84 Y. 7 M. 7 D.
Joseph Bowman, farmer and stock-raiser, section 35, Scott Township, was born in Stark County, Ohio, November 3, 1829.
His parents, Abraham and Christina (Crider) Bowman, were natives of Pennsylvania, and of German ancestry. They had ten children — Mary, Christina, Henry, Samuel C, David, Martin, Adam, Joseph, Isaac N, and Elizabeth. The father died at the age of seventy-six years and the mother at the same age. Our subject resided at home until he reached his majority, attending the common school for a period of two and a half years.
He was married February 29, 1852, to Miss Lucy A Wagner, daughter of Phillip and Elizabeth (Oberlin) Wagner, natives of Pennsylvania. To this union six children were born — John F, Elizabeth T (deceased), Mary Jane (deceased), Phillip H, William A, and Laura M, who married William F Mentzel, of Marshall County.
Mr Bowman removed from Ohio to Elkhart County, thence to this county in 1864, purchasing 160 acres of partially improved land, which is in a good state of cultivation. He was elected township assessor of Union Township, Elkhart County, in the spring of 1856, serving two terms. Politically he is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren church.
Biographical and Historical Record of Kosciusko County, Indiana:
Containing Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with Accompanying Biographies of Each: a Condensed History of the State of Indiana: Portraits and Biographies of Some of the Prominent Men of the State: Engravings of Prominent Citizens in Kosciusko County, with Personal Histories of Many of the Leading Families, and a Concise History of Kosciusko County and Its Cities and Villages
Lewis Publishing
1887
Joseph Bowman, farmer and stock-raiser, section 35, Scott Township, was born in Stark County, Ohio, November 3, 1829.
His parents, Abraham and Christina (Crider) Bowman, were natives of Pennsylvania, and of German ancestry. They had ten children — Mary, Christina, Henry, Samuel C, David, Martin, Adam, Joseph, Isaac N, and Elizabeth. The father died at the age of seventy-six years and the mother at the same age. Our subject resided at home until he reached his majority, attending the common school for a period of two and a half years.
He was married February 29, 1852, to Miss Lucy A Wagner, daughter of Phillip and Elizabeth (Oberlin) Wagner, natives of Pennsylvania. To this union six children were born — John F, Elizabeth T (deceased), Mary Jane (deceased), Phillip H, William A, and Laura M, who married William F Mentzel, of Marshall County.
Mr Bowman removed from Ohio to Elkhart County, thence to this county in 1864, purchasing 160 acres of partially improved land, which is in a good state of cultivation. He was elected township assessor of Union Township, Elkhart County, in the spring of 1856, serving two terms. Politically he is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren church.
Biographical and Historical Record of Kosciusko County, Indiana:
Containing Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with Accompanying Biographies of Each: a Condensed History of the State of Indiana: Portraits and Biographies of Some of the Prominent Men of the State: Engravings of Prominent Citizens in Kosciusko County, with Personal Histories of Many of the Leading Families, and a Concise History of Kosciusko County and Its Cities and Villages
Lewis Publishing
1887
84 Y. 7 M. 7 D.
Joseph Bowman, farmer and stock-raiser, section 35, Scott Township, was born in Stark County, Ohio, November 3, 1829.
His parents, Abraham and Christina (Crider) Bowman, were natives of Pennsylvania, and of German ancestry. They had ten children — Mary, Christina, Henry, Samuel C, David, Martin, Adam, Joseph, Isaac N, and Elizabeth. The father died at the age of seventy-six years and the mother at the same age. Our subject resided at home until he reached his majority, attending the common school for a period of two and a half years.
He was married February 29, 1852, to Miss Lucy A Wagner, daughter of Phillip and Elizabeth (Oberlin) Wagner, natives of Pennsylvania. To this union six children were born — John F, Elizabeth T (deceased), Mary Jane (deceased), Phillip H, William A, and Laura M, who married William F Mentzel, of Marshall County.
Mr Bowman removed from Ohio to Elkhart County, thence to this county in 1864, purchasing 160 acres of partially improved land, which is in a good state of cultivation. He was elected township assessor of Union Township, Elkhart County, in the spring of 1856, serving two terms. Politically he is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren church.
Biographical and Historical Record of Kosciusko County, Indiana:
Containing Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with Accompanying Biographies of Each: a Condensed History of the State of Indiana: Portraits and Biographies of Some of the Prominent Men of the State: Engravings of Prominent Citizens in Kosciusko County, with Personal Histories of Many of the Leading Families, and a Concise History of Kosciusko County and Its Cities and Villages
Lewis Publishing
1887
Joseph Bowman, farmer and stock-raiser, section 35, Scott Township, was born in Stark County, Ohio, November 3, 1829.
His parents, Abraham and Christina (Crider) Bowman, were natives of Pennsylvania, and of German ancestry. They had ten children — Mary, Christina, Henry, Samuel C, David, Martin, Adam, Joseph, Isaac N, and Elizabeth. The father died at the age of seventy-six years and the mother at the same age. Our subject resided at home until he reached his majority, attending the common school for a period of two and a half years.
He was married February 29, 1852, to Miss Lucy A Wagner, daughter of Phillip and Elizabeth (Oberlin) Wagner, natives of Pennsylvania. To this union six children were born — John F, Elizabeth T (deceased), Mary Jane (deceased), Phillip H, William A, and Laura M, who married William F Mentzel, of Marshall County.
Mr Bowman removed from Ohio to Elkhart County, thence to this county in 1864, purchasing 160 acres of partially improved land, which is in a good state of cultivation. He was elected township assessor of Union Township, Elkhart County, in the spring of 1856, serving two terms. Politically he is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren church.
Biographical and Historical Record of Kosciusko County, Indiana:
Containing Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with Accompanying Biographies of Each: a Condensed History of the State of Indiana: Portraits and Biographies of Some of the Prominent Men of the State: Engravings of Prominent Citizens in Kosciusko County, with Personal Histories of Many of the Leading Families, and a Concise History of Kosciusko County and Its Cities and Villages
Lewis Publishing
1887
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