Brief Life History of Samuel M.
When Samuel M. Bowersock was born on 24 July 1848, in Guernsey, Ohio, United States, his father, John Bowersock, was 36 and his mother, Ruth Bates, was 28. He married Mary Elizabeth Dennis on 29 December 1872, in Allen, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Elida, American Township, Allen, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Ohio, United States in 1925. He died on 29 January 1925, in American Township, Allen, Ohio, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Elida, Allen, Ohio, United States.
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- Samuel Bowersock in household of John Bowersock, "United States Census, 1870"
- Samuel Bowersock, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Samuel M Bowersock, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Bauersachs .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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