Husband Jacob Bowman 1 2 3 4
Born: 17 Jun 1763 - Big Springs, near Hagerstown, Washington Co, MD 1
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Died: 2 Mar 1847 - Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA 1
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Father: Simon Bowman ( -1802) 2
Mother: Mary Easter ( - ) 2
Marriage: 1787 5
Wife Isabella Lowry 5 6
Born: Abt 1767 - County Donegal, Ireland
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Died: 11 Mar 1845 1
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Father: Maj. James Lowry ( - ) 6
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Children
1 F Mary Bowman 1
Born: 1788 1
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Died: 1852 1
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Spouse: Henry Sterling ( - ) 1
2 F Annie E. Bowman 7
Born: 8 May 1790 1
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Spouse: Henry Sweitzer ( - ) 7
Marr: 12 Mar 1818 1
3 F Harriet E. Bowman 1 4 8 9
Born: 16 Jun 1792 or 1795 - Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA 1 8
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Died: 8 Mar 1832 1 10
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Spouse: John Thompson McKennan ( -1830) 1 4 11 12 13 14
4 M James L. Bowman 1
Born: 23 Jun 1794 1
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Died: 1857 1
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5 F Matilda L. Bowman 1 3 9 15
Born: 13 Aug 1796 1
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Died: 3 Mar 1858 1 3
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Spouse: Hon. Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan (1794-1852) 1 9 11 16 17
Marr: 1815 3 9 15
6 F Louisa Bowman 1
Born: 1798 1
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Died: Jan 1880 1
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Spouse: Samuel Bell ( - ) 1
Marr: 1830 1
7 M William Robert Bowman 1
Born: 1801 1
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Died: 1835 1
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8 M Goodloe Harper Bowman 18
Born: 20 Apr 1803 18
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Died: 30 Jan 1876 5
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Spouse: Jane Correy Smith ( - ) 5
Marr: 9 Jan 1840 5
9 M Nelson Blair Bowman 1 6
Born: 8 Jul 1807 - Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA 1 6
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Died: 28 Oct 1892 6
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Spouse: Elizabeth Lorraine Dunn ( -1889) 6
Marr: 1856 6
General Notes: Husband - Jacob Bowman
His father emigrated from Germany to America about the time of the "Old French war."
Of German ancestry, he was one of the pioneer merchants of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, "Old Fort Redstone," as it was then called.
At the age of sixteen he entered the store of Col. Robert Elliott, of Hagerstown, Maryland, where he remained eight years and then became a partner with Col. Elliott.
When twenty-four years of age [in 1786] he came to Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and commenced the business of merchandising, he and William Hogg being the first two permanently-located merchants in the town. He was also engaged in partnership with Col. Elliott and Eli Williams in purchasing supplies for the Western army under Gen. Anthony Wayne, and he was made commissary to the government troops which were sent across the mountains to suppress the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794.
At the time when he started business in Brownsville all goods were brought over the mountain roads from Cumberland to the Monongahela on pack-horses, of which large numbers, loaded with his goods, were frequently seen standing together in the public square opposite his residence, waiting their turn to be relieved of their burdens. The first load of merchandise brought over the mountains by wagon came there in 1789 to Jacob Bowman. The wagoner who drove the team was John Hayden, afterwards a well-known iron-master in Fayette County. The load, which was about two thousand pounds in weight, was drawn by four horses, and the freight charged on it was three dollars per one hundred pounds. Hayden was about a month in making the trip from Hagerstown, Maryland, to Brownsville and back.
In consideration of his services to the government, Jacob Bowman was appointed under the administration of President Washington (in 1795) postmaster of Brownsville, and held the office until the incoming of Gen. Jackson's administration, a period of thirty-four years. He was prominent in the organization of the old Monongahela Bank, and was its president from its organization under the charter in 1814 till Sept. 26, 1843, when he retired, and was succeeded by his son, James L. Bowman.
The residence of Jacob Bowman was where his son, N. B. Bowman, later lived, on the property called "Nemacolin," for the old Indian chief whose wigwam or cabin (tradition says) was once located on it. This property he purchased of Thomas Brown soon after his settlement in Brownsville. Until the time of his emigration from Hagerstown to Brownsville Mr. Bowman was a member of the Lutheran Church, but not long afterwards he united with the Protestant Episcopal Church, and remained one of its most influential, liberal, and respected members until his death.
General Notes: Wife - Isabella Lowry
After the death of her parents, she came to America in 1784, with her grandfather Robert Nelson, a merchant of Baltimore.
She was born in County Donegal, Ireland, and came to America when seventeen years of age.