"Peter Bowman died May 29, 1835. In the 74th year of his age. Husband of Mary Bowman (1768 - 1837). He was enrolled in Middlesex, N. J., the family having recently come from Holland. His brother Samuel, two years his senior and unmarried, served through most of the war and died in prison. The family tradition is that Peter waited on General Washington. Mary his wife, died Nov. 16, 1837. Her son, John, was born in Trenton, N. J. in 1788, going to Albany with his parents five years later, and to Camillus in 1807. He had 12 children, and died in Van Buren, Oct. 13, 1869, leaving prominent descendants."
Peter fought in the Revolutionary War.
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"Peter Bowman died May 29, 1835. In the 74th year of his age. Husband of Mary Bowman (1768 - 1837). He was enrolled in Middlesex, N. J., the family having recently come from Holland. His brother Samuel, two years his senior and unmarried, served through most of the war and died in prison. The family tradition is that Peter waited on General Washington. Mary his wife, died Nov. 16, 1837. Her son, John, was born in Trenton, N. J. in 1788, going to Albany with his parents five years later, and to Camillus in 1807. He had 12 children, and died in Van Buren, Oct. 13, 1869, leaving prominent descendants."
Peter fought in the Revolutionary War.
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