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Edmund E. Brewer

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EDMUND E. BREWER
b. 1 May 1831, Campbellsburg, Washington County, Indiana, to Richard (1797-1877) and Hannah (Hobbs) Brewer (1811-1861)
d. 15 February 1918, Wymore, Mahaska County, Iowa

m. 11 November 1851, Mahaska County, Iowa
Elizabeth Cox
b. about 22 April 1831, to John (1797-1855) and Mary (Albertson) Cox (1797-1869)
d. 10 April 1905, Monroe Township, Mahaska County, Iowa

Children with Elizabeth Cox:

  • Lydia Ellen (b. 1853)
  • Eldora (b. 1857)
  • Sarah Emmaline (1861-1933) married Henry M. Phillips (1853-1927)
  • Fernando Wood (1863-1901)
  • Mary Eliza “Mollie” (1866-1933)
  • John Monroe (1868-1949) married Ora E. Loughrey (1873-1899)
  • Merritt “Dick” (1870-1963)

Edmund emigrated to Mahaska County, Iowa, before July 1860. He was a farmer.

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Mary LeMay
Fallbrook CA

Robert Merrifield Brenton

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ROBERT MERRIFIELD BRENTON
b. 9 August 1855, Bainbridge Township, Dubois County, Indiana, to John Borders and Ruth Miller (Heady) Brenton
d. 26 October 1935, Indiahoma, Comanche County, Oklahoma

m. 25 October 1877, Ireland, Dubois County, Indiana
Sarah Belle Dillin
b. 25 March 1859, Bainbridge Township, Dubois County, Indiana, to Samuel and Jane (McMahan) Dillin
d. 19 May 1931, Indiahoma, Comanche County, Oklahoma

Children with Sarah Belle Dillin:

  • Rupert Asa (1878-1962) married Frances T. Carnahan
  • Ruel Obed (1880-1968) married Catherine Emerson
  • Berthel (1882-1883)
  • Sylvan Bryan (1883-1939) married (1) Hannah Marguerite Carnahan, (2) Becky Wooten
  • Altha Belle (1887-1961) married LeGrande Lee Wright
  • Alma Jane (1889-1974) married Frank Goumaz
  • Robert Edgar (1891-1966) married Edna Marie Johnson
  • Ruby Ruth (1893-1941) married Emmet Alvin Jones

Both Robert and his wife, Sarah, were born and raised in the Scotch-Irish community near Ireland, Dubois County, Indiana.

Robert was a carpenter and moved his family west as the railroads opened the west with opportunities for those with building skills. By September 1878, they were in Walton, Kansas, and by March 1891 had moved on to Pueblo, Colorado.

In 1893 they moved back to the Kansas-Oklahoma area where Robert took part in making the Cherokee Strip Run. He homesteaded 11 miles northwest of Enid, Oklahoma, about four miles west and one mile south of Kremlin.

Submitted by:
Radine Brenton Weedon
Stow OH

John Borders Brenton

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JOHN BORDERS BRENTON
b. 30 March 1832, Pike County, Indiana, to Robert and Catherine (Borders) Brenton
d. 3 December 1899, Kremlin, Garfield County, Oklahoma Territory

m. 5 October 1854, Centerville, Spencer County, Indiana
Ruth Miller Heady
b. 14 September 1833, Grass Township, Spencer County, Indiana, to Esquire and Susanna “Sucky” E. (Cotton) Heady
d. 13 January 1907, Kremlin, Garfield County, Oklahoma Territory

Children with Ruth Miller Heady:

  • Robert Merrifield (1855-1935) married Sarah Belle Dillin
  • Christopher Julius (1857-1891) married Jessie C. Linnens
  • John Samuel (1858-aft. 1900)
  • Franklin A. (1860-1926) married Laura Evelyn Springston
  • Effa (1866-1884)
  • Clara Flora (1868-1909) married Floyd Dillon
  • Blanche (1872-1904) married Kile R. Ochiltree

John was a carpenter and moved west as the railroads opened the west. He served in the Civil War in Company E, 58th Regiment, Indiana from October 1861 to July 1865.

He lived in Pike County and in Bainbridge and Harbison townships in Dubois County while in Indiana. He left about 1878 from Harbison Township to Harvey County, Kansas, then moved on to Pueblo, Colorado about 1891.

