAC and CATHARINE (LASHER) JOHN.
Children :
2248. Margaret John.
2249. Abraham John.
2250. Martha John, m. John A. John.
2202. HARVEY and CAROLINE (HOOKS) JOHN.
Children :
2251. Caroline John. m. Adam Croyle.
2252. Manuel John, m. Julia Cousins.
2253. Emily John, m. Hugh Hooks.
2254. Ann John, m. Roland Crisman.
2255. Hugh John, m. Laura Flenner.
2256. Abner John, m. Cornman.
2257. Harvey John, m. Nancy Flenner.
2258. Louise John.
2259. Rose John, m. Lemon.
2260. Phoebe John, m. Ephriam Reighard.
2261. Wilson John, m. Ella John.
2203. PHILIP and MARY (LASHER) JOHN.
Children :
2261. Lee John, m. Rose Adams.
2262. William John, m. Mont John.
2263. Guy John.
2204. ESTHER (JOHN) and ELIJAH FLENNER.
Children :
2263. Henry Flenner; address: Adrian, Pa.
2264. John Flenner.
2265. Elizabeth Flenner.
2266. Jacob Flenner.
(2) ESTHER and JOHNATHAN BOWSER ; lived near Adrian, Pa. See
(1452) for children.
222 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
2189. MARTIN, JR. (5) ; MARTIN, SR. (4) ; ESTHER (3) ; MATHIAS,
JR. (2); MATHIAS, SR. (1). Martin John settled on a portion of his
father's tract of land two miles north of Montgomeryville, Pa., where he
followed the pursuit of a farmer. He was born 1797; died 1856; married
Mary Crisman, b. 1799; d. 1871. His will was dated March 8, 1856;
probated, Sept. 30, 1856.
Children :
2267. Jacob John, died in infancy.
2268. Christiana John, died at the age of 18.
2269. Esther John, m. David Hawk.
2270. Ann John, b. 1830, m. (1) Jacob Crisman; (2) Thomas Craig.
2271. Michael John, b. 1833; m. Nancy McCollum.
2272. Elizabeth John, b. Oct. 6, 1834; m. Christian Y. Wyant, b. Oct. 19,
1834; d. 1910.
2273. Catharine John, b. Oct. 6, 1836 ; m. John Donnell.
2274. Rev. Christian John, b. Apr. 6, 1842 ; m. Jane Michel.
2269. ESTHER (5) ; MARTIN (4) ; ESTHER (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ;
MATHIAS, SR. (1). Esther John married David Hawk. They lived near
Punxsutawney, Clearfield County, Pa. He was a lumberman and farmer.
Children :
2275. John Hawk, b. Aug. 6, 1848; m. Ann Eliza Bowser, b, Nov.
18, 1848. See (187) for children.
2276. Jacob Hawk, b. 1843 ; m. Amana Nicaemas.
2277. William Hawk, b. 1845 ; m. Nancy Lowmaser.
2278. Aaron Hawk, b. 1850; m. Fanny K. Stall.
2279. Elizabeth Hawk, b. 1852; m. Chambers King.
2280. Phoebe Hawk, b. 1854; m. Isaiah Davis.
2281. Ann Hawk, b. 1856; m. Clark Tiger.
2282. Manuel Hawk, b. 1856 ; m. Fanny Blue.
2283. Catharine Hawk, b. 1858; m. Thomas Wolfe.
2284. David Hawk, b. 1860; m. Susan Spencer.
2285. Simon Hawk, b. 1860; m. Linda McGregor.
2286. Adam Hawk, b. 1864; m. Anna Lydick.
2287. Delia Hawk, b. 1871.
2270. ANN (5) ; MARTIN (4) ; ESTHER (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ;
MATHIAS, SR. (1). Ann John m. (1) Jacob Crisman, farmer, Adrian,
Pa. ; m. (2) Thomas Craig, farmer of Madison Township, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Children :
(1) 2288. Martin Crisman, d. 1919; lived near Widnoon, Pa.
2289. Harvey Crisman, m. Belle Davis; live near Widnoon.
Children :
(2) 2290. Emily Craig.
2291. Catharine Craig.
2292. Wesley Craig.
2271. MICHAEL (5) ; MARTIN (4) ; ESTHER (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ;
MATHIAS, SR. (1). Michael John was a stone mason and farmer. Lived
near his father's farm in Washington Township, Armstrong County, Pa.
Later he retired to West Kittanning where he died.
Children :
2293. Minnie John, m. Sherman Craig.
2294. Harriet John, single. .....
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 223
2272. ELIZABETH (5) ; MARTIN (4) ; ESTHER (3) ; MATHIAS, JR.
(2); MATHIAS, SR. (1). Elizabeth John m. Christian Y. Wyant, son
of Adam and Sarah (Yerty) Wyant, Armstrong County, Pa, Christian
Wyant was an extensive farmer. Lived near Montgomeryville, Armstrong
County, Pa. He died Mar. 24, 1910. Mrs. Elizabeth Wyant is living with her
daughter, Dr. Florence Belle Matta, 217 Front St., Brownsville, Pa. She
and Eliza Gray living near Duncanville, Armstrong County, Pa., are the
only living granddaughters of Esther Bowser.
Children :
2295. Mary Ann Wyant, b. Mar. 20, 1860; m. Curtis Philips, b. Dec.
30, 1855.
2296. Rose Elvira Wyant, b. Apr. 1, 1862; m. Cassius F. Kramer, b.
Apr. 10, 1861 ; d. July 18, 1917.
2297. Dr. Andrew R. E. Wyant, b. May 20, 1867; m. Louise Hulbert
b. Dec. 16, 1870; ch. : Florence Ethelyn, b. June 14, 1899; Elizabeth
Louise, b. July 2, 1906; Eri Hulbert, b. Dec. 18, 1907, d. Jan. 3,
1908. (See biographies.)
2298. Sarah Margaret Wyant, b. Sept., 1864; d. 1865.
2299. Hon. Adam Martin Wyant, b. Sept. 15, 1869; m. Catharine Doty,
b. June 14, 1875: (See biographies.) Ch. : Anna Moore, b.
June 23, 1912; Adam Martin, b. Sept. 1, 1917.
2300. Dr. William Whitfield Wyant, b. May 20, 1873 : m. Rachel Sanders.
2301. Dr. Florence Belle Wyant, b. July 15. 1876; m. John Matta, b. 1873.
2191. CATHARINE (4) ; ESTHER (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ; MATHIAS,
SR. (1). Catharine (John) and John Crisman; ch. : Elizabeth, m.
Harvey Gray.
2295. MARY ANN (WYANT) and CURTIS PHILIPS. Mr. Philips is a
member of the well-known Philips family, producers of natural gas, supply-
ing Butler, and other Pennsylvania cities. They live in Butler, Pa.
Children :
2302. HoIIice B. Philips, b. April 19, 1888; m. Luetta Manross. b. July
21, 1894; ch.: Evelyn, Dudley.
2303. Grace Philips, b. Sept. 10. 1889; m. W. G. Mcintosh; ch. : Mary
Jane, b. June 27, 1915.
2296. ROSE E. (WYANT) and CASSIUS F. KRAMER. Mr. Kramer held
a responsible position in the Kramer Wagon factory, Oil City, Pa., until the
time of his death, about 1917. Mrs. Rose Kramer is living in Oil City.
Children :
2304. Charles Wyant Kramer, b. Jan. 8. 1887; m. Elizabeth Kern; ch. :
Virginia Rose.
2305. Dr. Homer Finley Kramer, b. June 9, 1888; m. Salome Reiss.
2306. Clarence A. Kramer, b. Feb. 26, 1891.
2307. Hazel Candose Kramer, b. Sept. 25, 1892; d. April 17, 1895.
2308. Ruth Elizabeth Kramer, b. Dec. 6, 1895 ; m. Mathias Saxman Hart-
man ; ch. : Betty Jane, b. Dec. 9, 1919.
2309. William Edwin Kramer, b. Feb. 11, 1898.
2310. Isabelle Louise Kramer, b. Nov. 12, 1899 ; m. Robert Eldridge Deyoe.
2300. DR. WILLIAM W. and RACHEL (SANDERS) WYANT. Doctor
Wyant was educated in the public schools, Reid Institute and the Uni-
versity of Pittsburgh. After his graduation he located in Sharon, Pa.,
where he has established a large practice. He married Rachel Sanders
of Sharon.
Children :
2311. Christian W. Wyant, b. June 1, 1910.
2312. Martha Wyant. b. March 25, 1915.
224 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
2301. DR. FLORENCE BELLE (WYANT) and JOHN MATTA. Before
her marriage she practiced her profession with her brother, Dr. William W.
Wyant, of Sharon. After her marriage she and her husband, John Matta,
moved to Brownsville, Pa., where she is now engaged in active practice.
Child:
2313. Elizabeth Wyant Matta.
2273. CATHARINE (6) ; MARTIN, JR. (5) ; MARTIN, SR. (4) :
ESTHER (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ; MATHIAS, SR. (1). Catharine
John, born Oct. 6, 1836, married John Donnell. John Donnell was a suc-
cessful merchant at Watersonville, Pa., in the days when the Red Bank
iron furnace was in operation on the opposite bank of the Allegheny. Mrs.
Donnell died there about 1900.
Children :
2314. William Donnell.
2315. Edward Donnell.
2190. PETER (5) ; MARTIN (4) ; ESTHER (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ;
MATHIAS, SR. (1). Peter John married Catharine Helsel, a sister of
Henry Helsel, who had married Peter's sister Elizabeth. Their farms
joined. The old cemetery already referred to on William Hays* farm,
as the burial place of Esther and Martin John, is on the tract of land
owned by Peter John, and evidently a part of the original purchase by
his father, Martin. Catharine told the writer that slight excavations,
marks of the old Indian town at Kittanning, were still discernable in her
girlhood days ; she also described the Indians with their canoes transporting
goods from Pittsburgh up the Allegheny River to their towns on its head
waters, their golden ear-rings flashing in the sun as their bodies swayed
with the manipulation of the "pole."
Child :
2316. Martin John, m. Mary Whitaker ; they lived on a farm not far from
Plumville, Indiana County, Pa.
Children :
2317. Tobias John, m. Mary McGarvey.
2318. John W. John, m. Ann McGarvey.
2319. Daniel John, gave his life to his country in the Civil war.
2320. Elizabeth John, m. Thomas McGlaughlin.
2321. Catharine John, b. Mar. 5, 1843; d. Apr. 29, 1916; m. William
Hays, b. Oct. 7, 1838 ; d. Feb. 8, 1908.
2321. CATHARINE (JOHN) and WILLIAM HAYS. See biographies.
Children :
2322. Mary Jane Hays was born at the Peter John and Catharine (Helsel)
John homestead, then owned by her father, William Hays, near
Montgomeryville, Pa., Sept. 25, 1866; she attended the public
school of the district until she completed the course; she married
Joseph Leigh Barber, of Dubois, born March 11, 1859; she and
her husband established their home in Dubois, where they con-
tinued to live until the death of Mr. Barber, Aug. 18, 1899. He
was a well known and highly esteemed citizen and a trusted
employe of the great Dubois Lumber Mill.
Children :
2323. Lettie O. Barber.
2324. Mary O. Barber.
2325. Nina E. Barber.
2326. Sarah Kathern Barber.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 225
2327. Letitia L. Hays, b. May 7, 1868 ; m. W. Curtis Marshall ; address :
Dayton, Pa.
2328. Catharine A. Hays, b. April 21, 1869; m. Austin Stauffer; address:
Kittanning, R. D.
Children :
2329. Austin Cyrus Stauffer, b. Jan. 25, 1888.
2330. Anna Zella Stauffer, b. Sept. 20, 1889.
2331. Earl Raymond Stauffer, b. Jan. 8, 1891.
2332. Dent Fair Stauffer b. Oct. 2, 1892.
2333. Martha E. Hays, b. April 11, 1870; d. Feb. 19, 1894.
2334. Susanna Hays, b. June 2, 1871 ; d. March 11, 1876.
2335. Rosa B. Hays, b. June 23, 1872 ; d. March 29, 1883.
2336. Margaret E. Hays, b. July IS, 1873 ; d. Jan. 22, 1897.
2337. William M. Havs, b. Nov. 5, 1874; m. Anna Zella Smith, b.
May 22, 1879 ; address : Adrian. Pa.
Children :
2338. John William Hays, b. Oct. 4, 1900.
2339. Nina Isabelle Hays, b. July 22, 1903.
2340. Carl Thornton Hays, b. March 15. 1908.
2341. Rebecca Catharine Hays, b. Nov. 29, 1914.
a2341. Nancy A. Hays, b. Jan. 11, 1876; m. Calvin Bowser; address:
Kittanning, Pa., R. D. (See 824 for children.)
b2341. Thomas H. Hays, b. March S, 1877; m. Katharine Fair; address:
Rochester, Pa.
2342. Robert S. Hays, b. July 21, 1878; d. Feb. 6, 1907.
2343. Emily P. Hays, b. Nov. 6, 1881 ; m. James McAuley ; ch. : John Roy,
b. Dec. 20, 1901; d. Feb. 21, 1922; Martha Ruth, b. Jan. 21. 1915;
address : Adrian, Pa.
2344. Mintie Hays, b. May 26, 1881 ; d. Nov. 29, 1883.
2345. Ruth E. Hays, b. July 4, 1882 ; m. Lewis N. Crisman ; ch. : Estella
Grace, b. Mar. 5, 1906; d. Oct. 25, 1906; William Raymond, b.
Oct. 7, 1907; Robert Roj-, b. March 4, 1911; Ruby Catharine, b.
July 7, 1914; Dent Hays, b. June 6, 1919; Virginia Rebecca, b.
March 5. 1922.
2192. ELIZABETH (4) ; ESTHER (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ; MATHIAS,
SR. (1). Elizabeth John married Henry Helsel, a native of Bedford
Coun^, Pa. They settled near her father in Washington Township, now
knovirn as the Roudabush farm. Elizabeth died there in 1858, and Henry
They had but one child, Esther.
They had but one child :
2346. ESTHER (5) ; ELIZABETH (4) ; ESTHER (3) ; MATHIAS, JR.
(2); MATHIAS, SR. (1). Esther Helsel, born Feb. 12, 1819, died
June 5, 1851 ; married Bartholomew Booher, born May 1, 1818, died Jan. 4,
1905; a farmer, Washington Township, Armstrong County, Pa. Bartho-
lomew Booher was a descendant of Bartholomew Bucher who came "from
the Palatine, probably Switzerland, and landed at Baltimore early in the
eighteenth century, and purchased land in Frederick County, Md. He
became a large land owner, as he owned large tracts of land in Bedford
County, Pa. In his will in Frederick County, Md.. he mentions one of his
sons, Bartholomew, in disposing of his Pennsylvania estates. Bartholomew
Bucher, Jr., was the father of Frederick Bucher who was the father of
Bartholomew Booher, husband of Esther Helsel.
Children :
2347. Emanuel Booher, b. April 3, 1840; killed in the Battle of Fair Oaks,
Civil war ; m. Mary Fair.
226 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Children :
2348. Clemence Booher, single, lives at Saratoga, Tex., b. 1858.
2349. Clara Booher, b. Mar. 9, 1861 ; m. Austin Leard, b. Aug. 27, 1854 ;
ch.: Elizabeth, b. Nov. 4, 1880; Edith, b. Oct. 4, 1882, d. Jan.
13, 1921; Roy, b. Aug. 30, 1885; Verna, b. May 31, 1888:
Frank S., b. Sept. 4, 1890; Ida M., b. Nov. 29, 1892; John T.,
b. April 20, 1895, d. June 9, 1911.
2350. Elizabeth Booher, b. Sept. 6, 1841; m. (1) M. S. Bowser; for
children see (179) ; m. (2) Martin Bowser, see (751).
2350. Harry Bowser, m. Anna Ellenberger ; ch. : Raymond.
2351. Isabelle Booher, b. Feb. 3, 1844; d. Feb. 8, 1914; m. Abner Bonner.
b. Oct. 9, 1838; d. May 9, 1915; Abner Bonner was a storekeeper
at Adrian, Pa.
2352. Henry Booher, b. July 27, 1846; died about 1917 in Arizona; he
married Mary Ann Southworth ; they had one daughter, Marda ;
Henry Booher spent the most of his life in the West as a pros-
pector and miner.
2353. Mary Booher, b. Jan. 1, 1849; m. Jacob Frick, b. Anril 6, 1843;
ch.: Mamie, b. 1873; Roy, b. 1874; Millie, b. 1877; Raymond,
b. 1880.
2051. ISABELLE (BOOHER) and ABNER BONNER.
Children :
2354. Ida Bonner, b. Dec. 2, 1865; d. Dec. 13, 1919; m. Harvey M.
Montgomery, b. June 1, 1862.
2355. Robert H. Bonner, b. Feb. 11, 1867.
2356. Margaret Bonner, b. Mar. 7, 1868 ; d. Sept. 23, 1869.
2357. Bartholomew C. Bonner, b. July 2, 1869.
2358. Sarah Bonner, b. Jan. 14, 1871 ; m. Lee D. Quigley ; ch. : Alberta,
Gladys, Grace.
2359. John F. Bonner, b. Nov. 4, 1872.
2360. James Bonner, b. Nov. 11, 1874; m. Lina Hooks; ch. : Charles.
Nellie, Chester, Hugh, Eva, James.
2361. Dora Bonner, b. Feb. 10, 1876; m. Wilson L. Bowser, son of
George Bowser; ch. : Roy, Mabel, Clarence, Mildred, George.
Frederick. Page 179.
2362. Cora Bonner, b. Mar. 2, 1878.
2363. Harry L. Bonner, b. Dec. 1, 1879.
2364. Samuel A. Bonner, b. Nov. 7, 1883.
2365. Ross W. Bonner, b. Oct. 30, 1885.
2366. Catharine Bonner, b. Mar. 23, 1887; m. Urie B. Crisman ; ch. :
Russell, Hazel.
2354. IDA (BONNER) and HARVEY M. MONTGOMERY; address:
Dial, Pa.
Children :
2367. Robert B. Montgomery, b. Jan. 8, 1880; m. Fanny Craig, b. Sept.
30, 1889.
2368. George Finley Montgomery, b. Feb. 12, 1885; m. Elizabeth Bowser,
daughter of Harvey Bowser,
2369. Merle Daniel Montgomery, b. Nov. 16, 1888; d. June 3, 1918;
m. Delia Morgan.
2370. Lulu Mabel Montgomery, b. Feb. 22, 1890.
2371. Eva Myrtle, b. April 30, 1892.
2372. Thomas Andrew Montgomery, b. Oct. 13, 1894; m. Mary Zillefrow.
2373. Margaret May Montgomery, b. Oct. 29, 1896 ; d. Jan. 8, 1897.
2374. Joseph Harvey Montgomery, b. Dec. 6, 1898; m. Myra Lasher.
2375. William McOelland Montgomery, b. May 17, 1900; m. Nora Tarr.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 227
2376. Frances Isabelle Montgomery, b. April 4, 1906.
2377. Dorothy Bemice Montgomery, b. Jan. 19, 1908; d. Nov. 29. 1917.
2378. Alvin Ross Montgomery, b. June 20, 1910.
ESTHER (4); ESTHER (3); MATHIAS, JR. (2); MATHIAS, SR. U).
2193. ESTHER (JOHN) and SIMON STEELSMITH. Immediately after
their marriage Esther and her husband went with her sister Christina
and her husband who also had just been married, to the State of Indiana
where they settled.
132. JACOB C (4) ; JOHN (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ; MATHIAS, SR. (1).
Jacob C. Bowser, second son of John Bowser, of Hopewell, Bedford
Comity, Pa., was born in York County, Pa., about 1767. He was living in
Hopewell Township in 1800 with a family of four. In 1810 he had a
family of eight. We have the followhig esteemed letter from Peter F.
Bowser, of Surver, Oregon. "Surver, Oregon, July 26, 1921. Dear
Cousin : I write this in answer to your letter in regard to my grandfather.
His name was Jacob Bowser. Christian Bowser was my father. My
grandfather, Jacob Bowser, died at my father's house in Armstrong County,
Pa., when I was a young man. I do not know what year. (Peter F.
was born Sept. 10, 1836. His grandfather therefore died about 1853). My
father. Christian Bowser, died at my sister, Christina Beatty's house in
Clearfield County, Pa., (McGees Mills), Sept. 18, 1869. My mother died
at my house in Armstrong County, Sept. 2, 1877. Your Cousin, Peter F.
Bowser,"
Children of Jacob C. Bowser:
2389. Jacob Bowser, d. 1855.
2390. Christian Bowser, b. Sept. 27, 1798; d. Sept. 18, 1869; m. Susanna
Fluke, b. Oct. 21, 1805; d. Sept. 2, 1877.
2391. John Bowser, b. 1800; m. Margaret , d. 1805; lived in
Bedford County, 1855; in Woodbury Township, 1850; ch. : Reuben,
b. 1828; Mary A., b. 1831; Jacob, b. 1832; Margaret, b. 1839;
Nancy, b. 1842; William, b. 1844.
2392. Peter Bowser, m. Lucy ; lived in Jefferson County, Pa.
2393. Sarah Bowser, m. William McElnay; lived in Blair County, Pa.,
in 1855.
2394. Mary Bowser, m. Jacob Shock ; lived in Blair County, Pa.. 1855 ;
died intestate.
2390. CHRISTIAN (5) ; JACOB C (4) ; JOHN (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ;
MATHIAS, SR. (1). Christian Bowser came to Armstrong County, Pa.,
from Hopewell, Pa., in 1840. In 1851 he moved to Jefferson County, Pa.,
and lived at McGees Mills. He married Susanah Fluke, daughter of
Henry and Christina (Snyder) Fluke. They were married Oct. 21, 1825.
Christian was buried in the Brooks cemetery near Bowersville, Jefferson
County, about six miles from Punxsutawney, Pa.
C:iiildren :
2395. Henry Fluke Bowser, b. Jan. 6, 1827; d. May 20, 1892; m. (1)
Rebecca Swigart; (2) Catharine Marshall, b. April 7, 1834; d.
Dec. 15, 1914.
2396. William F. Bowser, b. Aug. 21, 1828; d. July 31, 1893; m. Mar-
garet C. Campbell, b. Dec. 28, 1828; d. July 1, 1908.
2397. John F. Bowser, b. 1830; d. 1851; single.
2398. David F. Bowser, b. Sept. 10, 1833; d. March 25, 1895; m. Mary
Myers.
2399. Peter F. Bowser, b. Sept. 10, 1836; m. Elizabeth Brooks, b. Jan.
21, 1836; d. Oct. 1, 1900; address: McGees Mills, Pa.
228 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
2400. Christina F. Bowser, b. 1839; m, Robert Beatty; no children.
2401. Jacob F. Bowser, b. Nov. 6, 1843; d. May 22, 1911; m, Martha
Rhodes, b. April 14, 1844 ;. d. Dec. 3, 1916.
2402. Elizabeth F. Bowser, b. 1849; m. (1) T. Rolland; no children;
m. (2) Milton Miller; ch. ; Florence, m. John Vite.
2395. HENRY F. (6) ; CHRISTIAN (5) ; JACOB C. (4) ; JOHN (3) ;
MATHIAS, JR. (2) ; MATHIAS, SR. (1). Henry F. Bowser was born
at Waterside, Bedford Co., Pa., and moved to a farm near Smicksburg,
Indiana Co., Pa., in 1840. After his death in 1872, his large farm was
divided between his two sons, Wilson M. and Arnold H. Bowser, who are
living there; address: Smicksburg, Pa., R. D.
Children (by his second wife) :
2403. Wilson M. Bowser, b. Aug. 21, 1865; m. Lydia Welsh, b. June 9,
1866; no children.
2404. Ida Clara Bowser, b. Oct. 18, 1867 ; d. April 2, 1891 ; m. George Sink,
Child:
2405. Clara Gertie Bowser.
2406, Arnold H. Bowser, b. Oct. 1, 1871; m. (1) Idella Rarrigh, b. July
13, 1872; d. Mar. 4, 1914; m. (2) Elizabeth B. Kirkpatrick, b.
Mar. 25, 1885.
Children (first wife) :
2407. Herbert W. Bowser, b. Aug. 4, 1897; m. Ruth Doutt, b. April
4, 1898.
2408. Marshall R. Bowser, b. Aug. 25, 1899 ; d. Mar. 20, 1901.
Children (second wife) :
2409. Joseph Dale Bowser, b. July 30, 1907.
2410. Adah Catharine Bowser, b. Feb. 5, 1909.
2411. Mary E. Bowser, b. Sept. 12, 1913.
2412. Dorothy Jean Bowser, b. Sept. 16, 1920.
2396. WILLIAM F. (6) ; CHRISTIAN (5) ; JACOB C. (4) ; JOHN (3) ;
MATHIAS, JR. (2); MATHIAS, SR. (1). William Fluke Bowser was
born at Waterside, Bedford Co., Pa. ; m. Margaret C. Campbell ; moved to
Armstrong Co., Pa. He died at Kittanning, July 31, 1893.
Children :
2413. Margaret Ann Bowser, b. Feb. 28. 1852; m. David H. Williams; d.
1920; residence: Apollo; ch. : May, Blaine, Belva.
2414. George W. Bowser, b. Sept. 26, 1853; m. (1) Mary Karns.
Child:
2415. George W. Bowser, Jr., b. Feb. 22, 1876; m. Ella E. Lytle; m. (2)
Letta R. Zimmer, b. 1865; d. 1901.
Children :
2416. Frederick Bowser.
2417. Pearl Bowser, m. Omeron.
2418. Buffington Bowser, m. Bean.
2419. Alice Bowser, m. Shay.
2420. Oscar L. Bowser, d. 1893.
m. (3) Gustavason.
2421. Robert C. Bowser, b. 1855.
2422. William H. Bowser, b. Feb. 16, 1857; m. (1) Clara Moul; m. (2)
Lydia Bowser, widow of Mark C. Bowser.
2423. Mary Bowser, b. 1859. (See biographies.)
2424. Robert L. Bowser, b. Feb. 25, 1861 ; ra. Anna F. Krider, b. Oct. 2.
1856. Robert is a skilled iron worker ; address : Kittanning.
2425. John K. Bowser, b. Jan. 1, 1863; m. Trix Painter.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 229
2426. Emma Bowser, b. Jan. 16, 1865; m. James McNerney; ch.: James,
Thomas; m. (2) James McKenna; address: 3424 Pemi Ave.,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
2427. Elizabeth B. Bowser, b. Apr. 13, 1867; d. Nov. 9, 1912; m. (1)
John Donovan ; ch. : Erma, Margaret, William ; m. (2)
Metzgar.
2428. Qara May Bowser, b. May 8, 1869 ; m. William Goff ; ch. : Thomas,
William, Delia.
2429 James M. Bowser, b. Oct. 8, 1873 ; m. Lilly Rupert ; ch. : Hazel, Ruth,
Mabel.
2398. DAVID (6) ; CHRISTIAN (5) ; JACOB (4) ; JOHN (3) ; MATH-
IAS, JR. (2) ; MATHIAS, SR. (1). David F. and Mary (Myers) Bowser
lived at Bowersville, Jefferson Co., Pa.
Children: Martha, Robert Isaac, Jacob, Miller, George, Elizabeth.
2399 PETER F. (6) ; CHRISTIAN (5) ; JACOB (4) ; JOHN (3) ;
MATHIAS, JR. (2) ; MATHIAS. SR. (1). Peter F. and Eliza (Brooks)
Bowser lived at Bowersville, Pa., where Mrs. Bowser died Oct. 1, 1900.
About 1910 Peter F. went to Surver, Oregon, and made his home with
his daughter, Mrs. Miles Davis. He was living there in 1921, at the age
of 85.
Children :
2430. William A. Bowser, b. Nov. 29, 1860; d. Apr. 4, 1864.
2431. Henry C. Bowser, b. Aug. 26, 1862; d. Sept. 12, 1894.
2432. Margaret A. Bowser, b. Aug. 22, 1864; ni. John L. Condron.
2433. Chloe M. Bowser, b. Nov. 2, 1866 ; m. Miles Davis, b. Sept. 13, 1859.
Surver, Oregon.
2434. George T. Bowser, b. Feb. 5, 1869.
2435. Peter A. Bowser, b. July 11, 1871,
2436. Mary E. Bowser, b. Aug. 15, 1875; d. Apr. 5, 1879
2401. JACOB F. (6) ; CHRISTIAN (5) ; JACOB (4) ; JOHN (3) ;
MATHIAS, JR. (2); MATHIAS, SR., (1). Jacob F. and Martha
(Rhodes) Bowser lived on a farm at Bowersville, Pa. He died there in
1911 and she in 1916.
Children :
2437. William E. Bowser, b. Jan. 26, 1871; m. Pearl Graffins, b. Jan. 26,
1877.
2438. John E. Bowser, b. July 10, 1872; m. Emma R. McCormich, b. Oct.
19, 1868.
2439. Sarah A. Bowser, b. Oct. 30, 1873; m. Charles K. Brown, b. Sept.
19, 1877.
2440. Laura E. Bowser, b. Nov. 30, 1875; m. John H. Depp, b. Dec. 14,
1875.
2441. James M. Bowser, b. Nov. 26, 1877; m. Maude Bender, b. Dec. ^,
1884.
2442. Jane Bowser, b. Aug. 7, 1879; single.
2443. Lucy Bowser, b. Mar. 17, 1881 ; m. Richard Lloyd, b. Feb. 11, 1878;
child : Martha, b. Mar. 25, 1905
2444. Rhoda May Bowser, b. May 7, 1884; d. April 29, 1894.
2437. WILLIAM E. and PEARL S. (GRAFFINS) BOWSER.
Children :
2445. Jacob W. Bowser, b. Oct. 29, 1902.
2446. William L. Bowser, b. June 25, 1905.
230 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
2439. SARAH A. (BOWSER) and CHARLES K. BROWN
Children :
2449. Lloyd Brown, b. July 26, 1898.
2450. James W. Brown, b. Nov. 13, 1899.
2451. Leroy Brown, b. Dec. 12, 1904.
2452. William Carl Brown, b. May 22, 1908.
2453. Martha Jane Brown, b. June 20, 1914.
2454. Glenn H. Brown, b. Mar. 31, 1917.
2441. JAMES M. and MAUD (BENDER) BOWSER.
Children :
2455. Dee J. Bowser, b. June 10, 1901.
2456. Raymond L. Bowser, b. July 19, 1904.
2457. Harold J. Bowser, b. Sept. 8, 1905.
2458. Ruth May Bowser, b. May 5, 1907.
2459. Clara Belle Bowser, b. Sept. 11, 1909.
2460. Paul E. Bowser, b. Apr. 13, 1911.
2461. Lulu L. Bowser, b. Aug. 6, 1913.
2462. Glenn Bowser, b. Nov. 30, 1915.
2463. Ralph Bowser, b. Aug. 29, 1919.
2433. CHLOE M. (BOWSER) and MILES DAVIS. Mr. and Mrs. Davis
moved from Jefferson Co.. Pa., to Surver, Oregon, where they are living
on a farm. ,
Children :
2464. Qair Davis, b. Aug. 25. 1887; m Mildred M. Claypool, b. July 24,
1887.
2465. John William Davis, b. Apr. 29, 1896 ; m. Ella Pettit. b. Oct 7, 1899.
2466. Harriet Elizabeth Davis, b. Aug. 5, 1899 ; m. Blair Douglas, b. July
28, 1894.
