John Jacob Bowman ^{1 3 4 5}

  General Notes:

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 4, Ed. 1, Tree #0408]
Justice of the Peace of Center Township, Columbiana County, Ohio - in War of 1812.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He worked as a Judge, Wheelwright. ³

• He appeared on the 1790 US Census in German Township, Fayette, PA in August 1790. ⁶

1790 US Census
Page 32, Roll 8, Line Number 26737
German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Free white males under 16 years: 3 (sons John, Christian, and Joshua)
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1800 US Census in German Township, Fayette, PA in August 1800. ⁷

1800 US Census
Page 532, Roll 38
German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
16 thru 25: 2 (John Jacob Bowman, age 20; Christian Bowman, age 19)
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Center Township, Columbiana, OH on 21 June 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 121, Roll 948, Dwelling 907, Family 900
Center Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
John J. Bowman..81..PA (Father)
(Widowed and living at the home of his married son, Joshua, and his family.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 23 Nov 1779, then his age should have been 80 instead of 81.
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• He was buried after 9 September 1864 in the Mount Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Columbiana County, OH.

John's gravestone is a well weathered tall monument with the following inscription at the base: "John J. Bowman, Died Sept 9, 1864; Aged 84 y, 9 m, 16 d"

Find A Grave Memorial #58474097
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John married Charlotte Stough, daughter of Rev. John Stough and Elizabeth Hogmire, on 31 October 1803 in Redstone, PA.^{1 2 3} (Charlotte Stough was born on 2 December 1787 in Augusta County, VA,^{2 3 8 9} died on 15 June 1847 in Lisbon, OH ^{2 3 8 9} and was buried after 15 June 1847 in Columbiana County, OH ^{3 8 9}.)