Sarah Gorgas (1800 - 1878)

Born 19 Jan 1800 in Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Aug 1878 at age 78 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Sarah was born in 1800. She was the daughter of Solomon Gorgas and Catherine Fahnestock.

Sarah married Samuel Bowman.

Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 - Ancestry Free Shared Link
Name: Samuel Bowman
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 1 Aug 1820
Marriage Place: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
Denomination: Lutheran
Organization Name: Zion German Lutheran Church
Spouse: Sara Gorgas ^[1]

1850 United States Federal Census - Ancestry Free Shared Link
Name: Sarah Bowman
Age: 49
Birth Year: abt 1801
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850: East Pennsboro, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Female
Family Number: 130
Sarah Bowman 49
Samuel Bowman 15
Lolomon G Bowman 12
Simon C Bowman 7
Elizabeth Underwood 20 ^[2]

1870 United States Federal Census - Ancestry Free Shared Link
Name: Sarah Bowman
Age in 1870: 70
Birth Year: abt 1800
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Dwelling Number: 344
Home in 1870: Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Gender: Female
Post Office: Mechanicsburg
Occupation: Keeping House
Personal Estate Value: 3000
Real Estate Value: 14000
Sarah Bowman 70
Mary Barnhardt 73
Rebecca Allison 50 ^[3]

She passed away in 1878. Find A Grave: Memorial #11641225 ^[4]

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014 - Ancestry Free Shared Link
Name: Sarah Gorgas
Relationship: Spouse
Birth Date: 19 Jan 1800
Marriage Date: 1820
Death Date: 21 Aug 1878
Name Relationship
Samuel Bowman Head
S. G. Bowman Child
Samuel Bowman Father
Simon P. Bowman Child
Sarah Gorgas Spouse
Susan Bowman Child
Catherine Bowman Child
Regina Bowman Child
Mary Bowman Child
Samuel Bowman Child ^[5]

Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 163 : 1921; Page 291; DAR Number: 162963
Name: Sarah Gorgas
Gender: Female
First Marriage Date: 1820
Father: Solomon Gorgas
Mother: Catherine Fahnestock
Spouse: Samuel Bowman
Child: Mary Bowman
Grandfather: Jacob Gorgas
Grandmother: Christina Mack

Jacob Gorgas (1728-1797) served as Sergeant in Capt John Jones' Company, Col Peter Grubb's regiment of Pennsylvania Associators, 1776. He was born and died in Ephrata, PA ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 - Ancestry Free Shared Link Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 691; Organization Name: Zion German Lutheran Church https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2451/40355_267451-00613?pid=7181346&backurl=
2. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census - Ancestry Free Shared Link Year: 1850; Census Place: East Pennsboro, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_773; Page: 395A; Image: 362 https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8054/4204716_00362?pid=314539&backurl=
3. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census - Ancestry Free Shared Link Year: 1870; Census Place: Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1333; Page: 437B; Family History Library Film: 552832 https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7163/4278553_00211?pid=9860303&backurl=
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 07 March 2020), memorial page for Sarah Gorgas Bowman (19 Jan 1800–21 Aug 1878), Find A Grave: Memorial #11641225, citing Camp Hill Cemetery, Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Westshore Genealogy (contributor 47771718)
5. ↑ Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014 - Ancestry Free Shared Link Original data: Genealogical Card File. Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60592/43954_345965-01038?pid=290151&backurl=
6. ↑ Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 163 : 1921; Page 291; DAR Number: 162963

See Also;

• Book: The Fahnestock Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Johann Diedrich Fahnestock, H. Minot Pitman, The Rumford Press, Concord, N.H., 1945. Page 33.