Rev. Martin John and Esther Bausser

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Husband Rev. Martin John ^{1 2 3}

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           Died: 1847 - near Sherrett, Washington Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 4
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Wife Esther Bausser ⁵

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            AKA: Esther [Unk],6 [Unk] Bowser,1 Matilena Bowser 4
           Born: 1758 - Paradise Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 5
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           Died: Bef 1847
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         Father: Mathias Bausser, Jr. (1711-Abt 1775) 7
         Mother: Anna Elizabeth [Unk] (1713-      ) 7

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Children

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1 M John John ^{4 6}

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         Spouse: Elizabeth Crisman (      -      ) 4

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2 M Peter John ^{2 4}

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         Spouse: Catharine Helsel (      -      ) 4

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3 M Martin "Red Martin" John ^{1 9 10}

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            AKA: Martin Johns 8
           Born: 1793 or 1797 - Bedford Co, PA 1 4 6
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           Died: 1856 - Washington Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 4 6
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         Spouse: Mary Crisman (1799-1871) 1 10

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4 F Elizabeth John ^{4 6}

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           Died: 1858 - Washington Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Henry Helsel (      -1866) 4

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5 F Esther John ⁶

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         Spouse: Simon Steelsmith (      -      ) 4

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6 F Catherine John ^{11 12}

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           Born:  - Armstrong Co, PA
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           Died: when seventy-four years old
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         Spouse: John Crisman (1801-      ) 11 13
           Marr: Armstrong Co, PA

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7 F Christina John ⁶

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         Spouse: Peter Helsel (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Martin John

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He was from Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and settled in what is now Washington township, Armstrong County, in 1800.

He was a Dunkard minister, and came to Washington Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and settled on what was later known as the Jonas Bowser farm. He erected a log house on his property, the first building in that section of the county, in 1808. This house, subsequently, had a second story added to it, and thus stood and sheltered four generations until 1918 when it was allowed to fall into ruin. Martin John died in a small log house on the farm of Henry Helsel, his son-in-law, near Sherrett, Pennsylvania, in 1847. Esther had previously died. They spoke only the "Palatine German." Their bodies repose in the small burial plot on what was known as the William Hay's farm,-a wooded hill top-where Henry Helsel and his wife Elizabeth and a number of other early settlers were buried.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 493.

2 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 356, 669.

3 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 128, 219.

4 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 219.

5 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 128.

6 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 669.

7 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 127.

8 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 453.

9 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 668.

10 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 219, 222.

11 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1437.

12 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 669, 831.

13 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 831.