Cornelius Bowman son of Samuel B. Bowman and Mary "Molly" Meyers, married 19 August 1866 in Barbour Co., VA (WV), USA, to Elizabeth Bowman, daughter of Daniel L. Bowman and Magdalena "Mary" Borger. Cornelius and Mary had five children: James F., Samuel H., Elias William, Lydia Alice, and Mary Elizabeth. Brother of Lydia E. Bowman Pitzer in this same cemetery.
From Ancestry.com as relayed to me via Shari 29May2007
Bowman, Cornelius Enl. Barbour Home Guard 1-3-1864 for one year; enl. Co. D. 4th Pa. Cav. 2-19-1865; disch 7-1-1865. Farmer; $2,500/775 (parents); b. Somerset Co. Pa. 1843, brother of Joseph; m. Elizabeth Bowman 1866; moved to Ind. 1870's where d. 1894.
SEE - Find-A-Grave Memorial for Cornelius Bowman
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