Josiah Bowman

Philip Casper Bowman
(1755-1845)

Katharine Fast
(1753-1826)

Christian Bowman
(1781-1852)

Elizabeth Kreager
(1780-1864)

Josiah Bowman
(1809-1886)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Sarah K. Strawn

Josiah Bowman ² ³ ⁴

Born: 12 February 1809, Columbiana County, OH ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵
Marriage (1): Sarah K. Strawn on 31 May 1838 ¹ ²
Died: 10 June 1886, Green Township, Mahoning, OH at age 77 ¹ ⁴ ⁶
Buried: 12 June 1886, Ellsworth, OH ¹ ⁴

bullet Birth Notes:

Now Mahoning County, Ohio

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Goshen Township, Mahoning, OH on 14 July 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 151, Roll 1005, Family 1233, Dwelling 1136
Goshen Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
Josiah Bowman..51..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 5 children.)
.

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Goshen Township, Mahoning, OH on 9 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 109B, Roll 1045, District 97, Dwelling 107, Family 112
Goshen Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
Josiah Bowman..Head..71..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife.)
.

• He was buried on 12 June 1886 in the Ellsworth Cemetery in Ellsworth, OH.

Section C Row 02
Find A Grave Memorial #99956438
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• His obituary was published in the Mahoning Dispatch on 18 June 1886 in Mahoning County, OH.

⁴ Josiah Bowman, an old and respected citizen of Goshen Township, died on Thursday last. Deceased was in his 78th year. He leaves a wife, five children and a host of friends to mourn his loss. Funeral services were held at the family residence Saturday morning and the remains laid to rest in the Ellsworth Cemetery.

(Source: Mahoning Dispatch, 18 Jun 1886)
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Josiah married Sarah K. Strawn on 31 May 1838.¹ ² (Sarah K. Strawn was born in 1816 in Ohio,² ³ died on 6 September 1899 in Ellsworth Township, Mahoning, OH ¹ ⁷ and was buried on 8 September 1899 in Ellsworth, OH ⁷.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Goshen Township, Mahoning, OH on 14 July 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 151, Roll 1005, Family 1233, Dwelling 1136
Goshen Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
Josiah Bowman..51..OH..Farmer
Sarah K. Bowman..44..OH
Allen S. Bowman..21..OH..Farm Laborer
Elizabeth Bowman..18..OH
Ann E. Bowman..16..OH
Amelia Bowman..13..OH
Jefferson D. Bowman..10..OH
.

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Goshen Township, Mahoning, OH on 9 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 109B, Roll 1045, District 97, Dwelling 107, Family 112
Goshen Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
Josiah Bowman..Head..71..OH..Farmer
Sarah K. Bowman..Wife..64..OH..Keeping House
.

1 William Arthur Richards, Jr., "Richards Family Group" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=123654; Updated: Tue Mar 30 19:21:02 2004).

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Goshen Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 97, p. 109B, dwelling 107, family 112, Josiah Bowman and Sarah K. Strawn; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1045.

3 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Goshen Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, p. 151, dwelling 1136, family 1233, Josiah Bowman and Sarah K. Strawn; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 1005.

4 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 19 Jan 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=99956438.

5 Anne Bowman, "Bowman-Cassel Family" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:2660287; Updated: Wed Oct 8 12:47:44 2003), http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2222486&id=I133569448.

6 Robert E. Wallace, World Family Tree Vol. 012, Ed. 1, Tree #1194 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: July 28, 1997).

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 19 Jan 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=99956641.

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