Mathias P. Bowser and Sarah Ann Baum

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Husband Mathias P. Bowser ^{1 2}

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           Born: 17 Jan 1819 - near Worthington, Armstrong Co, PA 2
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           Died: 3 Jun 1909 - Boggs Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 2
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         Father: Peter Bowser (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Sarah Russel (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 10 Apr 1844 2

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Wife Sarah Ann Baum ^{2 3}

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           Born: 26 Mar 1826 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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           Died: Aft 1914
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         Father: John Baum (      -      ) 2
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Children

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1 M Wilson L. Bowser ^{2 3}

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           Born: 31 Mar 1845 2
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2 M Ross Mechlin Bowser ^{2 4}

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            AKA: Ross Meckling Bowser 1
           Born: 8 Dec 1847 - Valley Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1 2 4
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         Spouse: Amanda Ross Anthony (1849-      ) 3 4
           Marr: 14 Aug 1871 3 4

         Spouse: Christina Zimmerman (      -      ) 5

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3 M Harvey Peter Bowser ^{2 3}

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           Born: 5 Dec 1849 2
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4 M Dewitt Clinton Bowser ²

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           Born: 23 Dec 1851 2
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           Died: 1853 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 F Hetty Williams Bowser ^{2 3}

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           Born: 23 Jul 1853 2
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         Spouse: Henry Troutman (      -      ) 3

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6 M Templeton B. Bowser ^{2 3}

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           Born: 9 Oct 1855 2
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7 F Sarah Jane Bowser ^{2 3}

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           Born: 23 May 1857 2
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8 M Madison Monroe Bowser ^{2 3}

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           Born: 14 Feb 1860 2
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           Died: Abt 1913
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9 M McClellan G. Bowser ²

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            AKA: George B. Mc. Bowser 3
           Born: 5 Apr 1862 2
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10 M James Neal Bowser ^{2 3}

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           Born: 20 Jan 1866 2
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11 F Rebecca P. Bowser ^{2 3}

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           Born: 15 May 1867 2
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         Spouse: Nish Schreconghost (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Mathias P. Bowser

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It is not certain whether his birth-place was east of the mountains or in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where he was reared. He was trained to farm work from the time his services were of any use, and in young manhood began farming on his own account. He also ran a sawmill. He owned and lived upon fifty acres of his father's old place, thence moving to the place where Robert Walker now lives, above Mosgrove, and later to a farm at Pine Furnace, which he had been cultivating for twelve years at the time he entered the Union service during the Civil war. He had formerly been captain of a company of State militia whose camp or training ground was at or near what is now Snyderville, filling that position until the company's time expired and it gave up training. In 1862 he joined the 78th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, with which he served three years as a member of Companies I and B, receiving an honorable discharge in March, 1865. He was captured and paroled. Returning home from the army he lived a few years more on his property at Pine Furnace, in April, 1870, removing to the place in Boggs township where he ever afterward made his home. He bought 120 acres, partly cleared, on which stood an old log barn and a small house, and in the course of his residence there improved the land in every respect, and as prosperity enabled him erected modern buildings. He also owned a sixty-acre tract above, known as the John Baum place. He served his fellow citizens in various township offices, was an influential member of the Democratic party in his locality, and in religious connection was a member of the United Presbyterian Church.

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Ann Baum

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She was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, May 25, 1825, and was seventeen years of age when she accompanied her parents to their new home in Valley Township, Armstrong County, about ten miles northeast of Kittanning.

1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1021.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 729.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1022.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 920.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1023.