Mary's parents were Joseph and Nancy Bowman. Mary's 1st Husband was Frederick Dillman. Her 2nd husband was John Walker Alloway.
Mary Bowman married Frederick Dillman in 1811. Her marriage bond was signed on March 11, 1811, in Jessamine County, Kentucky, by Frederick, and Mary's father, Joseph Bowman. Her father personally gave his consent for his daughter to marry. Mary's surname is spelled "Boatman" on the reverse of the bond, but spelled as Bowman in the bond. Dillman is spelled Dilman, but Frederick signed Dillman.
Mary and Frederick had eight children: Sarah (Dillman) Hutchinson, Joseph Dillman, Solomon Dillman, Nancy (Dillman) Webb, David Bowman Dillman, Jacob Andrew Dillman, and twin baby girls who were born and died about July 1833.
On September 21, 1836, about 2 years after the family had relocated to Decatur County, Indiana, Frederick died, leaving Mary a widow with her youngest sons, David and Jacob, still at home. In the 1840 Decatur County Federal Census, Mary is listed as the Head of her Household, with one male (Jacob) ages 15 to 19.
* Mary married John Alloway (also known to genealogists and family historians as John Walker Alloway or John Walker Alloway Strange) when she was 53, and he was 62. John was the father of 3 young daughters and 10 older children. Mary and John married in Decatur County, Indiana, near Jennings County, on January 11, 1844.
John received a Bounty Land Grant in Jasper County, Iowa in 1852 for his service in the War of 1812. Mary and John relocated to Jasper approximately 1852 or soon after, where they lived until John's death in 1863. John is listed as Head of Household in the 1854 Iowa State Census. Mary is listed with John in the 1856 Iowa State Census, and in the 1860 Jasper County, Iowa Federal Census. (There is no explanation as to why her name is recorded as "Ara" in the 1850 Jennings County, Indiana, Federal Census.) After John's death, Mary's son, Jacob Andrew Dillman, personally went to Iowa and brought his mother back to Decatur County, Indiana, so she could live with her family.
Mary died on October 12, 1865, in Decatur County. She is buried next to her first husband, Frederick Dillman. Her original tombstone gives her name as Mary Dillman Alloway. Her second husband, John Alloway, is buried in Jasper County, Iowa.
In 1896, Mary and Frederick's youngest son, Jacob Andrew Dillman, wrote a short family history, later published by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) as Miscellaneous Records for Andrew Dillman, Jacob's grandfather, on Microfilm Roll F3588 #2. In May 1982, Steven J. Wilson transcribed the handwritten manuscript from the microfilmed copy. Excerpts from Jacob Dillman's manuscript are published here with Steven J. Wilson's permission:
"About the close of my 19th year... my mother married a well-to-do farmer of Jennings County... Mr. Alloway, my step-father, offered me a home in his house, but I wisely concluded it would be better... for me to do for myself, as Mr. Alloway had quite a family of boys and girls without me."
"In December, 1843, Mother (Mary Dillman) was married again to John Alloway, a wealthy farmer of Jennings County, Ind. In the Spring of 1852 they moved to Jasper County, Iowa, and in their old age commenced again in a new country. On the 7th of May 1863, Alloway died and shortly afterward Mary Alloway returned to Indiana and lived with her children till October 12, 1865, when she passed away to her reward..."
"... She was a devoted wife, a kind and indulgent mother. She excelled... in spinning and weaving, and the linen, flannel and jeans that came from her loom could not be excelled for fineness or quality... In person she was about medium height, rather slender than stout, a pleasing countenance, fair complexion, brown eyes and dark brown hair that when undone fell to her heels, and which still retained its length even in her old age though turned to silver gray."
"... In 1863 I again went to Iowa to see my brother David and bring my mother back to Indiana, Mr. Alloway having died in the spring of that year."