2464. CLAIR and MILDRED M. (CLAYPOOL) DAVIS.
Children :
2467. Thelma Elizabeth Davis, b. Jan. 6, 1914.
2468. Robt. Miles Davis, b. Aug. 11, 1915.
2465. JOHN WILLIAM and ELLA (PETTIT) DAVIS.
CHiildren :
2469. Harriet Irene Davis, b. July 18, 1918.
2470. Margaret Lorraine Davis, b. Mar. 5, 1919.
2466. HARRIET ELIZABETH (DAVIS) and BLAIR DOUGLAS.
Child:
2471. Margaret Harriet Douglas, b. Mar. 11, 1919.
2432. MARGARET A. (BOWSER) and JOHN L. CONDRON.
Children :
2472. Thera G. Condron, b. Nov. 4, 1894.
2473. Theda B. Condron, b. Nov. 4, 1894; m. Ren L. Womer.
2474. Leo. J. Condron, b. Nov. 2, 1896.
2475. John P. Condron, b. Aug. 15, 1898.
2476. Comfort Condron, b. Dec. 13, 1901.
2477. William Condron, b. Dec. 10, 1903.
2472. THERA G. CONDRON, m. REN L. WOMER, b. May 3. 1889.
Children :
2478. Nola R. Womer, b. July 14, 1915.
2479. Nila R. Womer, b. June 19. 1921.
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 231
2402. ELIZABETH F. (6) ; CHRISTIAN (5) ; JOHN (2) ; JACOB (4) ;
MATHIAS, JR. (2); MATHIAS, SR. (1). Elizabeth Bowser m. (1)
T. Rolland; (2) Milton Miller.
Child:
2480. Florence Miller, m. John Vite. They live at McGees Mills, Fa.
964. JACOB (5) ; NICHOLAS (4) ; JOHN (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ;
MATHIAS, SR. (1). Jacob Bowser moved from Bedford County to
Venango County, Pa. He married Sarah Ann Moore. He was killed on
the Pennsylvania Railroad March 11, 1896; his widow died Oct. 13, 1906.
Children :
2481. Catharine Margaret Bowser, b. Dec. 21, 1850; m. Henry Kuhls.
2482. James Washmgton Bowser, b. Feb. 21, 1852; m. Jane Agnes Murphy,
b. Nov. 12, 1863.
2483. William Thomas Bowser, b. May 4, 1853; d. April 13, 1909; m.
Margaret Mary Murphy, b. Dec. 25, 1860; no children.
2484. John Nicholas Bowser, b. May 11, 1854; m. Sylves; child:
Gertrude, b. October, 1898; d. March, 1915; m. John Masts.
2485. Mary Jane Bowser, b. Apr. 25, 1857; m. (1) George Fitter; ch.:
James Martin, b. Apr. 1, 1882; Agnes Myrtle, b. June 3, 1883; m.
Frederick Gegogene ; m. (2) John Smith.
2486. Joseph B. Bowser, b. Nov. 17, 1858.
2487. Margaret Ann Bowser, b. Aug. 14, 1860; d. Oct. 13, 1900; m. John
Henry Murphy ; ch. : Mary, Harry, Bessie.
2488. Manuel Harrison Bowser, b. Jan. 4, 1862 ; address : Oil City, Pa.
2489. Martha Elizabeth Bowser, b. Jan. 6, 1865; d. May 28, 1886; m.
Charles Lynch ; ch. : Mary, Carrie, Martha, Elizabeth.
2490. George Jacob Bowser, b. Dec. 10, 1866; d. July 19, 1877.
2491. Charles Kennedy Bowser, b. Apr. 27, 1870.
2492. James Washington and Jane Agnes (Murphy) Bowser. James
lives at 117 Charlton Ave., Oil City, Pa.
Children :
2493. John Henry Bowser, b. Sept. 6, 1883, at Oil City; m. Catharine
Meehan; ch. : James Patrick, b. Nov. 8, 1907; d. Sept., 1909;
John Michael, b. Dec. 27, 1909; d. June, 1911; Mary Cecelia, b.
July 19, 1912; Catharine Mercedes, b. Mar. 4, 1915; Henry
Girard, Mary Jane, b. Nov. 8, 1920.
2494. James Patrick Bowser, b. Nov. 8, 1885.
2495. Ella Josephine Bowser, b. Aug. 22, 1887.
2496. Charles Bowser, b. Aug. 19, 1889; d. Jan. 27, 1890.
2497. Mary Dolores Bowser, b. Feb. 2, 1891 ; m. Thomas Piatt ; ch. :
James H„ b. Sept. 6, 1910; d. May 2, 1911; Mary Imogene, b.
Mar. 16, 1912, d. May 5, 1917; Ruth Jeannette, b. Mar. 3, 1919.
2498. Margaret Agnes Bowser, b. Apr. 19, 1893; m. William Cowan;
child: Margaret Jane, b. July 16, 1920. William Cowan served
six months on the Mexican border in 1916 with the 69th Reg.,
N. Y. National Guards. Remained with the National Guards
and served over seas with the 69th Reg. Rainbow Division 23
months. He was gassed and wounded.
2499. Laurence Bowser, b. May 6, 1895, Oil City, Pa. Laurence enlisted
in Co. D, 16th Reg. Inf., Pa. National Guards, June 24, 1916;
served on the Mexicon border until Jan. 17, 1917.
2500. Irene Cecelia Bowser, b. Feb. 17, 1898.
2501. Sarah Ann Bowser, b. Aug. 30, 1902.
2502. Jacob Clayton Bowser, b. Sept. 21, 1905.
232 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
19. SAMUEL (3) ; MATHIAS, JR. (2) ; MATHIAS, SR. (1). Let us now
go back to York County, Pa., where lived Samuel Bowser, Sr., no doubt a
son of Mathias, Jr., of the preceding paragraphs. A tax list taken in 1769
of the settlers of Paradise and Jackson townships has, under the heading
"Single men," the name "Bauser, Samuel Bauser, Jacob." In other tax
lists of York County we find Samuel Bowser in Berwick Township in 1779,
1780, 1781 and 1782. Berwick Township adjoins Paradise Township. The
latter originally included its present area and that of Jackson Township.
In the muster roll of the Sixth Company (this company was from Paradise
Township) of York County militia for 1785, among the privates is the
name of Samuel Bowser. The next record we have of Samuel is the
assessment roll of 1799 for Berwick Township. The name of Samuel
Bowser is given with an assessed valuation of $528, and that of Samuel
Bowser, Jr., with an assessed valuation of $52. In 1811 Samuel Bowser
Sr.'s property was assessed at $2,294. At York, Pa., is this record in the
Orphans' Court : "March, 1775, came into Court, John Bowser and Samuel
Bowser, administrators of goods, etc., of Mathias Bowser, deceased." John
was "Hopewell" John, and Samuel was certainly his brother. Samuel Bow-
ser was Samuel, Sr., in the following records, and the father of Samuel, Jr.,
who went to Warren County, Ohio. (The writer gratefully acknowledges
the assistance of Chas. A. Bowser in tracing the line of Samuel Bowser. —
A. B. B.). We estimate that Samuel Bowser, Sr., was born about 1748.
There is no way of knowing positively, but from the data we have on hand
it is probable that Samuel Bowser, Jr., was born in Pennsylvania about
1776. We have no record of either father or son in Pennsylvania after
1811. We conclude that Samuel, Sr., died in Adams County, Pa. The first
Ohio record of Samuel Bowser, Jr., is that he and Henry Stibbs were wit-
nesses to a deed dated Oct. 29, 1814, by which a Jacob Bowser buys ten
acres of land "on the bank of the little Miami" river in Warren County,
Ohio, for $80. One point is clear that three old-time Bowser families from
Pennsylvania settled within a few miles of each other in the vicinity of
Dayton and Lebanon, Ohio. Henry Bowser of York and Somerset Coun-
ties, Pennsylvania, lived near Springboro, Warren County, about half way
between Dayton and Lebanon. The Daniel, Sr., family lived near Dayton
while the Samuel, Jr., family lived a few miles from Lebanon.
Children of Samuel Bowser, Sr. :
2503. Samuel Bowser, Jr.
2504. Margaret Bowser, b. 1780 in Pa.; d. 1865 in Ohio.
2505. Michael Bowser, b. in 17 — . In 1816 in Warren Co., Ohio, bought
100 acres of land "on the little Miami river."
2506. Mary Bowser, b. 1784 in Pa; was living in Ohio in 1851.
2507. Hannah Bowser, b. 1789 in Pa.; d. 1881 in Warren Co., Ohio.
2508. Jacob Bowser, b. 17—; bought land in Warren Co., Ohio, in 1814,
1818 and 1831 ; d. in Turtle Creek Twp. in 1849.
2509. Sarah Bowser, b. 1791 in Pa.; was living in Ohio in 1851.
2510. Nancy Bowser, b. 1798 in Pa. ; d. 1881 in Warren Co., Ohio.
2511. John Bowser, b. 1796 in Pa.; in 1831 bought 115 acres of land in
Symmes Purchase "between the two Miami rivers" ; lived in
Turtle Creek Twp. with five of his sisters who were known as
"the Bowser old maids." They never married.
2512. Elizabeth Bowser, b. about 1800 (?). Called "Betsy." She mar-
ried a man named Grosscoast ; nothing further heard of her.
Nancy was the last of this Bowser family, she and her sister
Hannah dying in March, 1881. The day after Hannah died Nancy
died of grief. As each one of this family died, the property passed
on to the survivors as the following will shows. It is dated
March 6, 1851 : Will of Margaret Bowser (daughter of Samuel,
Sr., of Pa.) "Margaret Bowser to brothers and sisters — John,
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH 233
Mary, Hannah, Sarah and Nancy Bowser— Real Estate in 165 acres
in Warren County, in Turtle Creek Township, on which we now
reside; also about 115 acres in Union Township, Warren County,
being the same bequeathed to us by our brother, Jacob Bowser,
deceased, and so on as long as the last one shall survive."
Probate Oct. 24, 1865. Margaret Bowser (Seal).
2503. Samuel Bowser, Jr., and family are recorded in the census of 1820 for
Union Twp., Warren Co. Samuel died there in 1829. From the fact that
Samuel's son Michael was a half-brother of Samuel's other children, it
appears that he married twice. Samuel's second wife was Catharine, and
she (his widow) is recorded by the census of 1830 as head of a family in
Turtle Creek Twp. She was born about 1780 and was the mother of
Michael Bowser, b. 1820 to 1825. The "Bowser maids" raised him. Michael
conducted a hotel in Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio, about 1861-65. He was
sheriff of Greene Co. for 18 years. He had a son Frank. Samuel
Bowser, Jr.'s, other children are as follows :
2513. Margaret Bowser (eldest child) born about 1800, married Willard
Smith and lived near Springfield, Ohio ; the names of their
children are John, Nelson, Benjamin, James, Willard, Ann,
Augusta, Eliza and Catharine.
2514. John Bowser, born in Pennsylvania in 1803, married Elizabeth
Chain. In 1830 they were living in Union Twp., Warren Co.,
Ohio. For many years a farmer near Millgrove; died in May,
1878 in this county. The following is a brief record of their
children :
2515. Isabelle Bowser, b. about 1827; m. (1) Henry Williams, a sur-
veyor; m. (2) Charles Nixon.
2516. John Bowser, Jr., b. in 1829; in Civil war was in Co. I, 187th
Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf. ; d. about 1910 in Ohio ; m. Mary Sparks ;
ch. : Hal, Lauren and Hiram.
2517. Jennie Bowser, b. 1831 ; m. James Shawhan and lived in Anderson,
Ind. ; ch. : Millie, Theodosia, Howland and John.
2518. Alfred Bowser, b. about 1835; d. in Ohio in 1859; m. Linda Case
and had a son Alfred.
2519. Arminda Bowser, b. about 1837; m. James D. Wallace, an
attorney of Warren Co., Ohio ; they had a daughter Laura who
was a musician.
2520. Samuel Bowser, b. Jan. 30, 1839; never married; in the Civil
war was a corporal in Co. C, 4th Ohio Vol. Cavalry ; last known
address was Springfield, O. ; d. about 1909.
2521. Jacob Bowser, b. Jan. 30, 1841 ; in the Civil war he enlisted Sept.
16, 1861, in Co. C, 4th Ohio Vol. Cav.; discharged Jan. 3, 1864,
at Pulaski, Tenn., but re-enlisted the next day; mustered out
June 30, 1865, at Camp Chase, Columbus, O. Jacob and his
brother Samuel were in the same battles. Jacob was captain
under Gen. Macpherson near Atlanta, Ga. He was captured
July 22, 1864, near Atlanta and sent to Andersonville prison,
where he spent nine months. In 1867 Jacob married Jane Ann
Chilton, who was born in Sunderland, England, in 1850. They
came in 1873 from Warren Co., Ohio, to Indianapolis, Ind.
He died there July 30, 1914. Their children were Carrie,
Minnie and Jacob C. Carrie Bowser married A. G. Willis, and
Minnie Bowser married Geo. W. Bunting, Jr. The sisters
live in Indianapolis.
2522. Clarissa Bowser, b. ; died young.
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2523. Elwood Bowser, b. about 1844; in the Civil war; d. about 1902;
in 1868 married Luanna Wass ; their children were Mamie, Ruth,
Edgar and Elwood.
2524. Samuel Bowser, second son of Samuel, Jr., b. about 1810 in Pa. ;
he was a blacksmith ; he married Drusilla Chance ; they lived at
Morrow and Millgrove, Warren Co., Ohio ; their children were :
2525. Cornelius Bowser, b. about 1840 ; m. Jane Ann Thompson ; they
died about 1910; their children were John, Ella M. and Frank.
2526. Emma Bowser, b. about 1845 ; m. Sim Williams ; their children
were Alfred, Myrtle, Dora, Fred, Bert and Clem.
2527. Scott Bowser, b. Dec, 1847; never married; address (1922) is
Oregonia, Warren Co., Ohio.
2528. John Woodbury Bowser, b. May 17, 1850; was a carpenter; m.
Alice Cunningham ; Inez, Fred C, Cliflford H. and Leslie M.
Bowser are the names of their children. John W. Bowser is
(1922) living with his daughter Inez at 232 Charles St., Pitts-
burgh, Pa.
2529. Georgiana Bowser, b. about 1856; never married.
2530. Adaline Bowser.
2531. Levi S. Bowser ; died when a small boy.
2532. Elijah Bowser was the youngest child; his address is (1922) Mor-
row, Warren Co., Ohio ; they have a son, DeWitt, and a daughter.
2533. Jacob Bowser, b. about 1812 in Pa. ; was a shoemaker and was liv-
ing near Loveland, O., about 1850 ; later had a small shoe factory
in Cincinnati; died there; m. (1) Salisbury; their children
were Amanda, Hattie and Oscar; m. (2) Htilda Williams; one of
their children was Albert Bowser, a painter living near Cincinnati.
2534. Martha Bowser ; never married ; d. in Warren Co., Ohio.
2535. Mary Bowser ; m. John Seely ; they had a daughter, Amanda Seely.
2536. Nancy Bowser, b. about 1818; m. Amos Paxton of Iowa; their
children were Thomas, Samuel, William, Arninda, Eliza, Frank
and Mary ; these children lived near Montour, Tama Co., Iowa ;
the mother died in or before 1881.
DANIEL, JOHN AND HENRY BOUSER FAMILIES
[1] DANIEL BOUSER AND HIS DESCENDENTS
Daniel Bouser, with his two brothers John and Henry, came to America in
1733 and landed at Baltimore, Md. We assume he was a close relative of
Mathias, Jr., for the following reasons: (1) They both sailed from the
same port in the year 1733 ; (2) they settled near each dther, finally in York
County, Pa. Mathias came to America via Philadelphia and joined his
countrymen at Lancaster, Pa., 1733. Shortly after 1739 he moved to Para-
dise Twp., York Co., where he permanently settled. He died there in 1775.
It is to be remembered at that time, 1733, the port of sailing, Rotterdam,
Holland, was crowded with hundreds and thousands of eager Palatine emi-
grants. When one ship had filled its quota families were necessarily sep-
arated and a part was compelled to take another ship. On this conjecture
we record Daniel and his descendants with the family of Mathias, ancestor
of the Bowsers thus far numbered in this history. His will was probated
in York, Pa., Feb. 3, 1803. "I, Daniel Bouser, bequeath to my eldest
daughter, Magdalena (m. Nicholas Miller), 5 lbs.; daughter Elizabeth (m.
Conrad Coppenheffer) ; Elizabeth, my wife; son Benj. Christian;
the balance to be divided between Magdalena, Esther, Joseph, Mary, Isaac,
Jones (Jonas), Andrew, Solomon and Adam." He also gave to Isaac a
tract of land in Baltimore Co., Md., adjoining lands of John Zimmerman
and Baker. Adam and Jonas settled in Armstrong County.
Children :
2. Solomon Bowser; lived in Carroll, Co., Md.
3. Joseph Bowser; m. Barbara ; had sons Andrew, Joseph, Leo,
Solomon, b. Dec. 11, 1817, in Md. ; lived at Buda, 111. ; and a daugh-
ter Charlotte; will probated 1826.
4. Benjamin Bowser, b. 1760; d. Apr. 18, 1844; m. Catharine Grome,
b. 1768; d. May 22. 1840.
5. Isaac Bowser, b. 1758 ; m. Violet Legget in Baltimore Co., Md., 1796.
6. Andrew Bowser.
7. Christian Bowser; b. 1757; single; York Co., 1779-80-82.
8. Jonas Bowser, m. Mrs. Mary Staufifer, Center Hill, Pa.; d. 1848; will
dated July 1, 1846; prob. Mar. 7, 1848; d. near Kittanning.
9. Magdalena Bowser, m. Nicholas Miller. Magdalena Miller was a
widow in Manheim Twp., 1815.
10. Esther Bowser; d. single, 1882.
11. Elizabeth Bowser, m. Conrad Koppenheflfer.
all. Adam Bowser, b. 1776; d. near Kittanning 1851 ; m. Catharine Wack-
ing, b. 1780.
4. BENJAMIN (2); DANIEL (1). Benjamin Bowser was a tailor. The
shears he used are still in the possession of one of his heirs ; lived in Shrews-
bury Twp.. York Co., Pa.
Children :
bll. Elizabeth Bowser, d. aged 86; m. Isaac Kaufman.
12. George Bowser, d. aged 85.
13. Daniel Bowser; went to Stark Co., Ohio; will probated 1881.
14. Catharine Bowser, d. aged 85; m. Peter Ulrich.
15. Benjamin Bowser, b. Nov. 14, 1799; d. June 18, 1885; m. Elizabeth
Blaze, b. Jan. 1, 1805 ; d. Aug. 26, 1892.
16. Samuel Bowser, b. Sept. 14. 1804; d. 1891; m. Mary Hershey, b.
July 18, 1806; d. May 17, 1889.
15. BENJAMIN (3); BENJAMIN (2); DANIEL (1).
Children :
17. Samuel Bowser.
18. Benjamin F. Bowser, b. Aug. 3, 1829; m. Elizabeth Keller, b. 1838.
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236 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
19. Sarah Bowser, m. Henry Peterman.
20. Joseph E. Bowser, b. Oct. 17, 1832; d. June 21, 1919; m. Lydia Miller.
21. Isaac Bowser, b. Nov. 23, 1841; m. (1) Amanda Fair; (2) Anna
Flory.
22. Eli Bowser, b. July 23, 1845 ; d. Mar. 29, 1873 ; m. Livina Peterman,
b. July 19, 1847; d. May 23, 1885.
21. ISAAC BOWSER (4); BENJAMIN (3); BENJAMIN (2); DANIEL
(1). Professor Isaac Bowser is a music teacher and bandmaster.
It is said his brass band was the first that ever played on the White House
grounds at Washington. Lives at Five Forks, New Freedom, Pa. In 1921
he visited the Bowser Reunion at Kittanning, Pa., and made the principal
address.
11. ELIZABETH (3) ; BENJAMIN (2) ; DANIEL (1).
Children :
23. Joseph Kaufman.
24. Benjamin Kaufman.
25. Isaac Kaufman.
26. Samuel Kaufman.
23. JOSEPH KAUFMAN.
Children :
27. Henry Kaufman.
28. John Kaufman.
29. Levy Kaufman.
30. Leah Kaufman.
31. William Kaufman.
12. GEORGE (3) ; BENJAMIN (2) ; DANIEL (1). George Bowser died in
Stark Co., Ohio; will dated 1873.
Children :
22. Catharine Bowser, m. Reichart.
2Z. Elizabeth Bowser, m. David Stoner.
34. Samuel Bowser, m. Mandila Fuhrman.
35. Margaret Bowser, m. Jacob Stermer.
36. Benjamin Bowser, b. Aug. 24, 1824; d. Aug. 27, 1894; m. Barbara
Miller, b. Dec. 26, 1822 ; d. Jan. 25, 1895.
Z7. Levi Bowser. Levi was dead (1879) as an administrator was
appointed.
38. Susan Bowser, m. Ebert.
32. CATHARINE (4) ; GEORGE (3) ; BENJAMIN (2) ; DANIEL (1).
Children :
39. Elizabeth Reichart.
40. Rena Reichart.
33. ELIZABETH (BOWSER) STONER.
Children :
42. Catharine Stoner.
43. Rebecca Stoner.
35. MARGARET (BOWSER) (4) ; GEORGE (3) ; BENJAMIN (2) ;
DANIEL (1).
Children :
44. Lydia Stermer, m. Edward Forman.
45. Catharine Stermer.
46. Samuel Stermer.
47. Levi Stermer.
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44. LYDIA (STERMER) FORMAN.
Child :
48. Leander Forman.
46. SAMUEL STERMER.
Children :
49. Elsie Stermer.
50. Horatio Stermer.
47. LEVI STERMER.
Children :
51. Mamie Stermer.
52. Emma Stermer.
53. Lilly Stermer.
36. BENJAMIN (4); GEORGE (3); BENJAMIN (2); DANIEL (1).
Children :
54. Amanda Bowser, b. Sept., 1852; m. Samuel Garbrich; no children;
(2) John Warner.
55. Isreal M. Bowser, m. Emma E. Hoover.
56. Isaiah Bowser, b. Mar. 15, 1857; m. Alice Sellers; b. Nov. 10, 1857;
address : McFarland, Calif.
57. George Bowser, b. Nov. 16, 1859; m. (1) Alice Gardner; (2) Cath-
arine Falkenstein ; address : Astoria, 111.
58. Samuel Bowser, b. June 17, 1861 ; m. Clara A. Brehm, b. Dec. 8, 1866.
59. Jacob Bowser, b. June 23, 1863 ; m. Celia S. Thompson, b. 1871 ;
address : Nampa, Idaho.
60. Anna Bowser, b. May 29, 1865 ; d. Jan. 17, 1913 ; m. Samuel Jacobs,
b. Nov. 20, 1868.
61. Sarah Bowser, b. Sept. 13, 1854.
55. REV. ISREAL M. and EMMA E. (HOOVER) BOWSER. Minister of
the Dunkard Church ; living at R. D. No. 3, York, Pa.
Children :
62. C. Herbert Bowser, b. Apr. 25, 1887 ; m. Edith L. Marsh ; address :
York, Pa. ; ch. : Milner H. Bowser, b. Feb. 25, 1912 ; Emerson M.
Bowser, b. June 26, 1914; d. Dec. 23, 1914; Robert K, b. Oct. 12^
1916; Ralph J., b. Mar. 2, 1921.
63. Carrie M. Bowser, b. Mar. 12, 1893 ; m. Austin M. Martin, York, Pa. ;
ch.: Milton, b. Mar. 23, 1914; Austin, b. May 24, 1915; Helen, b.
June 23, 1917; d. Nov. 13, 1918; Marie, b. Aug. 1, 1919.
64. Lulu C. Bowser, b. Aug. 8, 1896; m. Clarence Haubert; address:
Baltimore; ch. : Robert, b. June 11, 1906.
65. Blanche G. Bowser, b. Oct. 26, 1906.
66. E. Ward Bowser, b. Oct. 12, 1890; d. Jan., 1892.
56. ISAIAH and ALICE (SELLERS) BOWSER.
Children :
67. Qara Bowser, b. Jan. 30, 1881 ; m. Maben Stoops ; ch. : Earl, Dec. 31,
1904; Esther, b. Oct. 9, 1906; Beulah, b. Apr. 2, 1911; Elford, b.
Aug. 20, 1912; Ernest, b. Feb. 17, 1919; d. May 17, 1919.
68. John E. Bowser, b. Mar. 14, 1882 ; m. Ethel Baker ; ch. : Thelma, b.
Mar. 7, 1910; Clayton, b. Mar. 4, 1914.
69. Anna Bowser, b. Oct. 19, 1885; m. Luther Hylton; ch. : Harold, b.
Mar. 6, 1911; Wilbur, b. Nov. 2, 1913; A. Melvin, b. Feb. 9, 1921.
70. Jacob B. Bowser, b. June 19, 1887; m. Flossie Michler; child: Donnis
T. Bowser, b. Sept., 1919.
238 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
71. W. Titus Bowser, b. Aug. 22, 1889; ch. : Lois, b. Aug. 28, 1917;
Frances, b. Apr. 26, 1919.
12. Elizabeth M. Bowser, b. Aug. 26. 1892 ; m. N. Edward Baker ; ch. :
Dorris, b. July 29, 1915; Elden, b. Jan. 14, 1917; Otho, b. Mar. 26,
1920.
57. GEORGE BOWSER, b. Nov. 16, 1859; m. (1) ALICE GARDNER; (2)
CATHARINE FALKENSTEIN ; address: Astoria, 111.
Children :
12>. G. Beulah Bowser, b. Aug. 14, 1892 ; d. Feb. 20, 1906.
74. Ralph G. Bowser, b. Nov. 20, 1894 ; m. Anna Engle.
75. Miller W. Bowser, b. Feb. 9, 1896; d. Sept. 11, 1896.
76. Eugene L. Bowser, b. Dec. 8, 1904.
n. Ruth Charity Bowser, b. Apr. 15, 1907.
58. SAMUEL BOWSER, b. June 17, 1861; m. CLARA M. BREHM, b. Dec.
8, 1866.
Children :
78. Irene Bowser, b. July 19, 1889; m. R. A. Nafus; ch. : Velma C, b.
Dec. 5, 1911; Irene M., b. Sept., 1913; Verum, ~b. March, 1915;
Francis, b. January, 1919; Evelyn, b. January, 1921.
79. Percival Bowser, b. Mar. 29, 1892 ; d. Nov. 13, 1909.
80. Chloe J. Bowser, b. June 9, 1896; m. Guy Hoffstatter; ch.: Helen,
b. 1918; Theodore, b. March, 1919.
81. Luella Ruth, b. June 10, 1920.
59. JACOB J. BOWSER, b. June 23, 1863 ; m. CELIA S. THOMPSON, b.
1871 ; address : Tampa, Idaho.
Children :
82. Joel O. Bowser, b. 1890; m. Ada Misler; ch. : D. Delbert, b. 1911;
Verla, b. 1913.
83. Lillie E. Bowser, b. 1891.
60. ANNA BOWSER, b. May 29, 1865; d. Jan. 17, 1913; m. SAMUEL
JACOBS, b. Nov. 20, 1868.
Children :
84. Dora Jacobs, b. Jan. 29, 1891; m. Leander Miller; address: New
Freedom, Pa. ; ch. : Richard M., b. Feb. 7, 1908 ; Edith C, b. July
15, 1910; d. May 21, 1911; Anna M., b. Feb. 22, 1912; Ruth E., b.
Apr. 22, 1913; Oscar A., b. Mar. 23, 1914; d. Apr. 13, 1914; Ralph
J., b. Feb. 15, 1915; Lucy J., b. Apr. 8, 1918; Daniel J., b. Apr. 11,
1920.
85. Charine Jacobs, b. Jan. 21, 1897; m. Arthur Hess; address: York,
Pa. ; child : Eva, b. Apr. 3, 1917.
86. Samuel Jacobs, b. Nov. 8, 1905 ; address : New Salem, Pa.
13. DANIEL (3) ; BENJAMIN (2) ; DANIEL (1).
Children :
87. George Bowser.
88. Samuel Bowser.
89. Daniel Bowser.
90. Elizabeth Bowser.
91. Catharine Bowser.
92. Tina Bowser.
93. Lydia Bowser.
94. Susan Bowser.
95. Anna Bowser.
96. Jacob Bowser.
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14. CATHARINE (3) ; BENJAMIN (2) ; DANIEL (1). Catharine Bowser
married Michael Ulrich.
Children :
97. Michael Uhlrich.
98. Benjamin Ulrich.
99. Samuel Ulrich.
100. Sarah Ulrich, m. Thomas.
101. Catharine Ulrich, m. James Smalley.
102. Joema Ulrich, m. Columbus Cowden.
103. Amanda Ulrich, m. Peter Wittmer.
97. MICHAEL ULRICH.
Child :
104. LAVINAH ULRICH, m. La Follette.
Children :
105. Sarah La Follette.
106. Emma La Follette.
107. Margaret La Follette.
108. Nancy La Follette.
109. Ralph La Follette.
110. William La Follette.
99. SAMUEL ULRICH.
Children :
111. Benjamin S. Ulrich.
112. : m. Boblet.
113. ; m. Bowers.
114. Reuben Ulrich.
17. SAMUEL (4) ; BENJAMIN (3) ; BENJAMIN (2) ; DANIEL (1).
Samuel Bowser died Feb. 14, 1872.
Children (first wife) :
115. Emma Bowser, b. Nov. 20, 1856; m. John J. Hershner.
116. Franklin Bowser; died when three years old.
Children (second wife) :
117. T. Orrie Bowser, b. Dec. 2, 1863.
118. Samuel Oscar Bowser, b. March, 1866.
119. Anna M. Bowser, b. Feb. 23, 1868; m. Clayton Eby, Lancaster, Pa.
120. Corrie A. Bowser, b. June, 1870; m. Maud Abbot.
115. EMMA (BOWSER) and JOHN J. HERSHNER.
Children :
121. William Blaze Hershner, b. Mar. 30, 1874.
122. Franklin Bowser Hershner, b. Mar. 5, 1877.
123. Howard Freeman Hershner, b. Apr. 12, 1879.
124. James Oscar Hershner, b. Sept. 16, 1881.
125. Lula Elva Hershner, b. Dec. 17, 1887.
126. Beulah May Hershner, b. May 6, 1892.
127. Anna Isabel Hershner, b. Jan. 11, 1898; d. Nov. 25, 1902.
117. THOMAS ORRIE BOWSER.
Children :
128. Pearl Bowser.
129. Helen Bowser.
130. Edna Bowser.
131. Clarence E. Bowser.
240 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
118. SAMUEL OSCAR BOWSER.
Children :
132. Hazel Bowser, m. Ernest D. Breneman.
133. Nelson Bowser, m. Alma Downs.
120. CORRIE A. and MAUD (ABBOT) BOWSER.
Children :
134. Lilly Bowser.
135. Anna Bowser.
136. Howard Bowser.
137. Ivy Bowser.
138. Pearl Bowser.
139. Dorothy Bowser.
121. WILLIAM BLAZE HERSHNER, m. MARY PRAULL, b. Aug. 4, 1876.
Children :
140. John David Hershner, b. July 23, 1896.
141. Earl Carlyle Hershner, b. Apr. 21, 1898.
142. Florence Irene Hershner, b. Apr. 12 1900.
143. Leslie Praull Hershner, b. Apr. 16, 1903.
144. William Blaze Hershner, b. Aug. 24, 1904.
145. Ruth Estelle Hershner, b. Nov. 24, 1906.
146. Glen Endfield Hershner, b. Oct. 12, 1908.
122. FRANKLIN B. HERSHNER, m. IVY OLIVE GEMMILL.
Children :
147. Furman Carl Hershner, b. Mar. 5. 1895.
148. Lula Mae Hershner, b. Mar. 30, 1897 ; m. P. F. Rabenstine.
149. Margaret Elizabeth Hershner, b. Sept. 29, 1899 ; m. Stewart G. Grove
150. Ann Miller Hershner, b. Nov. 4, 1901 ; m. Morgan E. Arnold.
151. Gemmill Franklin Hershner, b. June 9, 1904.
152. Hazel Lillian Hershner, b. June 28, 1906.
123. HOWARD FREEMAN HERSHNER, m. LOTTIE E. GLASSICK.
Children :
153. Harry Calvin Hershner, b. Mar. 23, 1905.
154. Erma Feme Hershner, b. Nov. 10, 1906.
155. Charles Howard Hershner, b. Feb. 23, 1909.
124. JAMES OSCAR HERSHNER, m. SARAH E. GEESEY, b. Nov. 10,
1880.
