Joesph C. Bowman

1830 - 1905  (75 years)

• Name	Joesph C. Bowman
  Birth	12 Jan 1830	near Breslau, Ontario
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Jun 1905	Caledonia, Kent County, Michigan
  Burial	near the United Brethen Church, Caledonia, Kent County, Michigan
  Person ID	I14331	All
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2007

  
  

  Father	Elias B. Baumann / Bowman,   b. 4 May 1809, Berks County, Pennsylvania d. 21 Aug 1875 (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Maria "Polly" Clemens,   b. 12 Jul 1811, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania d. 28 May 1886, Kent County, Michigan (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1829
  Family ID	F6036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Nancy Baumann   d. died six months after marriage
  Family ID	F6034	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Ann Shoemaker,   b. 7 Nov 1824, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania d. 28 Jul 1876 (Age 51 years)
  Children	1. Reuben S. Bowman,   b. 3 Aug 1852, near Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario d. 5 Jan 1918 (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F3825	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Lydia Wismer,   b. 2 May 1833, Canada
  Children	1. Nancy Bowman   2. Hannah Bowman   3. Maria Bowman   4. Solon Bowman
  Family ID	F6035	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2007

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph C. Bowman, the eldest child of Elias B., was born near Breslau on January 12th, 1830. His first wife, Nancy Baumann died six months after they were married. By his second wife, Mary Ann Shoemaker, he had one son, Reuben Bowman...His third wife was Lydia Wismar by whom he had four children, namely: Nancy, Hannah, Maria and Solon. They moved to Caledonia, Kent County, Michigan, where he died of pneumonia on June 16th, 1905 and is buried in the cemetery near the United Brethen Church in Caledonia. Source: "Reuben Bowman, His Family" by Fred Bowman 1948, unpublished.