Montgomery County PA Archives Biographies.....Bowman, Jacob E. 1830 - 
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Source: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, T. S. Benham & Company and the Lewis Publishing Company, 1904
Author: Ellwood Roberts, Editor

JACOB E. BOWMAN, The Well-Known Tanner Of Douglass Township 
Where He Was Born In 1830, Is The Son Of T. And Elizabeth 
(Bower) Bowman, Who Resided In Limerick Township, They Being 
Farmers All Their Lives. The Father Died First, And Both 
Were Buried At Churchville Cemetery, In Douglass. They Were 
Mennonites In Religious Faith. 

They Had Eight Children, Of Whom Five Are Living, As 
Follows: Catharine, Married Edward Shanley, And (Second 
Husband) Isaac Moyer- All Are Deceased; Maria Married 
Abraham Gottshall, They Residing In Douglass Township Where 
He Is A Minister And Farmer, They Having Eleven Children: 
Jacob, Subject Of This Sketch; Elizabeth, Married Solomon 
Gateman, Both Being Deceased; John Living In Limerick 
Township, On The Homestead Of His Father- He Was Married, 
But His Wife Is Deceased; Leona, Married William Heister 
(Deceased), She Surviving And Residing In Hereford Township, 
Berks County, But Having No Children; Sarah Married David 
Rosenberger, They Living In Bucks County, Where He Is A 
Farmer And Miller; They Have No Children; Susanna, Married 
William Stauffer (Deceased), She Residing In Allentown, 
Where Her Husband Was In Business, And Having Two Children.

Jacob Bowman (Grandfather) Married Madeline Latshaw. They 
Resided In Douglass Township, Where He Was A Farmer. Both 
Died There Many Years Ago. They Had Several Children. The 
Maternal Grandparents Were Residents Of Douglas Township. 
The Grandfather Was John Bower. He Married An Oberholtzer. 
They Were Prominent Citizens Of The Township, Being Farmers 
By Occupation.

Jacob E. Bowman Attended School Until He Was Eighteen Years 
Of Age, When He Went To Work For His Father, And Later 
Engaged In Farming For Himself In Limerick Township. He Has 
Resided At His Present Location For A Period Of Twenty Years 
Or More. The Property Belonged To Mrs. Bowman's Father For 
Many Years. 

Mr. Bowman Was Married November 22, 1856, To Elizabeth, 
Daughter Of Samuel W. And Hannah Latshaw, Also Residents Of 
Douglass Township. They Were Farmers And Prominent People. 
They Had Seven Children In All, As Follows: Catharine, 
Hannah, John, Susanna, Elizabeth, (Wife Of Mr. Bowman); 
Samuel And Henry. The Father And Mother Of Mrs. Bowman Died 
At An Advanced Age.

Mr. And Mrs. Jacob E. Bowman Have Had Six Children As 
Follows: Diana, Married Nathan Weller, They Residing In 
Douglass Township, Where He Is A Farmer, And They Have Had 
Ten Children; John, Married Kate Wenger, They Residing In 
Douglass Township Where He Is A Miller, And Having Nine 
Living Children; Elizabeth, Married Aaron Bower, She Being 
Deceased, And He, With Six Children, Residing At The Home Of 
His Father-In-Law; Mary, Married Edward Weller, They 
Residing In Boyertown, Where He Is A Farmer And Trucker, 
They Having No Children; Jacob, Unmarried And Employed With 
His Father On The Home Farm; Leona, Married Irwin Cook, They 
Living In Bucks County Where He Is A Farmer, And They Have 
Six Children.

Mr. Bowman Is A Republican In Political Affiliations. He 
Suffered A Paralytic Stroke In 1898 Which Partially Disabled 
Him. He And His Wife Are Members Of The Mennonite Church At 
Churchville. Mrs. Bowman Is Several Years Younger Than Her 
Husband, Having Been Born August 19, 1836.

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