BOWMAN.—May 19,. 1872, Mrs. Hannah Bowman, of Kalamazoo, aged 92 years.
The deceased was born June 23,1780 and nearly completed 92 year. With her husband, Deacon Benjamin Bowman, the came to Kalamazoo in 1833, and settled on Grand Prairie. With a remarkable tenacity of life, she outlived her husband and eight children. Two only, Mrs. Jonathan Minter, of Kalamazoo, and Mrs. Olivia Smith at Vicksburg, have survived their mother, and were permitted to follow her to the grave. Of grandchildren she had forty-two—of great grandchildren sixty-four—and of the fifth generation she was permitted to count six. The deceased truly belonged to another age, having lived at the time of the organization of our National Government, and under the administration of every of every President of the United States. She lived to see the close of the revolutionary War, and the successful issue of every war in which the United states has been engaged since. Sha lived when our population was less than four million and died when we numbered forty millions. She knew when the first steamboat, railroad and telegraph was put in requisition. These great historic and civic events which in her protrated and eventful life passeed under her immediate recognition were held by her of minor importance when compared with the higher and holier aspirations for a Christian life. Early embracing her Savior, she devoted a long life to his service, with an earnest and ever-growing faith. She made religion the everyday work of her life, and the long weary years of her pilgrimage only served to render more lustrous her Christian character. It was only within the last few years of her life that her memory faltered, or her mental faculties became so impaired that she failed to recognize her friends, but she never forgot the Savior in whom she trusted. The poor and fatherless ever found a place in her sympathetic heart, and the stranger was always welcomed to her table, and there were others who mourned her loss, than those who claimed ties of consanguinity. When the icy hand of death was laid upon her, she was permitted a recognition and parting of loved ones. Memory again attained supremacy, dim eyes once more saw clearly, and familiar voices were again recognized, and in the utterance of her last words “It is growing cold, “she passed away. She leaves a large circle of friends and the worthy example of an upright life. Kalamazoo Daily Telegraph July 15, 1872 page 4
The deceased was born June 23,1780 and nearly completed 92 year. With her husband, Deacon Benjamin Bowman, the came to Kalamazoo in 1833, and settled on Grand Prairie. With a remarkable tenacity of life, she outlived her husband and eight children. Two only, Mrs. Jonathan Minter, of Kalamazoo, and Mrs. Olivia Smith at Vicksburg, have survived their mother, and were permitted to follow her to the grave. Of grandchildren she had forty-two—of great grandchildren sixty-four—and of the fifth generation she was permitted to count six. The deceased truly belonged to another age, having lived at the time of the organization of our National Government, and under the administration of every of every President of the United States. She lived to see the close of the revolutionary War, and the successful issue of every war in which the United states has been engaged since. Sha lived when our population was less than four million and died when we numbered forty millions. She knew when the first steamboat, railroad and telegraph was put in requisition. These great historic and civic events which in her protrated and eventful life passeed under her immediate recognition were held by her of minor importance when compared with the higher and holier aspirations for a Christian life. Early embracing her Savior, she devoted a long life to his service, with an earnest and ever-growing faith. She made religion the everyday work of her life, and the long weary years of her pilgrimage only served to render more lustrous her Christian character. It was only within the last few years of her life that her memory faltered, or her mental faculties became so impaired that she failed to recognize her friends, but she never forgot the Savior in whom she trusted. The poor and fatherless ever found a place in her sympathetic heart, and the stranger was always welcomed to her table, and there were others who mourned her loss, than those who claimed ties of consanguinity. When the icy hand of death was laid upon her, she was permitted a recognition and parting of loved ones. Memory again attained supremacy, dim eyes once more saw clearly, and familiar voices were again recognized, and in the utterance of her last words “It is growing cold, “she passed away. She leaves a large circle of friends and the worthy example of an upright life. Kalamazoo Daily Telegraph July 15, 1872 page 4
BOWMAN.—May 19,. 1872, Mrs. Hannah Bowman, of Kalamazoo, aged 92 years.