Children :
156. Bessie Viola Hershner, b. Feb. 16, 1901.
157. Eveline Mae Hershner, b. Oct. 20, 1902.
158. Wilbur Francis Hershner, b. June 12, 1905.
159. Luther Eugene Hershner, b. Mar. 6, 1907.
160. Raymond C. Hershner, b. June 25, 1909.
161. Mary Jane Hershner, b. Nov. 1, 1912.
162. Florence Elizabeth Hershner, b. Oct. 29, 1914.
163. Dorothy Louise Hershner, b. Nov. 2, 1916.
164. Jessie Cornelia Hershner, b. Feb. 8, 1919.
125. LULA E. HERSHNER, m. S. RAY BAILEY.
Child:
165. Everett Hershner Bailey, b. June 13, 1913.
DANIEL, HENRY AND JOHN BOUSSER BRANCH 241
126. BEULAH MAY (HERSHNER) and ARCHIBEL H. GROVK
Children :
167. Samuel Hershner Grove, b. Feb. 23, 1912.
168. Clair Archibel Grove, b. May 25, 1915.
169. John Richard Grove, b. May 18, 1917.
170. Wilma Emaline Grove, b. Aug. 17, 1920.
140. JOHN DAVID HERSHNER, m. FLORENCE KEESEY.
Child :
171. John D. Hershner.
148. LULA MAE HERSHNER, and P. F. RABENSTINE.
Child :
172. Eugene Franklin Rabenstine, b. Feb. 10, 1919.
149. MARGARET ELIZABETH HERSHNER and STEWART GROVE.
Child:
173. Nevin Hershner Grove, b. Nov. 27, 1919.
19. SARAH (4) ; BENJAMIN, JR. (3) ; BENJAMIN, SR. (2) ; DANIEL
(1). Sarah Bowser was born May 9, 1831; died September, 1899; married
Henry Peterman.
Children :
174. Saranda Peterman, b. Apr. 7, 1853; d. July 9, 1907; m. Adam Trone.
175. Lizzie Peterman, b. May 25, 1854 ; d. Sept. 23, 1919.
176. Jesse Peterman, b. Aug. 20, 1859.
177. Henry Peterman, b. Jan. 12, 1857; d. Feb. 5, 1862.
178. Benjamin Peterman, b. Oct. 10, 1864; d. Dec. 15, 1864.
179. Jemima Peterman, b. Mar. 18, 1868 ; m. Charles E. Reeling.
174. SARANDA (PETERMAN) and ADAM TRONE.
Children :
180. Ida Trone, b. July 28, 1875 ; m. Howard Albright.
181. Sarah Trone, b. Sept. 15, 1876; m. Martin Snyder.
182. Harvey Trone, b. Sept. 24, 1877; m. Mabel Gladfetter.
183. Cora Trone, b. Apr. 17, 1879; m. George Nace.
184. Chester Trone, b. June 22, 1880; m. Hilda Peterson; gave his life
for his country; served in the World war in France; was missing
on July 17, 1918 ; died four days later.
185. Paul Trone, b. May 27, 1882.
186. Charles Trone, b. Feb. 6, 1884; d. March, 1886.
187. Emma Trone, b. Jan. 8, 1888; m. Samuel Markle.
188. Sadie Trone, b. Sept. 1, 1892 ; d. Mar. 9, 1893.
189. Millard Trone, b. July 31, 1894 ; served in the World war.
175. ELIZABETH PETERMAN, m. JEREMIAH SMITH.
Children :
190. Jemima Smith, b. Mar. 23, 1887 ; m. Jerry Walker.
191. Sallie Smith, b. Sept. 5, 1888; m. Charles Boyer.
192. Sadie U. Smith, b. Jan. 15, 1893.
193. Albert L. Smith, b. Mar. 8, 1894; d. 1894.
176. JESSE PETERMAN, m. LEANNA MILLER.
Children :
194. Howard Peterman, m. Bowman.
195. Verna Peterman, m. Jacob F. Kceny.
242 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
179. JEMIMA (PETERMAN) and CHAS. E. REEHLING.
Children :
196. Queenie V. Reehling, b. Nov. 10, 1889; m. William E. Nevin.
197. Alva Reehling, b. Jan. 31, 1891 ; m. J. Fred Artman.
198. Frances Reehling, b. Mar. 18, 1893 ; m. Harvey N. Kidd.
199. Ola Reehling, b. Jan. 15, 1898; m. Allen G. Trout.
22. ELI (4) ; BENJAMIN, JR. (3) ; BENJAMIN, SR. (2) ; DANIEL (1).
Children :
200. James P. Bowser, b. Jan. 1. 1872; m. Phoebe Bubb.
201. Lilly Bowser, m. Reuben Hampshire.
200. JAMES P. and PHOEBE (BUBB) BOWSER.
Children :
202. Beulah Mae Bowser, b. Sept. 11, 1894; m. Clinton Dubbs.
203. Mabel Geneva Bowser, b. Mar. 10, 1896; d. Aug. 26, 1898.
204. S. Marie Bowser, b. Sept. 25, 1900.
205. A. Merle Bowser, b. Oct. 9, 1902.
206. Stewart Roy Bowser, b. Apr. 15, 1905.
207. Lillie Naomi Bowser, b. Dec. 18, 1907.
208. Russel James Bowser, b. May 25, 1910.
209. Lola Pearle Bowser, b. Nov. 26, 1913.
202. BEULAH MAE (BOWSER) and CLINTON DUBBS.
Children :
210. Harold Dubbs.
211. Ada Dubbs.
212. Marie Dubbs.
213. Lloyd Dubbs.
201. LILLY (BOWSER) and REUBEN HAMPSHIRE.
Child :
214. Claudie Hampshire.
16. SAMUEL (3); BENJAMIN (2); DANIEL (1).
Children :
215. Christian Bowser.
216. Samuel H. Bowser, b. Aug. 18, 1836 ; d. May 10, 1866.
217. Benjamin H. Bowser, b. October, 1846; m. Laura Stamford, b. 1849.
218. Elizabeth Bowser ; died single.
219. Catharine Bowser, b. 1835 ; m. Andrew Myers.
220. Margaret Bowser, m. Stough.
221. Lydia Bowser, b. Mar. 28, 1840; d. Dec. 12, 1866.
222. Mary Bowser, m. Chas. King.
223. Julian Bowser, m. Louis Kraber.
a223. Rebecca S. Bowser, b. Oct. 4, 1834; d. May 12, 1852.
216. SAMUEL, JR. (4) ; SAMUEL, SR. (3) ; BENJAMIN (2) ; DANIEL
(1).
Children :
224. Robert E. Bowser.
225. Samuel Bowser ; died young.
217. BENJAMIN H. (4) ; SAMUEL (3) ; BENJAMIN (2) ; DANIEL (1).
Benjamin H. Bowser still lives on the old homestead purchased by his
grandfather Benjamin. Part of the original tract is now the town of New
Freedom, York County, Pa. The Benjamin (2) Bowser farm passed to his
DANIEL, HENRY AND JOHN BOUSSER BRANCH 243
son, Samuel, and from Samuel (3) to his son, Benjamin H. Bowser (4).
It is now farmed by Howard Bowser (5), son of Benjamin H. This farm
has the old "Bowser" cemetery. For some reason Benjamin (2) and his
wife were not buried here, but about three miles distant. [From notes of
Jacob C. Bowser (252)].
Children :
226. Clara Bowser, b. Apr. 24, 1871 ; m. Rolland Baughman.
221. Howard Bowser, b. May 21, 1877; m. Maud M. Bailey.
219. CATHARINE (4); SAMUEL (3); BENJAMIN (2); DANIEL (1).
CATHARINE (BOWSER) and ANDREW MYERS.
Children :
228. Sally Myers.
229. Leah Myers.
230. Mary Myers.
231. Andrew Myers.
232. Samuel Myers.
222. MARY (BOWSER) and CHAS. KING.
Children :
233. Leander King.
234. Lilly King.
235. Mabel King, m. James Adam Downs.
236. Harry Gleen King.
237. Minnie King.
238. Samuel King.
239. Wayne King.
240. Arthur King.
241. Ada King.
242. Wilmer O. King.
223. JULIA (4); SAMUEL (3); BENJAMIN (2); DANIEL (1).
Children :
243. Wilbert Kraber.
244. Captain W. C. Kraber ; residence : 508 W. Salem Road, York, Pa.
245. Edith Kraber.
246. Russel Kraber.
247. Luther Kraber.
18. BENJAMIN F. (4) ; BENJAMIN, JR. (3) ; BENJAMIN, SR. (2) ;
DANIEL (1). BENJAMIN and ELIZABETH (KELLER) BOWSER.
Children :
248. Franklin Bowser, b. Dec. 1, 1864; d. Sept. 13, 1870.
249. Spencer Bowser, b. May 11, 1867; d. Sept. 9, 1870.
250. Jemima Bowser, b. Oct. 7, 1868 ; m. John P. Keeny, b. 1867.
251. Jacob C. Bowser, b. Nov. 9, 1870; m. Rose Mead, b. 1869. See
biographies.
252. Elizabeth Bowser, b. May 26, 1873 ; d. Feb. Zl , 1876.
250. JEMIMA (5) ; BENJAMIN (4) ; BENJAMIN, JR. (3) ; BENJAMIN,
SR. (2) ; DANIEL (1). JEMIMA (BOWSER) and JOHN P. KEENY.
Children :
253. Bertha Keeny, b. Jan. 22, 1892 ; m. Paul B. Moyer.
254. Jacob Keeny, b. May 15, 1894; m. Verna Peterman.
244 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
251. JACOB (5) ; BENJAMIN (4) ; BENJAMIN, JR. (3) ; BENJAMIN,
SR. (2) ; DANIEL (1). JACOB C. and ROSE (MEAD) BOWSER.
Children :
255. Ethelynn Elizabeth Bowser, b. Oct. 24, 1895.
256. Marcia Mead Bowser, b. July 19, 1902; attending Skidmore School
cf Arts, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
253. BERTHA (6) ; JEMIMA (5) ; BENJAMIN (4) ; BENJAMIN, JR.
(3); BENJAMIN, SR. (2); DANIEL (1). BERTHA (KEENY) and
PAUL B. MOYER.
Child :
257. Paul Moyer, Jr., b. September, 1920.
254. JACOB F. (6) ; JEMIMA (5) ; BENJAMIN (4) ; BENJAMIN, JR.
(3); BENJAMIN, SR. (2); DANIEL (1). JACOB F. and VERNA
(PETERMAN) KEENY.
Child :
258. Helen Elizabeth Keeny, b. Nov. 25, 1919.
226. CLARA and ROLLAND BAUGHMAN.
Children :
259. Howard Samuel Baughman.
260. Florence Baughman, m. Gammel.
261. Alma Baughman.
227. HOWARD and MAUD M. (BAILEY) BOWSER.
Child :
262. Florine Bowser, b. Sept. 22, 1901.
236. HARRY GLEEN and ANNA ESTHER (McWILLIAMS) KING.
Child :
263. Dorothy Jane King.
235. MABEL (KING) and JAMES ADAM DOWNS.
Children :
264. Charles Thomas Downs, m. Iva Rebecca Diehl.
265. Harry Milton Downs.
266. Laura Grace Downs, m. Chester Ruby.
267. James Arthur Downs.
268. Ada May Downs, m. John Hoover.
269. William Edward Downs.
270. Mary Susannah Downs.
271. Clarence Elroy Downs.
272. Howard Elmer Downs.
273. Carrie Viola Downs.
274. Sarah Elizabeth Downs.
275. Chester Franklin Downs.
276. Ethel Marie Downs.
277. Margaret Pauline Downs.
264. CHARLES THOMAS and IVA REBECCA (DIEHL) DOWNS.
Children :
278. Kenneth Downs.
279. James Thomas Downs.
280. Charles Arthur Downs.
281. Dorothy Irene Downs.
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268. ADA MAY and JOHN HOOVER.
Child :
282. Mabel Frances Hoover.
20. JOSEPH E. BOWSER (4) ; BENJAMIN, JR. (3) ; BENJAMIN, SR.
(2) ; DANIEL (1). Joseph E. Bowser, b. Oct. 17, 1832; d. June 21, 1919;
m. Lydia Miller, b. Jan. 28, 1841 ; d. Apr. 18, 1917.
Children :
283. Amanda Bowser, b. Feb. 26, 1862; d. Feb. 28, 1862.
284. Harriet Bowser, b. Dec. 27, 1862 ; d. Dec. 27, 1862.
285. Andrew Bowser, b. Feb. 8, 1864; m. Elizabeth Hollinger, b. 1863.
286. Moses M. Bowser, b. Aug. 18, 1866; m. Phoebe Ann Albert, b. 1873.
287. Daniel Bowser, b. Oct. 28, 1868; m. Mary Emma Farence, b. 1871.
288. Anna Elizabeth Bowser, b. Feb. 28, 1871 ; m. William A. Walter,
b. 1866.
289. Catharine Bowser, b. Oct. 6, 1873 ; m. Wilson Lan Burgard, b. 1865.
290. Lillie May Bowser, b. May 4, 1876 ; m. Robert C. Kaufman, b. 1873.
291. John Joseph Bowser, b. Sept. 29, 1878; m. Ida Wiley, b. 1877.
292. Lydia Ann Bowser, b. May 21, 1881; m. William C. Hoffman, b.
Dec. 16, 1871.
285. ANDREW (5) ; JOSEPH E. (4) ; BENJAMIN, JR. (3) ; BENJA-
MIN. SR. (2) ; DANIEL, (1). ANDREW and ELIZABETH (HOL-
LINGER) BOWSER.
Children :
293. Anna May Bowser, b. Sept. 9, 1889 ; d. Feb. 6, 1892.
294. Charles Edward Bowser, b. Dec. 11, 1890; m. Rachel Miller.
295. Bertha Rebecca Bowser, b. Aug. 28, 1892 ; m. Ralph B. Lehman.
296. Martha Alberta Bowser, b. Jan. 17, 1894; d. Oct. 28, 1901.
297. John Curtis Bowser, b. June 7, 1895 ; m. Delia Elizabeth Smith.
298. Lillie Idel Bowser, b. Sept. 5, 1898; d. Oct. 19, 1901.
299. Harry Joseph Bowser, b. Nov. 30, 1899.
300. Grace Elizabeth Bowser, b. Dec. 3, 1903.
301. Wilbur Andrew Bowser, b. Feb. 18, 1905 ; d. Apr. 6, 1909.
294. CHARLES E. (6) ; ANDREW (5) ; JOSEPH E. (4) ; BENJAMIN,
JR. (3); BENJAMIN, SR. (2); DANIEL (1).
Children :
302. Joseph Andrew Bowser, b. May 2, 1913.
303. Miriam Miller Bowser, b. Apr. 11, 1915.
304. Charles Donald Bowser, b. Oct. 29, 1916.
305. Margaret Adele Bowser, b. Aug. 7, 1918.
295. BERTHA REBECCA (6) ; ANDREW (5) ; JOSEPH (4) ; BENJA-
MIN, JR. (3); BENJAMIN, SR. (2); DANIEL (1).
Child :
306. Mildred Elizabeth Lehman.
297. JOHN CURTIS (6) ; ANDREW (5) ; JOSEPH (4) ; BENJAMIN,
JR. (3) ; BENJAMIN, SR. (2) ; DANIEL (1).
Children :
307. Kenneth Andrew Bowser, b. Jan. 9, 1919.
308. Ray Martin Bowser, b. June 28, 1920.
246 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
286. MOSES M. (5) ; JOSEPH E. (4) ; BENJAMIN, JR. (3) ; BEN-
JAMIN, SR. (2) ; DANIEL (1).
Children :
309. Eugene Albert Bowser, b. Apr. 7, 1897.
310. Margaret Lydia Bowser, b. Nov. 10, 1898.
311. Mary Ann Bowser, b. Nov. 11, 1900.
312. Herbert Nelson Bowser, b. Sept. 27, 1907.
287. REV. DANIEL, minister of the Brethren Church, York, Pa. (S) ;
JOSEPH E. (4); BENJAMIN, JR. (3); BENJAMIN, SR. (2);
DANIEL (1),
Children :
313. Ada Jane Bowser, b. Mar. 2, 1889; m. Wilbur Lehman.
314. Joseph Howard Bowser, b. Dec. 26, 1893 ; m. Esther Utz.
315. Anna Ruth Bowser, b. Aug. 4, 1895.
316. Oscar Sylvester Bowser, b. May 19, 1900.
317. Lydia Irene Bowser, b. Apr. 2, 1903; d. June 21, 1906.
318. Daniel Robert Bowser, b. July 8, 1904.
319. William Arthur Bowser, b. Mar. 28, 1906.
320. Raymond Edward Bowser, b. Dec. 8, 1908; d. Jan. 3, 1909.
321. Chester Leroy Bowser, b. Oct. 26, 1912; d. Apr. 28, 1917.
313. ADA JANE (6) ; DANIEL (5) ; JOSEPH E. (4) ; BENJAMIN, JR.
(3) ; BENJAMIN, SR. (2) ; DANIEL (1).
Children :
322. James Paul Lehman, b. Sept. 8, 1912.
323. Mary Martha Lehman, b. Sept. 8, 1912 (twins).
324. Esther Mae Lehman, b. Dec. 24, 1913.
325. Lester Rae Lehman, b. Dec. 24, 1913 ; d. same day.
326. Thelme Ellen Moulu Bowser, b. Dec. 15, 1916.
288. ANNA ELIZABETH (5) ; JOSEPH (4) ; BENJAMIN, JR. (3) ;
BENJAMIN, SR. (2) ; DANIEL (1).
Children :
327. Grace Matura Walter, b. Feb. 11, 1889; m. William D. Rineer.
328. Esther Marie Walter, b. July 7, 1897.
329. Joseph George Walter, b. Aug. 10, 1899.
327. GRACE MATURA (WALTER) and WILLIAM D. RINEER.
Children :
330. Donald Elmer Rineer, b. Feb. 27, 1913.
331. Elaine Marie Rineer, b. Aug. 20, 1916.
289. CATHARINE (5) ; JOSEPH E. (4) ; BENJAMIN, JR. (3) ; BEN-
JAMIN, SR. (2); DANIEL (1). Catharine (Bowser) and Wilson L.
Burgard.
Children :
332. Amelia Mae Burgard, b. Aug. 27, 1893; m. Charles M. Jones.
333. Charles Raymond Burgard, b. June 14, 1895; m. Mamie R. Cully.
334. Grace Irene Burgard, b. Apr. 8, 1898.
335. Mary Isabelle Burgard, b. Apr. 6, 1901 ; m. Carvin H. Reever.
336. Beulah Pauline Burgard, b. Sept. 26, 1903.
337. David William Burgard, b. July 22, 1906.
338. Eleanor Marie Burgard, b. Sept. 27, 1917.
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333. CHARLES RAYMOND and MAMIE R. (CULLY) BURGARD.
Children :
339. Dorothy I. Burgard, b. Dec. 18, 1916.
340. Pershing W. Burgard, b. Nov. 10, 1918.
341. Charles C. Burgard, b. Nov. 11, 1919.
335. MARY ISABELLE and CARVIN H. REEVER.
Child :
342. Dorothy Mae Reaver, b. May 7, 1920.
290. LILLIE MAY (5) ; JOSEPH E. (4) ; BENJAMIN, JR. (3) ; BEN-
JAMIN, SR. (2); DANIEL (1). LILLIE MAE and ROBERT C.
KAUFMAN.
Child:
343. Bessie Metura Kaufman, b. Aug. 24, 1845; m. Norman E. Nell, b.
June 30, 1892.
Children :
344. Charlotte Mae Nell, b. Apr. 17, 1915.
345. Gerard Robert Nell, b. July 12, 1917.
291. JOHN JOSEPH (5) ; JOSEPH E. (4) ; BENJAMIN, JR. (3) ; BEN-
JAMIN, SR. (2); DANIEL (1). REV. JOHN JOSEPH and IDA
(WILEY) BOWSER. Minister of the Brethren Church, York, Pa.
Children :
346. Wiley Michael Bowser, b. Mar. 11, 1901; d. Nov. 27, 1901.
347. Edward Joseph Bowser, b. Oct. 19, 1902; dental student, University
of Pennsylvania.
13. DANIEL (3) ; BENJAMIN (2) ; DANIEL (1). Daniel Bowser moved
from York County, Pa., to Stark County, Ohio ; m. Anna Eby. His
will was dated 1878 and probated 1881. His estate amounted to $3,387.92.
This was divided among his heirs as follows : Lydia Bollinger, Samuel B.
Culler, Jacob O. Culler, John Culler, Daniel Bowser, Elizabeth Bromont,
Christian Hesland, Mary Brubaker, Elizabeth Bowser, Lovania Surbey,
George Bowser (probably a son of Daniel).
6. ANDREW BOWSER (2); DANIEL (1). Andrew Bowser lived in
Manheim Township, York County, Pa. He is mentioned in the census of
1810; also in the census of 1850. In the latter census his age is given as
eighty. He was born, therefore, in 1770. He married Margaret
who was born in Germany in 1790. Will dated June 30, 1854, at West
Manheim Township, York County.
all. ADAM (2) ; DANIEL (1). Adam Bowser, b. 1776, moved from York
County to Armstrong County, Pa. Died there in 1852. Married Catharine
Wacking, b. 1780. Will recorded Vol. 2, page 16, Kittanning, Pa.
Children :
348. Levi Bowser, b. 1803 ; d. 1865 ; m. Mary Bowser, a daughter of John
and Margaret (Razor) Bowser.
349. Sarah Bowser, m. Robert Long; ch. : Mealy.
350. Rebecca Bowser, m. Downsey ; ch. : Jerry, Frantz.
351. Priscilla Bowser, m. James Russell; ch. : Lebbius, m. Margaret
Bowser ; Narcissa, m. John Shep.
248 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
348. LEVI (3) ; ADAM (2) ; DANIEL (1). Levi Bowser settled at Walk
Chalk, Armstrong County, Pa., on a farm of 106 acres. Married Mary
Bowser, daughter of John and Mary (Razor) Bowser.
Children :
352. Flora Bowser; d. young.
353. Van Buren Bowser, b. Nov. 13, 1840 ; d. Nov. 26, 1901 ; m. Sarah C.
Chambers, b. Mar. 17, 1839; daughter of James Chambers of
Jefferson County, Pa.
354. Caroline Bowser ; d. in infancy.
355. Felix Bowser, b. July 9, 1846; m. (1) Mary Ann Bowser, b. July 11,
1848; d. Feb. 14, 1885; (2) Elizabeth Watterson, b. 1859.
356. Hannah Bowser, m. John McCullough.
357. Absalom Bowser, b. 1844; m. Jane John. See (1399) for children.
358. Harrison A. Bowser, b. 1849; m. Mary E. McNab, b. 1852.
a358. Wilson Bowser, m. (1) Catharine Bowser; (2) Mary R. Crisman.
353. VAN BUREN and SARAH C. (CHAMBERS) BOWSER. Residence:
Center Hill, Pa.
Children :
359. Charles W. Bowser, b. Dec. 25, 1864.
360. James A. Bowser, b. Feb. 24, 1866.
361. Albert E. Bowser, b. Nov. 22, 1872.
362. Mary M. Bowser, b. May 9, 1875.
363. Van Buren Bowser, b. July 22, 1881.
355. FELIX and MARY ANN BOWSER. Farmer, Residence near Worth-
ington. Pa.
Children :
364. Clymer Bowser, b. Oct. 11, 1866; d. Sept. 30, 1867.
365. Elizabeth C. Bowser, b. Aug. 28, 1868; m. Wilbert Lewis.
366. Mary E. Bowser, b. Juiy 11, 1870; m. Robert H. Toy.
367. Emmit Bowser, b. June 14, 1872 ; m. Maud Brown, b. Feb. 20, 1877.
368. Olive M. Bowser, b. July 18, 1B74; d. Sept. 11, 1885.
369. Melon Bowser, b. Dec. 16, 1876.
370. Lottie E. Bowser, b. Dec. 5, 1878 ; d. Feb. 18, 1920.
371. Ambrose Bowser, b. Nov. 7, 1880; m. Maud Lasher.
372. Harry R. Bowser, b. Feb. 5, 1883 ; m. Elizabeth Brown.
373. Effie Bowser, b. Dec. 27, 1890; m. S. M. Sarvey.
374. Myrtle Bowser, b. Apr. 25, 1892; m. Raymond Bowser.
375. Ivy P. Bowser, b. Aug. 29, 1893; m. Herbert Bish.
376. Rayburn Bowser, b. Aug. 15, 1895 ; m. Florence Claypoole.
367. EMMIT and MAUD (BROWN) BOWSER. Residence near Worth-
ington, Pa.
Children :
377. Grace E. Bowser, b. Mar. 6, 1896; m. Ruben Miliron.
378. Bertha L. Bowser, b. Oct. 20, 1899 ; m. Vance Long.
379. Mary O. Bowser, b. Oct. 18, 1901 ; m. Wade Taylor.
380. Rufus C. Bowser, b. Aug. 15, 1903.
381. Dennis R. Bowser, b. Sept. 5, 1905.
382. King O. Bowser, b. Sept. 21, 1907.
383. Luther D. Bowser, b. May 2, 1910.
384. Howard C. Bowser, b. Feb. 5, 1912.
385. Anna M. Bowser, b. Apr. 16, 1914.
386. Arnold R. Bowser, b. Sept. 11, 1917.
387. Virginia C. Bowser, b. July 10, 1919.
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356. HANNAH (BOWSER) and JOHN McCULLOUGH.
Children:
388. Mary McCulIough, m. William Wolf.
389. Eva McCulIough, m. Charles Dowling.
390. Ellen McCulIough, m. Bert McCollum.
391. Wilda McCulIough, m. Peters.
392. Harvey McCulIough, m. Lulu Bowser.
393. Charles McCulIough, m. Ann Reitler.
394. Bert McCulIough, m. May Boylstein.
395. George McCulIough.
396. Jennie McCulIough, m. Wilkins.
358. HARRISON A. and MARY E. (McNAB) BOWSER. Since the
founding of the Pittsburgh plate glass industry at Ford City, Pa., Harrison
A. Bowser has resided there.
Children :
397. Mark C. Bowser, b. 1871; d. Nov. 22, 1903, at Ford City; m. Ida
Claypoole ; ch. : Wade, m. Finn ; Ray, m. Fay Euings ; Gilman, d.
Nov. 22, 1903.
398. Loben Bowser, b. 1872; m. Nellie Claypoole; ch. : Ruth, m. Mark
C. Barker.
399. Harrison A. Bowser, b. Apr. 21, 1875.
400. Carrie Bowser, b. 1877 ; m. William Anthony ; ch. : Roy, m. Gladys
Toy; Mary, m. Ray Downsey ; Margaret; Hazel; Flora; Floyd.
401. Irwin Bowser, b. 1879; m. Christina Sowers; ch. : Thelma, m.
Willis Walker; Bertha; Daniel; Nellie.
402. Mary E. Bowser, b. 1885; m. Harry P. Faith; ch. : Harry I.; m.
Marie Klingensmith.
403. Margaret Bowser, b. 1888; m. Sylvester Murtland ; ch. : Fonda.
404. Lucy C Bowser, b. 1890 ; m. Alexander Meade ; ch. : Helen, Goldie,
Emma.
405. Flora Bowser, b. 1891.
406. Dora Bowser, b. 1892; m. R. M. Frantz.
357. ABSALOM and JANE (JOHN) BOWSER.
Children :
407. John A. Bowser, b. May 5, 1870; m. Arimina Bowser, b. 1875,
daughter of John M. Bowser ; ch. : Sarah L., Ida C, Bert, Goldie,
Stanley K., William R., Harry C, Harlon J., Mary M., Kenneth E.,
June A.
408. Peter Bowser, m. Pearl Brison.
409. Agnes Bowser, b. 1869; m. Ezekiel Lasher.
410. Abram Bowser, m. Hattie McKelvey.
411. Clura Bowser, m. Bessie Slonaker.
a411. Hannah Bowser, m. Harry Wyant.
b4n. Mary Bowser, m. (1) Lee Cousins; (2) Harmon J. Claypoole.
a358. WILSON BOWSER, m. (1) CATHARINE BOWSER, daughter of
David Bowser ; ch. : Permelia ; m. (2) MARY R. CRISMAN ; ch. : Lee,
James, Jane, Violet, Hulda, Mamie, Sarah, Wilbert, Dwight. Residence:
36 Johnson Ave., Kittanning, Pa.
408. PETER and PEARL (BRISON) BOWSER; ch. : Edward, Absalom,
Oersilla, Blanche, Ida, Permilda, Gertrude.
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310. ABRAM and HATTIE (McKELVEY) BOWSER; ch. : Leroy, Gladdys,
Bertha, Merle, lona, Eugene.
411. CLURA and BESSIE (SLONAKER) BOWSER; ch. : Alexander,
Violet, Mary, Olise, Virginia, Charlotte.
[2] HENRY BOUSSER AND HIS DESCENDANTS
There is abundant evidence that one of the three brothers who landed at
Baltimore, Md., in 1733, was Henry Bowser. The will of Henry Bouser,
which was probated on the 27th of August, 1806, in Washington County,
Md., mentions the following children : Frederick Bouser ; John Bouser ;
Barbara Bouser, wife of William Binkley; Anna Rickabach ; Elizabeth, wife
of Boyer; Mary, wife of Peter Boyer; Magdalena, wife of George Young.
Signed in German, Heimich Bousser. A deed to 140 acres in Washington
County, Md., July 15, 1796, for which he paid 603 pounds, 10 shillings.
In the census report of 1790 he was the head of a family of ten.
Children :
412. Frederick Bouser.
413. Barbara Bouser, m. William Binkley.
414. John Bouser, b. about 1750, in Washington County, Md. ; d. in 1811.
415. Anna Bouser, m. Rickabach.
416. Elizabeth Bouser, m. John Boyer.
417. Mary Bouser, m. in 1799 to Peter Boyer, in Maryland.
418. Magdalena Bouser, m. George Young, in Maryland, 1802.
415. FREDERICK BOUSER; was living in Washington County, Md., in 1820.
Children :
419. Jacob C. Bouser, b. 1809 in Maryland ; m. Delilah , b. 1816, in
Virginia; in 1839 Jacob C. Bouser and James Story established
a foundry and machine shop in Fort Wayne, Ind. ; the enterprise
was conducted quite successfully until 1876 when McLachlan and
Olds became proprietors.
420. Henry Bouser, b. 1810, in Maryland; m. Emily Hammond; lived
in Richland and Hancock County, Ohio; d. May 14, 1866, near
Warsaw, Ind.
421. Lafayette M. Bowser, b. 1838, in Ohio; wife, Nancy J.
422. Sarah M. Bowser, b. 1840, in Ohio.
423. Jefferson C. Bowser, b. 1842, in Indiana.
424. Frances M. Bowser, b. 1846, in Indiana ; m. James W. Pearse.
425. Madison M. Bowser, b. 1849, in Indiana.
420. HENRY and EMILY (HAMMOND) BOWSER.
Children :
426. William Henry Bowser, b. Oct. 30, 1832 ; d. Dec. 12, 1907, in Mary-
land; m. Catharine M. Kinsey; ch. : Malinda A., b. Dec. 16, 1858;
Francis E., b. Feb. 1, 1861 ; Ethel L. ; Althea L. ; Orville A., b.
1868; Harry, b. 1872; Lucy J., b. Aug. 15, 1875; Maud, b. Jan.
18, 1878.
427. Anna E. Bowser, m. Jacob Thompson; ch. : William, Henry,
Malinda, Minerva, Eli, Ludie, Emily.
428. Frederick Bowser, d. Dec. 21, 1914, in Indiana; m. (1) Sarah
Manwill; (2) Anna R. Bowen ; ch. : John A., Julia A., Henry H.,
William E., Alice, Frank H., Ethel, Hulda.
429. Ellen J. Bowser, m. William Burket ; ch. : Alonza, Emma, Lilly,
Joseph.
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430. Malinda Bowser, d. single, aged 18.
431. John W. Bowser ; in Civil war, Co. A, 74th Reg. Ind. Inf. ; d.
June 8, 1864.
414. JOHN BOUSER.
Children :
432. Jacob Bowser.
433. John Bowser.
434. Henry Bowser, b. between 1780 and 1785 ; settled in Allen County,
Ind.; m. (1) Sprinkle; (2) Catharine Williams.
435. William Bowser.
436. Peter Bowser.
437. George Bowser.
438. Noah Bowser.
439. Catharine Bowser.
440. Mary Bowser.
441. Elizabeth Bowser.
442. Nancy Bowser.
443. Michael Bowser, b. Apr. 22, 1799, at Lancaster, Pa.
434. HENRY and (SPRINKLE) BOWSER. Henry Bowser, Sr., went
from Pennsylvania to Ohio about 1823. He went from Ohio to Allen
County, Ind., about 1833. Died about 1873, in Allen County, Ind.
