Mathias Bowser and Christianna Loy

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Husband Mathias Bowser ^{1 2}

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           Born: 16 Dec 1773 - Bedford Co, PA 2
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           Died: 4 Jan 1830 or 1832 - Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA

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         Father: John Bausser (1740-1813) 3
         Mother: Mary [Unk] (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Christianna Loy ²

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           Born: May 1787 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Apr 1855 4
         Buried:  - Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA

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         Father: Martin Loy (      -      ) 4
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Catherine Bowser ⁴

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           Born: 17 Feb 1811 4
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           Died: 16 Dec 1830 4
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2 F Rebecca Bowser ⁴

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3 F Nancy E. Bowser ⁴

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         Spouse: Steven B. Young (      -      ) 4

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4 M Martin Loy Bowser ^{1 4}

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           Born: 1814 - Armstrong Co, PA 4 5
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           Died: 23 Jan 1888 - West Virginia 4
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         Spouse: Nancy McGinnis (      -1892) 1 4

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5 M Dr. William Alexander Bowser ^{4 6}

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           Born: 1816 or 22 Feb 1822 - Armstrong Co, PA 7
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           Died: 29 Nov 1865 7
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         Spouse: Ann McDowell (      -1848) 8
           Marr: 3 Apr 1845 8

         Spouse: Nancy Eleanor Brandon (      -1905) 6 9

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6 F Mary Bowser ⁴

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           Born: 
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           Died:  - Tennessee
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         Spouse: George A. Meeker (      -      ) 4

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7 M Emanuel Bowser ⁴

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           Born: 1824 4
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           Died:  - Houston, Harris Co, TX
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 M Albert I. Bowser ⁴

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           Born: 1826 4
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           Died: while young
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9 F Margaret Bowser ⁴

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1849 4
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         Spouse: Elisha D. Barrett (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Mathias Bowser

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He was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and in 1798 came to Kittanning, Armstrong County, where he was one of the earliest settlers.

He was the first of the family to settle in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He came to Kittanning five years before the town was organized and bought a tract of land that later came to be within the city limits. Later, he moved to Kentucky. He returned to Kittanning some years afterward, where he died in 1830. He built the first brick house in Kittanning. The old Hague Hotel building on Market Street, still standing and in good condition in 1922, was erected by Mathias Bowser in 1826. It was built very early in the history of the town and on the very site of the ancient Indian town destroyed by Colonel John Armstrong in 1756.

1 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 374.

2 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 132.

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

4 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 133.

5 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 375.

6 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 655.

7 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 133, 134.

8 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 26.

9 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 135.