Husband Dr. Mathias Stevens Bowser, M.D. 1 2
Born: 1831 or 14 May 1837 - Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA 3 4
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Father: Abraham Bowser (1802/1803-1852/1853) 5 6
Mother: Mary Ann Stevens (1805-1874) 6 7 8
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Other Spouse: Mrs. T. A. Ruff ( - ) 9
Wife Elizabeth Booher 3 10
AKA: Elizabeth Booker,7 Elizabeth Bowser 11
Born: 6 Sep 1841 - Washington Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 12
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Father: Bartholomew Booher (1818/1819-1905) 13
Mother: Esther Helsel (1819-1851) 14
Other Spouse: Martin Bowser (1855- ) 15
Children
1 M Rev. Addison Bartholomew Bowser 16 17
Born: 22 May 1858 - Washington Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 16 18
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Spouse: Ella Zelima Stebbins (1869- ) 16 18
Marr: 10 Jun 1891 16
2 F Esther Jane Bowser 19
AKA: Hettie J. Bowser 9
Born: 4 Feb 1860 20
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Spouse: Robert O. Barbor ( - ) 20
Marr: 1876 21
Spouse: Amos T. Fair (1853- ) 22 23
Marr: 28 Nov 1905 21
3 F Mary Belle Bowser 24
Born: 24 Feb 1862 25
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Spouse: Solomon R. Bowser (1859-1920) 25
4 M David Elmer Bowser 26
Born: 23 Sep 1866 18
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Died: 20 Oct 1882 18
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5 M Rev. Arda Joshua Bowser 26
Born: 21 Jul 1868 - Rural Valley, Armstrong Co, PA 18
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Spouse: Nellie May Crafts (1870- ) 27
6 F Elizabeth Lulu Bowser 17
AKA: Elizabeth Lula Bowser 18
Born: 14 Dec 1870 18
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Spouse: John Rebolt (1865- ) 18
7 M Arlington Reed Bowser 28
Born: 11 Jun 1875 18
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Died: - Sherrett, Washington Twp, Armstrong Co, PA
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Spouse: Margaret Jane McCollum (1881-1917) 29
Spouse: Mrs. Alice Dougherty ( - ) 18
General Notes: Husband - Dr. Mathias Stevens Bowser, M.D.
He was born in a log house three miles west of Kittanning, Pennsylvania. He worked on his father's farm in summer and attended public school in winter, until he was seventeen years of age, when he attended "Select" school, later finishing his education in Elder's Ridge Academy at Dayton, Pennsylvania, and Reid Institute, at Reidsburg, Clarion County. He was endowed with a rare voice and was widely known as a leader of musical conventions. At twenty-two he was ordained to the Baptist ministry and served several churches in successful pastorates. In 1877 he took up the study of medicine under the tutelage of Dr. George Tryon Harding, father of President Warren G. Harding, at Caledonia, Ohio, completing his medical course in the University of Cleveland. He resided at Lima, Ohio, where he has enjoyed a large practice. He was closely identified with civic and educational work in his city, and was frequently invited to make addresses on social and religious subjects on prominent occasions. He was called the "Grand Old Man of Lima."
General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Booher
from Adrian, Armstrong Co, PA