Children :
444. John H. Bowser, b. Apr. 15, 1812, in Pennsylvania ; d. Mar. 10, 1879,
in Indiana ; m. Eliza Keiger, b. Sept. 18, 1818 ; d. Sept. 9, 1875.
445. Jesse Bowser.
446. Sarah Bowser, m. John Waters.
447. Eliza Bowser, m. Haynes.
448. George W. Bowser, b. 1817, in Pennsylvania; d. in 1888; in Indiana;
m. Margaret Keiger, sister of Eliza.
449. Henry J. Bowser, b. 1820, in Pennsylvania ; m. Mary Keiger ; three
brothers marrying three sisters.
450. Samuel Bowser, b. about 1823, in Pennsylvania ; d. about 1891 ; m.
(1) Jane Waters; (2) Margaret Good.
451. William Bowser, b. 1824, in Ohio; d. about 1905; m. Rebecca Paflf.
444. JOHN H. and ELIZA (KEIGER) BOWSER.
Children :
452. Eliza Jane Bowser, b. Sept. 18, 1837 ; d. 1878 ; m. John Culverson ;
ch. : Nettie.
453. Alexander Bowser, b. June Id, 1842 ; m. Laurinda Devilbiss ; ch. :
Allen A.
454. Mary R. Bowser, b. Mar. 10, 1847 ; m. Hiram Hutchinson ; was
living in California in 1920; ch. : Charles W., Alonzo, William.
455. Augustus Bowser, b. Apr. 10, 1849 ; d. Oct. 28, 1919, in Fort Wayne,
Ind.; m. Fyanna Wireman ; ch. : Laura, Estelle, Hazel, Delmore;
Delmore was in the Spanish-American war.
456. Orra Jefferson Bowser, b. Feb. 16, 1852; m. Julia A. Jones; ch. :
Cecil J.
457. Sylvanus F. Bowser, b. Aug. 8, 1854, in Allen County, Ind. ; m.
Sarah Frances Russell, b. Oct. 4, 1856 ; see biographies.
458. Lafayette E. Bowser, b. Feb. 11, 1857; m. Charity Bechtol ; ch. :
Ada, m. George E. Tibbits. Lafayette E. Bowser is consulting
engineer of S. F. Bowser & Company, Fort Wayne, Ind.
459. Jessie E. Bowser, b. Jan. 13, 1859.
460. Asbury Ellsworth Bowser, b. Dec. 28, 1861 ; d. Aug. 4, 1901 ; m.
Rachel Evans.
252 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
457. SYLVANUS F. and SARAH F. (RUSSELL) BOWSER.
Children :
461. Harry M. Bowser, b. Aug. 13, 1878; graduate of Purdue University,
Indiana. 1905; m. Bertha M. Mitchell, b. Sept. 21, 1821; ch.:
Wilda K., b. Aug. 1, 1908; Sylvanus F., b. July 14, 1910; Emily L,
b. Nov. 21, 1913 ; Philip M., b. Jan. 14, 1919.
462. Eva C. Bowser, b. Jan. 17, 1881 ; m. Leland F. Johnson ; ch. :
Leland F., Jr., b. July 24, 1910; Robert B., b. Sept. 23, 1915.
463. William Hugh Bowser, b. Mar. 19, 1884.
464. Albert S. Bowser, b. July 26, 1886; m. Ida Pearl Kickley; ch. :
Bon Silene, b. Mar. 12, 1910; Albert S., Jr., b. Jan. 21, 1913.
465. Ethelwyn V. Bowser, b. Sept. 27, 1890 ; m. Daniel G. Milligan ; ch. :
Daniel G., Jr., b. Aug. 18, 1919.
466. Mildred L. Bowser, b. Sept. 30, 1895; m. Edward O'Rourke Jr.;
ch. : Edward, III, b. July 6, 1919.
448. GEORGE W. and MARGARET (KEIGER) BOWSER.
Children :
467. Normanda Bowser, m. William Keeper.
468. Louisa Bowser, m. Austin Pettit.
469. Elnora Bowser, m. Chalmer Morrison.
470. Lucinda Bowser, b. 1843.
471. Nelson Bowser, b. 1845.
472. George W. Bowser, b Mar. 29, 1847; m. (1) Mary E. Lake; (2)
Margaret Van Auken ; ch. : Earnest M., Raymond E., Nelson J.,
Grace, William, Maynard E.
473. Sylvester S. Bowser, b. 1849 ; m. Elizabeth Morris ; ch. : Charles W.,
Cora E., Nettie A., Vertie L., Edna V., Eva A.
474. Elizabeth Bowser, b. 1850; m. Neil Ryan
475. William Bowser, b. 1852.
476. Charlotte Bowser, b. 1854; m. Addison Morrison.
477. Jesse Bowser.
478. Lucy Anna Bowser, b. 1859.
479. Lydia Bowser.
449. HENRY J. and MARY (KEIGER) BOWSER.
Children :
480. Lucinda Bowser, b. 1836; m. Solomon Duly.
481. Isaiah Bowser, b. 1837; m. (1) Elizabeth Herrod; (2) Samantha
Bittner ; ch. : Nelson J., m. Lucy White ; Wesley ; Etta ; Clark E.
482. Adelia Bowser, b. 1840; m. Simon P. Stroup.
483. Elmira Bowser, b. 1842 ; m. James Hollopeter,
484. Alonzo Bowser, b. 1844.
485. Henry Bowser, b. 1846.
486. Wesley Bowser, b. 1848; m. Sarah Jackson.
487. Frank Bowser.
488. Theodore Bowser, m. Celia A. Gloyd ; ch. : Raymond, Ivan C,
Homer G.
489. Francillia L. Bowser, m. David L. Myers.
490. Mary Bowser, m. James F. Hollopeter (1881).
450. SAMUEL and JANE (WATERS) BOWSER.
Children :
491. Mary Ann Bowser, m. Nathan Wyatt.
492. Sophia Elizabeth Bowser, m. Depew.
493. Sarah Jane Bowser, m. R. H. Brockaw.
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494. Emily Bowser, m. Lewis Brockaw.
495. Samuel O. Bowser, m. (1) Rebecca Hiette ; (2) Kansas Matheson.
496. Ella R. Bowser, b. April, 1861; m. Daniel Stoner.
SAMUEL and MARGARET GOOD.
Children:
497. Daisy Margaret Bowser.
498. Carrie Bowser.
451. WILLIAM and REBECCA (PAFF) BOWSER.
Children :
499. Sarah A. Bowser, b. 1845.
500. Jacob H. Bowser, b. 1847.
501. Lucy A. Bowser, b. 1849.
502. John Bowser, b. 1856.
503. William Bowser, b. 1857.
504. Andrew Bowser, b. 1859.
505. Isaac Bowser; address: Oakville, Calif.
506. Hattie Bowser.
507. Rebecca Bowser.
HENRY and (2) CATHARINE (WILLIAMS) BOWSER.
Children :
508. Lewis Bowser, b. Mar. 20, 1838; d. Feb., 1912; m. Elizabeth Noel;
ch. : Arthur J., Edward C, Emerson L., Emily, Elizabeth,
Bertrand F.
509. Maria Bowser, m. Goodwin ; address : Lafayette, Ind.
510. Lucy Bowser, m. (1) Benjamin Nickerson; (2) Charles Blair.
511. Martha Bowser.
512. Levi Bowser, b. 1840; m. Maria Nickerson; lived near Fort Wayne,
Ind. ; served in the Civil war and in the Indian campaigns in
Wyoming under Col. Haggard of Logansport, Ind. ; ch. : Edwin B.
513. Emma Bowser.
443. MICHAEL BOWSER. He was the youngest child. Went to Ohio and
from Ohio to Missouri in 1856. His wife died in 1860 and he in 1864.
He was a shoemaker.
Children :
514. Benjamin Smith Bowser, b. in Ohio, Feb. 4, 1836; m. Mary E. — ;
in Missouri ; lived in Compton, Calif., where his widow still resides.
515. John William Bowser, b. in Ohio, 1838; m. Hattie Cromer.
516. Catharine Bowser, m. Lewis McLean.
517. Mary Emeline Bowser, b. 1837 ; m. John Rineley.
518. Lewis William Bowser, b. in Ohio, Aug. 19, 1843; single; died in
California.
519. Simon Philip Bowser, b. in Ohio, 1846; d. 1875; m. Mary Smith.
520. Mary Jane Bowser, m. James Stewart.
514. BENJAMIN SMITH and MARY E. BOWSER.
Children :
521. John William Bowser.
522. Mary Alice Bowser, m. Brechenridge ; live at Compton, Calif.
523. Emma Susan Bowser, m. D. J. Moody.
524. Lewis Martin Bowser.
254 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
515. JOHN WILLIAM and HATTIE (CROMER) BOWSER.
Children :
525. Hattie Bowser; lives at Morrison, 111.
526. Mary Bowser; lives at Morrison, 111.
527. John William Bowser, Jr.; lived at Los Angeles, Calif., 1903.
528. Harry Ed. Bowser; in Honolulu, Hawaii; Battery E, 11th Field
Artillery; in the United States army for over 14 years.
516. CATHARINE (BOWSER) and LEWIS McLEAN.
Children :
529. Andrew McLean.
530. Michael McLean.
531. Benjamin McLean.
532. Lewis McLean.
533. James McLean.
534. Mary Jane McLean.
535. Julia McLean, m. Butcher.
517. MARY E. (BOWSER) and JOHN RINELEY.
Children :
536. Daniel Rineley; lived at Fruitland, Iowa, 1903.
537. Mary Alice Rineley, m. Knight.
538. Simon Rineley.
539. John Wilson Rineley.
520. MARY JANE (BOWSER) and JAMES STEWART.
Children :
540. Emma Stewart.
541. James Stewart.
542. Rachel Stewart.
543. William W. Stewart.
[3] JOHN BOWSER FAMILY
by
CHARLES ARTHUR BOWSER*
*At my request Chas. A. Bowser has written this chapter on John Bowser,
his ancestor, the oldest of the three brothers who landed at Baltimore.
See biography of Charles A. — (Author.)
In 1733, as the compiler of this volume has told you, a few Baussers
(Bowsers) arrived in Philadelphia. There is evidence that in the same year
three brothers named Bauser or Bausser arrived at Baltimore from Switzer-
land. The name was changed to the English form, "Bowser," although the
old form of the name was retained by some of the descendants until over
a century later. In most of the public records the clerks and recorders wrote
the name "Bowser" although wills, deeds, etc., were signed Bauser or
JBausser in German script. The latest example of this was a will signed by
Adam Bowser of Armstrong County, Pa., in 1850. In Europe, at the
present, it is spelled Bauser.
Before and during the War of the Revolution there were many Bowsers
in Pennsylvania and some in Maryland. There are few records about some
of these Bowsers and their relationship is very uncertain. Now, after a
great deal of study, I venture to say that the three Bauser brothers who
landed at Baltimore were John, Daniel and Henry. This chapter is on
John Bowser, the second of that trio.
DANIEL, HENRY AND JOHN BOUSSER BRANCH 255
1. JOHN BAUSER, SR.
Children :
2. John Bauser, Jr.
3. Peter Bauser.
4. Henry Bauser.
5. Barbara Bauser.
6. Daniel Bauser.
a7. Elizabeth Bauser.
b8. Anna Bauser.
George, Lydia, Rebecca, Sarah, Samuel, and others are among the
descendants of John, Daniel and Henry Bowser mentioned above.
These, no doubt, were related to Mathias, Sr., Mathias, Jr., Daniel,
Christian and Jacob who landed at Philadelphia in 1733. Records show that
Daniel's children lived in York County, Pa. In the same vicinity lived the
children of John, one of the brothers. The third brother, Henry Bowser,
probably lived in York or Lancaster counties, Pa., although the first record
we have of him is the census of 1790. showing that he lived in Washington
County, Md., and was head of a family of ten persons. This census record
does not include Henry's son, John, who probably was in Lancaster County.
This John was the great-grandfather of S. F. Bowser, the great manufac-
turer of Fort Wayne, Ind. But more of Henry Bowser's descendants later.
Let us now take up the family of John Bowser who landed at Baltimore.
Four consecutive generations of Johns followed him so we will have to
watch closely so as not to get the Johns mixed. Almost nothing is known
of this first John, but we may say he was the eldest of the three brothers,
and estimate the year of his birth as about 1710. Leaving Switzerland they
came down the Rhine River in a plank boat with sails, no doubt transferring
to a larger vessel at Rotterdam, Holland. The tradition is that they were
forty-eight weeks on water, partly by reason of the wind blowing the ship
back, and when they landed they were so weak, some fell down and some
could hardly walk.
John was married and on this long ocean voyage to them a son was born.
They called him Johannes (German for John). This son was my great-
great-grandfather and was the ancestor of the Bowsers of Somerset County,
Pa., and Garrett County, Md.
The son John grew up, probably somewhere between Baltimore and York,
married, and had a farm in York County, Pa., in Shrewsbury Township.
Shrewsbury Township lies on the Maryland line and was at one time part
of Lancaster County. On account of its large area it was divided in 1767
and Hopewell formed.
The following old record, published by the Pennsylvania German Society,
is of great interest:
CHURCH REGISTER
of the
UNITED REFORMED AND LUTHERAN CHURCH
Called Blimyers
in
Hopewell Township, York County, Pa.
BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS— 1772
BAUSER, PETER. Parents, John and Christina Bauser. Born
August 12, 1770; baptized August 16, 1772. Witnesses, the parents.
BAUSER, BARBARA. Parents, John and Christina Bauser. Born
July, 1772; baptized August 16, 1772. Witnesses, the parents.
This John Bauser is the same one who was born on the ocean.
Another record of him is as follows :
256 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
1783' — Shrewsbury Township. List of names from assessment roll
and census report made in 1783, by a special order of the county com-
missioners, in order to lay a special tax to defray the expenses of the
Revolutionary war.
BAUSER, JOHN, 50 acres ; tax, 30 pounds ; 7 persons in the family.
The seven persons no doubt were : John and his wife, Christina and their
children, Henry, John, Jr., Peter, Barbara, and probably Elizabeth.
1790, Census of Shrewsbury Township, York County, Pa. :
BAUSIR, JOHN, 2 males of 16 years and upward ; 2 females (one
of these was probably a daughter Anna).
At this time John was about 57 years of age and it seems that Henry,
John, Jr., and two of the daughters had left home or married. This Henry
Bauser was my great-grandfather and was born December 25, 1765, in Penn-
sylvania. He, as well as John Jr., probably were born in York County.
They may have left York County before their parents
However, as the reader can see by referring to John Bauser, Sr.,
bought land in Somerset County, Pa., in 1795. Also a little further on, that
my great-grandfather, Henry, and his brothers and sisters were also in
Somerset County.
We will leave this family in Somerset County now, and turn back to
York County to see what we can do with John Bauser, Sr.'s, brothers and
their descendants. Considering the size of the pioneer families it is reasonable
to believe that John (one of the three brothers) had other children than
the son John who was born on the ocean. And so we will take up Daniel
Bauser of Paradise Township, York County, named, no doubt, after the
Daniel who landed at Baltimore. The elder Daniel lived in an adjoining
township, Manheim, near the Maryland line. The younger Daniel was born ■
about 1740. He is recorded in the tax lists of Paradise Township for the
years 1779, 1789, and 1781. In 1783 Daniel had 100 acres in Cumberland
Township and there were seven persons in the family.
The next record of this Daniel is the census of 1800 for "Hopewell and
Woodberry townships," Bedford County, Pa. By it we see that Daniel and
his wife were then "of 45 and upwards" and with them were two sons of
16 and under 26 years of age. These were George and Henry, whom we
find later near Dayton, Ohio. In the same census record is Philip Bowser,
another son of Daniel. Philip and wife are written "of 16 and under 26"
and have a daughter under 10 years. Soon after 1800 these families went
to Ohio.
6. The children of Daniel Bowser, Sr., were :
7. Daniel Bowser, Jr., b. about 1770 to 1773 ; d. near Dayton, Ohio.
8. Barbara Bowser, b. in 1774; d. in her 91st year near Dayton, Ohio.
9. Philip Bowser, b. about 1775 ; d. in 1838 in Elkhart County, Indiana.
10. George Bowser, b. about 1780; d. about 1862 near Daj^on, Ohio.
11. Henry Bowser, b. about 1785; d. in 1852 near Dayton, Ohio.
12. There may have been another son, William Bowser. A William
Bowser, born about 1785, entered land in Madison Township,
Montgomery County, Ohio (Dayton is the county seat), prior to
1812 in the vicinity of where Philip and the other Bowsers located.
The First Bowser in Ohio
8. Barbara Bowser, the daughter of Daniel, Sr., no doubt was the first
Bowser in the State of Ohio. She was married to David Bowman before
Daniel, Sr., and family left Bedford County, Pa. The following very inter-
esting article is taken from a "History of Montgomery County, Ohio." Under
the heading "Jefferson Township" we find :
"As early as 1798 could be seen one of Jefferson Township's pioneers in
the person of David Bowman, whose name will long be remembered in con-
DANIEL, HENRY AND JOHN BOUSSER BRANCH 257
nection with the early religious history of this section of Ohio, drifting,
as it were, with his good wife and rudely constructed raft down the Ohio,
on his way to the country about the Little Miami River, whither he was
going, to build a mill for parties who had preceded him."
The mill was erected, and. Bowman, impressed with the country, remained,
and, after living in the locality and milling several years, removed to the
neighborhood of Miamisburg, and there lived several years, thence to Jefferson
Township, buying J4 section of land. He was a minister of the Gospel,
belonging to the denomination called German Baptists. He was instrumental
in establishing several churches west of the Great Miami.
He was born near Hagerstown, Md., March 30, 1775, and at the age of
eighteen went to Frankstown, Pa., and learned the trade of cabinet making.
(Frankstown was then in Bedford County.) He was united in marriage
with Barbara Bouser and there were born to them six children :
13. Esther Bowman.
14. John Bowman.
15. Polly Bowman.
16. Katie Bowman.
17. David Bowman.
18. Betsey Bowman.
4. The writer regrets that there is not space enough to tell about all the
descendants of these families. Before leaving Ohio, we will briefly go over
the records of Henry Bowser and Frances, his wife, and their descendants.
Henry was a son of John and Christina Bauser of York and Somerset
Counties, Pa. The writer (his great-grandson), besides obtaining informa-
tion from relatives and other sources, has visited these counties as well as
Warren Countj', Ohio, and collected much valuable material from the
courthouse records.
In Somerset County, Pa., Henry Bowser first lived in Brothers Valley
Township. A tax list of this township for 1796 includes the names of Henry
Bouser and John Bouser. Henry Bowser married Frances Coleman, who
lived near Berlin, in Brothers Valley Township.
Deeds dated 1798 show that Henry Bowser was in this township in 1798
and bought and sold land. The next deed shows that he was in Addison
Township and bought a tract of land there called Eminent, in the year 1802.
On the same date he bought a smaller tract of land in Addison Township.
Two deeds dated April 1, 1815, record that Henry Bowser and wife sold
these tracts of land for ^,200 and $800, respectively. At this time Henry
Bowser was the father of nine children — Philip, John, George, Elizabeth,
Christina, Susannah, Henry, Daniel and Sarah. These were born in Somerset
County, Pa., with the possible exception of the first three, who may have
been born in Allegany County, Md., as the parents lived close to the Mason
and Dixon line which at that time was not settled. It is said that George
Bowser was born in Allegany County.
Now, no doubt, Henry and family started on their trip down rivers and
through forests to their Ohio home. Perhaps, like some others, they floated
down the Ohio River on a raft to Cincinnati, then went by wagon toward
Dayton. They located 36 miles northeast of Cincinnati and a few miles
south of Dayton, and near Springboro, Warren County. Springboro was
laid out in 1815. A Warren County deed, dated June 17, 1815, tells us that
Henry Bowser paid Benjamin Kell $3,480 for 174 acres of land between the
Miami rivers.
The family lived about a mile from the Little Miami River, and in dry
seasons Henry watered his cattle there. He had a large orchard and dried
much fruit. He took meat and other produce to Cincinnati to sell. It took
one day to go and one to return.
A deed dated December 14, 1822, records that "Henry Bowser and his wife,
Fanny, in consideration of the sum of 75 cents, grant to Henry Frey
258 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Christian Null, Christian Blinn and John Philip Frey, a parcel of land for
the use of the Society of the United Brethren in Christ in Warren County
as a site for a meeting house." This agrees with the story my father told
me many years ago, which is as follows :
"He (Henry Bowser) buih a church on his place and preached until he
went to Indiana. During protracted meetings people would come to Henry's
house to sleep, usually lying on the floor on account of their number. The
people were United Brethren. Wherever he went the house was crowded and
a good meeting held."
CHILDREN OF HENRY AND FRANCES (COLEMAN) BOWSER
19. Philip Bowser, b. ; d. in Ohio before 1832.
20. John Bowser, b. ; d. in Ohio before 1833.
21. George Bowser, b. in 1800 ; came from Pennsylvania to Ohio with his
parents in 1815 ; married Elizabeth Manning ; they lived in Preble
County, Ohio, from about 1830 to about 1831 ; he died in Centralia,
Boone County, Mo., in 1884.
22. Elizabeth Bowser, b. in 1801 or before; m. John Ungery; d. in
Indianapolis about 1870.
23. Christma Bowser, b. in 1802; m. Lewis Crepps ; about 1895 was
living in Muscatine County, Iowa.
24. Susannah Bowser, b. Dec. 1, 1804; m. about 1826 in Ohio to James
Mullen ; he was born in 1789 and died in 1854 ; she died near Indian-
apolis, Oct. 15, 1870; they were parents of Daniel, Jacob, John,
Henry, Lemuel, Elmira, Joel, James, Nancy, Harrison, Larned,
Morgan and Susan Mullen.
25. Henry Bowser, Jr., b. in March, 1810; when five years old he went
with his parents from Pennsylvania to Ohio, and in 1831, migrated
to Indiana and settled near Indianapolis, where he resided until his
death, Oct. 18, 1883; in May, 1833, m. Mary Moore.
26. Daniel Bowser, b. March 31, 1812, in Somerset County, Pa.; in 1831
came with his father and Henry, Jr., and sister Sarah to Marion
County, Indiana ; his sisters, Rebecca and Barbara, and their mother,
either came at this time or soon after.
21. GEORGE and ELIZABETH (MANNING) BOWSER.
Children :
27. John Duel Bowser, b. July 19, 1824 ; m. Nancy Miner ; d. Jan. 4, 1900,
in Callaway County, Mo.
28. Hannah Bowser, b. in 1828; m. a Mr. Bowman and lived in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.
29. Henry Bowser, b. June 6, 1831; m, Miriam ; d. in El Reno,
Okla., in 1900.
30. Theophilus Bowser, b. in Preble County, Ohio, July 17, 1836; m.
Mary A. Scott; lived in Pike County, Mo.
31. Mary Ann Bowser, b. Sept. 1, 1833, near Eaton, Ohio, in 1850; the
family started to the then Great West and settled in Illinois; m.
William Young, b. in 1823 in Scotland; they were married in 1853
and came to the vicinity of Farmer City, where she resided until
her death, Oct. 23, 1911.
32. Samuel Thomas Bowser, b. March 31, 1839, in Ohio; has resided m
Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and South Dakota; last was in Hillsboro,
Ore.; m. Mary J. Ede in 1868; was a veterinary surgeon.
25. HENRY, JR. and MARY (MOORE) BOWSER.
Children :
33. Catharine E. Bowser, b. in 1835 and d. in 1858.
34. John W. Bowser, b. in 1837 and d. in 1858.
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35. Edward Thomas Bowser, b. April 27, 1841 ; m. Martha J. Kitley ;
they were living near Indianapolis in 1920
36. Fanny Ann Bowser, b. March 27, 1843; m. John E. Myles; d. in
Marion County, Ind., Mar. 19, 1888.
2)7. Sarah E. Bowser, b. May 11, 1845; m. William Rowney; d. in Marion
County, Ind., Apr. 18, 1875.
38. William Henry Bowser, b. Oct. 13, 1847; m. Florence L. Shimer; d.
near Indianapolis, Jan. 25, 1895.
39. Mary Jane Bowser, b. Sept. 11, 1850; m. Edgar Head.
26. DANIEL and HANNAH (MULLEN) BOWSER. In 1835 Daniel
married Hannah Mullen, born in Warren County, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1816.
In February, 1834, Daniel's father gave him 160 acres of land which was
then about five miles southeast of Indianapolis. Here he lived until his
death. May 21, 1876. Hannah, who was the writer's grandmother, died
April 19, 1874, at the old home on the Shelbyville Pike. Here were born
all their children:
40. Levi C. Bowser, b. Jan. 14, 1838 ; m. Caroline Dawson ; the names of
their children are : Charles, Harry, Thomas, Laura and Nellie ; was
in the grocery business about 25 years ; has lived in Indianapolis
about sixty years. Went with Jack Hoffman to Denver, Colo., in
1859, and was gone about six or eight months. They walked a great
part of the way. One time there were buffalo around them as far
as they could see. They had 14 yoke of oxen to start with but at
the end of the journey only two were left. They had left a sort of
cart on the hind wheels of one of their wagons.
41. Nancy Ann Bowser, b. Apr. 2, 1842; m. Robert D. Graham, a farmer;
no children; he died in 1908; in 1920 Aunt Nan, as we called her,
was living in Indianapolis.
42. Henry Davis Bowser, b. Dec. 14, 1844; d. Nov. 12, 1876, in Indiana.
43. Sarah Ellen Bowser, d. in infancy.
44. William Washington Bowser, b. July 4, 1849; he worked his father's
farm until 1872, when he went to Kansas, Here he married Nettie
« Tague in 1874, then with her rode in a covered wagon back to his
old home near Indianapolis ; in 1882 they went to Illinois and in
1886 went from there to Southern California, where he engaged in
growing oranges; he died May 11, 1914, as the result of a tree
which he was cutting down, falling on him. This occurred in
Arkansas. Since then Mrs. Nettie (Tague) Bowser, my mother,
has resided in Los Angeles, Calif. There were four children:
Charles Arthur (the writer), b. July 13, 1881, on the old farm which
Henry, Sr., gave to Daniel in 1834; Emory E., b. in 1883, and d. in
1892; William Harrison, b. in California, Oct. 4, 1888; and Leslie
Earl, b. in California, Dec. 31, 1890.
45. Mary P. Bowser, b. Oct. 6, 1851 ; m. Virgil Tevis, a Methodist
minister; d. Oct. 27, 1895; ch. : Charles and Ruth.
46. James Marion Bowser, b. Feb. 28, 1840; in the 29th Ind. Inf. in the
Civil war; d. single, Jan. 19, 1871, in Indiana.
47. Hannah Melissa Bowser, b. Mar. 29, 1856; a graduate of DePauw
University; m. C. H. Horine, of Chicago.
48. Sarah Bowser, b. Aug. 24, 1814, in Pennsylvania; in 1833 m. John
Moore of Marion County, Ind; they lived near Indianapolis until
his death in 1889; Sarah d. Dec. 9, 1899, in that city; the names
of their children are: Thomas, William, Margaret, Hannah, Rich-
ison, Isabelle, John, Sarah, Calvin, Catharine, Mary and Joseph.
49. Rebecca Bowser, b. Jan. 1816, in Ohio; in 1837 m. Gottlieb Beck;
he was born in 1811 in Wittenburg, Germany; he died in 1897 and
she died Mar. 15, 1894 ; their children : Henry, Elma, Maria, Sarah,
260 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Julius, George W., James M. and John Benjamin ; they lived in
Johnson County, Ind.
50. Barbara Bowser, b. in 1820 in Ohio ; in Marion County, Ind., Dec. 21,
1835, m. Gottlieb Beck, but died in January, 1836; he later married
her sister Rebecca.
1. JOHN BAUSER, SR. and CHRISTINA.
We must now leave these families and turn back to their ancestor, John
Bauser, Sr., who came from York County to Somerset County, Pa. A Somer-
set County deed, dated June 6, 1795, says:
"A Warrant dated 22nd December, 1784, did grant unto John Barkley
200 acres of land which by warrant dated 24th June, 1793, John Barkley then
granted to Ludwick Barkley.
Ludwick Barkley, of Brothers Valley Township, for 200 pounds paid by
John Bauser, granted to John Bauser said tract of land, surveyed or to be
surveyed."
A Somerset County deed, dated May 7, 1817, in which John Bowser, Jr.,
buys 300 acres of John Bowser, Sr., mentions Henry, Peter, Anna, Elizabeth
and Barbara Bowser, as brothers and sisters of John Bouser, Jr. John
Bouser, Jr. agrees to pay $20.00 yearly to each brother and sister until $1,300.00
is paid. Payments to begin one year after their father's decease. John
Bouser, Sr., died in Brothers Valley Township, Somerset County, Pa., in
January, 1822. His widow, Christina Bouser, died in the same place, 1827,
at an advanced age.
Children :
2. JOHN BOUSER, JR. (known also as John Bauser, III), b. in 1774, or
earlier; married Magdalena Bittner, Nov. 8, 1796, in Brothers Valley Town-
ship. He lived in that township until 1820 or later. He died in 1841 in
Somerset County, Pa. John, Jr. and his wife were the parents of several
daughters and a son, John. This John was born in 1799, and died in 1860.
He married Susan Hensel, born in 1801, and they lived in Greenville Town-
ship, Somerset County.
John and Susan (Hensel) Bowser's children are as follows:
51. William Bouser, b. 1833; m. Elizabeth Fluck.
aSl. John J. Bouser, b. Sept. 20, 1836; blacksmith for 50 years, first in
Somerset County, then in West Moreland County, Pa. ; living with
his daughter, Mrs. Dora M. Rose, in Braddock, Pa. (1922) ; m.
Mary M. Lenhart ; ch. : Madison L., Charles A., of Johnstown, Pa.,
Elsie K., Cyrus L., and Dora M.
52. Elizabeth Bowser, m. John Shultz.
53. Mary Bowser, b. in 1840; m. Conrad Stoy.
54. Levi Bowser, b. 1842; m. Amanda Fluck; d. about 1871.
55. Lewis Bowser, m. Fluck.
56. Sarah Bowser, d. aged 22.
57. Eliza Bowser (youngest child), m. John Blank.
4. HENRY BAUSER, b. Dec. 25, 1865; brother of John Bauser, Jr.
3. PETER BAUSER, b. Aug. 12, 1770, in Hopewell Township, York County,
Pa.; m. Elizabeth Blickensdarfer, b. in 1777; he died June 10, 1847, in
Somerset County, Pa.
a7. ELIZABETH BAUSER, m. Gidinger; living in Pennsylvania
in 1882.
5. BARBARA BOUSER, b. in July, 1772, in Hopewell Township, York
County, Pa. ; m. Bittner ; living in Somerset County in 1822.
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b8. ANNA BOUSER; probably died about 1820.
3. PETER and ELIZABETH (BLICKENSDARFER) BOUSER.
Children :
SB. John P. Bowser, b. Mar. IS, 1807; d. Sept. 17, 1883; m. Barbara
Beeghley.
59. Christina Bowser, b. June 7, 1801 ; d. Feb. 7, 1883 ; m. Jacob Lenhart,
b. 1793; d. 18SS; ch.: Barbara, Catharine, Peter J., Elizabeth,
Jacob E., Kiziah, Susanna, Sarah, Livinia and Dianah.
60. Jacob Bowser, b. 1802; m. Elizabeth Sweitzer; lived in Allegany
County, Md., near Selbysport.
61. Peter Bowser, m. Mary Sweitzer ; killed by a falling tree about 1841.
62. Daniel Bowser, b. Dec. 14, 1814; d. Aug. 19, 1886; m. Harriet Schrack;
they lived in the old log house which his father Peter built soon
after 1800; this house is still standing in excellent preservation and
is located in Addison Township, Somerset County, Pa., on old
Peter Bowsers farm which adjoins the Maryland line. Daniel S.
Bowser, a grandson of Peter, now lives in this old homestead.
63. Joel Bowser, b. Jan. 21, 1819; single; died in Somerset County, Pa.,
Oct. 30, 1900.
64. Susan Bowser, b. about 1821; d. October, 1884; m. John C. Diehl ;
lived in the Cove, Garret County, Md.
