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Samuel S. Bowman[1,2]

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Title  Rev. 
Birth  15 Jul 1834    [3
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00002-141 
Person ID  I15077 
Last Modified  02 May 2005 
 
Father  Benjamin Baumann, b. 15 Feb 1787, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania 
Mother  Susannah Bechtel, b. 16 Jun 1797 
Group Sheet  F799 
 
Family 1  Elizabeth Ploch, b. 1 May 1839 
Married  1 Dec 1861    [4
Children 
 1. Noah P. Bowman, b. 1 Nov 1862
 2. Simon P. Bowman, b. 26 Sep 1865
 3. Matilda P. Bowman, b. 29 Oct 1868
 4. Tilman P. Bowman, b. 19 Jun 1871
Group Sheet  F3900 
 
Family 2  Anna C. Cressman, b. 15 Feb 1844 
Married  24 Mar 1887    [5,6
Group Sheet  F2633 
 
Notes  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, viz:"
 
Sources  1. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 491   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 200   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 85   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 85   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 85   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
6. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 491   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
 
Documents
Executors' Book - Benjamin Bowman
Executors' Book for the Estate of Late Benjamin Bowman deceased January 5, 1875.
Family Register
A printed family register for the Joseph Baumann and Susanna Bechtel Baumann family.
Family Register from Bible
A pre-printed Familien Register with handwritten entries in German dated from 1839 to 1903 relating to the Benjamin Baumann family.
Obituary
Three printed obituaries for Rev. Samuel S. Bowman who died November 24, 1924.
Probate of Will - Benjamin Bowman
Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Benjamin Bowman deceased.
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