Henry Stambaugh Bowman (1849 - 1902)

Born 13 Apr 1849 in York, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sevilla (Myers) Bowman — married 14 Jan 1869 in York, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Dec 1902 at age 53 in West Manheim Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Henry Bowman has German Roots.

Henry Bowman was a Pennsylvanian.

Henry, son of John Bauman and Catherine Stambaugh,^[1] was born 13 April 1849 in York County, Pennsylvania.^[1] His parents had him baptized 13 May 1849 at Saint Matthew's Lutheran Church in Hanover, York County.^[1]

of , was born in Heidelberg Township, York County, Pennsylvania.

Residence (1860) Heidelberg Township, York, Pennsylvania John (age 40, tenant farmer) and Catharine Bowman (44), and Philip S. (14), John S. (10), Henry S. (11), Angelina (9), Agnes (7), Catharine (5) and Alice Senora Bowman (1).^[2]

On 14 January 1869 in York County, he married

1. Eda Jinnie "Edith" (Bowman) Messersmith (b. 22 October 1873;^[3] m. Henry S. "Harry" Messersmith;^[4] d. 1 January 1928).^[5][6]

Residence (1870) owned farm valued at $5,000 (about $2.5 million in 2022)^[7] Heidelberg Township John (age 55, retired farmer) and Catharine Bowman (53), Catharine (16, student), Alice (12, student) and John Bowman (23, laborer), and Catharina (Brillhart) Stambaugh (82).^[8] Living next door were her brother Henry (21, laborer), his spouse Sevilla (Myers) Bowman (1845-1927) (24), and their daughter Anna Bowman (1).^[8]

By 1880, Henry (age 30, farmer) and Seville Bowman (34), Ida May (9), Joanna Measa (7), Eda Jinnie (6), Daisey (5), Samuel T. (4) and John Henry Bowman (1) had relocated to Penn Township, York County.^[9]

• Residence 1900 West Manheim Township, York, Pennsylvania^[10]

Henry died 16 December 1902.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, database, FamilySearch (27 January 2020), Henry Bowman, 1849.
2. ↑ United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXRC-MGM : 18 March 2020), Henry Bowman in entry for John Bowman, 1860.
3. ↑ Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, database, FamilySearch (27 January 2020), Eda Jinnie Bowman, 1874.
4. ↑ Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950, database with images, FamilySearch (10 March 2021), Harry or Henry S. Messersmith and Edith J. Bowman, 13 Aug 1893; citing Marriage, York, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
5. ↑ Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953, database with images, FamilySearch (8 March 2021), Edith Messersmith, 01 Jan 1928; citing Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, reference fn 1048; FHL microfilm 1,991,142.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 24 April 2022), memorial page for Edith Messersmith (unknown–1 Jan 1928), Find A Grave: Memorial #94490930, citing Highland Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Mamaquilts (contributor 47164329).
7. ↑ $5,000 in 1870 → 2022 | Inflation Calculator. Official Inflation Data for Housing, Alioth Finance, 13 Apr. 2022.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ2Y-WV4 : 18 March 2020), Henry Bowman, 1870.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWVB-Y18 : 15 July 2017), Henry Bowman, Penn, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 13, sheet 31A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,206.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3H4-4WM : accessed 15 August 2020), Henry S. Bowman, West Manheim Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 182, sheet 10A, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,502.
11. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 15 August 2020), memorial page for Henry S Bowman (13 Apr 1849–16 Dec 1902), Find A Grave: Memorial #46244653, citing Dubs Cemetery, Marburg, York County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by William James Diehl (contributor 47171394).