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Radine Brenton Weedon
Stow OH

Elizabeth Braunagel

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ELIZABETH BRAUNAGEL
b. 29 October 1861, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, to Barnard and Elizabeth (Strausberg) Braunagel
d. 27 July 1909, Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas

m. 27 January 1880, Union Township, Shelby County, Indiana
Johannas Aloyse Decker
b. 6 March 1854, Blodelsheim, Alsace, France
d. 16 April 1930, Los Angeles, California

Children with Johannas Aloyse Decker:

  • Rose Ellen
  • George Barrand
  • Louise Martin
  • John Minrod
  • Fred William
  • Michael Theodore
  • Edward Aloysius
  • Manual Anthony
  • Lucile Elizabeth
  • Clare Frances
  • Laura Frances
  • twin girls (died at birth)

Submitted by:
Sharon Decker
San Francisco CA

William Welling Bowerman

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WILLIAM WELLING BOWERMAN
b. 15 September 1812, Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York, to Silas and Anna (Welling) Bowerman
d. 19 September 1899, Decatur City, Decatur County, Iowa

m. 8 January 1931, Schenectady County, New York
Diadema Lester
b. 1815, Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York, to Mordecai and Abigail (Rushmore?) Lester
d. 26 April 1901, Decatur City, Decatur County, Iowa

Children with Diadema Lester:

  • Catherine “Kate” (b. ca. 1832) married [—?—] Farmhurst
  • Esther (b. ca. 1834) married Josiah Long
  • Mary (1836-1877) married Isaac Paden Fish
  • Abigail “Abby” (b. ca. 1839) married O.J. Hyde
  • Ann Eliza (1841-1905) married Lemuel D. Spaulding
  • Diadema (b. ca. 1843) married [—?—] Brenning
  • William W. (b. ca. 1845)
  • Lunda L. “Lundy” (1847-1929) married (1) Darthula [–?–], (2) Emily M. “Emma” Bowerman, (3) Elizabeth M. “Lizzie” McGee
  • Earnest W. (1848-1929) married Julia Stanley
  • George “John” (b. ca. 1850)
  • Elva R. (ca. 1852-1913) married (1) Charles Starkey, (2) Arthur B. Owen
  • Selba (died young)
  • Adeline E. (b. ca. 1854) married James Hannah
  • Estella “Estie” (b. ca. 1856) married [—?—] Layton or Loncks

The family settled near Leavenworth, Crawford County, Indiana, by the 1860 census. They had come from Conneaut Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. They moved briefly to Wisconsin, then to Taylor County, Iowa, where they were for the 1870 and 1880 censuses. William and Diadema next moved to Quincy, Branch County, Michigan, then back to Iowa around 1890.

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A. L. Bowerman
Howe IN

Lunda L. (Lester?) Bowerman

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LUNDA L. (LESTER?) BOWERMAN
b. 7 March 1847, Powerstown (present-day Conneautville), Crawford County, Pennsylvania, to William Welling and Diadema (Lester) Bowerman
d. 19 May 1929, Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan

m/1.
Darthula [–?–]
d. 25 October 1867, Taylor County, Iowa

m/2. 24 October 1870, Branch County, Michigan
Emily M. “Emma” Bowerman
b. 9 November 1840, Root, Montgomery County, New York, to Elisha and Mary Ann (Hoag) Bowerman
d. 30 July 1919, Quincy, Branch County, Michigan
dv/2. 1886, Hillsdale County, Michigan

m/3. 12 January 1887, Springport, Calhoun County, Michigan
Elizabeth M. “Lizzie” McGee
b. 11 August 1868, near Rice Creek, Clarence Township, Calhoun County, Michigan, to Myron and Harriet (Wilkes) McGee
d. 2 November 1945, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan

Children with Emily M. Bowerman:

  • Dora (1874-1953) never married
  • Mable (1878-1950) never married
  • Earl (1880-1962) married Jessie May Gillett
  • Blanch (1883-1965) never married

Children with Elizabeth M. McGee:

  • Beulah (1888-1916) married Howard Ray Klahn
  • Ralph (1891-1948) married Edna Grace Carpenter

Lunda was age 13 with his parents in Crawford County, Indiana, in the 1860 census, then returned to Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, where he enrolled in Company E, 103rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers on 3 March 1865.