65. Elizabeth Bowser, m. Bauman; lived in Maryland.
66. Catharine Bowser, b. about 1810; m. Henry Diehl.
67. Gabriel Bowser, b. 1812 in Pennsylvania ; d. about 1883 ; m. Hettie
Bittinger, farmer in Garrett County, formerly Alleghany County, Md.
Children :
a67. Mathias Bowser, d. single about 1891 ; kept store in Grantsville, Md.
b67. Perry Bowser, b. 1855 ; m. Emma Bittinger ; lives near Bittinger,
Md. ; ch. : Edward F., Ida J., Lloyd, Anna, Cora and Winnie.
c67. James Bowser, b. 1852 ; m. Sophia ; lived in Garrett County,
Md. ; ch. : Minnie, Delia, Oma and Drussie.
58. JOHN P. and BARBARA (BEEGHLEY) BOWSER. Lived in Summit
Township, Somerset County, Pa.
Children :
68. Mary Bowser, b. June 30, 1831.
69. Peter J. Bowser, b. May 2, 1833; d. Dec. 1, 1904; m. Elizabeth Spiker;
they lived in Summit Township, Somerset County; their children
were: Barbara, Solomon and John.
70. Jacob Bowser, b. Jan. 8, 1837; d. June 16, 1910, at Myersdale, Pa.;
m. Caroline Hersh ; ch. : Lydia, Lucinda, Catharine, Emanuel,
John J., Anna, Milton, William, Carrie, Elizabeth and Mollie.
71. Elizabeth Bowser, b. Mar. 19, 1835.
12. Susan Bowser, b. Aug. 21, 1840; m. Moses Bauman.
72,. Samuel J. Bowser, b. July 22, 1843 ; d. Jan. 16, 1905 ; m. Sarah Wegley.
60. JACOB and ELIZABETH (SWEITZER) BOWSER.
Children :
74. Peter Bowser, b. about 1830; d. about 1917; he and his wife Jane
lived near Accident, Md. ; ch. : Mary, Dolphus, Clara, Samuel, Ella,
Anna.
75. Harriet Bowser ; died young.
76. Catharine Bowser, m. Andrew Colflash ; ch. : William, George, John,
Emanuel, Jackson, Orville, Kate, Mary, Malinda, Lydia and Ella.
n. Joseph Bowser, b. about 1840; d. 1918; m. Ellen Logue.
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78. Thomas J. Bowser, b. June 12, 1842; d. July 21, 1914; m. Catharine
Heimbaugh ; ch. : Robert J., Charles and Albert.
79. Daniel Bowser, m. Catharine Hileman ; ch. : Harvey, John, Peter,
Mary, Meshek, Archibald, Truman and Frank W.
80. Susan Bowser, m. William J. Young.
81. Hiram Bowser, m. Barbara Brown ; lived near Accident, Md. ; ch. :
Cornelius C, Emory, Effie, Ella, Sarah.
a81. Cornelius Bowser, b. ; m. Lucinda Livengood ; ch. : Alvina, b.
1877; Joseph E., b. 1879; George; William H.; Ernest; Samuel
and Jennie.
82. Ammia Bowser, b. 1850; m. Susan Bane; ch. : Stella, John C, Drusilla,
Laura, Samuel, May, Charles, Pearl and Bertie.
83. Mary E. Bowser, m. Andrew Pysell; live near Deer Park, Md.
84. Jacob E. Bowser, b. 1854 in Maryland, Md. ; m. Susan Brown ; live at
Selbysport, Md. ; ch. : Wallace, Dora, Annie, William Frederick,
Margaret, Sarah, Earl, Clara and Henry Oscar.
85. Annie Bowser, b. July 22, 1861 ; lives in Oakland, Md. ; ch. : William D.
61. PETER and MARY (SWEITZER) BOWSER.
Children :
86. John W. Bowser, b. 1832 in Maryland ; m. Rebecca Speicher.
87. Jacob Bowser, b. 1827 in Maryland; m. Catharine Boyer.
88. Peter Bowser, m. Minerva Turney.
89. Elizabeth Bowser, m. John C. Diehl.
90. Lydia Bowser, b. 1837 in Maryland; m. William Ross.
91. Susan Bowser, m. John Beachey.
92. William Bowser, b. about 1842; d. 1882; m. Diana Lenhart.
93. Sarah Bowser, m. Harrison Turney.
62. DANIEL and HARRIET (SCHROCK) BOWSER.
Children :
94. Mary Elizabeth Bowser, b. July 19, 1853: m. Thomas P. Green.
95. Joseph S. Bowser, b. Sept. 25, 1854 ; m. Mary Upholt.
96. Salina Bowser, b. Feb. 18, 1856; m. George Oester.
97. Daniel S. Bowser, b. Sept. 28, 1857; m. Agnes R. Sellers.
98. Franklin J. Bowser, b. Oct. 29, 1859; m. Lucinda Fike.
99. Harriet Bowser, b. July 8, 1863; m. William Sellers.
100. Susan Bowser, b. June 20, 1869; m. John Sellers.
JOHN AND EVE BOWSER
It is probable John Bowser of Lancaster, Pa., was a brother or a close rela-
tive of Mathias Bowser, Sr. He moved from Lancaster to Cumberland
County, thence to Bedford County, Pa. Cumberland County was organ-
ized February 27, 1750. Bedford County was formed out of the western
part of Cumberland March 9, 1771. Colerain Township was created by
the Court of Cumberland County in 1767. Bedford, Colerain and Cumber-
land Townships in 1772 included the whole of the present Bedford County.
It is probable John and Eve Bowser moved from Lancaster to this part
of Cumberland County in 1768. The first record of any Bowser in Bedford
County, after the creation of the county in 1771, is the name of John
Bowser, Bedford Township, 1772, a taxable with 100 acres of land, 2 horses
and 1 cow. In 1774 he had 150 acres. (Pennsylvania Arch., 3d Series,
Vol. 25, page 456.) In a deed by "Miller" John Bowser (a grandson of
John Bowser) of Colerain Township, to Adam Fink, the deed says : "70^
acres thereof being a part of a tract surveyed in pursuance of a warrant
dated January 13, 1774, and for which Thomas and John Penn esquires,
then proprietors, of Pennsylvania, granted their patent to John Bowser,
October 12, 1774." Six children are mentioned in the will of John Bowser,
Recorded in Book I, page 270, Bedford, Pa., as follows: George; Michael;
Elizabeth, married to John Mauk, and Elizabeth, married to Henry Beckley ;
Eve married to John Arthurs, and children of his deceased daughter Mode-
lena (Magdalena) Swoveland ; also, "I give my Great Bible to my grand-
son John Bowser." (Miller John.) This will was probated May 20, 1809.
George was the oldest son of John Bowser and Eve. A Swiss custom
gives to the oldest son the right to name his oldest son after the child's
grandfather. ("Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler.") Therefore George
Bowser named his oldest son John, later known as "Miller" John.
1. JOHN and EVE BOWSER.
Children :
2. George Bowser, d. at the age of 84; m. Margaret Swartz, d. aged 85.
3. Michael Bowser.
4. Eve Bowser, m. John Arthurs.
5. Elizabeth Bowser, m. John Mauk.
6. Magdalena Bowser, m. Swoveland.
2. GEORGE (2) ; JOHN (1). By the will of John Bowser his son George
came into possession of the homestead in St. Clair Twp., Bedford Co., on
condition of the payment of 670 "pounds lawful money" to the other heirs.
This property was later owned by George's son "Miller" John, and deeded
by the latter to Fink, as noted above.
Children: ^ , • /ti \
7. Isaac Bowser, m. Sarah Berkheimer, daughter of Catharine (Bowser)
and John Berkheimer. (See under Mathias Bowser.)
8. Jacob Bowser, m. Catharine Imler.
9. John Bowser, m. Margaret Zimmerman.
10 George Bowser, Jr., b. 1791 ; d. 1846 ; m. Elizabeth Zimmerman, b.
1798; d. 1861.
11. Mary Bowser; was killed by a fall. „ ,. .
12. Catharine Bowser, b. 1808 ; d. Oct. 19, 1866 ; m. Jacob Berkheimer, b.
1806; d. July 9, 1874. (See 35 under Mathias.)
13 Eve Bowser, d. Mar. 17, 1875, aged 79 yrs. 2 mos. and 15 days; m.
Peter Amick, d. Sept. 29, 1877, aged 84 yrs. 3 mos. and 12 days.
14. Margaret Bowser, m. Peter Berkheimer. (See 30 under Mathias.)
263
264 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
7. ISAAC BOWSER (3) ; GEORGE (2) ; JOHN (1). The father of Isaac
Bowser, George, had a line team on the turnpike between Pittsburgh and
Philadelphia. He owned a flour mill and "distillery" on Babbs Creek near
St. Clairsville, Bedford Co., Pa. Isaac run the mill. Isaac and Sarah (Berk-
heimer) Bowser had the following children:
15. Joseph Bowser, d. about 1905.
16. Catharine W. Bowser, b. Nov. 1, 1825; d. June 25, 1898; m. Frances
17. George W. Bowser, b. Nov. 1, 1825; d. June 25, 1898; m. Frances
Matilda Gillett, b. Feb. 18, 1839; d. Dec. 10, 1911.
18. Hannah Bowser, d. June 24, 1891 ; m. George Bollinger.
19. Henry Bowser.
20. Eve Bowser, d. 1906.
21. John Bowser, m. Mary Echert.
22. David P. Bowser, b. June 30, 1838; d. Apr. 3, 1882; m. Elizabeth
Lyons, b. July 20, 1835; d. Jan. 14, 1912. (See under Mathias, 69.)
23. Margaret Bowser, m. John W. Cunningham.
24. Dr. Isaac Bowser, m. Annie M. Smith.
25. Sarah Bowser, b. 1840.
26. Solomon Bowser.
27. William Bowser, d. about 1907; m. Elizabeth Tree.
17. GEORGE (4) ; ISAAC (3) ; GEORGE (2) ; JOHN (1). George Bow-
ser shortly after his marriage moved from St. Clairsville, Bedford Co., to
Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa., where he remained the rest of his life.
He was a conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The writer is under
great obligation to "Uncle" George for valuable information he gave us
in College days long before we dreamed we would some time be writing
the story of the Bowser family. The scraps of paper upon which we wrote
down his interesting memories of his people in Bedford County we still have
as precious mementos of many happy hours in his hospitable home. We
were with him in the few last peaceful hours ere his manly, gracious spirit
went to meet his Lord. He and all his family were members of the Baptist
church :
Children :
28. Charles T. Bowser, b. Sept. 25, 1858; d. May 12, 1906; m. Mary Sny-
der, b. Apr. 28, 1863.
29. Samuel H. Bowser, b. July 16, 1860; m. Crecie Belle Nesbit, b. Sept.
3, 1862.
30. Thomas L. Bowser, b. Nov. 6, 1863 ; d. Aug. 5, 1901 ; single.
31. Sarah E. Bowser, b. July 28, 1870; m. Jesse J. Sankey, b. Dec. 18,
1869.
28. CHARLES T. and MARY (SNYDER) BOWSER. Charles T. Bowser
was a successful business man, conducting a large produce and grocery
store. He was a trustee in the Baptist Church.
Children :
32. May Irene Bowser, b. July 21, 1890; m. Claude C. Renn, b. Sept. 5,
1888; ch.: Claude R., b. Jan. 10, 1915; Robert K., b. Oct. 10, 1920.
33. Edna Viola Bowser, b. Dec. 18, 1891.
34. George Frank Bowser, b. Feb. 7, 1893 ; m. Margaret Green, b. Jan.
31, 1897; d. May, 1920.
35. G. Edward Bowser, b. Jan. 26, 1895 ; m. Genevive Price, b. 1900.
36. Charles Luther Bowser, b. July 8, 1897.
37. Helen Louisa Bowser, b. Aug. 22, 1900.
38. William Howard Bowser, b. Dec. 12, 1901 ; d. Feb. 26, 1920.
JOHN AND EVE BOWSER BRANCH 265
29. SAMUEL H. and GRECIE BELLE (NESBIT) BOWSER. Samuel
H. Bowser has charge of the Pennsylvania Railroad station at the impor-
tant junction town of Sunbury, Pa. Like his brother Charles, he serves
as an officer in the Baptist Church :
Children :
39. Rosella Bowser, b. Dec. 17, 1882; d. Aug. 8, 1903.
40. George Alvin Leo Bowser, b. July 20, 1890; d. Dec. 11, 1915.
41. Charles Bailey Bowser, b. Sept. 8, 1892.
42. Myrtle Belle Bowser, b. Mar. 12, 1895 ; m. Charles Grove Royer, b.
Jan. 27, 1897; child: Charles Huston, b. May 15, 1921.
31. SARAH E. and JESSE J. SANKEY. Mr. Sankey is a merchant. Sun-
bury, Pa.
Children :
43. Samuel Francis Sankey, b. Mar. 25, 1907.
44. Irma Belle Sankey, b. Sept. 13, 1910.
45. Marjorie Irene Sankey, b. Nov. 25, 1912.
22. DAVID (4) ; ISAAC (3) ; GEORGE (2) ; JOHN (1). David Bowser's
widow with her two children moved to Crafton, Pa., about 1900. She died
there. Both of his children live at Crafton.
Children :
46. Alpha L. Bowser; mail carrier.
47. Catharine Bowser.
24. ISAAC (4) ; ISAAC (3) ; GEORGE (2) ; JOHN (1). Dr. Isaac Bow-
ser was a dentist at Woodbury, Pa.
Children :
48. Seward Bowser; in business in Philadelphia, Pa.
49. Howard Bowser.
50. Haller Bowser.
51. Carrie Bowser, m. Frantz; live in Lancaster, Pa.
8. JACOB (3) ; GEORGE (2) ; JOHN (1). Jacob Bowser lived in the Blue
Knob section, Blair Co., Pa., where he died about 1872. The Blue Knob
is also known as the Schwitz because of its likeness to the former home-
land of at least some of our Bowser family in Switzerland. Some of Jacob
and Catharine (Imler) Bowser's descendants are still living in the Blue
Knob region. The religious character of Jacob is disclosed in giving his
sons Bible names.
Children :
52. Conrad Bowser, b. about 1868; lived in Juniata Twp. (Blue Knob),
Blair Co., Pa.
53. Isaac Bowser, b. 1828; lived in Johnstown, Pa.
54. Aaron Bowser.
55. Moses Bowser, b. 1831 ; m. Mary Ritchie, b. 1834 ; d. 1897.
56. John Bowser, veteran of the Civil war; m. Sarah Bloom, d. about
1866; lived in Altoona, Pa.; b. 1838.
57. Susannah Bowser, b. 1824.
58. Daniel L. Bowser, b. 1833 ; d. at Altoona, Pa., Nov. 8, 1902 ; m. Mary
Corl.
59. David Bowser, b. 1842 ; m. Elizabeth Feathers.
61. Joseph Bowser.
62. Gideon Bowser.
a62. Jacob Bowser, b. 1797.
b62. Elizabeth Bowser, b. 1835.
c62. Catharine Bowser, b. 1797.
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55. MOSES (4) ; JACOB (3) ; GEORGE (2) ; JOHN (1).
63. Laana Bowser, m. J. Q. Adams, Roaring Springs, Pa.
64. Rebecca E. Bowser, b. 1858; m. John Conrad, Union Twp., Bedford
Co., Pa.
65. Emanuel Bowser, d. young.
66. Ida Bowser, b. 1869; m. George Berkheimer, Greenfield Twp., Bed-
ford Co.
67. Harry Edmund Bowser, b. 1871 ; m. Celestia Ernest.
68. Elizabeth Bowser, b. 1860; m. George Conrad.
69. Catharine Bowser, b. 1861 ; m. David Martin.
70. John Calvin Bowser, b. 1865 ; m. Delia Diehl.
a70. Mary Bowser, b- 1867; m. William George.
59. DAVID (4) ; JACOB (3) ; GEORGE (2) ; JOHN (1).
Children :
71. William Bowser, m. Julia Dishong.
72. John Bowser, m. Eve Imler.
73. David Sylvester Bowser, m. Jane Eller.
74. Jeremiah Bowser, m. Addie Lydicks.
75. Maud Bowser, m. Charles Boyles.
76. Aaron Bowser, m. Lucy Berkheimer.
77. Marietta Bowser.
78. Dolph Bowser.
79. Anna Bowser, m. C. A. Diehl ; ch. : Mary, Samuel, Crawford, David,
Vernon, Goldie, Francis, Annie, Marie, Guy, Harry, Violet.
58. DANIEL (4); JACOB (3); GEORGE (2); JOHN (1). Daniel L.
Bowser was a veteran of the Civil war. He died soon after the war closed,
in Altoona, Pa. He married (1) Mary Corl.
Children :
80. George B. Bowser; lives at 2116 Fourth Ave., Altoona, Pa.
81. Franklin Austin Bowser, b. Feb. 18, 1856; living near Newry, Pa.
82. David Bowser.
83. William Bowser.
84. Angeline Bowser.
85. Emma Bowser.
86. Rebecca Bowser.
Children of the second marriage :
87. Myrtle Bowser, m. Solomon Sleek.
88. Carrie Bowser, m. Aungst.
89. Alberta Bowser, m. John Schniddle.
90. Millie Bowser ; lives in Philadelphia.
91. Jacob Bowser, deceased.
92. Ida May Bowser, d. at Queen, Pa., July 8, 1904.
81. FRANKLIN AUGUSTUS BOWSER.
93. Delia Grace Bowser, m. Eicher.
94. Sarah Bertha, m. Aungst.
95. Rhoda Jane Bowser, m. Bowmaster.
96. Emma May Bowser, m. Harvey Berkheimer; live at Gaysport, Pa.
97. Lemon Augustus Bowser.
98. Ralph Earl Bowser.
99. Harry Franklin Bowser.
100. Merle Emory Bowser.
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10. GEORGE (3) ; GEORGE (2) ; JOHN (1). George Bowser, known as
Blackhawk George, was married to Elizabeth Zimmers (or Zimmerman).
Children :
101. Philip Bowser.
102. Anthony Bowser, m. Mary Grove.
103. George Bowser, m. Fickes.
104. Frederick Bowser, m. Fickes. George and Frederick were
twins and married sisters.
105. Elizabeth Bowser, m. Mauk,
106. Mary Bowser, m. Daniel Bush, Roaring Springs, Bedford Co., Pa,
107. Job Bowser.
108. Susanna Bowser.
13. EVE (3) ; GEORGE (2) ; JOHN (1). Eve Bowser, the granddaughter
of John and Eve, and daughter of George and Margaret Swartz, married
Peter Amick. "In 1815 Peter A. Amick came from Adams County, Pa.,
where he was born in 1793, and settled on the land where the borough of
St. Clairsville, Bedford Co., now stands. Mr. and Mrs. Amick moved into
a house which was without windows and doors. At first they hung up
quilts which served in the place of doors. Shortly after settling here
Mr. Amick began keeping tavern, and as his means permitted he added to
his house and otherwise improved it. He was commissioned the first post-
master of the town and the office has been in the hands of the family ever
since. He kept hotel and worked at his trade (coopering) until 1877, when
he died in the 87th year of his age." (Hist. Bedford and Somerset Coun-
ties.) The writer had the pleasure of a visit to this picturesque village
and making pictures of Peter Amick's quaint old hotel and store. The
long two-story building, which elongated as business demanded, is well
preserved and is precisely the same as in the days when Mr. Amick enter-
tained his guests and prospered there. None of his family, however, are
living there. Jacob Bowser is conducting a store in the place. Benjamin S.
Bowser told the writer that John Amick, son of Peter Amick, with his
sister "Beckie" came out to Armstrong County in 1838 or 1839. He also
stated that Joseph Bowser, son of Noah, was an uncle of John Amick.
Reynolds Bowser also claimed relationship with Eve (Bowser) Amick,
mother of John Amick. But we have not been able to discover even the
possibility of such relationship.
Children :
109. Margaret Amick, b. 1823; d. July 9, 1880; m. (1) Beam; (2)
Aaron Grove.
110. George B. Amick, d. 1893; m. Mary Hinsling, b. 1825; d. 1908.
111. John H. B. Amick; m. Maria Imes.
112. Sarah Amick, d. 1867; m. Josiah Hite, Roaring Springs, Pa.
113. Jacob F. Amick, b. 1826; d. 1858; m. Mary Furney.
114. Matilda Amick; died young.
115. William B. Amick; killed in Civil war; m. Catharine Wortz.
110. GEORGE B. and MARY (HINSLING) AMICK.
Children :
116. John H. B. Amick; m. Sue Wile; dead; was a physician in Phila-
delphia, Pa.
117. Arthur H. Amick, m. Lillian C. Smith; in real estate business, Cum-
berland Md.
118. Edwin P. Amick.
119. Upton M. Amick, m. Edith McCullough ; address: Philadelphia, Pa.;
ch.: Earl M.
120. Ira Park Amick; druggist, Philadelphia, Pa.
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121. Rev. G. W. W. Amick, b. Apr. 16, 1861; see biographies; m. (1)
Florence Philips; child: Arthur Park, b. Aug. 21, 1889; fti. Virgie
Walters; child: Walter; m. (2) Lydia Arner; ch. : Margaret
Thelma, b. Nov. 29, 1897; Howard W., b. Oct. 5, 1900, student
physician, New Springfield, Ohio.
122. Georgia B. Amick, m. Charles Blackwelder.
123. Mary P. Bowser Amick, m. Dr. Alexander J. Bowser ; ch. : Georgia.
124. Frank E. Amick, m. Laura Shaffer; merchant, Altoona, Pa.
125. George B. Amick, m. Mary Park Hammond ; ch. : John H. B., Arthur.
126. Stanley Amick.
117. ARTHUR H. and LILLIAN C. (SMITH) AMICK.
Children :
127. Vera Ray Amick.
128. Marian Amick, m. George B. Clifton ; ch. : Vera May, Anna C, Jane,
Georgia.
129. Medora Amick.
130. Arthur H. Amick, Jr., m. Dorothy Street.
12. CATHARINE BOWSER and JACOB BERKHEIMER. (See 35 under
Mathias.)
9. JOHN (3) ; GEORGE (2) ; JOHN (1). John Bowser, known as "Miller
John," son of George and Margaret Swartz Bowser of Bedford Co., Pa.,
was born in 1790. "Miller John" married Margaret Zimmer, daughter of
Frederick and Margaret Zimmer, of Bedford Co., Pa. She was born in 1789.
Margaret Zimmer says in her will : "I, Margaret Zimmer of Bedford Twp.,
Bedford Co., Pa., bequeathe to Johnathan Bowser, son of John Bowser,
intermarried to my daughter Margaret, $59.00, to be paid two years after
my decease . . . my husband, Frederick Zimmer, deceased." Probated
1860. "Miller John" married (2) Shaffer. John Bowser was a
miller in Friends Cove and died there in 1860. Friends Cove is in Cole-
rain Twp. and lies between "Evits" and Tusseys Mountain. His will was
probated Dec. 22, 1860.
Children :
131. Catharine Bowser, m. Michael Holderbaum, Jr., who lived near
Bedford, Pa. He was a member of the State Assembly, 1842. He
died Sept. 9, 1880.
132. Johnathan Bowser, b. in Bedford Co., 1821 ; m. Elizabeth Earnest,
b. 1823; m. (2) a Mrs. Diehl.
133. Elizabeth Bowser, m. Jacob Biddle.
134. Jacob H. Bowser, b. 1825; m. (1) Catharine Bittiger; (2) Margaret
Shaffer.
135. Eve Bowser, m. William Beegle.
136. Susannah Bowser, m. Miller. Mrs. Isaac Replogle, Enter-
prise, Pa., is their daughter.
137. Margaret Bowser, m. Charles Helsel.
131. CATHARINE (BOWSER) and MICHAEL HOLDERBAUM.
Children :
138. John Holderbaum, m. (1) Yant; m. (2) Diehl;
address : Bedford, Pa.
139. Margaret Holderbaum ; never married ; lived near Bedford.
140. Elizabeth Holderbaum, m. David Ober ; lived near Bedford.
141. Mary Holderbaum, m. George Weimer.
142. Susannah Holderbaum.
143. David Holderbaum, m. S. Rebecca Crisman ; address : Bedford, Pa.
144. Sarah Holderbaum, m. Charles Beegle; lived near Bedford.
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132. JOHNATHAN (4) ; JOHN (3) ; GEORGE (2) ; JOHN (1). Johnathan
Bowser was a member of the Reformed Church ; farmer in Colerain Twp.,
Freind's Cove. His real estate was valued at $40,000.00.
Children :
145. Margaret Bowser, b. 1846; m. Joseph Trostle of Greensburg, Pa.
146. Jacob Bowser, b. 1849, in Friend's Cove near Ott Town; d. 1908;
m. Amanda Milburn.
147. David Bowser, b. 1851, in Bedford Co., Pa. He was in Colerain
Twp. early in 1870, as also his parents and his brothers Jacob,
Isaac, and Aaron, and his sister Emma. In 1919 he was living
in Salem, Mass. He married Margaret Little. Ch. : William,
John, David.
148. Isaac Bowser, b. in Bedford Co., Pa., 1853.
149. Aaron Bowser, b. in Bedford Co., 1859; m. Elizabeth Ridenour, b.
Sept. 16, 1886; ch. : Verna, Moore, Walter, Minnie.
150. Emma Bowser, b. 1860; m. Emory Dicken; in 1919 were living in
Johnstown, Pa. ; child : Harper.
151. Mary Bowser, m. J. Newton Drenning; in 1919 were living in
Cumberland Valley, Bedford Co., Pa., R. F. D. ; ch. : Lulu,
Humphry.
133. ELIZABETH (BOWSER) and JACOB BIDDLE.
Children :
152. Andrew Biddle, m. Mary Beegle, Bedford, Pa.
153. Charles Biddle, m. (1) Eva Koontz; (2) Wertz, Bedford, Pa.
154. Francis Biddle, m. Jane Stucky.
155. Dr. Johnathan Biddle; m. Buchannan.
156. Margaret Biddle, m. Shaflfer, Toledo, O.
157. William Biddle, m. Wertz; lived in Ohio.
134. JACOB H. (4) ; JOHN (3) ; GEORGE (2) ; JOHN (1). JACOB H.
BOWSER and CATHARINE (BITTINGER) BOWSER.
Children :
158. Catharine Elizabeth Bowser, b. May 15, 1849; m. Nathan Kegg, son
of John and Christina (Diehl) Kegg.
159. Margaret Bowser, m. Solomon Reighard.
160. Mary Jane Bowser, m. John S. Whetstone.
161. Carrie E. Bowser, b. 1856; m. (1) Harolerode ; (2) David Frank
Mortimer.
162. Johnathan Bowser, m. Hilderbaugh.
163. John F. Bowser, m. Sarah E. Berkheimer.
164. Ella Bowser, m. Alexander Gates.
158. CATHARINE E. (5) ; JACOB H. (4) ; JOHN (3) ; GEORGE (2) ;
JOHN (1). Catharine Elizabeth (Bowser) and Nathan Kegg were married
on the 6th of January, 1868; now living at Johnstown, Pa.
Children :
165. Jennie Kegg, b. July 6, 1871 ; m. Robert Ferrell.
166. John Earl Kegg b. Oct. 28, 1870; m. Bessie Gross, d. July 20, 1916.
167. William Kegg, b. Aug. 26, 1873; d. Dec. 29, 1898.
168. Ella Kegg, b. May 20. 1875; m. Charles Kuckuck.
169. Samuel Frank Kegg, b. Nov. 9, 1879.
170. Edgar Nathan Kegg, b. Aug. 6, 1881 ; d. Nov. IS, 1885.
171. Mabel Irene Kegg, b. July 7, 1886; m. Frederick Mintmier.
172. Harry Leroy Kegg, b. Jan. 16, 1891 ; served in the World war ;
wounded in the Argonne campaign.
270 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
159. MARGARET (5) ; JACOB H. (4) ; JOHN (3) ; GEORGE (2) ;
JOHN (1). Margaret Bowser and Solomon Reighard.
Children :
173. Myra Mae Reighard, b. Mar. 6, 1876; m. Martin A. Diehl.
174. Charles E. Reighard, b. Aug. 29, 1878; m. Nancy Wher.
175. Amanda Irene Reighard, b. Mar. 5, 1881 ; m. Martin Beegle.
176. Warren G. Reighard, b. July 1, 1883; m. Catharine Sharp.
177. Franklin Aaron Reighard, b. July 2, 1865 ; m. Ada Diehl.
178. Grace Ada Reighard, b. Feb. 14, 1890; m. Samuel V. Shoemaker,
d. 1914.
173. MYRA MAE (REIGHARD) and MARTIN A. DIEHL; residence:
Bedford, Pa., R. D. 4.
Children :
179. Margaret May Diehl ; b. May 2, 1903.
180. Paul Andrew Diehl, b. Apr. 7, 1908.
174. CHARLES E. and NANCY (WHER) REIGHARD.
Child :
181. Sharron Reighard, b. Aug. 14, 1906.
175. AMANDA IRENE (REIGHARD) and MARTIN S. BEEGLE.
Children :
182. Glen Beegle, b. June 8, 1905.
183. Mildred Irene Beegle, b. June 21, 1907.
176. WARREN G. and CATHARINE (SHARP) REIGHARD.
Children :
184. Teresa K. Reighard, b. Feb. 29, 1908.
185. James W. Reighard, b. 1909.
186. Edward K. Reighard, b. 1911.
187. Margaret Mary Reighard, b. 1915.
160. MARY JANE (5) ; JACOB H. (4) ; JOHN (3) ; GEORGE (2) ;
JOHN (1). Mary Jane (Bowser) and John S. Whetstone live in Friend's
Cove, Lutzville, Pa. Mr. Whetstone is a prominent farmer and stockman.
Children :
188. Harry Whetstone, b. 1873; m. Minnie Fox; address: 618 Cherry
Street, Findley, Ohio; ch. : Leola, Mildred, Edith.
189. Anna Whetstone, b. 1874 ; m. D. C. Ott ; address : Everett, Pa. ; ch. :
Margaret, Grace, Clyde.
190. Frank Whetstone, b. 1876 ; m. Harriet England ; address : Everett,
Pa.; ch.: Verna, Stella, Paul, Miles.
191. Blanche Whetstone, b. 1878; m. C. M. Ott; address: Everett, Pa.;
child: Alvin.
192. Prof. George Whetstone, b. 1880; address: Waynesboro, Pa.; m.
Nellie Vink ; ch. : John, George.
193. Margaret Whetstone, b. 1882; m. Howard Hershberger; address:
Loysburg, Pa. ; ch. : Ross, George, Emmert, Raymond, Kenneth.
194. Merrill Whetstone, b. 1886 ; m. Winifred Whipp ; address : Altoona,
Pa. ; ch. : Donald, dead ; Grace.
195. Ross Whetstone, b. 1888; m. Fern Byal ; address: Lutzville, Pa.;
ch. : Paul, Viola.
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161. CARRIE E. (5) ; JACOB H. (4) ; JOHN (3) ; GEORGE (2) ; JOHN
(1). Carrie E. Bowser m. (1) Harclerode.
Children :
196. Frank Harclerode.
197. Edith Harclerode.
m. (2) David Frank Mortimore; address: Frederick St., Toledo, Ohio.
Children :
198. Ralph Mortimore, b. 1888.
199. Albert Mortimore, b. 1891.
200. Harold Mortimore, b. 1896.
163. JOHN F. (5) ; JACOB H. (4) ; JOHN (3) ; GEORGE (2) ; JOHN (1).
John F. Bowser moved to Tyrone, Pa., where he engaged in business. He
died there Apr. 2, 1917. He married Sarah E. Berkheimer, living at Tyrone.
Children :
201. Stella M. Bowser, m. Oscar Diehl; address: North Richard St.,
Bedford, Pa.
202. Mary O. Bowser, m. Earl Dickson; address: Tyrone, Pa.
203. Albert Bowser.
204. Harry F. Bowser.
205. Ruth E. Bowser.
164. ELLA (5) ; JACOB H. (4) ; JOHN (3) ; GEORGE (2) ; JOHN (1).
Ella (Bowser) and Alexander Gates live at Roaring Springs, Pa.
Children : Mintie, m. Ross Croyle, Roaring Springs, Pa. ; Harry, Charles,
Viola, Margaret.
135. EVE (4); j;OHN (3); GEORGE (2); JOHN (1);. Eve Bowser,
daughter of "Miller John," m. William Beegle.
