Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Valentine Bowser and Elizabeth Fluke


Husband Valentine Bowser 1 2 3 

            AKA: Abram Bowser 4
           Born: 1777 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1852 - East Franklin Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 3
         Buried: 


         Father: John Bausser (1740-1813) 5
         Mother: Mary [Unk] (      -      ) 5


       Marriage: Abt 1800 - Bedford Co, PA

Wife Elizabeth Fluke 2 6 7 

           Born: 1782 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 1879 - East Franklin Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 8
         Buried: 


         Father: John Fluke (      -      ) 9
         Mother:


Children
1 M Abraham Bowser 2 11 

            AKA: Abram Bowser 6 10
           Born: 1802 or 1803 - Bedford Co, PA 2 12 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Apr 1852 or 1853 2 12 13
         Buried:  - Pine Hill Cemetery, Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA

         Spouse: Mary Ann Stevens (1805-1874) 2 6 10

2 F Elizabeth Bowser 13 

           Born: 1804 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Henry McAninch (      -      ) 13

3 M Jacob Bowser 13 14 

           Born: 5 Aug 1805 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 May 1883 13
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Moore (1806-1883) 13

4 F Delilah Bowser 13 15 

            AKA: [Unk] Bowser
           Born: 15 Nov 1808 - Armstrong Co, PA 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Apr 1887 13
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Peter Toy (1805-1898) 13 15

5 F Catharine Bowser 16 

           Born: 13 Oct 1809 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 1906 13
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Noah Bowser (1806-1878) 16 17

6 F Mary Bowser 13 

           Born: 1810 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 






7  M  William Bowser 14 18 19





           Born: 20 Nov 1813 - East Franklin Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Feb 1898 - East Franklin Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 13
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Mary Ann Bowser (1820-1906) 14 18 20






8  M  Peter Bowser 4 14 21 22 23 24





           Born: 20 Oct 1815 - Westmoreland Co, PA 21 24
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Jan or 14 May 1879 21 22 24
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Jane Bowser (1821/1821-1900/1901) 4 21 23 24






9  F  Margaret "Peggy" Bowser 14 25





           Born: 30 Jul 1818 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 May 1898 - Washington Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 26
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Jonas Bowser (1811-1891/1891) 14 25






10  M  Mathias Bowser 14 27





           Born: 6 Aug 1820 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Apr 1889 - near Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA 28
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Rebecca Swigart (1823/1828-1901/1904) 29






11  M  Valentine Bowser 13 14





           Born: 28 Sep 1822 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Apr 1875 13
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Elizabeth Stephenson (1828-1900) 13









General Notes: Husband - Valentine Bowser




Some of his children were born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and in 1808 they moved to the vicinity of what is now Worthington, Armstrong County. They settled on a farm, later known as the Daugherty place, up the creek, one mile north of Walkchalk.

He was from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was the first of this branch of the Bowser family to come to Armstrong County. He settled in East Franklin township, obtaining wild land which he cleared. He was a stonemason by trade.

He was reared on the farm of his father in Hopewell Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, about 4 miles west of Hopewell on the Loysburg road. He came to Armstrong County, with his wife and seven children, in 1815. They crossed the Allegheny River 2½ miles north of Kittanning, and traveled up the ravine later known as Furnace Run, and took up land one mile north of Walk Chalk, and there raised their family. He and his wife adhered to the use of their native speech, the Palatine German.

During the many years of his active career he [Abram Bowser] was a prominent and influential farmer in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he married and reared to maturity a family of children.



General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Fluke



from Hopewell, Bedford Co, PA

Her people came from Switzerland and spoke the same language as the Palatine Germans.

She died in the home of her daughter Margaret Bowser, wife of Jonas Bowser, in Washington Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.



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Sources






1
Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 334, 378, 804.

2
Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 393.

3
Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 132, 135.

4
John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 615.

5
Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 128.

6
Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 378.

7
Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 132.

8
Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 132, 136.

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

10
Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 111, 136.

11
Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 334, 824.

12
Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 334.

13
Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 136.

14
Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 804.

15
Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 494.

16
Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 136, 156, 198.

17
Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 415, 804.

18
Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 823.

19
Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 136, 163.

20
Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 136, 163, 203.

21
A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Bios viii.

22
James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1433.

23
C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 935.

24
Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 136, 173.

25
Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 136, 160.

26
Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 160.

27
Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 136, 164, 180.

28
Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 136, 164.

29
Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 136, 180.







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