Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Mathias Bowser and Rebecca Swigart


Husband Mathias Bowser 1 2 

           Born: 6 Aug 1820 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Apr 1889 - near Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA 4
         Buried: 


         Father: Valentine Bowser (1777-1852) 5 6 7
         Mother: Elizabeth Fluke (1782-1879) 6 8 9


       Marriage:

Wife Rebecca Swigart 10 

           Born: 25 Jul 1823 or 1828 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Oct 1901 or 1904 10
         Buried: 


         Father: John Swigart (1802-1878) 11 12
         Mother: Sarah A. Bowser (1800-1876) 11 12


Children
1 M Emanuel Bowser 13 

           Born: 24 Apr 1847 13
     Christened: 
           Died: Nov 1860 13
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

2 M George Bowser 14 

           Born: 4 Jun 1849 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Jan 1901 13
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Julia Flenner (      -      ) 14

3 F Sarah Bowser 13 15 

           Born: 4 Feb 1851 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Archibald M. Wyant (1842-      ) 6 13 15

4 F Elizabeth Bowser 13 

           Born: 8 Feb 1853 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James Thompson (      -      ) 13

5 F Catharine M. Bowser 13 

           Born: 23 Oct 1855 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Joseph Brown (      -      ) 13

6 M Robert Bowser 13 

           Born: 7 Mar 1858 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Carr (      -      ) 13

7 F Jane Bowser 13 

           Born: 24 Jun 1860 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Edward Hughes (      -      ) 13

8 F Margaret Bowser 13 

           Born: 26 Dec 1862 13
     Christened: 
           Died: Nov 1863 13
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

9 M William Harvey Bowser 16 

           Born: 17 Apr 1865 17
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Mar 1900 or 1920 16
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Maud B. Bowser (1870-      ) 17

10 M John Franklin Bowser 13 

           Born: 5 Sep 1867 - near Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Louisa Callaway (      -1897) 13

         Spouse: Myrtle Cochran (1874-      ) 13

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Sources

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 93, 132.

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

11 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 850.

12 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 180, 198.

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

14 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 164, 184.

15 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 333.

16 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 151, 164.

17 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 151.

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