~ August 2022
* Note: In 1831, John Walker Alloway married Nancy Herring. In 1831, in Jackson County, Indiana, Anna (Sutphen) Burns, the widow of Samuel Burns, married Martin Douglass; not John Alloway. In published genealogies and in many family trees, "Anna Mary Burns" is an incorrect blend of two people. Mary Bowman Dillman is John's correct spouse. John (22 Sep 1781 - 7 May 1863) was baptized as John Walker Strange. His parents were Abraham Alloway Strange and Mary "Molly" Moore, the daughter of John Moore and Judith Walker. As an adult, John did not use his second surname.
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Original Bio, with Slight Edit:
After Frederick Dillman's death, Mary remarried to John Alloway, on Jan. 11, 1844 in Decatur County. He was a landowner and farmer in Jennings County and a merchant at Scipio. They afterward moved to Jasper County, Iowa, where he died. Mary returned to Indiana and lived with her daughter, Nancy Dillman Webb.
Mary's name is given as "Mary Dillman" on the newer granite monument; but the original marker, broken and down flat behind, lists her name as "Mary Dillman Alloway."
Mary Bowman married Frederick Dillman in 1811. Her marriage bond was signed on March 11, 1811, in Jessamine County, Kentucky, by Frederick, and Mary's father, Joseph Bowman. Her father personally gave his consent for his daughter to marry. Mary's surname is spelled "Boatman" on the reverse of the bond, but spelled as Bowman in the bond. Dillman is spelled Dilman, but Frederick signed Dillman.
Mary and Frederick had eight children: Sarah (Dillman) Hutchinson, Joseph Dillman, Solomon Dillman, Nancy (Dillman) Webb, David Bowman Dillman, Jacob Andrew Dillman, and twin baby girls who were born and died about July 1833.
On September 21, 1836, about 2 years after the family had relocated to Decatur County, Indiana, Frederick died, leaving Mary a widow with her youngest sons, David and Jacob, still at home. In the 1840 Decatur County Federal Census, Mary is listed as the Head of her Household, with one male (Jacob) ages 15 to 19.
* Mary married John Alloway (also known to genealogists and family historians as John Walker Alloway or John Walker Alloway Strange) when she was 53, and he was 62. John was the father of 3 young daughters and 10 older children. Mary and John married in Decatur County, Indiana, near Jennings County, on January 11, 1844.
John received a Bounty Land Grant in Jasper County, Iowa in 1852 for his service in the War of 1812. Mary and John relocated to Jasper approximately 1852 or soon after, where they lived until John's death in 1863. John is listed as Head of Household in the 1854 Iowa State Census. Mary is listed with John in the 1856 Iowa State Census, and in the 1860 Jasper County, Iowa Federal Census. (There is no explanation as to why her name is recorded as "Ara" in the 1850 Jennings County, Indiana, Federal Census.) After John's death, Mary's son, Jacob Andrew Dillman, personally went to Iowa and brought his mother back to Decatur County, Indiana, so she could live with her family.
Mary died on October 12, 1865, in Decatur County. She is buried next to her first husband, Frederick Dillman. Her original tombstone gives her name as Mary Dillman Alloway. Her second husband, John Alloway, is buried in Jasper County, Iowa.
In 1896, Mary and Frederick's youngest son, Jacob Andrew Dillman, wrote a short family history, later published by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) as Miscellaneous Records for Andrew Dillman, Jacob's grandfather, on Microfilm Roll F3588 #2. In May 1982, Steven J. Wilson transcribed the handwritten manuscript from the microfilmed copy. Excerpts from Jacob Dillman's manuscript are published here with Steven J. Wilson's permission:
"About the close of my 19th year... my mother married a well-to-do farmer of Jennings County... Mr. Alloway, my step-father, offered me a home in his house, but I wisely concluded it would be better... for me to do for myself, as Mr. Alloway had quite a family of boys and girls without me."
"In December, 1843, Mother (Mary Dillman) was married again to John Alloway, a wealthy farmer of Jennings County, Ind. In the Spring of 1852 they moved to Jasper County, Iowa, and in their old age commenced again in a new country. On the 7th of May 1863, Alloway died and shortly afterward Mary Alloway returned to Indiana and lived with her children till October 12, 1865, when she passed away to her reward..."
