Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Dr. Benjamin Bowman and Anna Reid




Husband Dr. Benjamin Bowman 1 2 3

           Born: 1837 - Cumberland Co, PA 2
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         Father: Benjamin Bowman (1810-1888) 2
         Mother: Annie McQuade (      -      ) 2


       Marriage: 1871 2

   Other Spouse: Margaret J. Nelson (      -1862) 4 - 1860 4



Wife Anna Reid 1 2 3

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         Father: Elihu Dinwiddie Reid (1807-1880) 3 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth A. Culbertson (1814-1891) 1 6 7




Children
1 F Elizabeth Culbertson Bowman 4

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         Spouse: Mervyn Paul Randolph (      -      ) 4


2 F Harriet Reid Bowman 4

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Benjamin Bowman


He was educated in the public schools of his native county, at the Whitehill Academy, and at the Cumberland County Normal School. He then taught school for six years in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. His last engagement as a teacher was with the High School of Mechanicsburg. While he was teaching, he read medicine with Dr. Michael Freese. In 1863, he entered the New York Homeopathic Medical College and was graduated, Feb. 25, 1865. He then returned to Mechanicsburg and practiced in partnership with Dr. Freese until July, 1866, when he came to Chambersburg, where he continued in active practice. He was a senior member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, becoming a member in June, 1869. He belonged to the F. & A. M. He was a Presbyterian and a member of the Falling Spring Presbyterian Church.

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Sources


1 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 679.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 132.

3 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 274.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 133.

5 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 678.

6 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 131.

7 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 269.


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