Children :
206. George Beegle m. Rebecca Diehl ; address : Lutzville Pa.
207. John Beegle m. Amanda Berkheimer; address: Bedford, Pa.
208. Frank Beegle, m. Sarah Lashley; address: Everett, Pa.
209. Jackson Beegle; single.
210. Mack Beegle; single.
211. Douglas Beegle; m. Wertz.
212. Henrietta Beegle; m. John Ingard.
213. Ida Beegle.
214. Lloyd Beegle; m. Grove; address: Everett, Pa.
146. JACOB (4) ; JOHNATHAN (3) ; JOHN (2) ; JOHN (1). Jacob
and Amanda (Milburn) Bowser.
Children :
215. Frank Bowser, b. June 18, 1873; m. Mary M. Deshong.
216. Harry Bowser, b. Aug. 31, 1875; m. Emma Johnson; address: Johns-
town, Pa; child: Lanna.
217. Annie E. Bowser, b. Jan. 11, 1878; m. Nicholas Manther; child: Hazel.
218. John Clarke Bowser, b. Mar. 28, 1880; m. Bertha M. Achlin, New-
ton, Mass.
219. Minnie Bowser, b. June 25, 1882 ; d. Dec. 25, 1884.
220. Ross Bowser, b. July 31, 1885; address: 143 Horner St., Johns-
town, Pa.
221. Jacob Bowser, b. Feb. 23, 1887; d. Mar. 10, 1912.
222. Robert Bowser, b. Sept. 21, 1892.
272 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
215. FRANK (5) ; JACOB (4) ; JOHNATHAN (3) ; JOHN, JR. (2) ;
JOHN, SR. (1). Frank Bowser is a decorator and paper hanger; in
business at South Richard St., Bedford, Pa.
Children :
223. George E. Bowser, b. June 18, 1895.
224. Ralph N. Bowser, b. Sept. 28, 1878.
225. Sara A. Bowser, b. April 8, 1901.
226. Joseph R. Bowser, b. Mar. 13, 1903.
227. Samuel C. Bowser, b. Nov. 20, 1907.
56. JOHN (4) ; JACOB (3) ; GEORGE (2) ; JOHN (1). John and Sophia
(Bloom) Bowser lived in Altoona, Pa.
Children :
228. John Bowser ; moved to Iowa.
229. Annie Bowser ; dead.
230. Samuel S. Bowser, b. Mar. 17, 1859; m. Mary S. O'Rear; address:
566 Fourth St., Beaver, Pa.
231. Margaret Bowser.
232. Mary Bowser ; dead.
230. SAMUEL S. and MARY S. (O'REAR) BOWSER.
Children :
233. John Henry Bowser b. Apr. 12, 1888; a miner; in Birmingham, Ala.;
m. Ida West ; ch. : Bessie Lee ; James Henry.
234. James S. Bowser, b. Sept. 3, 1889; carpenter; in Warren, Ohio; m.
Lillian Coker ; child : James, Jr.
235. William Thomas Bowser, b. Mar. 27, 1893 ; soldier of the World war.
236. Bryan B. Bowser, b. Oct. 26, 1895; a soldier of the World war;
served as corporal in France.
237. Samuel Ira Bowser, b. Jan. 27, 1901; steelworker, Cleveland, Ohio.
238. Anna May Bowser, b. Sept. 27, 1886; m. Tune, Birmingham,
Ala.
239. Margaret Sophia Bowser, b. Aug. 7, 1891 ; m. W. F. Tucker, Mus-
kogee, Okla.
240. Lola L. Bowser, b. Nov. 9, 1897; m. West; residence: Bir-
mingham, Ala. ^
JAMES BOWSER OF MILL CREEK BRANCH 211
♦JAMES BOWSER, Mill Creek, Huntingdon County, Pa. James Bowser is
a son of John Bowser and Elizabeth Ments, who lived in Bedford County.
James married (1) Smith; (2) Shingler. His family gather each year
at his home in their Bowser "Reunion." He was born 1843.
Children :
\. W. D. Bowser, b. 1863.
2. A. J. Bowser, b. 1870.
3. J. T. Bowser, b. 1872.
4. Nancy B. Bowser, b. 1873.
5. Rosetta M. Bowser, b. 1875.
6. Mary Bowser, b. 1877.
7. Speer Bowser, b. 1879 ; m. Mary Gregor ; ch. : triplets, Martin Wood-
row, David Wilson, Luther Franklin.
8. Emma B. Bowser, b. 1884.
9. C. W. Bowser, b. 1885 ; d. 1886.
10. Mina D. Bowser, b. 1884.
11. J. M. Bowser, b. 1887.
12. H. L. Bowser, b. 1890.
SAMUEL BOWSER. Samuel Bowser lived in Union Township, Bedford
County, Pa., in 1850. He was born in 1825 ; married Hannah .
Children :
1. George W. Bowser, b. 1847; m. Martha Brooks.
2. John Bernard Bowser, b. May 12, 1849; d. April 6, 1904; ch. : Dessa
Viola, b. 1870, m. Chris Mattas ; Ida May, b. 1872, d. 1874; Aden
Albert, b. 1874, d. 1877; George Dean, b. 1875; Anna Beretta, b.
1878, m. Otis Pincin; Charles Augustus, b. 1879, m. Edith Gray;
Mary Mosouri, b. 1882, d. 1887; Grace Baird, b. 1884, m. Earl
Robson; Edith M., b. 1887, m. George Baronner; Earl Lynn, b.
1892, m. Alta Ritchey. Children of Charles Augustus and Edith
Gray; Charles Dale, b. 1916; Winnefred Helene, b. 1912; Mercer
Gray, b. 1905 ; Roller King, b. 1907.
3. Albert W. Bowser.
4. Samuel P. Bowser.
♦James Bowser, of Mill Creek family, and Samuel Bowser, Union Town-
ship, Bedford Co., Pa., connection uncertain. Inserted here for the advantage
of some future historian. — [A. B. B.]
INDEX
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH
Adams, Alena 1328
Abraham 1327
Clem 2080
George 1324
Jeanette 1320
John 1323,2157
Norman 1326
Rose 2261
Robert 1266,1325
Sarah 1321
Thomas 1302
Alford, James 1769
Neary 1765
Allen, Clara 2080
Daisie 2081
Frank 2076
Harry 2078
Harvey 2077
James 2074
Lou 2075
Mary 2080
Samuel 2079
Tessa H 1829
William 2073
Allot, Golda 1308
Anders, Annie 1875
Anderson, Edward L 1250
Maria 2046
Marie 1251
Andrews, Catharine 1139
Gladys 1138
Lucille 1137
Robert S 1101
Wellington 1136
Ankeny, Betty 1290
Claire, W 1286
Jeanette 1287
Mariam 1289
Ruth 1288
Anthony, Amanda 1080
Clara 1673
George 2082
Arborgast, Seth el64
Armahizer, Laban 2225
Armstrong, Nora B 1698
Arron, Verdie 1 1994
Artman, Edna 1964
Ellis 1918
Babb, Arthur E .~ al268
Catherine C 661
Ella Fulton 664
Babb, James F 660, 1268
Mary E 662
Samuel C 635
Samuel Lindsay 665
Sarah Isabel 663
Bailey, Anna 1832
Baker, Anna 1160
C. W 1158
Elizabeth 1703
G. G 1159
Ida M 1164
John 1151
Mary J 1161
P. C. L 1163
Sarah C 1162
Sherman 1165
William E 10O7
Bancroft, Rev. Warren G dl64
Barbor, Cora Belle a469
Delmont b469
Delmont A c470
James Robert 472
Joseph Leigh 2322
Mina Ruth 473
Robert 0 459
Verner L 469,472
Barker, Feme M 1143
Grace Elma 1140
Nelda Lucille 1142
Relton 1141
Robert R 1107
Bartels, Earnest 1222
Bayha, Ida 1951
Bear, Anna 1360
Beatty, Robert 2400
Beck, George W 1099
Minnie 625
Beer, Frank al469
Belle, Iva a2211
Bender, Maud 2441
Benner, Ruby F 2007
Benton, Mollie 1627
Berkheimer, Alexander 54-87
Alonza 47
Amos yj
Andrew 48
Annie 85
Catherine 80
Dorothy 39
Elizabeth 88
Frank 55
George 41, 84
275
m
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Berkheimer, Hannamary 44
Jacob 35, 43
John 32,40,53,83
Joseph 34, 36
Mandilla 56
Margaret 79
Mary 81
Matilda 45-86
May 57
Moses 31
Oliver 46
Peter 30
Samuel 42
Sarah 33,38,58,82
William 29
Berry, Ormond 687
Bighly, Sarah E 2026
Bixby. Elizabeth cl64
Black, J. H 986
Blue, Fannie 2282
Blanchard, Caroline 2158
Boney, Adeline 1866
Charles D dl864
David M 1867
EttaM al864
George H 1864
George M bl864
James A el864
James R 1811
John A 1870
June F cl864
Margaret 1868
Melissa 1865
Robert W 1871
Sarah Elizabeth 1869
Unice 1805
Bonner, Abner 2351
Bartholomew C 2357
Catherine 2366
Cora 2362
Dora 2361
Elizabeth 1375
Harry L 2363
Ida 2354
James 2360
John F 2359
Margaret 2356
Mary Ellen 1516
Ross W 2365
Robert H 2355
Samuel H 2364
Sarah 2358
Booher, Abram 345
Bartholomew . .435, 1648, 2133, 2161
Blanche 440
Braden Sherwood 394
Catherine 1685,2157
Catherine E 2139
Booher, Chambers 436
Charlotte 1689
Christina 2167
Clara 2349
Clemence 2348
David 407, 1684
Edward 358
Elizabeth 2156, 2350
Elmer 437
Elsie 1683
Emanuel 2347
Eveline 347
Flora Belle 392
Frank 2165
Fred b2112
Frederick 362
Frederick B 350
Frederick Smith 395
Hannah 2142
Harry 360
Henry 2087,2352
Herbert 434
Isabelle 2351
Jacob 176,356
James 1981,2164
Jay C 393
John Hartzell 442
Joshua Crawford 353
John 357
Lea Amanda 351
Lottie J 2140
Lucinda 1975, 2163
Lydia 1686
Lydia Ann 355
Margaret 438,1687
Mary 2353
Mary Ann 2162
Mary Catherine 346
Matilda 2168
Melissa Jane 348
Mona Viola 391,396
Nellie 433
Oliver 2158
Phoebe 1688
Richard 441
Rosanna 352
Ross 1582
Roy 439
Sadie 359
Samuel 361
Samuel Furman 349
Sarah 397,2108
Sophia Elizabeth 354
Tillie al452
William 2143,2159
Booth, Sarah H 925
Bouch, Adaline 1632
Albert 1472
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH
277
Bouch, Anna 1477
Clarence 1634
David 1609
Delia M 1662
Edward 1476
Eliza Tane 1631
Elizabeth 1474, 1636
Ella 1635
Florence 1473
Frederick 1630
Harry H 1639
Isaac 1608
Joseph 1471
Margaret 1667
Park D 1633
Pearl 576
Raymond 1563
Rosa 1637
Sarah 1479
Walter 1478
William 1475
Wilson 558,1638
Bowser, Aaron 1891
Abraham 17,2088
Abram 164, 194
Absalom 1884
Ada 553
Ada M 657
Adaline . . .255, 683, 1555, 2405, 2530
Adam 543, 2002, 2097
Adam S 1654
Adda Catherine 2410
AddaLiletta 160
Addison 895,927
Addison Bartholomew 458
Addison H 925
Adoniram Judson 492
Adrian Rupert 495
A. Gerald 488
Aida 1915
Albert 2096
Albert F 826
Albert I ISO
Albert L 1941
Alexander 92, 744, 1096, 1717
Alexander B 632
Alexander G 525
Alexander J 1157
Alexander J. (Dr.) 120
Alfred 682, 1572, 2393, 2518
Alice 97,104,2146,2419
Alice Jane 1104
Alice M 2130
Alida j978
Allen Wood 1784
Almeda M 935
Almira Fay 1850
Bowser, Alonza H 746
Alpha 78
Alvin H el452
Alzie h978
Amanda 107
Amanda J 914
Amelia 689
Amos 896
Amos A 1481
Amos E 1489
Amos S 264
Andrew 686
Andrew Lee 815
Andrew W 2000
Anderson 1793, 1060
Ann 258, 1928
Ann Eliza 1822
Ann Elizabeth 187
Anna 1523,1561,2050
Anna B 1907
Anna C 646
Anna Catherine 9
Anna Arminta 227
Anna Elizabeth 7
Anna M 2187
Anna Margaret 11, 915
Anna Maria 10
Anna Marie 8
Annie M 986
Anthony 1400, 1722
Anthony C 1719
Aramina cl452
Archibald 181,542,595
Archibald Milton 490
Archibald W 498
Archie E 1839
Arda Crawford 468
Arda Joshua 462
Arlington Reed 464
Arminda 2394,2519
Arnold 932
Arnold H 2406
Arthur 730
Arthur B 1843
Austin 1674
Barbara 142,
1452, al469, 1503, 1810, 1878, 2174
Baxter 1812
Beatrice Heine 491
Bell bl469,1480
BelvaJ. 525
Benjamin 2136
Benjamin F 890
Benjamin S 173, 502
Bernetta C 253
Bert 1122
Bertha 267,559
Bertha L 557
278
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Bowser, Bertha Marinda 1107
Bessie 553, 708, 1910, 2144
Blanche 543,651
Buffington 2418
Burwell 500
Calvin 272,824,1583
Carmen W cl480
Caroline 1053, 1737
Carrie 114
Carrie Amelia 685
Carrie L 652
Carrie Pearl 569
Carroll W. S 1574
Carson A 647
Casper 1972
Catherine 23, 61,
140, 143, 168, 186, 543, 765,
886, 981, 1448, 1490, 1502,
1510, 1929, al811, 1989, 2004,
2089, 2119, 2138, 2199, 1670, 1700
Catherine Elizabeth 487
Catherine Leone 1 134
Catherine M 833, 2480
Catrout 20
Celesta 233
Celia 1585
Cena M 771
Chambers 2055
Chambers E 791
Chambers Orr 1736
Chambers Sirwell 1749
Chambers T 254
Charles .... 543, 712, 979, 2150, 2496
Charles C 98
Charles F a893
Charles K 2490
Charles L 1680
Charles Roy bl994
Charlotte A 2065
Chester 1123
Chester Byron 1010
Chloe M 2433
Christiana 153, 1892,
1927,2098,2116
Christian .... 3, 762, 1500, 1669, 2390
Christian F 2400
Christian Yerty 189
Clara 1908
Clara Bell 2459
Clara G 2405
Clara Zona 1106
Clara M b255, 2428
Clarence 236, 1457, 1667
Clarence S 536
Clark 1458, 1668
Clarilla 1799
Clarissa 1935, 2397, 2522
Claud 734,1916
Bowser, Clay M 989
Clema 235
Clem W 1584
Clement Elgin 1098
Cleora C 156
Clifford 738
Clifton a979
Clinton 246
Clyde 274,713
Cora 849,1587
Cora B 1655
Cora E 1013
Cornelius 2400, 2525
Cover 1560
Cozy Bell 536
Curtis 819,2102
Daisie 497,1246,1596
Daisie D c255
Daisie J 558
Dallas D 1942
Daniel 6, 1875,2095
David 12, 28,
256, 931, 1504, 1978, 2113
David C 1604,1588
David E 461
David F 1730, 2398
David H 100
David J 889
David R 1646
David S 534,884
Dean 716
Debeah 1466
Deborah 1889
Dee J 2445
Delilah 166, 177
Delilah L 555
Delia 2103
Delia 1 1845
Denny 1790
Denny D 197
Doris 275
Dorothy c979, 1070
Dorothy Jean 2412
Earnest Edwin 1752
Ebert 656
EbinG 1727
Edith Naomi 1862
Edmund 1009
Edna 994,1911
Edward 710,1453
Edward C 1665
Edward H 1900
Edward W 815
E. De Witt 1905
Effie 553
Effie Ann 1657
Elda 1913
Eleanor 1059
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH
279
Bowser, Eli 178,1791
Elijah 2407,2532
Eliza Ann 744
Eliza 540
Elizabeth.. 21, 102, 106, 139, 165,
174, 551, 543, 638, 788, 818,
832, 840, 855, 983, 1032, 1150,
1240, 1449, 1467, 1563, 1600,
1610, 1658, bl644, 1701, 1714,
1792, 1873, 1892, 2176, 2387,
1909, 1984, 1986, 2368, 2090, 2512
Elizabeth Ariminta e255
Elizabeth B 2427
Elizabeth C 265
Elizabeth F 2402
Elizabeth K 1811
Elizabeth Lulu 463
Elizabeth Rachel dl731
Ella 543,856,1018,2062
Ella D 933,1962
Ella J 1816,2495
Ella M 481
Ellen 192
Ellis S 1728
Elmer 2147,111,1664
Elmer C 1071,al455
Elmer Ellsworth b766
Elmer S 809
Elsie a978, 1508, 1649
Elsie A 790,1888
Elsie L 468
Elsie Y 1607
Elwood 2398,2523
Emanuel 149,829,978
Emanuel B 1553
Emerson 114
Emily 1157,1556,1974
Emma al08, 823, 900
1567, 1582, 1824, 2401, 2426, 2526
Emma J 2104
Emma R 787
Enos 1499
Ephriam 750
Erda E 1852
Erma 553
Erma Elizabeth 483
Ermeda Bell 504
Ernest 553
Ervin C 699
E. Shenandoah a766
Estella Mary 946
Estella Oliver 1105
Esther 18, 27
Ethel bl480
Ethel C 1067
Ethel Maud 1109
Etta 769, C1644, 1679
Eunice 1709
Bowser, Eunice 1 1861
Eva Jane 685
Fannie g978
Firman Duflf 1903
Flora bl573
Flora A 1682
Flora T 152
Florence 1619, 2127
Florence Bell 792
Florence Young 1093
Florlola 703
Francis 1651,1135
Francis S 263,817
Frank 996
Frank Excell 465
Frank K 769,1679
Franklin P 1061
Fred 543
Freda 733,1127
Freda Rose 1754
Frederick a255,259,
268, 1512, 1554, 1605, 1613, 2416
Frederick P 1779, 1787
Fredrick R 1643
Frederick S 2107
Furman T 496
Galen R 1488
Gaeta 162
Genevieve 1 110
George 60, 103, 525,
714, 830, 1023, 1551, 1702, 1804
George Franklin 1961
George H f978
George J 2489
George McClelland 1090
George P 109
George R 1718
George T 2434
George W 96, 2414, 2415
Georgiana 2404, 2529
Gertie 276
Gertrude 543,740
Gilmer 2148
Gladys Susanna 946
Glen 581,2462
Gracie E 477
Grant 577
Gussie 1011
Guy 1241,1598
Hamilton 1243, 1599
Hamilton D 613,1156
Hannah 62,974,
2382, 2509, 541, 1778
Harley M 1849
Harold J 2457
Harrena 1943
Harriet 1405,1789,1814
Harriet Ann 1991
280
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Bowser, Harrietta Jane 2061
Harrison 984
Harry 116, 130,
691, 717, 923, 1899, 2350
Harry Addison 482
Harry E J1685
Harry H 685
Harry M ,531
Harry P 1012,1781
Harvey 839,1045
Harvey David 946
Harvey Peter 1081
Harvey S 760
Hattie Jane 459
Hattie T. . ; 991
Hazel Sarah 946
Hazel Adelaide 494
Hebert E 1853
Hebert 0 161
Helen ....119,878,1622
Helen K 525
Henry 970,1262,
1557, 1874, 2124, 2175
Henry C 640,2431
Henry F 2395
Henry P 1003
Henry W 2001
Herbert Jacob 922
Herbert W 2407
Herman Osborne 1753
Hettie 2087
Hettie W 1082
Hezekiah 633
H. Grayhill 988
Hiram F 700
Homer 732,1909
Homer L 158
Howard 1456
Howard R 1666
H. Reed 2005
Hulda 741
Ida 815,997,1454,1675
Ida B 1661
Ida Clara 2404
Ira 718,926
Irene C 2500
Irina 995
Irvin 1086
Isaac 66, 880, al81 1,2180
Isabella 1608,1747
Isabelle 467, 1732, 2390, 2515
Isabelle C 537
Iva 1247,1597
Jackson I979
Bowser, Jacob. .5, 14, 93, 110, 132,
543, 547, 843, 885, 964, 1505,
1511, 1552, 1618, 1642, 1677,
1711, 1980, 2172, 2178, 2383,
2389, 2396, 2408, 2508, 2521, 2533
Jacob C 1994, 2502
Jacob A 1931
Jacob F 501,1716,2401
Jacob H 99
Jacob L 260
Jacob M 1671
Jacob N 1459
Jacob W 2445
J. Albert 821
James 128, 976, 1451, 2131, 2135
James C 943,1977
James D 1731,bl731
James E 685,2438
James F 749,1021
James H 185, 535
James K cl452, dl452
James L al994
James M 688, 1898, 2429, 2441
James N 1091
James P 2484
James S 977,990
James W i978, 2481
James Y 1075
Jane 169, 181, 820,
835, 1037, 1054, 1893, 2091, 2442
Jay 1242
Jean Dick 1757
Jeanett 1007,1069
Jemima 1043, 2129
Jemima M 2006
Jennie 2392
Jennie T 810
Jeremiah 1041,1044
Jerl 118
Jerry 543
Jerry F 702
Jessee 854,1460,1476
JesseeM 532,706
Jessee W 266
J. H 1721
Joannah 1048
John, Rev 1002
John A., Rev 1068, 1894
John 13,
25, 63, 105, 131, al65, 543,
546, 753, 900, 968, 1035,
1345, 1501, 1686, 1703, 1704,
1876, 1912, 1983, 2053, 2086,
2386, 2389, 2391, 2511, 2514, 2516
John Dick 1741
John E 891
John F 90, 1887, 499, 838, 2397
John G 1734
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH
281
Bowser, John H 101,2491
John K 827,2425
John M al452, 1904, 2168
John N 2483
John W 2186,2403
Johnathan 1452, 1975. 2083, 2204
Jonas 170,763,1712
Jonas A 793
Joseph 59,142,
1463, 1503, 1521, 1705, 1825, 2485
Joseph Blaire 1468
Joseph D 1699, 2409
Josephus S 1939
Joshua 1715
Joshua Cole 1729
Joshua Crawford 182, 507
Joy 579
J. Quinter 2179
Julia 1933
Julia A... 141, 1155, 1406, 1726,2114
Katherine 644
Kenneth 1124
Kiziah 545, 596, 667,1464
Lafayette 2056
Laird 1072
I^ura . . . .731, 1469, 1562, 1568, 1677
Laura A 554
Laura E 2440
Laura L 785
Lawrence 2499
Leander 94
Lena 578
Lenora B 252, 583, 1586
Leon Alonza 1756
Leonard Augustus d255
Leslie M 1587
Levi S 2531,2406
Lewis 684
Lewis K 1663
Lillian 1748
Lillie Myrtle 505
Loban 1040,1985
Loban R 685
Lois M 1487
Lorenzo W cl731
Lorenzo D al731
Lottie Arvilla 506
Louise 1605,1914
Loviet Clarissa 1725
Lucy 2443
Lucy A 635,1902
Lucinda 883,942
Luella 1656
Luie 850
LuluL 2461
Lurenna a844
Luther 851
Lycurgus 1777
Bowser,Lydia. 1180,1453,1672,1652,2422
Lydia K 936
Lydia M 476
Lyman 1940
Mabel 735
Mabel Sidney 226
Madison M 1089
Mae 1841
Magdalina . . .6, 965, 1509, 1609, 1644
Magdalin H 975
Malinda 687, 1566, 1938
Manuel 747
Manuel H 2487
Manuel R 1480
Margaret 151,170,
249, 530, 580, 655, 764, 944,
1039, 1465, 1497, 1507, al552,
1615, 1650, 1807, 1823, 1871,
2052, 2177, 2379, 2388, 2504,2513
Margaret A. 648, 786, 900, 1606,
1740, 1806, 2151, 2413, 2432,2486
Margaret E 475, 1099, 2059
Margaret Jane 261
Margaretta 1750, 1755
Maria 980
Marion Elizabeth 1758
Marjory R 1863
Mariah 1926
Mariah J 1988
Mark 639,668
Marlin 1937, 2054
Marlin J 1620
Marshal Eaton 1780
Marshall R 2408
Martha 1034, 2409, 2534
Martha E 2488
Martha Jane 1077
Martha L 1795
Martin 751
Martin L 146,154
Marvel 1860
Mary 22, 91, 138,
148, 167, 273, 650, 754, 597,
822, 973, e978, 1033, 1506,
1548, 1783, 1794, 1890, 1932,
1973, 2093, 2099, 2154, 2173,
2381, 2394, 2410, 2423, 2506,2535
Mary Ann 544,
841, 982, 1451, a 1552
Mary B 460
Mary C 828,945
Mary D 2497
MaryE 1017,
1960,2066,2411,2436
Mary 1 537
Mary J 985,641,2115,2484
Mary L 550
Mary M 500,1101,2003
282
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Bowser, Mary R 262
MathewF 2106
Mathias 1042,1,2,
133, 171, 1036, 1879, 1925
Mathias A 2057
Mathias E 480
Mathias S 179
Matilda 108, a267, 1815, 2183
Matilda A 912
Matilda Jane 2135,2154,2161
Mattie L 1846
Maud 1564,1589,715
Maude B 526
May b978
May E 1113
M. Esther 993
Melancihon 692
Melissa al561
Melissa Jane 1906
Melvin 742
Melvina 1498, al573
Merl 711,877,1462
Merl L 1066
Mervin C 191
Michael 2505,2380
Mildred 1074,1125,1244
Milford A al480
Miller 845
Millicent M 649
Milton Nerr 1520
Millie Rachael 642
Minerva 846,1612,1614
Minerva J 1659
Minnie 163, b267, 767
Moses 1450
Myrtle 112,2132,2149
McClelland E 1102
McNala 1979,2155
Nancy 183, 899, 1154, 1236,
1595, 1798, 2411, 2385, 2510,2536
Nancy E 1452
Nancy Laura 1103
Nannie N 1111
Naomi 251
Nathaniel 2058
Nellie Blanch 1522
Nelson 847,1133
Nettie 1046
Nicholas 136, 969
Nicholas Clark 704
NinaL 2124
Noah 15,168,1700,1710, 1805
Noah L 1842
Nora 1826
Norman 2128
Norman Owen 2126
Nula K 527
Ola 2101
Bowser, Olga B 705
Oliva 274
Olive Lenora f25S
Oliver 1581
Ollie E 928
Ona el644
Oran J 808
Oren T 701
OrloL 2123
Orman 1455
Orman J 1662
Orphie 1681
Orrie 1565
Orson A 1840
Oscar L 2420
Park 232
Parma 231
Paul E 2460
Paul Forbes 1966
Paul L 946
Pauline 739
Pearl 269, 1617, 1843,2417
Pearl C 946
Peter 137, 169,
879, 966, 1037, 1713, 1987, 2392
Peter A 2435
Peter F 2399
Peter J 2003, 2064
Peter Osborne 1733
Peter Templeton 1087
Phillip 1930, 1976
Phoebe 1977
Phoebe E 894
Polly Irene 229
Preston C 978
Priscilla 1459,1671
Quigley S 658
Quitman 89
Rachael 188, 538, 887, 1819
Rachael M 552
Ralph 129, 2463
Ralph D 224
Ralph B 525
Ralston H. B 761
Raphael B 1844
Raymond 248, 553, HI
Raymond L 2456
Rebecca . .144 1005, 1152, 2051, 1092
Rebecca Jane 748, 900
Rebecca M 1897
Reuben 2084
Revenna G 806
Rhinaldo M 489
Rhoda E 1485
RhodaM 2444
Richard 543,155?
Robert 816.