"... She was a devoted wife, a kind and indulgent mother. She excelled... in spinning and weaving, and the linen, flannel and jeans that came from her loom could not be excelled for fineness or quality... In person she was about medium height, rather slender than stout, a pleasing countenance, fair complexion, brown eyes and dark brown hair that when undone fell to her heels, and which still retained its length even in her old age though turned to silver gray."
"... In 1863 I again went to Iowa to see my brother David and bring my mother back to Indiana, Mr. Alloway having died in the spring of that year."
~ August 2022
* Note: In 1831, John Walker Alloway married Nancy Herring. In 1831, in Jackson County, Indiana, Anna (Sutphen) Burns, the widow of Samuel Burns, married Martin Douglass; not John Alloway. In published genealogies and in many family trees, "Anna Mary Burns" is an incorrect blend of two people. Mary Bowman Dillman is John's correct spouse. John (22 Sep 1781 - 7 May 1863) was baptized as John Walker Strange. His parents were Abraham Alloway Strange and Mary "Molly" Moore, the daughter of John Moore and Judith Walker. As an adult, John did not use his second surname.
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Original Bio, with Slight Edit:
After Frederick Dillman's death, Mary remarried to John Alloway, on Jan. 11, 1844 in Decatur County. He was a landowner and farmer in Jennings County and a merchant at Scipio. They afterward moved to Jasper County, Iowa, where he died. Mary returned to Indiana and lived with her daughter, Nancy Dillman Webb.
Mary's name is given as "Mary Dillman" on the newer granite monument; but the original marker, broken and down flat behind, lists her name as "Mary Dillman Alloway."
Mary's parents were Joseph and Nancy Bowman. Mary's 1st Husband was Frederick Dillman. Her 2nd husband was John Walker Alloway.
Mary Bowman married Frederick Dillman in 1811. Her marriage bond was signed on March 11, 1811, in Jessamine County, Kentucky, by Frederick, and Mary's father, Joseph Bowman. Her father personally gave his consent for his daughter to marry. Mary's surname is spelled "Boatman" on the reverse of the bond, but spelled as Bowman in the bond. Dillman is spelled Dilman, but Frederick signed Dillman.
Mary and Frederick had eight children: Sarah (Dillman) Hutchinson, Joseph Dillman, Solomon Dillman, Nancy (Dillman) Webb, David Bowman Dillman, Jacob Andrew Dillman, and twin baby girls who were born and died about July 1833.
On September 21, 1836, about 2 years after the family had relocated to Decatur County, Indiana, Frederick died, leaving Mary a widow with her youngest sons, David and Jacob, still at home. In the 1840 Decatur County Federal Census, Mary is listed as the Head of her Household, with one male (Jacob) ages 15 to 19.
* Mary married John Alloway (also known to genealogists and family historians as John Walker Alloway or John Walker Alloway Strange) when she was 53, and he was 62. John was the father of 3 young daughters and 10 older children. Mary and John married in Decatur County, Indiana, near Jennings County, on January 11, 1844.
John received a Bounty Land Grant in Jasper County, Iowa in 1852 for his service in the War of 1812. Mary and John relocated to Jasper approximately 1852 or soon after, where they lived until John's death in 1863. John is listed as Head of Household in the 1854 Iowa State Census. Mary is listed with John in the 1856 Iowa State Census, and in the 1860 Jasper County, Iowa Federal Census. (There is no explanation as to why her name is recorded as "Ara" in the 1850 Jennings County, Indiana, Federal Census.) After John's death, Mary's son, Jacob Andrew Dillman, personally went to Iowa and brought his mother back to Decatur County, Indiana, so she could live with her family.
Mary died on October 12, 1865, in Decatur County. She is buried next to her first husband, Frederick Dillman. Her original tombstone gives her name as Mary Dillman Alloway. Her second husband, John Alloway, is buried in Jasper County, Iowa.
