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1834 -
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Name |
Samuel S. Bowman |
Born |
15 Jul 1834 |
Gender |
Male |
Person ID |
I21844 |
All |
Last Modified |
28 Sep 2007 |
Father |
Benjamin Baumann, b. 15 Feb 1787, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 7 Dec 1874, Waterloo County, Ontario (Age 87 years) |
Mother |
Susannah Bechtel, b. 16 Jun 1797, d. 19 Sep 1870, Waterloo County, Ontario (Age 73 years) |
Family ID |
F6158 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- From Ezra Eby Book
Samuel S. Bowman, "the fifth son of Benjamin and Susannah (Bechtel) Baumann, was born July 15th, 1834, on the farm he now owns. His boyhood days were spent on the farm. After he had attained the age of eighteen or twenty years, he commenced teaching our public schools during the winter months. When a young man he joined the church of his choice, the Mennonite body. After the decease of Rev. Abraham C. Weber it was deemed expedient by the church to have a minister appointed to assist the aged ministers, Jacob Oberholtzer and John Steckley, in the teaching of the "Word" according to their views. On February 2nd, 1878, he was ordained as minister of the Gospel. His untiring energy, together with his clear thought and common sense, soon raised him to be one of the best pulpit declaimers of our day. It did not take a long time until friends and enemies became convinced that he was by no means a man of ordinary ability. His sermons are short, instructive and encouraging to the child of God, while the sinner is powerfully convinced of his fallen state and earnestly entreated to become a child of God. On December 1st, 1861, he was married to Elizabeth Ploch who was born May 1st, 1839, and died January 30th, 1886. After her decease he married Anna, daughter of Samuel and Barbara (Cressman) Cressman. She was born February 15th, 1844. The second marriage took place March 24th, 1887. His family consists of four children.
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