Husband: Stephen Frank BOWMAN (1,2,3)
Birthdate: 6 Sep 1833
Birthplace: , Vermillion, Indiana, USA (4,5,6)
Death date: 29 Dec 1907
Place of death:
Burial: Valley Township Cemetery, Guthrie Center, Guthrie, Iowa, USA
Father:
Mother:
Other Spouses:

Marriage date: 29 Mar 1855
Marriage place: , Allamakee, Iowa, USA (7)

Wife: Sarah McGHEE (8,9)
Birthdate: 2 Nov 1833
Birthplace: Liberty Township, , Hancock, Ohio, USA (10,11,12)
Death date: 27 Oct 1920 (13)
Place of death:
Burial: Valley Township Cemetery, Guthrie Center, Guthrie, Iowa, USA
Father: John McGHEE, Jr (Cal 1810-1885) (14)
Mother: Elizabeth McKINNIS (1814-1893) (15,16)
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Eliza BOWMAN (17)
Sex: F
Birthdate: Cal 15 Apr 1861
Birthplace: , Allamakee, Iowa, USA (18)
Death date: 4 Apr 1875
Place of death: , Guthrie, Iowa, USA
Burial: Valley Township Cemetery, Guthrie Center, Guthrie, Iowa, USA
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Did Not Marry

Child No. 2: Electa BOWMAN (19,20)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1 Dec 1862
Birthplace: , Allamakee, Iowa, USA (21,22)
Death date: 31 Dec 1951
Place of death:
Burial: Union Cemetery, Guthrie Center, Guthrie, Iowa, USA
Marriage date: 1887 (25)
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: George Washington MACK (1861-1940) (23,24)

Child No. 3: Etna E BOWMAN (27)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 22 Oct 1864
Birthplace: , Allamakee, Iowa, USA (28,29)
Death date: 31 Mar 1953
Place of death: , Los Angeles, California, USA (26)
Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, USA
Marriage date: 16 Dec 1884
Marriage place: , Guthrie, Iowa, USA (32)
Spouses' names: Thomas M FARNSWORTH (1859-1932) (30,31)

Child No. 4: Violet Victoria BOWMAN (33,34)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 5 Mar 1867
Birthplace: , Allamakee, Iowa, USA (35,36)
Death date: 16 Sep 1942
Place of death: , Douglas, Oregon, USA (37)
Burial: Wilbur Cemetery, , Douglas, Oregon, USA
Marriage date: 24 Jan 1884
Marriage place: , Guthrie, Iowa, USA (39)
Spouses' names: William Henry WILSON (1861-1934) (38)

Child No. 5: Orpha E BOWMAN (40)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 5 Mar 1869
Birthplace: , Allamakee, Iowa, USA (41,42)
Death date: 16 Mar 1943
Place of death: , Los Angeles, California, USA (43)
Burial: Union Cemetery, Guthrie Center, Guthrie, Iowa, USA
Marriage date: 26 Mar 1896
Marriage place: Guthrie Center, Guthrie, Iowa, USA (45)
Spouses' names: Cleon H WILLIAMS (1869-1963) (44)
 