In 1896, Mary and Frederick's youngest son, Jacob Andrew Dillman, wrote a short family history, later published by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) as Miscellaneous Records for Andrew Dillman, Jacob's grandfather, on Microfilm Roll F3588 #2. In May 1982, Steven J. Wilson transcribed the handwritten manuscript from the microfilmed copy. Excerpts from Jacob Dillman's manuscript are published here with Steven J. Wilson's permission:
"About the close of my 19th year... my mother married a well-to-do farmer of Jennings County... Mr. Alloway, my step-father, offered me a home in his house, but I wisely concluded it would be better... for me to do for myself, as Mr. Alloway had quite a family of boys and girls without me."
"In December, 1843, Mother (Mary Dillman) was married again to John Alloway, a wealthy farmer of Jennings County, Ind. In the Spring of 1852 they moved to Jasper County, Iowa, and in their old age commenced again in a new country. On the 7th of May 1863, Alloway died and shortly afterward Mary Alloway returned to Indiana and lived with her children till October 12, 1865, when she passed away to her reward..."
"... She was a devoted wife, a kind and indulgent mother. She excelled... in spinning and weaving, and the linen, flannel and jeans that came from her loom could not be excelled for fineness or quality... In person she was about medium height, rather slender than stout, a pleasing countenance, fair complexion, brown eyes and dark brown hair that when undone fell to her heels, and which still retained its length even in her old age though turned to silver gray."
"... In 1863 I again went to Iowa to see my brother David and bring my mother back to Indiana, Mr. Alloway having died in the spring of that year."
~ August 2022
* Note: In 1831, John Walker Alloway married Nancy Herring. In 1831, in Jackson County, Indiana, Anna (Sutphen) Burns, the widow of Samuel Burns, married Martin Douglass; not John Alloway. In published genealogies and in many family trees, "Anna Mary Burns" is an incorrect blend of two people. Mary Bowman Dillman is John's correct spouse. John (22 Sep 1781 - 7 May 1863) was baptized as John Walker Strange. His parents were Abraham Alloway Strange and Mary "Molly" Moore, the daughter of John Moore and Judith Walker. As an adult, John did not use his second surname.
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Original Bio, with Slight Edit:
After Frederick Dillman's death, Mary remarried to John Alloway, on Jan. 11, 1844 in Decatur County. He was a landowner and farmer in Jennings County and a merchant at Scipio. They afterward moved to Jasper County, Iowa, where he died. Mary returned to Indiana and lived with her daughter, Nancy Dillman Webb.
Mary's name is given as "Mary Dillman" on the newer granite monument; but the original marker, broken and down flat behind, lists her name as "Mary Dillman Alloway."
Mary Bowman married Frederick Dillman in 1811. Her marriage bond was signed on March 11, 1811, in Jessamine County, Kentucky, by Frederick, and Mary's father, Joseph Bowman. Her father personally gave his consent for his daughter to marry. Mary's surname is spelled "Boatman" on the reverse of the bond, but spelled as Bowman in the bond. Dillman is spelled Dilman, but Frederick signed Dillman.
Mary and Frederick had eight children: Sarah (Dillman) Hutchinson, Joseph Dillman, Solomon Dillman, Nancy (Dillman) Webb, David Bowman Dillman, Jacob Andrew Dillman, and twin baby girls who were born and died about July 1833.
On September 21, 1836, about 2 years after the family had relocated to Decatur County, Indiana, Frederick died, leaving Mary a widow with her youngest sons, David and Jacob, still at home. In the 1840 Decatur County Federal Census, Mary is listed as the Head of her Household, with one male (Jacob) ages 15 to 19.
* Mary married John Alloway (also known to genealogists and family historians as John Walker Alloway or John Walker Alloway Strange) when she was 53, and he was 62. John was the father of 3 young daughters and 10 older children. Mary and John married in Decatur County, Indiana, near Jennings County, on January 11, 1844.
