J. Hamilton Bowman and Laura Pennell

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Husband J. Hamilton Bowman ^{1 2}

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           Born: 30 Sep 1838 - near Franklin, Venango Co, PA
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         Father: James Bowman (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Nancy Wilson (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 8 Dec 1868 1

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Wife Laura Pennell ²

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         Father: Capt. James H. Pennell (      -Bef 1919) 2
         Mother: Sarah A. Miller (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Claude Bowman ¹

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2 M Willie Bowman ¹

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3 F Belle Bowman ¹

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4 F Myra Bowman ¹

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General Notes: Husband - J. Hamilton Bowman

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Fairmont, WV

He was reared on a farm, was a farmer most of his life. He was in the Civil war, enlisting September 10, 1862, in Company H, Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served until July 12, 1865, when he was honorably discharged at Lynchburg, VA, and mustered out of the service at Pittsburgh, PA.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, I. O. O. F. and G. A. R. In politics he was a Democrat.

1 Editor, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 947.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 830.