Lydia Hester ^{1 2}

  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1870 US Census, 1 June 1870, Center Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States. ² 1870 US Census
Page 4, Roll 1183, Dwelling 22, Family 25
Center Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
Lydia Bowman..48..OH..Keeping House
(Living with husband and daughter.)

2. 1880 US Census, 4 June 1880, Center Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 279A, District 45, Dwelling 59, Family 59, Roll 1001
Center Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
Lydia Bowman..Wife..58..OH..Keeping House
(Living with husband, daughter, and grandson.)

3. Cemetery: Mount Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, After 5 July 1906, Lisbon, Columbiana, Ohio, United States.

Lydia married Samuel Bowman, son of John Jacob Bowman and Charlotte Stough, on 4 May 1841 in Center Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States.¹ (Samuel Bowman was born on 4 February 1817 in Lisbon, Columbiana, Ohio, United States,^{1 2} died on 28 January 1897 in Lisbon, Columbiana, Ohio, United States and was buried after 28 January 1897 in Lisbon, Columbiana, Ohio, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1870 US Census, 1 June 1870, Center Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States. ² 1870 US Census
Page 4, Roll 1183, Dwelling 22, Family 25
Center Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
Samuel Bowman..53..OH..Farmer
Lydia Bowman..48..OH..Keeping House
Amelia Bowman..16..OH
Rachel Hester..45..OH

2. 1880 US Census, 4 June 1880, Center Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 279A, District 45, Dwelling 59, Family 59, Roll 1001
Center Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
Samuel Bowman..Head..63..OH..Farmer
Lydia Bowman..Wife..58..OH..Keeping House
Sophie Smiley..Dau..31..OH..At Home
Herman Smiley..GSon..9..OH..At School

  Marriage Notes:

At least one researcher has attempted to place "Galen Bowman" as a child of this marriage. A birth year of 1893 is supplied but that is obviously incorrect because the supposed mother, Lydia Hester, was born in 1822 and she would have been over 70 years old at the time of his birth. Additional information seems to point out that this "Galen Bowman" was actually "Joshua Galen Bowman", whose parents were Phillip M. Bowman and Jennie D. Miller.
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