Gottlieb Traub

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Gottlieb Traub
b. 2 August 1842, Goppingen, Heiningen, Germany, to Gottlieb and Jacobine (Widmann) Traub
d. 1 July 1900, Aurora, Kane County, Illinois

m. 17 June 1864, Decatur, Adams County, Indiana
Maria W. Aumann
b. 13 September 1847, Adams County, Indiana
d. 6 February 1902, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana

Children with Maria W. Aumann:

  • Gottlieg Friedrich Wilhelm Michael
  • Lorenz Gustav
  • Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm
  • Wilhelm Christoph
  • Friedrich Wilhelm
  • Marie Emelie Friedericke
  • Emilie Lizette Elise
  • Anna Maria
  • Louisa “Luella”
  • Wilhelmine T.
  • Friedrich C.

Gottlieb Traub came directly to Indiana from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, to minister at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Allen and Adams counties. He immigrated in 1868 to Crete, Will County, Illinois.

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Carol Koty
Mukwonago WI

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.

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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.

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Kathleen M. Kinstler
Tigard OR

Isaac William Bond

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ISAAC WILLIAM BOND
b. 19 December 1827, Virginia, to Joseph and Mary (Ashelman) Bond
d. 22 May 1915, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon

m. 9 October 1851, Knox County, Indiana
Hester “Hettie” McClure
b. 19 August 1835, Knox County, Indiana, to Vincent Scott and Sarah “Sally” (Bruce) McClure
d. 14 April 1901, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon

Children with Hester McClure:

  • Vincent Scott (b. ca. 1854) married Etta McConnell
  • Joseph Wolfe (b. ca. 1855) married Mattie Zumwalt
  • Louisa Elizabeth (b. ca. 1856) married Rufus Robertson
  • William Loretta (b. ca. 1859)
  • Allen Watson (b. ca. 1861) married Rachel Gross
  • Mary Ann “Mollie” (b. ca. 1863) married Charley Withrow
  • Emma Jane (b. ca. 1866) married William Wheeler
  • Eliza Catherine (b. ca. 1868) married Halvor Wheeler
  • Hetty Amanda (b. ca. 1870) married John Parker
  • Robert Bruce (b. ca. 1873) married Belle Gibson

Isaac came to Knox County, Indiana, in 1837. He and his family left for Oregon from Oaktown, Knox County, on 21 March 1853 with a wagon and ox team. Several relatives also were part of this wagon train. This group became lost and wandered around for two weeks before coming to a place they had been before. They were “The Lost Wagon Train of 1853,” which rescuers were sent out to find.

Most of the land used for the Eugene Maholn Sweet Airport originally belonged to the Bonds. Isaac was a charter member of Pleasant Hill Grange and Irving Grange. He was Deacon of the Christian Church for many years. He served on the school board for twenty years, and he was a member of the board of supervisors for roads for three terms.

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Christie Hill Russell
Paris IL

Ellis Bond

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ELLIS BOND
b. 11 February 1814, Webster, Wayne County, Indiana, to Samuel and Charity (Beeson) Bond
d. 16 February 1859, Clinton, Douglas County, Kansas

m. 18 February 1835, Wayne County, Indiana
Elizabeth Bakehorn
b. 26 May 1811, New Jersey
d. 3 May 1893, Clinton, Douglas County, Kansas

Children with Elizabeth Bakehorn:

  • Silas S. (b. 1835)
  • Enos (b. 1838)
  • Louiza (b. 1839)
  • Sylvanus (b. 1842)
  • Letitia (b. 1845)
  • Thomas (b. 1848)

Ellis lived in New Garden Township, Wayne County, Indiana, and emigrated from there in 1854.

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David Mason
Indianapolis IN

Lenora May Brunt

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LENORA MAY BRUNT
b. 3 August 1875, Summitville, Madison County, Indiana, to
William Davis and Adaline A. (Reynolds) Brunt
d. 13 October 1963, Brush, Morgan County, Colorado

m. 20 December 1896, Peru, Nemaha County, Nebraska
Thomas Sharp Weaver
b. 27 July 1866, Punxsutawney, Jefferson County,
Pennsylvania
d. 15 April 1939, Denver, Denver County, Colorado

Children with Thomas Sharp Weaver:

  • Veryl Bell (1897-1978) married [—?—] Cameran
  • Jackson Fay (1899-1963)
  • Hallie May (1902-1988) married [—?—] McMichael

Lenora lived in Summitville, Boone Township, and Anderson in Madison County, Indiana. Starting about age ten, she played the piano for the hymn sings as her father traveled from church to church preaching at revival meetings and baptizing converts.

According to her granddaughter, she played in an almost jazzy manner with nothing sad or somber but in a joyful manner. She confided in later years that part of the joy in accompanying her father was that in most churches, she was allowed to choose a piece of clothing for herself or a sibling from that church’s Poor Barrel. She like this because the clothes were “new” to her schoolmates, thus eliminating the teasing, “You’re wearing Mary’s old dress.”

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Erdine McMichael Nugent
Vancouver WA