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Philip Casper Bowman
(1755-1845)
Katharine Fast
(1753-1826)
Christian Bowman
(1781-1852)
Elizabeth Kreager
(1780-1864)
Comfort Christian Bowman
(1815-1886)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Susannah Evelyn Rinehart

Comfort Christian Bowman 2 3 5 6 7 8 9

  • Born: 28 January 1815, Green Township, Mahoning, OH 2 4 5 6 7 8 9
  • Marriage (1): Susannah Evelyn Rinehart on 20 October 1852 in Mahoning County, OH 1 2 3 4 5
  • Died: 22 August 1886, Green Township, Mahoning, OH at age 71 9
  • Buried: 24 August 1886, Ellsworth, OH 2 9
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bullet  General Notes:

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 12, Ed. 1, Tree #1194]
Appears to be son of Christian & Elizabeth (Kreager) Bowman in "History of Columbiana County", published Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co, 1879, under Section VI, Township of Green, p.302
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Green Township, Mahoning, OH on 9 July 1860. 7

1860 US Census
Page 130, Roll 1005, Family 978
Green Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
Comfort C. Bowman..45..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife, 4 children, and mother.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Ellsworth Township, Mahoning, OH on 12 August 1870. 8

1870 US Census
Page 15, Dwelling 131, Family 133
Ellsworth Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
Comfort Bowman..55..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 8 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Ellsworth, OH on June 1880. 5

1880 US Census
Page 97B, District 96, Dwelling 12, Family 14, Roll 1045
Ellsworth, Mahoning County, Ohio
Comfert Bowman..Head..65..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 7 children.)
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• He was buried on 24 August 1886 in the Ellsworth Cemetery in Ellsworth, OH.

Section C Row 02

Find A Grave Memorial #65125618
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• His obituary was published in the Mahoning Dispatch on 27 August 1886 in Mahoning County, OH.

Comfort Bowman, an old and respected citizen of Ellsworth Township, died on Sunday last after an illness of several months. The funeral services were held on Tuesday.

(Source: Mahoning Dispatch, Mahoning County, Ohio, 27 Aug 1886)
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Comfort married Susannah Evelyn Rinehart, daughter of Solomon Rinehart and Elizabeth Bowman, on 20 October 1852 in Mahoning County, OH.1 2 3 4 5 (Susannah Evelyn Rinehart was born on 13 April 1831 in Lisbon, OH,2 3 4 5 7 8 10 11 died on 22 December 1914 in Ellsworth Township, Mahoning, OH 11 and was buried after 22 December 1914 in Ellsworth Township, Mahoning, OH 11.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Green Township, Mahoning, OH on 9 July 1860. 7

1860 US Census
Page 130, Roll 1005, Family 978
Green Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
Comfort C. Bowman..45..OH..Farmer
Susanna Bowman..29..OH
Olive C. Bowman..6..OH
John J. Bowman..5..OH
Comfort E. Bowman..4..OH
Mary E. Bowman..2..OH
Elizabeth Bowman..81..NJ
Lydia C. Rinehart..14..OH
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Ellsworth Township, Mahoning, OH on 12 August 1870. 8

1870 US Census
Page 15, Dwelling 131, Family 133
Ellsworth Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
Comfort Bowman..55..OH..Farmer
Susana Bowman..38..OH..Keeping House
Olive Bowman..17..OH..At Home
John Bowman..15..OH..Farm Laborer
Comfort Bowman..13..OH..At Home
Mary Bowman..11..OH..Attending School
Laura Bowman..9..OH..Attending School
Ada Bowman..7..OH..Attending School
Delta Bowman..5..OH..Attending School
Minnie Bowman..2..OH
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Ellsworth, OH on June 1880. 5

1880 US Census
Page 97B, District 96, Dwelling 12, Family 14, Roll 1045
Ellsworth, Mahoning County, Ohio
Comfert Bowman..Head..65..OH..Farmer
Susanah Bowman..Wife..49..OH..Housekeeper
John J. Bowman..Son..25..OH..Farming
Ellis Bowman..Son..24..OH..Farming
Laura B. Bowman..Dau..19..OH..At Home
Florence A. Bowman..Dau..17..OH..At Home
Sarah D. Bowman..Dau..14..OH..At Home
Novia H. Bowman..Dau..6..OH..At Home
Minnia S. Bowman..Dau..12..OH
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bullet  Marriage Notes:

Comfort Bowman and Susannah Rinehart were 1st cousins once removed.
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Sources


1 Genealogy.com, Marriage Index: Ohio, 1850-1900 (Family Archive #236).

2 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).

3 Joyce K. Nickless, World Family Tree Vol. 098, Ed. 1, Tree #1443 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: March-2002).

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

5 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Ellsworth, Mahoning County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 96, p. 97B, dwelling 12, family 14, Comfort Christian Bowman and Susannah Evelyn Rinehart; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 23 Apr 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1045.

6 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.

7 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Green Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, p. 130, family 978, Comfort Christian Bowman and Susannah Evelyn Rinehart; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 5 Aug 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 1005.

8 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Ellsworth Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, p. 15, dwelling 131, family 133, Comfort Christian Bowman and Susannah Evelyn Rinehart; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Jun 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

9 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 7 Aug 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65125618.

10 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Center Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, p. 322B, dwelling 44, family 44, Solomon Rinehart and Elizabeth Bowman; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 15 Dec 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 669.

11 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 7 Aug 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65125737.


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