Samuel S. Bowman

1834 -

• Name	Samuel S. Bowman
  Born	15 Jul 1834
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I21844	All
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2007

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Baumann,   b. 15 Feb 1787, Berks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 7 Dec 1874, Waterloo County, Ontario  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Susannah Bechtel,   b. 16 Jun 1797,   d. 19 Sep 1870, Waterloo County, Ontario  (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F6158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Ploch,   b. 1 May 1839,   d. 30 Jan 1886  (Age 46 years)
  Children	1. Noah P. Bowman,   b. 1 Nov 1862   2. Simon E. Bowman,   b. 26 Sep 1865,   d. 1924  (Age 58 years)   3. Matilda Bowman,   b. 29 Oct 1868, Centreville, Ontario ,   d. 1950  (Age 81 years)   4. Tilman P. Bowman,   b. 19 Jul 1871
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2007
  Family ID	F6159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Anna C. Cressman,   b. 15 Feb 1844,   d. 28 Aug 1908  (Age 64 years)
  Married	24 Mar 1887
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2007
  Family ID	F6164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From Ezra Eby Book Samuel S. Bowman, "the fifth son of Benjamin and Susannah (Bechtel) Baumann, was born July 15th, 1834, on the farm he now owns. His boyhood days were spent on the farm. After he had attained the age of eighteen or twenty years, he commenced teaching our public schools during the winter months. When a young man he joined the church of his choice, the Mennonite body. After the decease of Rev. Abraham C. Weber it was deemed expedient by the church to have a minister appointed to assist the aged ministers, Jacob Oberholtzer and John Steckley, in the teaching of the "Word" according to their views. On February 2nd, 1878, he was ordained as minister of the Gospel. His untiring energy, together with his clear thought and common sense, soon raised him to be one of the best pulpit declaimers of our day. It did not take a long time until friends and enemies became convinced that he was by no means a man of ordinary ability. His sermons are short, instructive and encouraging to the child of God, while the sinner is powerfully convinced of his fallen state and earnestly entreated to become a child of God. On December 1st, 1861, he was married to Elizabeth Ploch who was born May 1st, 1839, and died January 30th, 1886. After her decease he married Anna, daughter of Samuel and Barbara (Cressman) Cressman. She was born February 15th, 1844. The second marriage took place March 24th, 1887. His family consists of four children.