The deceased was born June 23,1780 and nearly completed 92 year. With her husband, Deacon Benjamin Bowman, the came to Kalamazoo in 1833, and settled on Grand Prairie. With a remarkable tenacity of life, she outlived her husband and eight children. Two only, Mrs. Jonathan Minter, of Kalamazoo, and Mrs. Olivia Smith at Vicksburg, have survived their mother, and were permitted to follow her to the grave. Of grandchildren she had forty-two—of great grandchildren sixty-four—and of the fifth generation she was permitted to count six. The deceased truly belonged to another age, having lived at the time of the organization of our National Government, and under the administration of every of every President of the United States. She lived to see the close of the revolutionary War, and the successful issue of every war in which the United states has been engaged since. Sha lived when our population was less than four million and died when we numbered forty millions. She knew when the first steamboat, railroad and telegraph was put in requisition. These great historic and civic events which in her protrated and eventful life passeed under her immediate recognition were held by her of minor importance when compared with the higher and holier aspirations for a Christian life. Early embracing her Savior, she devoted a long life to his service, with an earnest and ever-growing faith. She made religion the everyday work of her life, and the long weary years of her pilgrimage only served to render more lustrous her Christian character. It was only within the last few years of her life that her memory faltered, or her mental faculties became so impaired that she failed to recognize her friends, but she never forgot the Savior in whom she trusted. The poor and fatherless ever found a place in her sympathetic heart, and the stranger was always welcomed to her table, and there were others who mourned her loss, than those who claimed ties of consanguinity. When the icy hand of death was laid upon her, she was permitted a recognition and parting of loved ones. Memory again attained supremacy, dim eyes once more saw clearly, and familiar voices were again recognized, and in the utterance of her last words “It is growing cold, “she passed away. She leaves a large circle of friends and the worthy example of an upright life. Kalamazoo Daily Telegraph July 15, 1872 page 4
The deceased was born June 23,1780 and nearly completed 92 year. With her husband, Deacon Benjamin Bowman, the came to Kalamazoo in 1833, and settled on Grand Prairie. With a remarkable tenacity of life, she outlived her husband and eight children. Two only, Mrs. Jonathan Minter, of Kalamazoo, and Mrs. Olivia Smith at Vicksburg, have survived their mother, and were permitted to follow her to the grave. Of grandchildren she had forty-two—of great grandchildren sixty-four—and of the fifth generation she was permitted to count six. The deceased truly belonged to another age, having lived at the time of the organization of our National Government, and under the administration of every of every President of the United States. She lived to see the close of the revolutionary War, and the successful issue of every war in which the United states has been engaged since. Sha lived when our population was less than four million and died when we numbered forty millions. She knew when the first steamboat, railroad and telegraph was put in requisition. These great historic and civic events which in her protrated and eventful life passeed under her immediate recognition were held by her of minor importance when compared with the higher and holier aspirations for a Christian life. Early embracing her Savior, she devoted a long life to his service, with an earnest and ever-growing faith. She made religion the everyday work of her life, and the long weary years of her pilgrimage only served to render more lustrous her Christian character. It was only within the last few years of her life that her memory faltered, or her mental faculties became so impaired that she failed to recognize her friends, but she never forgot the Savior in whom she trusted. The poor and fatherless ever found a place in her sympathetic heart, and the stranger was always welcomed to her table, and there were others who mourned her loss, than those who claimed ties of consanguinity. When the icy hand of death was laid upon her, she was permitted a recognition and parting of loved ones. Memory again attained supremacy, dim eyes once more saw clearly, and familiar voices were again recognized, and in the utterance of her last words “It is growing cold, “she passed away. She leaves a large circle of friends and the worthy example of an upright life. Kalamazoo Daily Telegraph July 15, 1872 page 4
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