John Bowman and Catharine Snively

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Husband John Bowman ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1772 - Franklin Co, PA 1
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       Marriage: 1796 3

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Wife Catharine Snively ^{2 3}

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           Born: 10 Nov 1776 2
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         Father: Andrew Snively (1751-1813) 3 4 5
         Mother: Susanna Funk (1754-1788) 2

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Children

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1 M Andrew Bowman ^{1 2}

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           Born: 16 May 1797 - Hagerstown, Washington Co, MD 1
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           Died: 17 Feb 1874 1
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         Spouse: Ruth Cook (      -1844) 1
           Marr: 19 May 1825 1

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2 F Susan Bowman ²

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           Born: May 1800 2
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           Died: 1872 2
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         Spouse: Charles Atkinson (      -      ) 2

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3 F Nancy Bowman ²

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4 F Mary Bowman ²

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5 F Elizabeth Bowman ²

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General Notes: Husband - John Bowman

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His father ran away from his home in Germany at the age of eleven years, and came to America about 1730, being sold upon his arrival to pay for his passage across the ocean, as was the custom of those days in regard to runaways who sought to come to the new world on merchant or other crossing ships.

He was a wagonmaker by trade. After his marriage he removed [from Franklin County, Pennsylvania?] to Hagerstown, Maryland, and in 1800 came to Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He was one of the leading citizens of Fayette County at his death. He gave to each of his four daughters a quarter section of land.

His father-in-law, Andrew Sniveley, took a patent in 1778 for three hundred and seven acres of land in what is now a part of Franklin township, Fayette County, which adjoined the land of Gen. George Washington and Jacob Sniveley. He deeded this land to his two daughters, Catherine Bowman and Susan Newman. John Bowman bought Susan Newman's half of the land and deeded the whole tract to his son, Andrew Bowman.

1 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1027.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 218.

3 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1028.

4 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 726.

5 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 217.