He was honorably discharged on 25 June 1865 at New Berne, North Carolina. His pension application indicated that, besides Wisconsin, Iowa, and Michigan, he also lived in Indiana for about eight years and in California for about six years after the war.

Lunda and Lizzie lived in Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, and by 1891 were in Garrett, DeKalb County, Indiana. They purchased land in 1900 in Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan, where they remained.

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A. L. Bowerman
Howe IN

Elva R. Bowerman

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ELVA R. BOWERMAN
b. 12 April 1852, Conneaut Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, to William Welling and Diadema (Lester) Bowerman
d. 7 November 1913, Willow Springs, Howell County,
Missouri

m/1. 12 July 1868, Marshall Township, Taylor County, Iowa
Charles Starky
b. about 1848, Grant County, Indiana, to John and Lydia (States) Starky
d. 20 September 1878, Conway, Taylor County, Iowa

m/2. about 1884
Arthur B. Owen
b. July 1852, Indiana

Children with Charles Starky:

  • Ida Estella (1869-1950) married Arthur Elmer Moore
  • Charles Timothy (1871-1890)
  • Harry (1873-1924)
  • Della Mea (1875-1901) married Homer O. McCready

When she was 8 years old, Elva was shown in the 1860 census living with her parents in Crawford County, Indiana. By 1868 she was in Taylor County, Iowa. She and her second husband were living in Leon, Iowa, for the 1900 census.

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A. L. Bowerman
Howe IN

Earnest W. Bowerman

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EARNEST W. BOWERMAN
b. 12 November 1848, Conneaut Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, to William Welling and Diadema (Lester) Bowerman
d. 18 December 1928, Kansas City, Missouri

m. 3 July 1870, Decatur County, Iowa
Julia Stanley
b. 5 May 1851, to Corydon and Ann E. Stanley

Children with Julia Stanley:

  • Claudie (1872-1873)
  • Edith Edna (b. 1873) married J. P. Mullin
  • Frank P. (b. 1875)
  • Roy W. “Willie” (b. 1881) (twin)
  • Ray E. (b. 1881) (twin)
  • Lillian (b. 1887)

The 1860 census of Jennings Township, Crawford County, Indiana, shows Earnest and his parents living there. Earnest was in Company F, 36th Wisconsin Infantry in the Civil War. He was a partial invalid as a result of his Civil War service and resided at times in the State Soldier’s Home in Beadle County, South Dakota. He lived in Iowa until 1906, then in Taylor, Decatur, and Davison counties, South Dakota, before moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1921.

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A. L. Bowerman 1820 W. 600N
Howe IN

Charles Bowerman

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CHARLES BOWERMAN
b. 1 October 1869, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, to Amos and Mary Alice (Flowers) Bowerman
d. 29 June 1904, Denning, Franklin County, Arkansas

m. 14 February 1894, Coal Hill, Johnson County, Arkansas
Eliza T. Lowe
b. 3 November 1872, Shoal Creek, Logan County,
Arkansas, to Columbus and Ann “Barbara” (Johnson) Lowe
d. 13 February 1947, Caulksville, Logan County, Arkansas

Children with Eliza T. Lowe:

  • Earl Clarence (1895-1970) married Edie Longing
  • Raymond (1898-1956)
  • Ora Columbus
  • Hazel Ann (1900-1983) married Carl Edward Colvard
  • Emery Clifford (1903-1982)
  • Charlie Pearl (b. 1904) married Mays L. Terry

Charles emigrated from Indiana before 1894 as all of Charles and Eliza’s children were born in Coal Hill, Johnson County, Arkansas.

Submitted by:
A. L. Bowerman
Howe IN

Uriah Springer Bowen

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URIAH SPRINGER BOWEN
b. 10 March 1822, Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia, to Absalom and Jane (Ross) Bowen
d. 23 May 1893, Hamilton, Harrison County, Missouri

m. 16 February 1851, Boone County, Indiana
Elizabeth Moore
b. 22 July 1830, Barren County, Kentucky
d. 24 January 1916, Hamilton, Harrison County, Missouri

Children with Elizabeth Moore:

  • Nancy
  • Newton
  • Milton
  • Wesley
  • Samuel
  • William
  • Harvey
  • Sarah
  • Lydia
  • Franklin
  • Charles
  • Charity
  • Henry

He came to Indiana about 1848 and lived in Boone County until leaving the state about 1855.

Submitted by:
Kathleen M. Kinstler
Tigard OR