 
Documentation:
1. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), Bowman, Stephen F. to Sarah McGhee.
2. 1870 Federal Census, Iowa, Allamakee, pg 30 (307B), d/f #211/215. S F Bowman.
3. 1880 Federal Census, Iowa, Guthrie, ED 77, pg 20 (105A). Frank Bowman.
4. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), Bowman, Stephen F. age 21.
5. 1870 Federal Census, Iowa, Allamakee, pg 30 (307B), d/f #211/215. age 36, Virginia.
6. 1900 Federal Census, Iowa, Guthrie, ED 66, pg 5A. age 66, Sep 1833, Indiana.
7. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), Bowman, Stephen F. to Sarah McGhee, 29 Mar 1855, Allamakee County.
8. 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Hancock, pg 782 (391B), d/f #38/38. Sarah McGee.
9. 1870 Federal Census, Iowa, Allamakee, pg 30 (307B), d/f #211/215. Sarah Bowman.
10. 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Hancock, pg 782 (391B), d/f #38/38. age 15, Ohio.
11. 1870 Federal Census, Iowa, Allamakee, pg 30 (307B), d/f #211/215. age 35, Ohio.
12. 1900 Federal Census, Iowa, Guthrie, ED 66, pg 5A. age 66, Nov 1833, Ohio.
13. Forstad, Paul, McGhee, Sarah. Guthrie Center, Iowa. Ancestry.com database
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1932384&id=I111761274
14. History of Hancock County (Ohio),(Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886) Chapter XVIII, Part III. pg 425
   "On the 6th of December, 1830, all of the territory lying between the present western boundary of Findlay Township and the Putnam County line, and extending from Wood to Hardin County, was erected as Liberty Township. This was only one row of sections narrower than Old Town, and embraced the present townships of Pleasant, Portage, Blanchard, Liberty, Union, Orange, Van Buren and three-fourths of Eagle. The following March the lands now composing Blanchard, Eagle, Van Buren and the west half of Madison were cut off; and on the 21st of June, 1831, the first election for justice of the peace was held in Liberty. William Wade, George Chase and Moses Predmore were the judges, and Amos Bonham and Joshua Jones, clerks. The voters were John Fishel, John Magee, John Travis, John J. Hendricks, John Fishel, Jr., William Wade, Meredith Parrish, Moses Predmore, George Chase, Nathan Frakes, Joshua Jones, James Caton, James McCormick, Amos Bonham, Addison Hampton, Zebulon Lee, John Mullen, William Wade, Alfred Hampton, Ebenezer Wilson, Charles Jones, Jacob Poe, James McKinnis, Robert McKinnis, Charles McKinnis and Philip McKinnis. Total, 26. Benjamin Cummins received every vote cast and was declared elected. Of these twenty-six voters. Zebulon Lee, of Orange Township, and Alfred Hampton, of Findlay, are the only survivors living in this county."
pg 431
   "The year 1830 brought into the township a large number of settlers. Nathan Frakes, John J. Hendricks, Amos Bonham, Zebulon B., Jonathan, Solomon, James and Stephen Lee, John Magee, Meredith Parrish, John Hubbs, Moses Predmore and James Caton, all came that year, but some of them had previously lived in other parts of the county."
pg 434
   "John Magee, a step-son of Meredith Parrish, married Eliza, daughter of Judge McKinnis, and settled on the east half of the northwest quarter of Section 9, which he entered June 1, 1829, and where they resided until their removal to Iowa about 1851. Meredith and Sarah Parrish located on the west half of the northeast quarter of the same section, entered August 21, 1829, and in 1834 sold out to John Fletcher and went to Putnam County. John Hubbs settled on the east half of the southeast quarter of Section 5, entered November 3, 1830, which land he sold to Daniel Cusac in 1839, and then moved to Indiana. Moses Predmore settled on Section 9, and James Caton on Section 8. Both sold their farms and went to Iowa. All of the foregoing came about 1830."
pg 437
   "Religious Societies.
   "- A class of the Methodist Episcopal denomination was organized at the house of Johnson Bonham as early as 1831. Among the earliest members were Johnson Bonham and wife, Amos Bonham, Mrs. Meredith Parrish, Mrs. Addison Hampton, Nathan Frakes and wife, Mrs. William Fountain and Barna Beardsley and wife. The class was organized by Revs. Thomas Thompson and Elnathan C. Gavit. In 1851 this society built a frame church across the line in Findlay Township, which is still used by the Methodists of the neighborhood."
15. History of Hancock County (Ohio),(Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886) Chapter XVIII, Part III. "... Eliza, daughter of Judge McKinnis ..."
16. 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Hancock, pg 782 (391B), d/f #38/38. Eliza McGee.
17. 1870 Federal Census, Iowa, Allamakee, pg 30 (307B), d/f #211/215. Eliza Bowman.
18. 1870 Federal Census, Iowa, Allamakee, pg 30 (307B), d/f #211/215. age 9, Iowa.
19. 1870 Federal Census, Iowa, Allamakee, pg 30 (307B), d/f #211/215. Electa Bowman.
20. 1900 Federal Census, Iowa, Dallas, ED 2, pg 1B. Lecta E Mack.
21. 1870 Federal Census, Iowa, Allamakee, pg 30 (307B), d/f #211/215. age 7, Iowa.
22. 1900 Federal Census, Iowa, Dallas, ED 2, pg 1B. age 38, Dec 1861, Iowa.
23. 1900 Federal Census, Iowa, Dallas, ED 2, pg 1B. George W Mack.
24. Death Certificate, Mack, George Washington #77C-1613.
25. 1900 Federal Census, Iowa, Dallas, ED 2, pg 1B. married 13 years.
26. California Death Index, Farnsworth, Etta Jane.
27. 1870 Federal Census, Iowa, Allamakee, pg 30 (307B), d/f #211/215. Etna Bowman.
28. 1870 Federal Census, Iowa, Allamakee, pg 30 (307B), d/f #211/215. age 5, Iowa.
29. California Death Index, Farnsworth, Etta Jane. 22 Oct 1864, Iowa.
30. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), Farnsworth, T M. to Etna Bowman.
31. 1895 State Census, Iowa, Harrison, pg 34 (341), d/f #229/236. Thomas M Farnsworth.
32. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), Farnsworth, T M. to Etna Bowman, 16 Dec 1884, Guthrie County.
33. 1870 Federal Census, Iowa, Allamakee, pg 30 (307B), d/f #211/215. Violet Bowman.
34. Iowa Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939 (familysearch.org), Bowman, Viola Victoria.
35. 1870 Federal Census, Iowa, Allamakee, pg 30 (307B), d/f #211/215. age 3, Iowa.
36. Iowa Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939 (familysearch.org), Bowman, Viola Victoria. 5 Mar 1867, Iowa County. Originally Postville, Allamakee County.
37. Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998 (FamilySearch.org), Wilson, Viola V.
38. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), Wilson, Wm H. to Viola V Bowman.
39. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), Wilson, Wm H. Viola V Bowman, 24 Jan 1884, Guthrie County.
40. 1870 Federal Census, Iowa, Allamakee, pg 30 (307B), d/f #211/215. Opheas Bowman.
41. 1870 Federal Census, Iowa, Allamakee, pg 30 (307B), d/f #211/215. age 1, Iowa.
42. California Death Index, Williams, Orpha E. 5 Mar 1869, Iowa.
43. California Death Index, Williams, Orpha E.
44. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), Williams, Cleon H. to Orpha E Bowman.
45. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), Williams, Cleon H. to Orpha E Bowman, 26 Mar 1896, Guthrie Center, Guthrie County.

Notes:
* Eliza's memorial at FindaGrave says she was born 15 Apr 1863 and died 4 Apr 1875, age 11Y 11M 20D. That doesn't agree with the 1870 census that says she was 9 years old (1861).
* I'm pretty sure Sarah died in California but I didn't find her in the Index.

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Last Modified: 16 Aug 2018