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Joseph Bowman (1757 - 1829)

Joseph Bowman
Born in Washington County, Marylandmap
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 71 in Broadway, Rockingham County, Virginia, USAmap
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Biography

Joseph Bowman, the son of Jacob Bowman and Varena Unknown, was born about 1757 in Washington County, Maryland, and died in 1830 in Rockingham County, Virginia. About 1777-80 he married Esther Bechtal of Beaver Creek, Washington County, Maryland, the daughter of Samuel Bechtal and Anna Simon. Joseph and Esther moved to Linville Creek, Virginia where he became a prosperous farmer, miller and deacon in the Linville Creek Church. They had 5 children: Elizabeth, Esther, Magdalena, Samuel, and Mary.[1]

Sources

  1. Dr. Emmert F. Bigginger, "Descendants of Jacob Bowman, Sr., and His Wives Varena and Catherine, Part III", January 1998 Mennonite Family History, pages 38-39.

Acknowledgments

Thank-you to Mary Lee Sparling for creating Bowman-2876 on 9 Jul 13.





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There is quite a bit of information on this family in the book "47 Pioneer Families of Rockingham Co., Virginia," who migrated through Ohio Indiana, and Illinois to Missouri," by Robert L. Brock, 1997. Noland 588.
posted by Linda (Noland) Layman
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