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- SOURCE:"http://www.regencyatnavarrebeach.net/history/bowman/pleasant.html
"The follow are excerpts from a book entitled Washington County,Indiana History, page 660. (A copy is in the library at Bedford,Indiana)
"? The late Hon. John A Bowman who was a leading farmer andbusinessman of Polk township, and one of the most prominent citizensof Washington county, Indiana, was born in Blount county, Tennessee,on April 7, 1818, he being the next eldest of eleven (11) childrenborn to a John and Catherine Bowman, natives of Virginia andPennsylvania, respectively, and who came in 1830 to Walnut Ridge,later moving to Monroe Township, where the elder (John) Bowman died.
John A. Bowman received his education in the common schools of hisnative county and in the schools of Monroe township, Washingtoncounty, after which he worked with his father on the home farm untilat the age of eighteen years, he started for Louisiana, making thetrip down the Mississippi river on a flat board. After two years inLouisiana, Mr. Bowman returned to Washington county, Indiana, andpurchased a farm near that of his parents, he later, after the deathof his father, placing his mother and her two children on the farm,while he engaged in the business of a stock dealer, his field ofoperation being between Washington county and the city of New Orleans.Mr. Bowman continued in his business as a stockman until the outbreakof the Civil War, and then following the close of the war, here-engaged in his business for a short time after which he returned tohis farm, near Farrabee, a place where he cultivated as a generalfarmer for the remainder of his active life. Mr. Bowman at the time ofhis death being the owner of nine hundred and twenty-four acres ofwell cultivated land in Washington County. On January 17, 1881, JohnA. Bowman was married to Mary Jane (Davis) Howell, who was born nearSouth Boston, Franklin Township, Washington County, the daughter ofHenry and Lydia (Tash) Davis.
The following information comes from Theresa Koehler who has anextensive web page on the Internet listing her family history researchand sources:
John A. BOWMAN (Sr.)
BIRTH: C1790, VA
Franklin Township Cemeteries, Washington Co, IN 1987
S.C. 1880 Census (per Carol Brown records, Mesa, AZ)
DEATH: BEF 1843, Walnut Ridge,Monroe Twp,Wash Co, IN
TITLE: Sr.
Father: William Harrison BOWMAN
Mother: Sarah BOWMAN
Family: with Catherine BOWERMAN
MARRIED: 29 JUN 1812, Maryville, Blount Co., TN
1. Louisa BOWMAN
2. John A. BOWMAN
3. William J. BOWMAN
4. Sarah Elvira BOWMAN
5. Papina BOWMAN
6. Male BOWMAN
7. Lycurgus BOWMAN
8. Mary BOWMAN
9. Pleasant BOWMAN
10. Michael Dill BOWMAN
11. Elisha BOWMAN
12. Napolean Bonaparte BOWMAN
Additional information on this web page verifies the dates and agesgiven in the history and the 1850 census records. Unlike most of theother siblings, NO INFORMATION is given regarding the death and burialsite of Pleasant. (All of the other sibling lived and died inWashington County. County and cemetery records would verify theirdeath and burial.)" [Transcribed 16 February 2009, SLJuhl RNBSC,Compiler; sljuhl1234@yahoo.com]
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