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Joseph Pierce Bowman

Male 1818 - 1899  (80 years)


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  • Name Joseph Pierce Bowman 
    Birth 16 May 1818  Windsor, Vt Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 24 Jul 1860  Muscatine, Muscatine, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 41, born VT, agricultural agent 
    Census 26 Aug 1870  Brimfield, Peoria, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 52, born VT, hardware merchant 
    Census 14 Jun 1880  Brimfield, Peoria, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 62, born VT, Retail Hardware, parents born MA/MA 
    Death 1899  Brimfield, Peoria, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1854, Brimfield, Peoria, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Marriage 1843 
    Children 
     1. Clarence Bowman,   b. 1856, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F2287  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Jun 2017 

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

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

    Histories
    History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, NH
    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 
    1. [S18] Randall, Oran E, History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, N.H., (D. Leonard printer, Brattleboro, Vt. 1882), 279-280.

    2. [S10] United States Federal Census 1880, Roll: 240 Pg 350C.

    3. [S13] United States Federal Census 1900, Roll: 275 Page: 102.

    4. [S21] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900, (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html), Vol II Pg 106 # 4046.

    5. [S41] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre–1916, (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com), Cert # 1395.

    6. [S49] Proquest Historical Newspapers, Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963), July 6, 1910, pg 16.

    7. [S14] United States Federal Census 1910, Roll 267, Page 260.