John received a Bounty Land Grant in Jasper County, Iowa in 1852 for his service in the War of 1812. Mary and John relocated to Jasper approximately 1852 or soon after, where they lived until John's death in 1863. John is listed as Head of Household in the 1854 Iowa State Census. Mary is listed with John in the 1856 Iowa State Census, and in the 1860 Jasper County, Iowa Federal Census. (There is no explanation as to why her name is recorded as "Ara" in the 1850 Jennings County, Indiana, Federal Census.) After John's death, Mary's son, Jacob Andrew Dillman, personally went to Iowa and brought his mother back to Decatur County, Indiana, so she could live with her family.
Mary died on October 12, 1865, in Decatur County. She is buried next to her first husband, Frederick Dillman. Her original tombstone gives her name as Mary Dillman Alloway. Her second husband, John Alloway, is buried in Jasper County, Iowa.
In 1896, Mary and Frederick's youngest son, Jacob Andrew Dillman, wrote a short family history, later published by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) as Miscellaneous Records for Andrew Dillman, Jacob's grandfather, on Microfilm Roll F3588 #2. In May 1982, Steven J. Wilson transcribed the handwritten manuscript from the microfilmed copy. Excerpts from Jacob Dillman's manuscript are published here with Steven J. Wilson's permission:
"About the close of my 19th year... my mother married a well-to-do farmer of Jennings County... Mr. Alloway, my step-father, offered me a home in his house, but I wisely concluded it would be better... for me to do for myself, as Mr. Alloway had quite a family of boys and girls without me."
"In December, 1843, Mother (Mary Dillman) was married again to John Alloway, a wealthy farmer of Jennings County, Ind. In the Spring of 1852 they moved to Jasper County, Iowa, and in their old age commenced again in a new country. On the 7th of May 1863, Alloway died and shortly afterward Mary Alloway returned to Indiana and lived with her children till October 12, 1865, when she passed away to her reward..."
"... She was a devoted wife, a kind and indulgent mother. She excelled... in spinning and weaving, and the linen, flannel and jeans that came from her loom could not be excelled for fineness or quality... In person she was about medium height, rather slender than stout, a pleasing countenance, fair complexion, brown eyes and dark brown hair that when undone fell to her heels, and which still retained its length even in her old age though turned to silver gray."
"... In 1863 I again went to Iowa to see my brother David and bring my mother back to Indiana, Mr. Alloway having died in the spring of that year."
~ August 2022
* Note: In 1831, John Walker Alloway married Nancy Herring. In 1831, in Jackson County, Indiana, Anna (Sutphen) Burns, the widow of Samuel Burns, married Martin Douglass; not John Alloway. In published genealogies and in many family trees, "Anna Mary Burns" is an incorrect blend of two people. Mary Bowman Dillman is John's correct spouse. John (22 Sep 1781 - 7 May 1863) was baptized as John Walker Strange. His parents were Abraham Alloway Strange and Mary "Molly" Moore, the daughter of John Moore and Judith Walker. As an adult, John did not use his second surname.
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Original Bio, with Slight Edit:
After Frederick Dillman's death, Mary remarried to John Alloway, on Jan. 11, 1844 in Decatur County. He was a landowner and farmer in Jennings County and a merchant at Scipio. They afterward moved to Jasper County, Iowa, where he died. Mary returned to Indiana and lived with her daughter, Nancy Dillman Webb.
Mary's name is given as "Mary Dillman" on the newer granite monument; but the original marker, broken and down flat behind, lists her name as "Mary Dillman Alloway."
Inscription
Older Marker: Mary Dillman Alloway ~ Died Oct 11, 1865 - Newer Marker: Mary Dillman ~ 1790-1865 (on newer granite marker with Frederick Dillman. Original marker also present, lying down flat.)
Gravesite Details
There are two grave markers, with the older marker flat on the ground behind the newer granite marker for Mary and her 1st husband.
Family Members
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