Joseph Pierce Bowman

1818 - 1899  (80 years)

• Name	Joseph Pierce Bowman
  Birth	16 May 1818	Windsor, Vt
  Gender	Male
  Census	24 Jul 1860	Muscatine, Muscatine, IA
  	age 41, born VT, agricultural agent
  Census	26 Aug 1870	Brimfield, Peoria, IL
  	age 52, born VT, hardware merchant
  Census	14 Jun 1880	Brimfield, Peoria, IL
  	age 62, born VT, Retail Hardware, parents born MA/MA
  Death	1899	Brimfield, Peoria, IL
  Person ID	I1532	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	8 May 2014

  
  

  Father	Thaddeus Bowman,   b. 25 Jun 1766
  Mother	Anna (Widow Wright) Hunt
  Marriage	22 Dec 1815
  Family ID	F577	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Martha A Clark,   b. 1820, Weathersfield, Windsor, VT d. Jul 1854, Brimfield, Peoria, IL (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	1843
  Children	1. Clarence Bowman,   b. 1856, Illinois
  Family ID	F2287	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Helen Maria Day,   b. 11 Aug 1839, Rockingham, Windham, VT d. 4 Jul 1910, Chicago, Cook, IL (Age 70 years)  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Marriage	18 Jul 1857
  Children	+ 1. Stella E Bowman,   b. 16 Jul 1858, Brimfield, Peoria, IL d. 24 Dec 1896, Peoria, Peoria, IL (Age 38 years) + 2. Kate Effie “Katie” Bowman,   b. Jun 1861, Muscatine, Muscatine, IA   3. Lewis J Bowman,   b. 31 Mar 1863, Peoria, Peoria, IL d. 20 Dec 1949, Los Angeles, CA (Age 86 years)   4. William J Bowman,   b. 19 Jul 1865, Brimfield, Peoria, IL d. 18 Jul 1942, Los Angeles, CA (Age 76 years)   5. Lucius Albert “Lucius” Bowman,   b. 17 Jul 1872, Peoria, Peoria, IL d. 26 Oct 1944, Los Angeles Co, CA (Age 72 years) + 6. George Larkin Bowman,   b. 17 Jul 1872, Peoria, Peoria, IL d. 26 Oct 1944, Los Angeles Co, CA (Age 72 years)   7. Frank Winthrop Bowman,   b. 29 Jul 1874, Brimfield, Peoria, IL d. 10 Oct 1956, Los Angeles, CA (Age 82 years)   8. Della Day Bowman,   b. 7 Nov 1876, Brimfield, Peoria, IL d. 27 Mar 1946, Los Angeles, CA (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2011

  
  

• Headstones

  Joseph P Bowman Headstone JOSEPH P. BOWMAN / 1818 - 1899

  
  

  Histories

  History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, NH

  
  

• Notes

  BOWMAN, J. P. dealer in hardware, residence Brimfield, was born in Windsor, Vt., on May 16, 1818, and when fourteen years of age entered a woolen mill at Perkinsville in his native county, and remained until the failure of the company; in 1840 went to Chester, Vt., was employed in same occupation until 1845, when he became a partner, and continued until coming to Illinois in 1854. In July, 1843 he married Martha A. Clark, who was born in Weathersfield, Vt., in 1820. Purchased a farm in Brimfield township, and for several years engaged in farming. In July, 1854, his wife died leaving one son. The following Fall he sold the farm and removed to Brimfield, and in company with Wm. H. Day purchased the business and stock of J. E. Wiley & Co. On the 18th day of July, 1857, married Helen N. Day. She was born in Rockingham, Vt., in 1839. The fruit of this marriage was five sons and three daughters. In the Spring of 1859 Mr. B. sold out his hardware business and removed to Muscatine, Iowa, where he embarked in the agricultural implement trade until the Fall of 1862, then returned to Brimfield and engaged in the dry goods trade for six months, then sold out to J. B. Day, now of Gloa. The brothers then purchased the Wily farm of six hundred and fifty acres at the same time owning half interest with H. O. Burt in the hardware business. In 1869 sold their farm, and from that time until 1871 engaged in brick-making, a part of which were used by himself in erecting the store in which he is now doing business. In March, 1872, his present partner purchased the interest of Mr. Burt, since which time the business has continued unchanged. Are members of the Congregational Church, of which he has been deacon for thirty years. Republican in politics. (The History of Peoria County, Illinois, 1880, page 713, submitted by Janine Crandell)

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] Randall, Oran E, History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, N.H., (D. Leonard printer, Brattleboro, Vt. 1882), 279-280. [S10] United States Federal Census 1880, Roll: 240 Pg 350C. [S13] United States Federal Census 1900, Roll: 275 Page: 102. [S21] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900, (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html), Vol II Pg 106 # 4046. [S41] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre–1916, (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com), Cert # 1395. [S49] Proquest Historical Newspapers, Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963), July 6, 1910, pg 16. [S14] United States Federal Census 1910, Roll 267, Page 260.