834, k978, 1126, 1982, 2121
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH
283
Bowser, Robert B., Rev 1723
Robert C 2421
Robert Dean 743
Robert L 1788,2424
Robert M 913,1992
Robinson 1152
Roland S 553
Rosanah 180
Rosanah Frances 503
Rosanah Mable 493
Rose 195, 1678
Rosie m
Ross 666, 1673
Ross Mechling 1080
Ross Toy 690
Roy d978, 1249, 1601
Roy P 709
Rufus 1008
Russel 1020
Ruth 250,1250,1608
Ruth A 1484, 946
Ruth May 992,2458
Ruth R 528
Sadie 234, 1119, 1491, 1593
Sadie E 1901
Sadie M 598
Sally 1038, 1073
Sally J 1088
Sally R 478
Samantha J 897
Samuel 19,
135, 844, 882, 898. 971, 1877,
1707, 2399, 2395, 2378, 2439, 2501
Samuel, Jr 2503, 2521, 2524
Samuel A 1809
Samuel B 1998
Samuel Dwight 924
Samuel H 887,946,1906
Sarah 271, 831, 888,
1388, 1479, 1573, 1621, 1818,
1588, 2100, 2384, 2164, 2393,2509
Sarah A 176,
900, 1153, 1706, 1254
Sarah B 929
Sarah Dick 1751
Sarah M 846, 1785, 1808, 1896
Sarah 0 2185
Sarah Rebecca 643
Savilla 1014
Scott 1019, 2402, 2427
Senthelia 1934
Sewell 113
Sharon 1486
Sherman 1 166
Simon 1006
Simon Peter 636
Smith G 2125
Solomon 460,752
Bowser, Solomon Abe 967
Solomon R 752
Sophia 175,193
Sophia Catherine 789
Spurgeon 230
Stella M 939
Steven 645
Stephen 196
Susan 184,
548,543,967,1461,2092
Susanna 881
Sylvester F 1936
Fannie Waid 1094
Thomas N 654
Thompson P 893
Thomas 1064, 1885
Tillie 185
Tillie Verata 533
Tobias 1015
Ulysses Selby 524
Urich F 559
Valentine 1926, 1999,
16, 24, 134, 172, 2085,
2209, 634, 842, 852, 1993
Valentine M 2122
Vera 736
Victor Elnera 998
Vima E 2233
Vincent Earl 1108
Viola 877,1462,1620,270
Virgil M 157,al71
Warren 553, 1252, 1676, 1602
Ward 245
Watson, (B. S.) 228
Wayland Stanley 466
Wayne 237
Wellington, Rev 1094
Wesley Smith 1097
Whitsel 1167
Wilbert 853
Wilbert C 707
Wilber 1440
Wilber 0 1483
Wilda 1572
Wilda May 1660
Willird B 1848
William 64,95,257,
539, 553,1004,1047,
1650,1645,1886,2137,2152
William A 147,539,
653,1065,1786,556,2430
William C 1616
William D 825
William E 1797, 2437
William F 2396
William G 1739
William H 745,
837,1482,1569,2422
284
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Bowser, William J 1735, 1748
William L 2446, 548, 1720
William 0 817
William P 190,815,972
William T 2482
William W 155
Winfield 2144
Wilson 815,1558,1670
Wilson Dale 1851
Wilson L 1079,2361
Wilson M 2403
Wood, J. R 1595
W. Reynolds 1515
W. S 892
Ximina 1965
Zelia 584
Zella b979
Boyle, Catherine 1064
Boylestein, Archibald 290
Alma Kathryn 293
Daisie Jeanette 295
Elizabeth 292
George L 291
Sarah 204
Sophia 296
Branner, William 975
Braum, Frank 1678
Brice, Allen 2042
Charles 2041
James 1928
Brooks, Elizabeth 2399
Linnie 2182
Brown, Charles K 2439
Eugene M 674
Gififord C 673
Graham L 675
Harry 2448
Harry C 669
Ivar L 2447
William K , ^ . . 623
Brumbaugh, David Vi. h-. -782
Ida 984
Bruner, Cora 1333
Bryan, Florence 1916
Bryson, Catherine 1365
Burford, Charles C 621
Dora E 619
Ida A 618
Tames 608
James T 620
John F 616
Parks, P 617
Burnheimer, Elizabeth 1 149
John 1146
Mary 1148,1707
Mathias 1145
Samuel 1147
William 1144
Burns, Stofel 1415
Butts, W. A 987
Buzzard, Bertha 1051
Ida 1050
John 619
Mary 1049
Robert 1052
Samuel 1048
Calhound, Philip 1755
Cambell, Ada 1867
Maude Ellen 1285
Margaret 2396
Carbary, Alvin c979
Carl, Anna 2035
Cora 2036
Florence 2039
Harry 2032
Lee 2031
Michael C 2017
Nelson 2034
Robert 2038
Rose 2033
William 2037
Case, Linda 2393, 2518
Cashman, J. J 992
Casper, Elizabeth 2021
Cederborg, Carrie cl685
Chain, Elizabeth 2389, 2514
Chance, Druscilla 2399, 2524
Chandler, Lydia 1992
Chappell, Elizabeth 1654
G H 1312
Chilton," Jaiie Anna.' .... '. . .2396,' 2521
Claar, Margaret 2172
Miles 2183
Thomas 2176
Clark, Anna 2030
Claypoole, Aida F 567
Albert 1490
Alexander 1568
Alfred 1494
Alice D. R 572
Barbara 1492
Boggs 1491
Clarissa 1552
Clinton W 571
Elizabeth 1512
Frank 2101
Grover 1493
Hannah 839
Harriet 1630
Harvey 1561
HazelleM 569
Homer H 566,505
Howard M 554
Isabelle 1505
Lloyd M 568
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH
285
Claypoole, Lottie dl452
Loyol 1640
Margaret 1642
Mary Belle 570
Mary J 1650
Melvina 1640
Mona 564
Nancy J 1545
Obediah 1610
Oliver V 1632
Pauline 2211
Raymond 1496
Vera M 565
Wilda 1495
Cleve, Joseph c979
Clever, Elsie 1100
Close, Jennie gl64
Cochran, David 935
Cogan, Charles 1025
Chester 1027
Elizabeth 1029
Elsie 1031
Ethel 1030
Gertie 1024
Henry 1005
Herbert 242
James Blain 1026
Joseph B 243
Kenneth 244
Stella 1028
Cole, Nancy 1705
Collier, Amelia B 721
Annie Jane 719
Clyde Olden 723
Dorothy Eaton 729
Etta Florence 728
Floyd L 727
Harry Emmitt 722
James Milton 724
John 689
John Herbert 720
Laura Agnes 725
Ross Nelson 726
Colvin, Alice 121
Blanche 127
Charles 123
Frank E., Esq 126
George 122
John 124
William 125
Condron, Comfort 2476
John L 2432
John P 2475
Leo J 2474
Theda B 2473
TheraG 2472
William 2477
Cook, Abrahm 1523
Cook, Anna J 1526
Bertha 1304
Elizabeth F 1525
Nell Irene 1524
Cooke, Bennett R 1313
Cooper, Elizabeth 1804
Cornman, Henry 1644
Margaret 1 890
Cousins, Absalom 1549
Alexander 1547
David 1387
Edgar 1917
Elmer 1388, 1907
Emily 2227
Goldie 1918
Isaac 1391
John 1546
Joseph 1550
Julia 1389
Lawrie 1919
Levi 1548
Margaret 1390
Ollie 1990
Polly 1344
Pearl 1438
Thomas 1510
William 1348
Cowan. William 1398
Craig, Catherine 2291
Emily 2290
Fannie 2367
Martha H 816
Sherman 2293
Thomas 2270
Wesley 2292
Cramer, Maude 1167
Maude A 1849
Cravenor, Addison P 693
Amelia Ann 695
Elizabeth Jane 694
John S 683
Laura Etta 696
Mary Jemima 698
Rosa 1629
William A 697
Crawford, Benjamin bl64
Catharine el64
Charlotte 1229
Edna 1230
Elizabeth 1231
Elmira fl64
Eva 621
E. E 1228
Frances L il64
John cl64
Louise hl64
Mary Ann al64
Matilda dl64
286
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Crawford, Travis gl64
Crawshaw, Charles 1084
Crisman, Abraham 2207, 2233
Elizabeth 1692,2188,2191
Esther 2196
Harvey 2289
Jacob 2270
John 2191
Joseph 1986
Lee 1402
Lettie 1439
Levi 2237
Louis N 2345
Martin 2288
Mary 2189
Peter 2239
Roland 2254
Samuel 2245
Urie B 2366
Croyle, Adam 2251
Frederick 1441
John 1394, 2223
Cunningham, Alice 2403
Minnie 1728
William 1737
Cypher, Ora 1020
Dailey, Bert 1692
Charles 1691
Harry 1693
Helen 1076
James 1683
James L 1695
Mary 1690
Rebecca 1699
William 1694
Darling, William 1431
Daut, George 1822
Davidson, Anna 817
Margaret 1885
Davis. Althea M 1800
Bell 2289
Charles S 1801
Clair 2464
Elizabeth 1803
Harriet E 2466
Harriet 1 2469
Isaah 2280
John W 2465
Lenora M 2470
Marie 1802
Mary Ann 2095
Miles 2433
MolHe 1475
Robert M 2468
Thelma 2467
William 1795
Delp, Julia 2030
Margaret el260
Depp, Glenn H 2454
James W 2450
John H 2440
Leroy 2451
Lloyd 2449
Martha J 2453
William C 2452
Deyoe, Robert E 2310
Dias, Maud 2074
Dick, Eliza 1733
Margaret 1729
Dickerson, Phoebe O jl64
Albert W ol64
Dickey, Ethel 551
Grace 551
Hattie 551
John 551
Dinsmore, Anna E dl869
Ella E el869
Floronna C fl869
Frederick F hl869
James R al869
Marian A gl869
Marion 1869
Mary E cl869
Nellie M bl869
Divelbiss, Margaret 978
Donahue, Charles P 367
Clyde 384
Evelyn 383
Donnel, Edward 2315
John 2273
William 2314
Donovan, John 2427
Doty, Catherine 2299
Douglas, Blair 2466
Margaret H 2471
Doutt, Ruth 2407
Downing. George B 2103
Duncan, Lulu dl864
Early, William 2139
Eaton, Hannah 1713
Eddy, Brace D 1776
Edwards, Abraham 1338
Adam 1267
Adam F 797
Albert 1331
Charles 799
Elmer T 794
Elsie 798
Emmett 1337
Esther 1334
Finley 1333
John 1332,2156
Joseph 1339
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH
287
Edwards, Hugh 2116
Mary 1876, 1977
Matilda 2083
Mary A 1330
Nancy Jane 796
Rebecca 1336
Robert B 795
Sallie 2084
Wilson 1335
W. Burleigh 785,1329
Ekis, Benjamin S 199
Blair C 202
Charles 209
Gertrude 574
Henry A 198
John C 206
Kathryn 205
Lem B 200
Levi 557
Minnie 203
Mollie 204
Tilly 208
Ward 575
Wilda 207
William 201
Elder, Nancy cl480
Phoebe 2070
Ellenberger, Anna 2350
Ellwood, John 1302
Emick, Montclaire 1965
Emminger, George 624
Emmonds, Donald 1030
James 1031
Relton 1029
Richard 1032
William 1028
Evans, Anna al869
Anna Louise 330
Fmley Edward 329
Fair, Catherine 685
Chambers M 928
Edith M 928
Frederick B 401
G. Wilson 355
Isaac 2112
Jacob Clifford 399
Mary 2347
Matthew 1696
Merl L 928
Neubert W 928
Norman P 928
Olive B 928
Ralph S 928
Simon A 400
Stella B 928
Vernie K 928
Farrar. Daniel 1162
Farster, Mary 1102
Feb, Ethel J 2027
Feicht, Nora 2107
Feldman, Edward H 1843
Sadie 1841
Fennel Elizabeth 2210
Peter 2242
Fink, Cinderella 1001
Valentine 1000
Fipps, Jennie 1337
Firth, Jessee 1954
Fiscus, Dessie 1616
Fish, Daniel 1343
Mary 1874
William A 1644
Fitter, George 2485
Flasher, Minnie 1919
Flenner, Alexander 1370
Anna B 1409
Catherine 1347, 1355, 1368
Christina 2197
Christine 1350
Domer 1365
David 141, 1344, 1359, 1369
Elijah 1346,2204
Elizabeth 1366, 2085, 2265
George 1361
Harriette 1358
Henry 22(iZ,\Zl2
Isaac 1363
Jacob 2266,1345,1373
Rev. Jacob 1371
Jane 546
John 1364, 1374, 2264
Julia 1356, 1367
Julia Ann 1352
Laura 2255
Mary 1349, 1357
Nancy 1351,2257,1353
Nancy A 2199
Owan 1360
Sarah 1348
Sara Jane 1354
Thomas 1362
Flick, Orion 2024
Fluke, John 1017
Susana 2390
Fohney, Joseph 1986
Fonner, Alda b2211
Anna 2074
Foreman, Harry 1531
Forrester, Thomas 1908
Foster, Bert 1232
Clara 1825
D. M 1882
Glenn 1233
Jennie 1225
Rodney 1234
288
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
France. Lulu 1840
Frank, Vincent L nl64
Frederick, Medora 1864
Freeman, Eugene 1769
French, Andrew 1422
Annis 1424
Cecil 1427
David 963
David F 1423
Emanuel 1392, 2220
Freda S 1425
Harry S 1428
Vernon 1426
Frick, Abram 177
Ada Jane 413
Amanda 431
Carrie L Z7Z
Catharine 403
Chambers 402
Chambers F 419
Charles 432
Charles M 363
Charlotte 407,1166
Daisie D 364
Dora 430
Florence 418
Ford F 368
Gertrude M 367
Homer J 366,380
Jack 381
Jacob 2353
James M 417
John W 347,372,404
Josephine E 371
Katherine M 365
Lillian Helen 416
Lottie Bell 415
Luther 405
Mary Delilah 412
Michael 406
Norman E 370,385
Orville H 369
Richard L 375
Rose Lee 414
Rufus S 420
Walter M 374
Wesley 386
William P 382
Furgeson, Jean 1473
Galusha, Betsy J 1519
Mary B 1505
Gamble, Elizabeth 2028
Frank 2029
Mary 2009
Randall 2030
Robert 2010
Samuel 2015
Garvin, Maude 2025
Geary, Elizabeth 2208
John A 1191
William J 1154
Geddings, Jennie 1894
Geiger. Arthur 2035
Bessie 1065
Geiser, Bertha 1460
Carrie 11685
Hannah 1196
Mahala 1193
Margaret 1332
Martha 1198
May E 1192
Samuel 1197
Sarah A 1194
William 1195
Gibbons, Alice 2137
Gibson, Harry dl869
Joy 573
Lobean 555
Giles, Goldie 239
Homer 238
Mervin 240
Sheridan 241
Gillam, LydiaB hl644
Ollie al644
Glassel, Alice 1335
Goflf, William 2428
Gosser, Frank 1 1970
Goud, James 626
Grace, John 973
Graffins, Pearl 2437
Grafton, Candace 1569
Joseph 2138
Mary 2009
Grantz, Adam 181
Alice 507
Benjamin 508
George 511
Mary Elizabeth 509
Rose Agnes 510
Gray, Aaron 2067
Harvey 2191
Jason 1910
Greek, Daniel 2162
Greesly, Acie 1590
Ada 1592
Emma 1594
May 1593
William 1555,1591
Grier, John B 1948
Guthrie, Adelynne S 279
Elizabeth 277
Ira D 278
Hackensmith, David C 1898
Hagenbottom, Hannah 1387
Hamilton, Jane 2137
William 2142
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR, BRANCH
289
Hanley, D. N 985
Harding, Abigail sl64
Callie ml64
Caroline ul64
Charity ql64
Charles A al64
Ella H ol64
Frances L nl64
Dr. George Tryon, Sr jl64
Dr. George Tryon, Jr tl64
Mary rl64
Phoebe kl64
Sophia 1164
Warren G., President pl64
Harman, Abram S 939
Emma 1075
Harlow 941
Norma 940
Harper, Frederick 2120
Leonard 1828
Har ringer, Catherine 2240
Harth, J.N 1803
Hartman, Mathias S 2308
Hawk, Aaron 2278
Adam 2286
Ann 2281
Annalee 222
Benjamin S 210
Catherine 2283
David 2269,2284
Delia 2287
Elizabeth 2278
Elizabeth Lee 216
Flossy Ora 215
Grace A 219
Hattie May 213
Hyatt L 223
Jacob 2276
Jennie R 212
John Herbert 217
Manuel 2282
Mervin C 220
Mildred F 221
Mortimer C, Dr 211
Rachael C 218
Simon 2285
William 2277
William E 214
Hawkins, Arreta 1937
Elizabeth c980
Jennie d980
Mary a980
Myrtle e980
Rosa b980
Hays, Carl T 2339
Catherine A 2328
Emily P 2343
John W 2337
Hays, Letitia L 2327
Margaret 2335
Martha E 2332
Mary Jane 2322
Minty 2344
Nancy A 2340,824
Nina 1 2338
Rebecca A a2339
Robert S 2342
Rose B 2334
Ruth E 2345
Susanna 2333
Thomas H 2341
William 2321
William M 2336
Hazelett, Edwin N 398
Peter H 510
Thomas N 354
Heasley, Edna 1315
Edna E 1312
EldoraL bl314
Ellen M 1316
Harry E 1318
Henry W 1299
Herbert W 1308
James J al314
Luella M 1307
Paul Warren 1311
Robert Hayes 1310
Roland P 1319
Wilda M 1313
William 1309
Heckman, Anna 616
Howard 2033
Heilman, Rhetta 1963
Helm, Ada 592
Catherine 590
Clara 1691
Conrad 587
Curtis 594
George 540
Harvey 593
Jacob 588
Mary 586
Nancy 589
Wilson 591
Helrick, Martha J 1753
Helsel, Catherine 2190
Henry 2192
Mary Ann 1724
Peter 2194
Henry, Alexander 1352
Catherine 1434
Cornelius 1157
David 1430
Hannah 541
Jacob 541
Jane 541.1431
290
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Henry, John 541,1349
Julia 1432
Mary Ann 1433
Valentine 541
William 541,1429
Hepler. Mary Jane 1717
Sarah 1716
Hetrick, Charles 1586
Ella 1361
Pearle 1584
Hershey, Mary 1884
Hewes, Floyd 1834
Heyer, Henry W 518
Mary Elizabeth 518
Hill, John A 2023
Hilliard, Harriet 1980
Hoagland, Thomas K 1109
Hockman, Ethel bl731
Hodgson, Lucy 11685
Holder, Catherine 2047
David 2046
Jacob 2044
James 1929
Julia 2048
Robert 2045
Suslan 2049
Hollobaugh, Caroline 1079
Hooks, Adaline 2230
Adaline M 1441
Amos M 1436
Annie 2072
Bertha M 1446
Caroline 2202
Catherine 2243
Chambers 2069
Chambers M 1437
Christopher M 1443
Elizabeth 2067
Goldie M 1440
Homer M 1444
Hugh 2253
Jasper 2068
John 1393
Laura A 1481
Lina 2360
Maddison 2070
Mary 2241
Merlis 1435
Mont 2262
Peter 2071
Plumber M 1438
Pressy 1439
Robert 1932
Sarah 1557
Sarah A 2202
Violet M 1445
William M 1442
Hopper, Melinda dl260
Hopper, Sadie 2018
Hornberger, Gus 2098
Householder, Ella 1870
Hudson, Charles F 676
Henry A., Sgt 681
Herbert P 678
James Grover C 680
James M., Capt 644
Mable G 679
Thomas N 677
Huey, Joseph F 1751
Hughes, Tillie 927
Hurlburt, Louise 2297
Hyf ringer, Calud E 1962
Ihenlot, Edith 1917
Ikler, Helen E 517
William H 517
Inglet, Mary 2110
Iseman, Hugh F 1956
Hugh Wilson 1957
Louis Irene 1959
Robert Earl 1958
Jack, Bell 1532
Caroline 1515
Catherine 1513
Chambers T., Rev 1535
Emma 1540
George 1507
George W 1516
Jacob 1519
Jane 749,1533
John 1508,1538
John A 1517
Johnston 1536
Laura M 304
Letitia 1534
Lobana 309
Margaret 305,1514,1537
Mary 1541
May 1531
Milton 308
Nancy 1530
Olive J 1529
Otis 1537
Robert 306
Rose 307
Thomas 1518
Jones, Elizabeth 990
David 1056
John 1057
Mary 1055
Thomas 1058
William 1054
John, Abner 2256
Abraham 2249
Adam 2196,2205
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH
291
John, Adam E 2216
Alexander 1409
Allamay 1411
Ann 2209,2254,2270
Anna 543
Barbara 1393
Bertha 1412
Caroline 2251
Catherine 2273,2222,
2321,1372,1404,2191
Catherine Ellen 2215
Christian, Rev 2274
Christina 2207, 2226, 2268
Christine 1398,2194
Daniel 2319
David Isaac 1406
David M 1418
Earl b2211
Edward a2211
Elijah 1435
Elizabeth 1392, 1401,
1413, 2121, 2272, 2192, 2220, 2320
Ellen 2228
Emily 2253
Esther 1346,1395.
1452, 2269, 2193, 2204, c2211
Esther Ann 2225
Flora A 2219
Frederick 1405,
2115, 1991, 2195, 2238
George D 1414
Genevieve 1417
Grace 1436
Guy 2247,2262
Harriet 2294
Hazel 2148
Harvey 1407, 2257
Helen E 1419
Henry 2202
Hugh 2255
Ida 1400, 2237
Isaac 2201,2240
Isaiah 2244
James 2230
Jacob 2267
Jane 2223
Jeremiah C 2210
Jerry 2206
John 1380,2188,2198
John A 1403,2230
John W 2214, 2318
Julia Ann 2233
Lee 2261
Louise 2258
Mable D 1420
Manuel 1408, 2252
Margaret 2224, 2242, 2248
Martin 1350,1297,2213,2316
John, Martha 2250
Mary E 2217
Mary Jane 2231,1399
M. L 1421
Michael 2271
Minnie 2293
Nancy 1394, 1402, 1722, 2236
Nancy F 1415
Obediah 2241
Peter 1351,
1404, 2119, 2196, 2199, 2235
Philip 2203,2212
Phoebe 2260
Ralston 2246
Rebecca 2239
Rose 2259
Sarah 1396, 2221
Sharon 1410
Samuel 2200,2243
Stanley 1416
Susan 2245
Tobias 2317
Walter 2318
William . . 1397, 2208, 2227, 2229, 2262
Wilson 2261
Johns, Shed hl64
Johnston, John 2019
Thomas H 933
Kagarise, Lena 2186
Kampman, William 1823
Karns, Mary 2414
Kell, Anna 2178
Keller, Minnie L 1839
Kelly, Elizabeth 976
Kelso, Elizabeth 1646
Kennedy, Cora V 1741
James 1762
Kennings, Eliza 1377
Kepple, Plummer 1621
Kern, Elizabeth 2304
Kerr, Beulah 772
Charles W 774
Clyde E 778
Ethel E 775
Ida Helen W
Paul 780
Pauline 781
M. S 882
Russel A n(>
Stanley J 779
Theodore C 773
Kettering, Mary N 1942
Kimmel, Annie 2012
Florence 1640
Sarah 1345
King, Chambers 2279
Doctor 1802
292
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
King, George 1882
Hannah 783
Harriet Anna 782
James 2100,2162
Lyman 784
Margaret 615
Stacy 2090
William 748,1336
Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth 2406
Kirkwood, Cora 1122
Kline, Barbara 1342
Catharine 1343
Ethel Irene 521
Frank J el685
Harold Eugene 523
Marion Agnes 522
Marion R 523
Mary 1341
Peter 1340
Robert Wyant 332
Kling, Florence pl64
Kramer, Charles W 2304
Cassius F 2296
Clarence A 2306
Hazel Candace 2307
Homer F., Dr 2305
Isabel Louise 2310
Ruth Elizabeth 2308
William E 2309
Kranz, Frederick 1831
Kribbal, Mary E 686
Krider, Anna F 2424
Kuhls, Henry 2481
Laird, Austin 2349
Finley A 316
Rose L 317
Larden, Mary J 1871
Lark, Earl 2033
Lasher, Arda J 422
Catherine 1723
Cora J 421
Frederick 1911
James H 423
Jane 2008
Jennie 1331
John H 426
Lem A., Dr 427
Lowden 428
Mable 1437
Mary 2203
Maude D 424
Myra 2374
Nicholas, Rev 1379
Prisilla 2055,2201
Samuel 1690
Sarah 2200
William L 425
Lawrence, John W 1835
Lawson, Margaret 1520
Leech, John 1328
Mable 1278
Leedan, P. W 1947
Lemon, Ross 1434
Linton, John 1772
Livengood, Christina 1644
Henry 1644
Mary 1644
Livesay, Lydia 1833
Livingston, Cora 1966
Lloyd, Richard 2443
Logan, Carrie cl866
Emerson bl866
Harry W al866
James D 1866
Martha E dl866
Myrtle R. A el866
Oldf rey B f 1866
Long, John 981
Mary .....a981
Lord, Edgar A 1110
Lowmaser, Nancy 2277
Lucas, Alice 1363
Ludington, Walter nl64
Lydick, Anna 2286
Lynch, Charles 2489
Lytle, A. L 1013
Charles 1585
Ella 2205,2415
Mahaffey, Harry A 672
Luella E 671
Maude 669
Miner 670
William 638
Malone, Rodney 1868
Susan 632
Manning, William C 1768
Manross, Benjamin 339
Eli 342
Finley 341
George Z3t7
Ira 343
Luetta 338
William 340,344
Manson, Virginia 1314
Manthe, Hayes 1745
Nora 1756
Marks, Agnes 1922
Edith Josephine 517
George 1923
Helen Elizabeth 520
Jane 1921
John C 509
John E 519
Muriel Agnes 518
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH
293
Marks, Rhuhanna 1920
Samuel 1924
Marsh, Harry S 1522
Jack C al527
Philip R. bl522
Marshall, Catherine 2395
Mast, Frank 1292
Mates, James B 1944
Marshman, Benjamin xl64
Charles wl64
Daniel ml64
Frank yl64
John T vl64
Warren . , zl64
Matlock, Rev. Joseph f 164
Matta, Elizabeth 2313
John 2301
Maxwell, Mary 1503
Mayes, Sarah 1779
Meals, Bernie 1801
Mechlin, Agnes 2043
Mechling, Catherine 1364
Kitty 1078
Meehan, Catherine 2493
Mertz, T. E 1012
Michel, Jane 2274
Middah, Ella E 1831
George E 1832
Hattie E 1830
James 1815
Serena 1834
William N 1833
Miller, Dorothy M 806
Ellen 1669
Florence 2480
Gertrude 1483
Guy 1571
Milton 2402
Sarah bl64
Susanna 1323
W. E 792
Zellers 80S
Milligan, Sarah 815
Mills, Elizabeth el864
Minich, Agnes 1697
Mitchell, Thomas kl64
Mixer, Delilah F 562
Frederick F 561
G. F 550
Nellie Pearl 563
Mobley, Emma 1721
Mohney, Molly 1324
Montgomery, Alvin R 2378
Dorothy B 2377
Emma 1623
Eva Myrtle 2371
Frances 1 2376
George Finlay 2368
Montgomery, Harvey M 2354
Joseph H 2374
Lulu Mable 2370
Margaret M 2373
Merle D 2369
Montgomery, Robert 2367
Rose 2096
Susan 1624
Thomas A 2372
William 2375
Moore, Fanny S 977
Garnet 2149
Jean 1068
Mary 1472
Morgan, Delia 2369
Morrison, Agnes 1760
Alice A 1766
Catherine 1761
Charles Munson 1771
Clara Emma 1770
Erben Henry 1765
Eunice Catherine 1769
Flora Josephine 1768
Hannah Jeanette 1772
Hiram 1763
James Eaton 1774
John 1709
Joseph 1759
Rebecca 1762
Silas Muroe 1767
Stella al480
William Dawson 1773
Morrow, Mollie 1471
Sadie 1459
Morse, Elizabeth 1163
Moses, Hannah 2044
Moul, Clara 2422
Murphy, Mary Ann 1931
Henry 2487
Jane 2483
Margar,et 2493
Myers, A. J. R 1864
L. C bl869
Mary 1499, 2388
Pearl 1773
McAntosh, W. G 2303
McAntyre, Wilda 1071
McCall, Alice 2147
McCauley, James 2343
McClafferty, Neal 1760
McCollum, Arthur f956
Bartholomew R al68S
Carrie e9S6
Charles a956
Daisie c956
David Lee gl68S
Delia C hl68S
Elizabeth ml68S
294
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
McColIum, Ella Alberta kl685
Frank C il68S
Grace h9S6
Henry 1650
James H dl68S
John J el685
Lillie b956
Lulu j956
Lydia 884
Lydia Ann j 1685
Margaret J bl685
Matthew 956
Minnie d956
Mary 1604
Nancy 2271
Ocie g956
Phoebe fl685
Roy 1956
Walter k956
William 1685
William A cl685
Zetta Mae el685
McConnel, Frank hl685
McCormick, Ella R 2438
McCoy, Katherine 1764
William 2028,2052
McCullough, Alexander 783
Bartholomew 1698
Bell 1207
Charles 1697
Ella al685
Harvey 1119
McCullough, Isaac 1687
James 783,1043
Lottie May 1696
Margiareit 783
Mary 783
Mulvene 1120
Robert 1121
William 783
McCutcheon, David B 1775
JaneD 1776
John A 1766
McDonald, Pearl 1581
McElnay, William 2392
McElravy, John 1354
McGarvey, Ann 2318
Mary 2317
McGeary, Charles 1238
Everett 1236,1595
Florence 1239
Melba 1237
McGlaughlin, John 2320
McGraw, Margaret 882
McGreggor, Linda 2285
Sarah 2073
McGuire, John 1746
Mcllsie, Fannie 2125
McKelvey, James 1467
McMaster, John S 1307
McMillon, Bertha 559
McNabb, Mary A 634
Susan 636
McNeil, Harry 1302
Mollie R 1276
McNerney, James 2426
McQuinny, Edward 1495
McNutt, David 1635
Nelson, Grace 1851
Jacob 2047
Newton, Lawrence L 1772
Nichols, Kenneth W 312
Nicaemas, Amana 2276
Nixon, Charles 2390,2515
Noble, Harvey 1466
Rose 819
Norman, James 2048
Null, David C 379
Numbers, Simon A 1164
Nunamaker, Samuel 1644
Nures, Hazel M 1848
Oast, Fred 991
Ober, Elizabeth 1587
Olinger, Floyd 118
Freda 1117
Harry E 1113
Leland 1114
Leroy lllS
Maude 1116
Oliver, John 1398
Martha Jane 1040
Osborne, Carolyn nl64
Painter, Edward F 387
Frank M 348,390
Henry A 1747
James A 1740
Jessie D 1746
Jay Crawford 389, 387
Mable A a390
Margaret 1745
Norman H 387
Sarah Ann 388
Stanley C 1744
Trix 2425
Vernice A 1743
William W 1742
Palmer, H. D el869
Parrin, Oliver 1014
Paxton, Amos 2411, 2536
Perrin, Percy A 2104
Pet, Maria 2159
Pettit, Ella 2465
Phails, Dorcas 1463
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH
295
Philips, Curtis 2295
Eleanor W al305
Gemima 1886
Grace 2303
Hollie B 2302
Rachael 1905
Roland 1305
Piatt, Thomas 2497
Porterfield, Lemuel 611
Portevus, Catharine 1972
Pounds, Lavinna 1797
Quigley, David 1990
Lee D 2358
Quinn, William 628
Ramer, William 2051
Razor, Margaret 1501
Mary 1504
Rea, Alice 1774
Rebolt, Charles 484
Elizabeth M 485
Frank 485
Genevieve 486
John 463
Reed, Robert 1479
Reese, Lottie 2034
Regis, Margaret 1976
William 2167
Reighard, Ephraim 2260
Reiss, Salome 2305
Rereigh, Lena 1694
Idella 2406
Reyburn, Hulda 1730
Mary 1731
Reynolds, Delia 1835
John 1860, 1838
Josie 1837
Margaret gl685
Matilda L 1836
Rhodes, Martha 2401
Rial, Edward 1761
Richards, Lewis S., D.D.S 1783
Richardson, Margaret 1213
Rickel, Catherine B 1385
Catherine E 813
Flora 811
George 810, 1383, a2112
Jacob J 1382
James H 1384
Lulu 814
Martin 812
Samuel 1381
Rickets, Josie 1853
Ridley, Robert 1974
Ritchey, Alexander 1928
James 2043
Rock, Lucille 1188
Roland, Wilda 605
Roland, T 2402
Roofner, Wilson 2185
Roop, Charles 1011
Roudabush, Arthur 1657
Elizabeth 1654
Eve 1450
Mary 1450
William fl644
Rowe, Carrie 2022
Rumbaugh, William 618
Rupert, Lilly 2429
Minnie 691
Rush, Sarah 1006
Russel, Carl 934
Charles 0 919
Claude M 917
Edna J 920
Glendora 918
Helen 631
John B 916
John M 933
Lebbius 915
Wilda M a920
Williard J a920
Ruth, George 1532
Rutter, Thomas 1355
Harriet 1429
Saddler, Jane 1887
Sample, Louisa 2053
San4ers, Rachael 2300
Schall, Ellis 2049
Schreckengost, Daniel 1055
Edith 451
Forest 452
Herbert 454
Ida 1058
Jacob 1330
Mollie 1362
Samuel 410
Sannis 450
Sarah 1322
Viola 453
Schubert, August C 1293
Schumaker, Ella 2041
Schwemm, G. E cl869
Seely, John 2535
Seifert, Edith 1953
Seitz, Andrew 1871
Seligman, W. M 1218
Sell, Minnie 2181
Serene, Martha 1274
Settlemeyer, Harrison 2187
Shaffer, Edward 1866
Lida 1765
Shankle, Frank 1589
Shannon, Mary 1087
296
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Sharp, Maggie 1361
Shaw, Alexander Zll
James B 364,378
Stanley A 376
Shawham, James 2392, 2517
Shearer, Adam 1631
Alfred 1465
Sarah 1651
Sheasley, Ardell 1283
George 1280
Harold 1284
Pauline 1282
Ralph 1281
Shepherd, Sadie 1243
Sarah 1599
Sherman, Margaret 892
Shock, Jacob 2394
Shoop, Alfred 1588
Shrader, Alexander 2098
Anna S b2112
Elizabeth 2111
Finley 2108
Jacob 2109
Lydia a2112
Manuel 2110
Matilda 2112
Shuster, Edgar B 804
Howard F 802
Julia K 800
Mathias H 801
Zella B 803
Sim, William 1943
Simmers, Lydia 2077
Simonds, Frederick L 1852
Sink, George 2404
Skinner, T. Talmadge 1111,1112
Slagle, Abraham 1927
Abraham L 2025
Alice 2017
Annie Jane 654
Ann 958
Catharine 960
Chambers 953
Cora 1301
Daniel 883,2008
David 962
Ella 963
Emma 959
Frances H 2020
George 2007
George A 2027
Harvey 961
Jacob A 2009
Jennie 2011
John 886, 955,2012
Lemuel 952,957
Manuel 2013
Margaret 1930
Slagle, Mary 2015
Mary A 956
Mary E 2024
Melinda 2016
Mehssa 2010
Miles 954
Nancy 2086
Quintine E 2026
Samuel E 2022
Sarah M 2023
Washington 2018
William H 2021
Sloan, Jennie E 893
Small, Samuel 1873
Smiley, Mary B 1941
Smith, Anna 1360
Charles 1474
Claude E 1830
Elizabeth 1009
James 1725
John 2219
Lucy 1183
Rose 1325
Virginia 1248
William 1247, 1597
Williard 2388,2513
Snowden, Evaline 684
Snyder, Catherine 1044
Elizabeth 1570
Somerville, Blaney 1656
Southworth, Jennie 759
John 744
Otis 757
Phoebe 758
Rebecca 756
Sarah 755
Spang, Alfred 515
Arthur d514
Beatrice R d512
Dorothy May b514
Doyle Henry a513
George H c512
Grant McKay b512
Harold H c514, 516
Henry 507
Jessie Gibson 514
Kenneth E a514
Mable P e512
Smith McKey a512
William E 513
Sparks, Mary 2391, 2516
Spellman, Wood 1001
Spenser, Susan 2284
Spiker, Chambers 2140
Charles 2141
Spilman, J. H. R 1160
Spitznagel, Minnie 1820
Stair, Catherine 1002
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH
297
Stall, Fannie K 2278
Stand, Leonard 2089
Stanley, Susan 1903
Starr, Charles C f 1685
Margaret W 1266
Stauffer, Anna Z 2330
Austin Cyrus 2329
Earl Raymond 2331
Steel, Ambrose 1018
Mary 970
Steelsmith, Simon 2193
Steinmetz, Adam 612
Katherine 615
Stevenson, J. W 1800
Stewart, J. P 1217
Striker, George 627
Stitt, Caroline 2122
Lena 1583
Stock, Sarah R cl731
Stockdale, Margaret 1042
Stoughton, Emily 1266
Stover, Oliver bl260
Summerville, Manda 1173
Swank, Florence 1744
Frederick 1743
Swartzlander, Nettie 692
Swisher, Viola M 988
Swigart, Abraham 139,
1256, 1260, 1033
Alexander Lowry 1294
Anna R 1280
Bessie cl452
Clarence dl260
David M 1274
Daniel 1257
Daniel W., Rev 1265
Edna 1271
Elizabeth 1255,1262
Ella J 1298
Elvira 1305
Emma 1296, 1299
Eva M 1303
Flora 620
Fonda E 1286
Frank H 1301
H. B 1278
Jacob 1253,1259
James W 1270
Jerrie 1083
John 1254, cl260, 1265
John B 1276
John J 1300
Jonas 1264
Joseph F el260, 1263
Larry B 1291
Lotta 1275
Lycurgus 1269
Malinda J 1268
Swigart, Margaret 2032
Margaret 1 1302
Mary 1258, bl260, 1980
Maude Lucille 1293
Mildred La Verne 1292
Mollie R 1279
Morna 1272
Murial 1273
Nancy 1267
Rebecca 1261, 2395
Sarah 1266
Sarah A 1295
Sarah B 1277
Sarah E al260
Samuel S 1304
Tarr, Nora 2375
Taylor, William 2099
Templeton, Mary 1793
Norma J 1296
Ruth 1297
Thomas, Mary J 1306
Lewis 1826
Thompson, Christina 1882
Ella 2042
Jane Ann 2400, 2525
John 1881,2169
Joshua 1883,2171
Mary 1108,1880
William H 1850
Thistle, Elizabeth 1002
Thornton, Edward 1814
James 1829
Nora 1828
Roy 1827
Tiger, Clark 2281
Toy, Abraham 606, 1606
Alice L 628
Alonza 605
Ann 2198
Anna E 623
Bell 1168
Benjamin Lee 614
Catherine 603,1381
Catherine W 627
Charles W -. 630
Clara 605
David 1375
Daisie 605
Delilah 613,1156
Dora E 626
Elizabeth 608,1625
Ellen 612
Elmer J 625
Esther 609
Florence V 629
Frank 605
Hamilton 856
298
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Toy. Harry 605,1659
Harvey 1623
Jacob 1376
James 605,1377
James, Rev 1347
Julia 1380
Margaret 604, 1379
Margaret E 624
Mary 611,605
Mary A 839
Mary D 622
Mary J 605
Michael 602
Peter 1378, 166, 1624, 607
Raymond H 631
Rebecca 605
Ross 615
Samuel 605
Valentine 610
Walter H 1864
Wilber R 1963
William 605,1433
Tracy, Jane L 1782
Truby, Harrena 1971
John 1967
John J. H 1938
Margaret 1970
Mathias 1968
Paul 1969
Troutner, Emma 1084
Henry 1082
Lydda 1086
Rebecca P 1085
Sarah 1083
Turk, Margaret 1904
Tyler, Melvina 1158
Percy 1161
Uber, Susan 1763
Utley, Harry D 1277
Vibber, H. R 1841
Vita, John 2480
Voorliss, W. Van 1105
Walker, Catherine 1644
Charles 1085
Christopher cl644
Etta f 1644
Frederick 2019
Hamilton 1644
John bl644
John el644
Joseph el644
Lvdia 1644
Miles al644
Nancy J 1644
Nora 2128
Walker, Ollie gl644, 1663
Priscilla 2136
R. M 2011
Roy a2132
Sarah 1644
William 1644
Wallace, James D 2519
Walls, Florence 891
Walsh, Harry 1316
Walter, Alexander 2177
Julia 2180
Rebecca 2179
Warman, Emma 1817
Sarah H 1821
Warner, Harry L 1778
Wass, Luanna 2398,2523
Weamer, Ellen 821
Weaver, Bernice 1695
Henry 1053
Weitzel, George 1915
Wells, Kitty 2078
Welsh, Lydia 2403
Weyandt, Jacob 983
Wheeler, Laura C 926
Whitaker, Mary 2316
White, Betsie 879
Elizabeth J al731
Martha 1403,2232
Sarah E 1263
Whitehead, Henry 1345
Whitmer, Jacob 1612
Wible, Alvin 1169
Charles Wayne 1188,1189
Charlotte 1172,1182,1190
Donald 1226
Dorothy 1179
Effie 1217
Edith 617,1216,1227
Florence 1228
Frances 1210
George G 1 173
Grace 1222
Harriette 1185
Harry 1184
Helen 1214
Henry 1225
Howard 1175
Hobart 1170
Isaac 1213
James 1155
James Elmer 1183
James Mark 1187
John USD
Julia 1211
Marion 1215
Mary 1177,1200
Miles 1171
Nannie 1199
MATHIAS BAUSSER, SR., BRANCH
299
Wible, Olive 1218
Parker 1207
Paul 1208
Richard 1176
Robert 1153,1178
Robert Lee 1180
Tillie 1186
Wanda 1181
William 1209
Wilson 1168
Wilcox, Daniel 1672
Wiley, Charlotte 938
R. L 936
Wanda Lee 937
William 818
Williams, David H..., 2413
Esther 988
Henry 2390,2515
Hulda 2408,2533
Maryetta 1059
Sim 2401,2526
Williard, Theil 1467
Wilson, Affa 1945
Aleru E 1949
Amos 1934
Ann 2166
Charles 1953
Clara Kate 1956
Edwin 1951
Elmer 1946
Emma 2165
Harry M 1955
Isaac 1935
Lourene 1947
Margaret 1948
Nordina 1944
Olive 1952
Ott N 1950
William F 1954
Winters, Ellis Calvin, Dr 467
James Elmer 467
Wolfe, Abram 411
A. Weldon 323
Bert 446
Clifton 325
Daniel W 322
Delt 443
Elsie 447
Emanuel 448
Eva 2195
Ethel 455
Frederick 444
Frederick W 1754
Gilbert 1320
Guy 2146
Irene 457
Jeannette 410
John 409
Wolfe, Larry 449
Lottie 409
Milburn 326
Naomi 456
Orca May 324
Robert 445
Tillie 553
Thomas 2283
William, Dr 408
Wolford, John 820
Womer, Nila R 2479
NolaR 2478
Ren L 2472
Wood, Florence 1781
Woods, Willis 1298
Woodrow, Martha 1386
Workman, Albert T 1845
Wyant, Alma 297
Adam Martin (Hon.) 2299
Andrew R. E. (Dr.) 2297
Anna Sophia 315
Benjamin F 318
Benjamin W 284
Catherine 286, 1883
Christian 283
Christian W 2311
Christian Y 2272
Corbinr Wayland 333
David 1401,1509
Delilah S 281
Eli Fluke 282
Ella Barbara 2170
Emma 285
Finne Lulu 310
Florence Belle (Dr.) 2301
Gaynell Isabell 321
Harding Ashley 319
Hazel Castello 335
James 1545
James Ray 298
Jay B. F. (Dr.) 287
Jemima 1978
John 1543, 1878,2226
John Banks 2170
John Finley 313
Kramer 336
Margaret 288
Margaret C 331
Martha 2312
Mary 280, 1881,2169
Mary Ann 2295
Mary Josephine 311
Mary Louise 334
May 303
Muriel Josephine 320
Oliver 1544,2224
Ray Finley 301
Reno Curtis 300
300
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Wyant, Rose Elvira 2296
Samuel 1542
Samuel B. R 314
Sarah Alliene 328
Sarah Margaret 2298
Sophia Irene 327
Sophia Isabelle 302
Stella Mindon 299
Susanette 289
William Whitfield 2300
Wynecoop, Eva 2247
Yale, John 2115
Yates, Ella 2054
Hovie 2130
Yerty, Mary Ellen 746
Susan 1646
Yingst, Catharine 1152
Yockey, Gabriel 1628
Young, Mary Curll 1936
Younkins, Elmer 1627
Frank 1629
Margaret 1665
Mary Belle 1628
Michael 1607
Nelson 1626
Samuel 1644
Yount, Margaret 1494
Zillefrow, Abe 1321
Grace 1201
Haines A 1561
Hallen 1203
Julia 1202
Kenneth 1206
Leota 1205
Mary 2372
Olive 1204
Zimmerman, Christine 1080
Zwimer, Leeta R 2415
DANIEL BOUSSER AND HIS DESCENDANTS
Abbot, Maud 120
Albert, Phoebe A 286
Anthony, William 400
Artman, Frederick J 197
Baker, Edward 72
Ethel 68
Bailey, Everett H 165
Maud M 227
S. R 125
Bish, Herbert 375
Blaze, Elizabeth 15
Baughman, Alma 261
Florence 260
Howard S 259
Rolland 226
Barker, Mark C 398
Bowser, Adam all
A. Merle 205
Ada Jane 313
Abram 410
Adelia 482
Anna 69,95, 135,415
Anna Elizabeth 288, 427
Anna M 119,293,385
Anna Ruth 315
Amanda 54, 283
Absalom 357
Albert E 361
Albert S 464
Agnes 409
Alonzo 484
Alexandre 453
Ambrose 371
Andrew 6,285,504
Bowser, Arnold R 386
Asbury E 460
Augustus 455
Barbara 413
Benjamin 4, 15, 36
Benjamin H 217
Benjamin F 18
Benjamin S 514
Bert 394
Bertha L 378
Beulah M 202
Blanche
Caroline 354
Catharine 14, 32,
91, 219, 289, 439, 516
Charlotte 476
Christian 7, 25
Clymer 364
Carrie 400,498
Carrie M 63
Carrie A 120
C Herbert 62
Clara 67,226
Clarence E. E 131
Clura 411
Chloe J 80
Charles E 294
Charles D 303
Charles W 359
Charles 393
Chester L 321
Daisy M 497
Daniel 13, 89, 287
Daniel R 318
DANIEL, HENRY AND JOHN BOUSSER BRANCH
301
Bowser, Dennis R 381
Dora 406
Dorothy 139
Edna 130
Edward J 247
Effie Z7i
Elenore 469
Ella R 496
Ellen J 429
Elizabeth 11, bll,
ZZ, 90, 218, 416, 441, 474
Elizabeth C 365
Elizabeth M 72
Eliza 447
Eliza J 452
Elmira 483
Emily 495
Emma 513, 115
Emma J 523
Emmitt 367
E. Ward 66
Eli 22
Eugene A 309
Eugene L 76
Ethelyn V 465
Eva C 462
Frank 487
Franklin 116,248
Frances M 424
Francillia L 489
Frederick 412,428
Felix 355
Flora 352,405
Florine 262
G. Beulah 7Z
George 12, 57,87,395,437
George W 448,472
Grace E 300,377
Hannah 356,412
Harry Ed 528
Harry M 461
Harry J 299
Harry R 372
Harrison A 399
Harriet 284
Hattie 506,525
Harrison 358
Hazel 132
Helen 129
Henry 420, 434, 485
Henry J 449
Howard 136,227
Howard C 384
Herbert N 312
Irene 78
Irwin 401
Isaac 5, 21, 505
Isaiah 56,481
Bowser, Israel M 55
Ivy 137
Ivy P 375
James A 360
• James P 200
Jacob 59, 96,432
Jacob B 70
Jacob C 251,419
Jacob H 500
Jennie 396
Jefferson, C 423
Jemima 250
John 414, 433, 502
Jesse 445,477
Jesse H 459
John E 68
John A 407
John H 444
John J 291
John W 431, 515, 521, 527
Joel D 82
John C 297
Jonas 8
Joseph 3
Joseph E 20
Joseph H 302
Joseph H 314
Julian 223
Kenneth A 307
King 0 382
Lafayette 421
Lafayette E 458
Lewis 508
Lewis W 518
Lewis M 524
Levi Z7, 348, 512
' Lottie E 370
Lola P 209
Lousa 468
Loben 398
Lilly 134, 201
Lillie M 290
Lillie 1 298
Lillie E 83
Lydia 93,221, 479
Lydia A 292
Lydia 1 317
Lucy 570
Lucy A 478, 501
Lucy C 404
Lulu 64
Luella R 81
Luther D 383
Lucinda 470, 480
Nancy 442
Nelson 133, 471
Noah 438
Normanda 467
302
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Bowser, Mabel G
Madison 425
Malinda 430
Magdalena 9, 418
Mary. . . .222, 413, 417, 440, 490, 526
Mary A 311,481,522
Mary E 366,402,517
Mary J 520
Mary 0 379
Mary R 454
Martha 511
Margaret 35,220,403
Margaret A 305
Margaret L 310
Martha A 296
Maria 509
Mark C 397
Mellon 369
Michael 443
Mildred L 446
Miller W 75
Miriam M 303
Moses M 286
Myrtle 374
Olive M 368
Orra J 456
Oscar S 316
Pearl 128, 138
Percival 79
Peter 408, 436
Priscilla 351
Samuel. . .16, 17, 34, 58, 88, 224, 450
Samuel H 216
Samuel 0 118,495
Sarah M 422
Sarah J 493
Sarah A 499
Sarah 19, 61, 349, 446
S. Maria 204
Simon P 519
Sophia E 482
Solomon 2
Stewart R 206
Spencer 249
Susan 38, 94
Sylvanus F 457
Sylvester S 473
Ralph G 74
Ray M 308
Rayburn ^Jo
Raymond E 320
Rebecca 350, 507
Rebecca S a223
Robert E -24
Russell J 206
Ruphus C 380
Ruth C 77
Tina 92
Bowser, T. Orrie 117
Theodore 488
Wesley 486
Wilber A 301
Wiley M 346
William 435, 451, 475, 503
William A 319
William H 426
W. Titus 71
William U 463
Vanburen 353, 363
Virginia C 387
Boylstein, May 394
Brison, Pearl 408
Brown, Elizabeth 372
Maud 367
Bubb, Phoebe 200
Burgard, Amelia M ^. .. 332
Beulah P 336
David W 337
Charles C 341
Charles R Z2,:i
Elenore M 338
Dorothy 1 339
Grace 1 334
Mary 1 335
Pershing W 340
Wilson L 289
Claypoole, Florence 376
Ida 397
Harmon J 413 .
Nellie 398
Chambers, Sarah C 353
Cousins, Lee 413
Cowden, Columbus 102
Crisman, Mary R 358
Cully, Mamie R 333
Dowling, Charles 389
Downs, Adam A 268
Alma 133
Carrie V 273
Clarence E 271
Chester F 275
Charles A 280
Charles T 264
Diehl Iva R 264
Dorothy Irene 281
Ethel M 276
Harry M 265
Howard E 272
James A 267
James T 279
Laura S 266
Kenneth 278
Margaret P 277
Mary S 270
DANIEL, HENRY AND JOHN BOUSSER BRANCH
303
Downs, Sarah E 274
William E 269
Dubbs, Ada 211
Clinton 202
Harold 210
Lloyd 213
Marie 212
Eby, Anna 13
Clayton 119
Engle, Anna 74
Faith, Harry P 402
Fair, Amanda 21
Farence, Mary E 287
Fleckenstein, Catharine 57
Flory, Anna 21
Frantz, R. M 406
Fuhrman, Mandilla 34
Garbrick, Samuel 54
Gardner, Alice 57
Gemmill, Ivy 0 122
Grome, Catharine 4
Grove, Archibald H 126
Clair A 168
John R 169
Nevin H 173
Samuel H 167
Stewart G 149
Wilma E 170
Hampshire, Claudie 214
Reuben 201
Haubert, Clarence 64
Hershey, Mary 16
Hess, Arthur 85
Hershner, Anna M 150
Bessie V 156
Charles H 155
Dorothy L 163
Earl C 141
Evaline M 157
Erma F 154
Florence E 162
Florence 1 142
Furman C 147
Gemmill F 151
Glenn E 146
Hazel L 152
Harry C 153
Jessie C 164
John J 115
John D 140
Leslie P 143
Luther E 159
Lulu M 148
Margaret E 149
Hershner, Mary J 161
Raymond C 160
Ruth E 145
Wilber F 158
William B 144
Hoffman, William C 292
Hoffstatter, Guy 80
HoUinger, E 285
Hoover, Emma 55
John 268
Mary E 282
Jacobs. Charine 85
Dora 87
Samuel 60,86
John, Jane 357
Jones, Charles M 382
Kaufman, Bessie M 343
Isaac bll
Robert C 290
Keeny, Jacob F 195
Bertha 253
Helen E 258
Jacob 254
John P 250
Keesey, Florence 140
Keller, Elizabeth 18
Kidd, Harvey N 198
King, Charles 222
Leander 233
Dorothy J 263
Ada 241
Arthur 240
Lilly 234
Harry 236
Minnie 237
Mabel 235
Samuel 238
Wayne 239
Wilmer 0 242
Koppenheffer, Conrad 11
Kraber, Edith 245
Louis 223
Luther 247
Russell 246
Capt. W. L 244
Wilbert 243
La Follette, Emma 106
Margaret 107
Nancy 108
Ralph 109
Sarah 105
William 110
Lasher, Ezekiel 409
Maud 370
Lehman, James P 322
304
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Lehman, Mary M 323
Mildred M 306
Ralph B 295
Wilber 313
Lewis, Wilbert 365
Liggett, Violet 5
Long, Mealy 349
Robert 349
Vance 378
Marsh, Edith L 62
Martin, Austin M 63
Mead, Alexander 404
McCollum, Bert 390
Harvey 392
McCullough, Ellen 390
Eva 389
Mary 388
John 356
McNab, Mary E 358
McKelvey, Hattie 410
Miller, Barbara 36
Lydia 20
Nicholas 9
Leander 84
Leanna 176
Rachel 294
Miliron, Reuben 377
Michler, Flossie 70
Misler, Ada 82
Moyer, Paul B 253
Verna 254
Myers, Andrew 219, 231
Leah 229
Mary 230
Sally 228
Samuel 232
Murtland, Sylvester 403
Nafus, R. A 78
Neal, Charlotte M 344
Gerard R 345
Norman 343
Nevin, William E 196
Peterman, Benjamin 178
Elizabeth 175
Henry 19,177
Jessie 176
Levina 22
Jemima 179
Howard 194
Lerna 195
Saranda 174
Praul, Mary 121
Rabenstein, Eugene F 172
P. F 148
Reehling, Alva 197
Charles E 179
Frances 198
Ola 199
Queenie V 196
Reever, Carvin H 335
Isabelle May 342
Reiner, Elaine M 331
Donald E 330
William D 327
Reitler, Anna 393
Remsburg, E. E ql64
Ruby, Chester 266
Russell, James 351
Sarvey, S. M 373
Sellers, Alice 56
Smalley, James 101
Smith, Albert L 193
Delia E 297
Doctor il64
Jemima 190
Jeremiah 175
Sadie U 192
Sally 191
Slonaker, Bessie 411
Sowers, Christina 401
Stamford, Laura 217
Stauffer, Mary 8
Sterner, Jacob 35
Stoner, David 33
Stoops, Maben 67
Taylor, Wade 379
Thompson, Celia S 59
Toy, Robert 366
Trone, Adam 174
Cora 183
Charles 186
Chester 184
Emma 187
Harvey 182
Ida 180
Millard 189
Paul 185
Sadie 188
Sarah 181
Trout, Allen G 199
Ulrich, Amanda 93
Benjamin 88
Benjamin S Ill
Catharine 91
Joema 92 ,1
Peter 14 f'
Reuben 112
Samuel 89
Sarah 90
DANIEL, HENRY AND JOHN BOUSSER BRANCH
305
Wacking, Catharine all
Walter, Esther M 328
Grace M 327
Joseph G 329
William A 288
Warner, John 54
Willey, Ida 291
Williams, Anna E 236
Witmer, Peter 103
Wolfe, William 388
Wyant, Andrew, Rev nl64
Maud E nl64
Pearl C nl64
Charles Harding nl64
Wyant, Harry 412
HENRY BOUSSER AND HIS DESCENDANTS
Binckley, William 413
Bitner, Samantha 481
Becktel, Charity 458
Blair, Charles 510
Bowen, Anna R 428
Beyer, John 416
Peter 417
Bowser, Anna 415
Anna E 427
Alexander 453
Augustus 455
Barbara 413
Catharine 439
Elizabeth 416, 441
Ellen J 429
Eliza 447
Eliza J 452
Frederick 412, 428
Frances M 422
George 437
George W 448
Henry 420,434
Henry J 449
John 414, 433
Jesse 445
Jefiferson 423
Jacob C 419
Jacob 432
John H 444
John W 431
Lafayette M 421
Madison M 425
Malinda 430
Magdalena 418
Mary R 454
Michael 443
Nancy 442
Noah 438
Ora J 456
Peter 436
Sarah M 422,446
Samuel 450
William H 426
William 435, 451
Brockaw, Lewis 494
Brockaw, R. H 493
Burket, William 429
Cromer, Hattie 515
Culverson, John 452
Devilbliss, Laurinda 453
Duly, Solomon 480
Evans, Rachel 460
Gloyd, Celia 488
Good, Margaret 450
Heitte, Rebecca 495
Herrod, Elizabeth 481
Hollopeter, F 490
James 483
Hutchison, Hiram 454
Jackson, Sarah 486
Johnson, Lena F 462
Jones, Julia A 456
Keeper, William 467
Keiger, Eliza 444
Margaret 448
Mary 449
Kickley, Ida P 446
Kinsey, Catharine M 426
Lake, Mary E 472
Manvill, Sarah 428
Matheson, Kansas 495
McLean, Lewis 516
Milligan, Daniel G 465
Mitchell, Bertha M 461
Moody, D. J 523
Morrison, Addison 476
Chalmer 469
Morris, Elizabeth 473
Myers, David 489
Nickerson, Benjamin 510
306
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Nickerson, Martha 512
Noel, Elizabeth 508
O'Rourke, Jr., Edward 466
Pearse, James 421
Pettit, Austin 468
Rinely, John 517
Russell, Sarah 457
Ryan, Neal 474
Stoner, Daniel 496
Stroup, Simon P 482
Thompson, Jacob 427
Van Auken, Margaret 472
Waters, Jane 450
John 146
Wyatt, Nathan 491
Wyreman, Fyanna 455
Smith, Mary 519
Stewart, James 520 Young, George 418
JOHN BOWSER FAMILY
Bane, Susan 82
Bauman, Moses 72
Beck, Gottlieb 49
Beeghley, Barbara 58
Beechey, John 91
Bittinger, Emma b67
Hettie 67
Bittner, Magdalina 2
Blank, John 57
Blickensdarfer, Elizabeth 3
Boyer, Catharine 87
Bowman, Betsey 18
David 8, 17
Esther 13
John 14
Katie 16
Polly 15
Bowser, Anna b8
Annie 85
Ammina 82
Barbara 5, 8, 50
Caroline 70
Catharine 66, Id
Catharine E ZZ
Cornelius a81
Christina 23, 59
Daniel 6, 7, 26, 62, 79
Daniel S 97
Edward T 35
Eliza 57
Elizabeth a7, 22, 52. 65, 71, 89
Fanny A 36
Franklin J 98
Gabriel 67
George 10, 21
Hannah 28
Hannah M 47
Harriet 75, 99
Henry 4,11,25,29
Henry D 42
Bowser, Hiram 81
Jacob 60, 87
Jacob E 84
James c67
James M 46
John 1,2,20
John Duel 27
John J a51
John P 58
JohnW 34,86
Joel 63
Joseph n
Joseph S 95
Lewis 55
Levi 54
Levi C 40
Lydia 90
Mary 53, 68
Mary Ann 31
Mary J 39
Mary E 83, 94
Mary P 45
Mathias a67
Peter 3,61,74,88
Peter J 69
Perry b67
Rebecca 49
Salina 96
Samuel J Th
Samuel Thomas 32
Susan 64, 12, 80, 91, 100
Susannah 24
Sarah 48,56,93
Sarah E 43, 37
Theophilus 30
Thomas J 78
William 12, 51, 92
William H 38
Brown, Barbara 81
Susan 84
DANIEL, HENRY AND JOHN BOUSSER BRANCH
307
Crepps, Lewis 23
Dawson, Caroline 40
Diehl, Henry 66
John C 64, 89
Ede, Mary J 32
Fike, Lucinda 98
Fluke, Elizabeth 51
Golflash, Andrew 76
Graham, Robert D 41
Green, Thomas P. . , 84
Head, Edgar 39
Heimbaugh, Catharine 78
Hileman, Catharine 79
Horine, C. H 47
Kitley, Martha J 35
Lenhart, Diana 92
Jacob 59
Livengood, Lucinda a81
Logue, Ellen 11
Manning, Elizabeth 21
Miner, Nancy 27
Moore, John 48
Mary 25
Mullen, James 24
Myles, John E 36
Oester, George 96
Pysell, Andrew 83
Rose, Dora M a51
Ross, William 90
Rowney, William 37
Scott, Mary A 30
Sellers, Agnes R ^1
John 100
William 99
Shimer, Florence L 38
Shultz, John 52
Shrack, Harriet 62
Speicher, Rebecca 86
Spiker, Elizabeth 69
Stoy, Conrad SZ
Sweitzer, Elizabeth 60
Mary 61
Tague, Nettie 44
Tevis, Virgil, Rev 45
Turney, Harrison 93
Minerva 88
Ungery, John 22
Upholt, Mary 95
Wegley, Sarah IZ
Young, William 31
William J 30
JOHN AND EVE BOWSER
Adams, J. Q 63
Achlin, Bertha M 218
Amich, Peter 13
Arthur H 130, 117
George B 110, 122
John H Ill
Ira Park 120
Rev. G. W. W 121
Edwin P 118
JohnH. B 116
Jacob F 113
Frank E 124
Mary P 123
Marian 128
Matilda 114
Margaret 109
Mindora 129
Sarah 112
Stanley 126
William B 115
Vera Ray 127
Arner, Lydia 121
Arthurs, John 4
Beegle, Charles 144, 153
Douglas 211
Frank 208
Ida 213
Beegle, Lloyd 214
Henrietta 212
Glenn 182
Mary 152
Mildred 183
Mack 210
John 207
Jackson 209
George 206
Martin 175
Biddle, Andrew 152
Charles 153
Francis 154
Dr. Johnathan 155
Margaret 156
William 157
Jacob 133
Berkheimer, Harvey 96
George 66
Jacob 12
Lucy 76
Peter 14
Sarah 7
Sarah E 168
Bittinger, Catharine 134
Blockwelder, Charles 122
Bloom, Sarah 56
308
HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Bollinger, George 18
Boyles, Charles 75
Bowser, Aaron 26, 149
Alpha L 46
Albert 203
Alberta 89
Anna 63, 79, 229
Angelina 84
Anthony 102
Annie E 217
Anna M 238
Bryan, B 236
Calvin 70
Carrie E 161
Carrie 51,88
Catharine 12, 16, 47, 60, 69, 131
Catharine E 158
Charles B 41
Charles L 36
Charles T 28
Conrad 52
Daniel L 58
David 22, 59, 82, 147
David S 1Z
Delia G 83
Dolph 78
Edna V Z7,
Edward 35
Ella 164
Elizabeth .' .' .' .' .' ." ." .' .' .' ." .'s,' 68', 'lOS, 132
Emma 85, 150
Emanuel 65
Eve 4, 13,20, 135
Franklin A 81
Frank 215
Frederick 104
George 2, 10, 103
George B 80
George E 223
George F 34
George W 17
George H. L 40
Gideon 62
Hannah 18
Haller 50
Harry 216
Harry E 67
Harry F 99, 204
Helen L Zl
Henry 19
Howard 49
Ida 66
Ida M 92
Isaac 7, 24, 53, 148
Jacob 8, 146, 221
Jacob H 134
James S 234
Jeremiah 74
Bowser, Job 107
John 1, 9, 21, 56, 72, 228
John C 218
John F 163
John H 233
Joseph 15, 61, 91
Joseph R 226
Lemon A 97
Lola L 240
Mary 11, 106, 151, 232
Mary J 160
Mary 0 202
Margaret S 239
Margaret.. 14, 23, 137, 145, 159, 231
Magdalena 6
May Irene 32
Maud 75
Mfrle E 100
Marietta 11
Minnie 219
Millie 90
Myrtle 87
Myrtle B 42
Michael 3
Philip 101
Ralph E 98
Ralph N 224
Rebecca 86
Rebecca E 64
Rhoda J 95
Robert 221
Rosella 39
Ross 220
Ruth E 205
Samuel C 227
Samuel 1 237
Samuel H 26
Samuel S 230
Sarah 25
Sarah A 225
Sarah E 31
Sarah B 94
Seward 48
Stella M 201
Solomon 26
Susannah 57, 108, 136
Thomas L 30
William 27, 71, 83
William H 38
William T 235
Bush, Daniel 106
Byal, Fern 195
Clifton, George B 128
Coker. Lillian 234
Conrad, John 64
George 68
Core, Mary 58
JOHN AND EVE BOWSER BRANCH
309
Crisman, Rebecca 143
Cunningham, John W 23
Diehl, C. A 79
Ada 177
Delia 70
Margaret May 179
Oscar 201
Martin A 173
Paul Andrew 180
Rebecca 206
Dicken, Emory ISO
Dickson, Earl 202
Dishong, Julia 71
Mary 215
Drenning, J. Newton 151
Earnest, Celestia 67
Echert, Mary 21
Eller, Jane Th
England, Harriet 190
Feathers, Elizabeth 59
Ferrell, Robert 165
Fox, Minnie 180
Furney, Mary 113
Gates, Alexander 164
George, William a70
Gillett, Frances M 17
Green, Margaret 34
Grove, Mary 102
Gross, Bessie 166
Harclerode, Frank 196
Edith 197
Harmond, Mary P 125
Helsel, Charles 137
Hershberger, Howard 193
Hinsling, Mary 110
Hite, Josiah 112
Holderbaum, Elizabeth 140
David 143
John 138
Mary 141
Margaret 139
Michael 131
Sarah 144
Susanah 142
Imes, Maria Ill
Imler, Catharine 8
Eve 72
Johnson, Emma 216
Kegg, Nathan 158
Edger, Nathan 170
Kegg, Ella 168
John E 166
Jennie 165
Mabel 1 171
Harry L 172
Samuel F 169
William 167
Koontz, Eva 153
Kuckuck, Charles 168
Little, Margaret 147
Lydicks, Addie 74
Lyons, Elizabeth 147
Mauk, John 5
Manther, Nicholas 217
McCullough, Edith 119
Martin, David 69
Milburn, Amanda 146
Mintmier, Fred 171
Mortimore, Albert 199
David F 161
Harold 200
Ralph 178
Nesbit, Crecie B 29
Ober, David 140
Ott, D. C 189
CM 191
O'Rear, Mary S 230
Phillips, Florence 121
Price, Genevieve 35
Reighard, Amanda 1 175
Edward K 186
Charles E 174
Myra M 173
Franklin A 177
Grace A 178
James W 185
Margaret M 187
Solomon 159
Sharon 181
Teresa K 184
Renn, Claude C 32
Ritchie, Mary 55
Roger, Charles G 42
Sankey, Irma B 44
Majorie 1 45
J.J 31
Samuel F 43
Shaffer, Laura 124
Margaret 134
Schniddle, John 89
Sharp, Catharine 176
310 HISTORY OF BOWSER FAMILY
Shoemaker, Samuel V 178 Weimer, George 141
Smith, Annie M 24 Whetstone, Anna 189
Lillian 117 Blanche 191
Snyder, Mary 28 Frank 190
Sleek, Solomon 87 Prof. George 192
Street, Dorothy 130 Harvey 188
Stucky, Jane 154 John S 160
Swartz, Margaret 2 Margaret 193
Merrill 194
Tucker, W. F 239 Ross 195
Tree, Elizabeth 27 Wher, Nancy 174
Trostle, Joseph 145 Whip, Winifred 194
Wile, Sue 116
Vink, Nellie 192 Wortz, Catharine 115
Walters, Virgie 121 Zimmerman, Elizabeth 10
West, Ida 233 Margaret 9
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